Canadian Mikaël Kingsbury and Japan's Ikuma Horishima are firm favourites for the gold medal in men's moguls, with qualification set to get underway tomorrow at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou and launch freestyle skiing at Beijing 2022.

American Alex Hall and Andri Ragetti of Switzerland have all won slopestyle events.Nico Porteous of New

Zealand is the defending world champion in men's halfpipe and perhaps the nation's best medal prospect

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been warned attending a dinner with tennis player Peng Shuai during the Beijing 2022 would be an "inappropriate move", with the organisation urged to ensure there is a transparent investigation into her allegations of sexual assault.

New #SRA statement on the International Olympic Committee's consistent refusal to follow advice about

Nations including Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, New Zealand and the

The Women's Under-19 World Floorball Championship, originally scheduled to take place in New Zealand

Floorball New Zealand advised the International Floorball Federation (IFF) that it was not possible for

Women's Under-19 World Floorball Championship was originally supposed to take place in Wellington in New

Zealand ©Getty ImagesAlthough the event dates will change, age eligibility criteria will remain the

Weightlifting at Birmingham 2022 will be "one of the best competitions in the history of the Commonwealth Games" according to one of its key organisers - and his view was widely endorsed at the British Championships over the weekend.

calendar.The other four "extras" will be hosted thousands of miles away in the last week of February in New

Zealand, Singapore, Mauritius and Canada.Athletes from Malta, Ghana and Jamaica joined those from England

Nigeria.Malaysia and Samoa did not compete in Tokyo but both will send strong teams to Birmingham, and New

Zealand will have high hopes of their super-heavyweight David Liti, who was fifth in Tokyo."

China's first Hockey Pro League match for more than two years ended in defeat as they were thrashed by India in the women's competition in Oman.

was also the only Pro League encounter to have been played outside of Europe since Australia hosted New

Zealand in Perth last June.India, who were added to the line-up for the women's Pro League after Australia

and New Zealand withdrew as a result of COVID-19 travel restrictions, went ahead through Navneet Kaur

Olympic Games in Paris.They lost the only game that they played to France.In 1882, Moseley defeated the New

Zealand native side, becoming the first team to beat the tourists in what was seen as a shock result.A

Six more teams have qualified for the netball tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham based on the updated world rankings.

July 28 secured the first half of the Birmingham 2022 berths in the sport.Australia, world champions New

Zealand, Jamaica, South Africa and Malawi - who have since been overtaken by Uganda on the ranking list

first change can be seen at 34th in the table, with Gibraltar dropping one place to 35th & Papua New

victory over hosts Australia in Gold Coast four years ago, while Jamaica took bronze after overcoming New

French Sports Minister Roxana Mărăcineanu will travel here for 2022 Winter Olympics, although the date of her visit has not yet been announced.

rights records.Nations including Australia, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and New

Zealand have also opted not to send Government officials to the Games.Athletes from the nations are

medallists and reigning world champions Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Nico Porteous have been named as part of New

Tommy Pyatt Photography#EARNTHEFERN #WeAreTheNZTeam pic.twitter.com/SwL8MldAm5— The New Zealand Team

These athletes have demonstrated a huge amount of skill and determination to be selected to the New Zealand

Our priority is the health and safety of our athletes, and the New Zealand team will be stringently following

There will be no New Zealand Government officials here for the Games after joining the United States-led

diplomatic boycott.New Zealand has won three medals since making its Winter Olympic Games debut at Oslo

Australia failed to make the last four of the Women's Asian Cup for the first time, losing the standout quarter-final against South Korea to a stunning long-range effort from Ji So-yun with just three minutes remaining.

minutes.The semi-finalists have all qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand, while Thailand, Vietnam and Chinese Taipei have entered a repechage which has an additional

China will make their return to the Hockey Pro League after an absence of more than two years with a doubleheader in the women's competition against India in Oman.

India will also be the first Pro League encounter to be played outside of Europe since Australia hosted New

Zealand in Perth last June.India were added to the line-up for the women's Pro League after Australia

and New Zealand withdrew as a result of COVID-19 travel restrictions.

ultimately used to decide the standings, with teams having played different numbers of games.Australia and New

Zealand also pulled out of the men's league and were replaced by Canada and South Africa.Canada then

Olympic gold medallist Jessica Fox completed the women's C1 and K1 double on the final day of the Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Penrith.

bronze to her collection in 122.36.The field was entirely comprised of paddlers from Australia after New

Zealand opted not to send a team to the event due to COVID-19 restrictions.In the men's C1, Victorian

but it’s a bit sad that we don’t have any internationals here this year, or even our neighbours from New

Zealand," Fox said, according to The Australian."

Princess Anne will miss this year’s Winter Olympics here due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced.

as Britain and the US, nations including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia Lithuania and New

Zealand have opted to shun the Games.China has faced accusations of using forced Uyghur labour, operating

have raised his own indoor shot put world record to a massive 23.38 metres at the Millrose Games in New

best of 46.55, grinning ruefully as he crossed the line.Christian Coleman made a winning return in New

York ©Getty ImagesGeordie Beamish nipped through on the inside to win the men’s 3,000m in a New Zealand

won gold for Sweden ©IMMAFKurban Idrisov added to Bahrain's haul ©IMMAFFergus Jenkins won gold for New

Zealand after witnessing a haka ©IMMAFRasul Magomedov won the men's heavyweight for Bahrain ©IMMAF