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Ellis to lead comprehensive review of women's football calendar

  • Football

Jill Ellis is set to lead a comprehensive review of the women's football calendar after being named as the head of FIFA's Technical Advisory Group.

edition, in France, attracted a global audience of 1.12 billion and featured 24 sides.Australia and New

Zealand are set to co-host the tournament for the first time in 2023 as 32 countries are set to compete


WBSC Under-23 Baseball World Cup set to open in Mexico

  • Baseball and Softball

The first Baseball World Cup staged since 2019 is set to begin tomorrow when the under-23 tournament opens in Sonora in Mexico.

, Panama, Nicaragua and Colombia.Japan, the event's most successful nation, China, South Africa and New

Zealand had qualified but were forced to withdraw because of COVID-19 travel restrictions.2 Days until


Former Hockey Australia high performance manager to lead Tokyo 2020 cycling malfunction investigation

  • Cycling

Former Hockey Australia high performance manager Toni Cumpston is to lead AusCycling's investigation into the malfunction of a pair of handlebars during the Tokyo 2020 track cycling competition.

Izu Velodrome.Australia qualified for the semi-finals and eventually benefitted from a collision, as New

Zealand fell in spectacular fashion in the bronze-medal race, with Porter watching on from the sidelines.However


Liam Morgan: On integrity, another sport climbing scandal and Ashes fears

  • Inside the Blogs

You might have missed it, but last week was "Sport Integrity Week".

due to the tweets and ordered it be reheard.When the CAS heard the case for a second time, using a new

maintain the momentum generated by the sport’s successful Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 and ensure its new

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Zealand that they will not be competing at major hockey events for the foreseeable future got me thinking


IOC transgender guidelines delayed again to 2022 due to "conflicting opinions"

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has delayed an update to its transgender guidelines until after the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, citing "very conflicting opinions" on the framework.

IOC's medical and scientific director Richard Budgett acknowledged the need to update the guidelines.A new

the human rights of intersex and transgender athletes in sport competitions.Richard Budgett said the new

contact rugby, however some National Associations including Canada Rugby opted not to implement these new

non-binary transgender athlete to compete and win a gold medal at an Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand

 The independent review called for by World Athletics could clarify this better, as could the new


Olympic medallists among first New Zealand selections for Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

medallists Nico Porteous and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott are among the first five athletes to be named in the New

Zealand team for Beijing 2022.

slopestyle.Sadowski-Synnot will compete in both big air and slopestyle at Beijing 2022.The pair are joined in the New

Zealand squad by 19-year-old Alpine skier Alice Robinson, who will contest giant slalom.She has won

halfpipe at Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty ImagesBeijing 2022 is due to take place between February 4 and 20.New

Well done to these athletes for all the hard work that has gone in to get you to this point," said New

Zealand Olympic Committee chief executive Kereyn Smith."


COVID-hit Indoor Hockey World Cup schedule revealed for 2022

  • Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has released the match schedule for the 2022 Indoor Hockey World Cup in Belgium, which has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

12 women's teams in the competition.Notable nations missing from the World Cup will be Australia and New

Zealand, who withdrew due to COVID-19 concerns.The World Cup was postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to

Belgium (@hockeybe) September 17, 2021Namibia and the United States have taken the spots of Australia and New

Zealand in the men's competition, while Canada and South Africa take the spots in the women's event.The



FASANOC aims to support National Federations and ensure "good governance"

  • ONOC

The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) aims to support National Federations and ensure "good governance" throughout the country's sporting organisations.

athletes have struggled to participate in international events due to strict travel restrictions in New

Zealand and Australia, where long-distance flights to the rest of the world depart from.The issues resulted

in Fiji and Papa New Guinea being the only two Pacific nations to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics


Unique record of Waitz recalled 50 years after first women’s New York marathon race

  • The Big Read

Fifty years ago today (September 19) the inaugural women’s race took place at the New York City Marathon

in the world, the Boston Marathon, did not officially allow women runners until the year after the New

Philadelphia.Just over four months later came the opportunity for Bonner to better her time at that New

(In 2017, Switzer, then 70, ran the New York Marathon for the first time since 1974 and finished in 4

And the following year, when she won in New York again in another world record of 2:25:42.After giving

York course after Allison Roe of New Zealand had won the 1981 women’s race in 2:25:28 showed it was


Yee and Learmonth earn British victories on dramatic day of Super League Triathlon

  • Triathlon

Britain's Alex Yee edged out compatriot Jonny Brownlee to win the men's enduro event as Jessica Learmonth took victory in the women's competition on a dramatic day of Super League Triathlon racing in Jersey.

second saw him overhaul Frenchman Vincent Luis at the summit of the overall standings.Hayden Wilde of New

Zealand was third after crossing the line behind the two Brits, who were neck-and-neck heading into


NuArca to launch non-fungible token marketplace for Rugby League World Cup 2021

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) has announced it will launch a non-fungible token (NFT) fan experience and marketplace for the tournament after reaching a commercial partnership with NuArca.

autumn but were postponed after reigning champions men's and women's champions Australia, as well as New

Zealand, pulled out due to COVID-19 restrictions, meaning they would not travel to England.The event


World Rugby Sevens Series set to restart as COVID-19 issues continue

  • Rugby Sevens

Six men's teams who featured at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are set to return to action at the World Rugby Sevens Series in Vancouver this weekend.

cancellation of the majority of the legs on the circuit.A host of the world's top teams, such as Australia, New

Zealand and Olympic champions Fiji, are not sending teams to the event because of travel restrictions.The

Vancouver and Edmonton are also due to feature world-class women’s fast four competitions, including new


Australia and New Zealand withdraw from major hockey events due to COVID-19

  • Hockey

Australia and New Zealand have pulled out of this season's men's and women's Hockey Pro League and other

Zealand, as well as for Australian and New Zealand teams to play overseas and return without having

Zealand meant neither side played a match in the competition for more than a year until making their

Zealand will unfortunately no longer be able to participate in the FIH Hockey Pro League this season

and to seeing Australia and New Zealand coming back for the fourth season."

 Australia and New Zealand have also withdrawn from the 2022 Indoor Hockey World Cup in Belgium


No America's Cup host picked as selection process extended after late Auckland bid

  • Sailing

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) and Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) have delayed the selection

responsible for the delay after coming out with a late bid to keep the event in Auckland.Emirates Team New

Zealand won the America's Cup earlier this year ©Getty Images"The fundamental fact is that we have a

more time to work through the final details of the respective venues as the current COVID situation in New

Zealand has made the process more difficult."

for a host started in May 2020, but was paused for three months from March 17, during which time the New