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Brittin, Jayawardena and Pollock inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Three new members have been inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Hall of Fame

ceremony taking place before yesterday's ICC Men's Twenty20 (T20) World Cup Final between Australia and New

Zealand.

West Indies in 1979 at the age of 19 and scored her maiden ODI century against an international XI in New

Zealand in 1982.She won the World Cup with England in 1993 by hitting the most runs and making the winning


Pajares sets up match against Farag with Canary Wharf Classic opening win

  • Squash

Spanish player Iker Pajares Bernabeu won in straight games to set up a second round clash with number one seed Ali Farag of Egypt on the opening day of competition at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Canary Wharf Classic in London.

7 to progress to tomorrow's game.Youssef Soliman of Egypt is also into round two and is due to face New

Zealand second seed Paul Coll after beating Borja Golan of Spain 11-7, 7-11, 11-9.Frenchman Baptiste



Exclusive: New ICF President wants canoeing to make Commonwealth Games debut

  • Canoeing

Canoeing could soon be making its debut as a Commonwealth Games sport if the new President of the International

notice that the Commonwealth Games Federation changed their policy and that they are now more open for new

example ocean racing is a very traditional sport in some parts of the Commonwealth world such as Britain, New

Zealand, Australia and South Africa."

inclusion in future Commonwealth Games.At its virtual General Assembly last month, the CGF approved a new


New ICF President Konietzko looking for evolution rather than revolution after Olympic changes

  • The Big Read

International Canoe Federation (ICF) has been in sprint mode in recent years - but it seems, under the new

So I believe we need new ideas, we need new generations to give a new momentum to our sport."

within the sport have had upon athletes ©ICF"We have to develop our federation and the goal of the new

New Zealander Lisa Carrington's unique achievement in winning three kayak sprint golds at the Tokyo 2020

in the men’s K2 1,000 metres sprint.There was also the unprecedented golden sprint treble earned by New

Zealand, Australia and South Africa."


South Korean women's football coach hospitalised after positive COVID-19 test

  • Football

South Korean women’s football coach Colin Bell has been hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19, the Korea Football Association (KFA) has confirmed.

Korea clinch the final AFC berth on offer.South Korea are scheduled to play friendly matches against New

Zealand on November 27 and 30 as their preparations continue for the Women’s Asian Cup.It is possible


Coronavirus outbreak rules Papua New Guinea out of Women's Cricket World Cup qualifying

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Papua New Guinea have pulled out of the qualification tournament for the Women's Cricket World Cup later

The Papua New Guinea team had been quarantining in Port Moresby ahead of travelling to Zimbabwe for the

favourites at the qualifier ©Getty ImagesThe qualifier and warm-up matches would have represented the Papua New

Guinea women's team's first completive action since September 2019.Papua New Guinea's withdrawal leaves

Dutch.Group A now has just four teams - Ireland, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and The Netherlands.New Zealand


London 1948 Olympic 100m silver medallist dies at age of 94

  • Athletics

Britain’s Dorothy Manley, the silver medallist behind Fanny Blankers-Koen in the 100 metres at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, has died at the age of 94, it has been announced.

in Auckland and also finished fourth in the high jump, despite only finding out after her arrival in New

Zealand that she had been entered for the discipline.Later that year she teamed up with Elspeth Hay,


Birmingham 2022 unveils cricket and netball schedules

  • Birmingham 2022

Birmingham 2022 has revealed the schedules for the women's cricket and netball tournaments which will take place at next year's Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games before with matches due to take place at Edgbaston.Group B will begin on July 30 with New

Zealand taking on South Africa.Hosts England will then begin against the winner of next year's qualifying

will begin against a qualifier in Group A before taking on Malawi the following day.World Cup winners New

Zealand will lock horns with England in the final game of the group stage.Three-time champions Australia



World Triathlon to trial RaceRanger anti-draft technology

  • Triathlon

World Triathlon has announced an agreement with New Zealand based company RaceRanger to trial anti-drafting

With this agreement with RaceRanger, we want to make the athlete experience better, providing new technologies

proud of our involvement in bringing the RaceRanger project to life from the beginning, supporting new

competitions globally.The public trial period will be conducted at selected events held during the New

Zealand summer.The trial will be overseen by technical officials from Triathlon New Zealand.The RaceRanger


Mitchell and Neesham blast New Zealand into T20 World Cup final

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Sensational striking from Jimmy Neesham and Daryl Mitchell saw New Zealand complete what looked like

but scored 27 runs including three sixes - just one fewer than England managed as a team - to haul New

Zealand back into the chase.Mitchell finished it off, slapping 19 runs off the penultimate over and

Mitchell Santner adding a single, and it featured two mammoth Mitchell sixes pulled into the leg side.New Zealand

wickets and going at less than a run a ball, but England were ultimately unable to defend their total.New Zealand


Authorities outline COVID-19 rules for upcoming India-New Zealand Twenty20 clash

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Spectators at the opening match of the Twenty20 series between New Zealand and India next week must have

spectators in the match while also complying with COVID-19 protocols," said RCA secretary Mahendra SharmaNew Zealand

The match is the first on New Zealand's tour of India, scheduled to include three T20s and two Tests

when the fifth Test was called off due to fears of an increase in coronavirus cases in their team.New Zealand


New Zealand names weightlifting champion Avery as Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission

  • Birmingham 2022

New Zealand has named weightlifting gold medallist Nigel Avery as the country's Chef de Mission for the

I'm really looking forward to contributing to the success of the New Zealand team as a whole, I've had

Zealand team in this area."

Zealand and overseas."

Zealand team."

New Zealand is expecting to send around 240 athletes to the Commonwealth Games, scheduled for July 28


Malawi

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Football dominates the sporting agenda in many countries but in landlocked Malawi the beautiful game has a rival.

out on the semi-finals at Gold Coast 2018.The team known as the Queens shocked now world champions New

Zealand with a 57-53 victory, and were only eliminated from last four contention on goal difference.Mwai

welcome the Queen's Baton Relay in November as part of the African leg.Malawi's netball team shocked New

Zealand at Gold Coast 2018 ©Getty Images"Since we started participating, Malawians do watch the Games