Jamie Anderson was victorious on home snow in the women's slopestyle today at Mammoth Mountain in the United States, becoming the second International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup winner of the season.

On her second run, the American scored 86.32 to take the gold medal away from New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski

finished on 76.56.Redmond Gerard took the men's gold at Mammoth Mountain ©Getty ImagesTiarn Collins of New

Zealand won the bronze medal with 73.44.Canadians Darcy Sharpe and Sebastien Toutant completed the top

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to enforce the administration of COVID-19 booster vaccines to all of its national team players and support staff.

squad and its support staff received their third dosage.Concerns over coronavirus have increased as new

Pakistani cricket as the country is scheduled to host several key matches with the likes of Australia, New

Zealand and England all due to travel to the Asian country in 2022.The PCB is determined to ensure that

preparing for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 season, which begins on January 27.The PCB has created new

for Birmingham 2022 is a rugby man, and clearly remembers his country going up against the might of New

Zealand at their home Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games.

New Zealand rugby great Jonah Lomu showed his class against Malaysia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games ©

When Joshua Cheptegei crossed the line first to win gold in the 5,000 metres at Tokyo 2020, he confirmed Uganda's best-ever Olympic performance.

sixth in the world, there are hopes of upsetting the sport's dominant trio of Australia, England and New

Zealand and gate-crashing the podium.There are also hopes of qualifying in 3x3 basketball, rugby sevens

Sporting budgets had been slashed during the COVID-19 pandemic.Plans to build new facilities - including

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has launched a promotional campaign under the "Nothing Beats Like It" banner for its Women's World Cup in Sydney later this year.

to host several major events over the next decade, including the FIFA Women's World Cup jointly with New

Zealand in 2023 and the Olympic Games in Brisbane in 2032.

Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) President Jin Keun Oh has used a New Year message to pledge that the organisation

the sport’s governing body earlier this year.Under a vote held by WT, TNZ replaced World Taekwondo New

Zealand (WTNZ), in a decision described by WTNZ as "unconstitutional."

Multiple groups have claimed to be the governing body of taekwondo in New Zealand since 2016.TNZ says

one of its aims for 2022 is to continue good relationships with the New Zealand Olympic Committee, as

Zealand, so rest assured."

On this day in 1879, Australian fast bowler Fred Spofforth dismissed three English batsmen with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to complete Test cricket's first "hat-trick".

number three in many faiths and cultures.In the Hebrew language the number three represents harmony, new

Zealand Warriors player Shaun Johnson, who scored three times within 6:30 against Canberra Raiders in

of 57 players have scored hat-tricks in the Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987.New

Australia’s Chris Latham and England’s Josh Lewsey have scored five, while Marc Ellis scored six in New

scored a hat-trick in the Rugby World Cup final, but three have managed that feat in a semi-final - New

China will "spare no effort to present a great" Winter Olympics, President Xi Jinping has vowed in an address to mark the start of 2022.

diplomatic boycott of the Games which has so far been backed by the US, Canada, Britain, Lithuania, New

Zealand, Australia and Belgium.It centres on China's record on human rights, particularly in Xinjiang

There was a happy homecoming for Brendan Mackay as he recorded a maiden World Cup win in Calgary, while Eileen Gu laid down another pre-Beijing 2022 marker in taking the women's halfpipe victory.

FISfreestyle) December 31, 2021With an unassailable lead at the start of her third run, Gu executed a new

halfpipe world champion Nico Porteous and women's slopestyle supremo Zoi Sadowski-Synnott - both from New

Zealand - could not compete as they have COVID-19.Slopestyle competition in the Snowboard World Cup

With just over a month to go until the scheduled start of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, freeskiing halfpipe and snowboard slopestyle competitions are set to take centre stage at Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park tomorrow.

will be targeting going one better in Beijing in February.Reigning world champion Nico Porteous of New

Zealand and double world champion Aaron Blunck of the US are both sitting out this round, although Canadian

and slopestyle gold medallist at last year’s World Championships in Aspen, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New

Zealand are also expected to be ones to watch.Women’s qualification and men’s semi-finals are set to

The New Zealand Olympic Committee's (NZOC) Earn The Fern campaign for Tokyo 2020 enjoyed "outstanding

The New Zealand Team achieved our highest level of brand growth in our target audiences," said Cooper-Cuthbert

and what it means to be a New Zealand athlete, and New Zealand’s pride in the Team grew by eight per

Our top three channels for driving views were new for us.

 "New Zealand Team athletes were pleased with the campaign, though some felt we could have been

#olympics #olympicspirit #nz #athletes #fyp ♬ original sound - mertsanimesNew Zealand enjoyed a

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Alan Thompson has been expelled from national body Canoe Racing New Zealand

As reported by the New Zealand Herald, an investigation from Wellington-based QC Victoria Casey found

his conduct on female athletes were among the reasons for his expulsion from CRNZ, according to the New

Zealand Herald.His lawyer David Fraundorfer told Stuff: "Mr Thompson is saddened that his relationship

Details of five additional competitions for weightlifters hoping to qualify for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have been finalised.

Derby in England is in the last week of January, and three are on February 26 and 27 in Auckland in New

Zealand, Canadian city Montreal and Singapore.The other one runs from February 20 to 27 in Mauritius.The

in Tashkent, has won AUD10,000 (£5,400/$7,200/€6,400) as champions of the Oceania Premier League, a new

96kg Santavy (Canada) 379kg; 109kg Junior Ngadja Nyabeyeu (Cameroon) 360kg; over-109kg David Liti (New

Zealand) 407kg.

The Swiss city Geneva has been named the host of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, as well as the World Senior Curling Championships, due to take place in April 2022.

Norway, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United States, China, Germany, Russia, New

Zealand, Australia, England, Hungary and Japan have already qualified for the Championship based on

The United States-led diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has been condemned by Iran.

Abdollahian.A diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 has so far been backed by the US, Canada, Britain, Lithuania, New

Zealand, Australia and Belgium.It centres on China's record on human rights, particularly in Xinjiang