Player representatives from the National Rugby League Women's Premiership (NRLW) have criticised the league over a lack of communication on the season's postponement, which has left many stranded in Australia.

was postponed yesterday -  just seven days before pre-season was supposed to begin.Up to eight New

Zealand-based players signed to NRLW clubs arrived in Australia in early July but have been left in

Zealand players Karli Hansen, Ngatokotoru Arakua, Annetta Nu'uausala, Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly, Charlotte

(@rlplayers)"The New Zealand-based players made a significant personal commitment to relocate to Australia

Zealand leaves little hope for those in limbo.

Azerbaijan’s Vali Israfilov has credited American rap star Nicki Minaj for helping him to win his first Paralympic gold after he stunned five-times champion Oleksii Fedyna of Ukraine at Tokyo 2020.

RPC secured silver in 1:17.55 and Ukraine's Yaryna Matlo bagged bronze in 1:20.31.Sophie Pascoe of New

Zealand captured her 11th Paralympic title after battling hard to clinch the women’s 200m individual

University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand (UTSNZ) has unveiled a spectacular new Te Kaitiaki award for

bur wood.A kaitiaki in Māori culture is a guardian or protector of something considered sacred.This new

keeping the passion within their sports," Yiu said.Points for the Te Kaitiaki have been awarded at the New

Zealand University Rowing Championship, the National Tertiary Championships in 3x3, futsal, volleyball

UCI) Junior Track Cycling World Championships returns tomorrow in the Egyptian capital Cairo at the new

in Frankfurt, it was the hosts Germany who topped the medal table with five gold medals, followed by New

Zealand on three, Greece and the United States on two, and eight nations on one.The 250 metre wooden

Vladimir Sviridov earned the Russian Paralympic Committee's (RPC) eighth Para-athletics gold of Tokyo 2020 after twice breaking his own world record in the men's F36 shot put.

sixth and final attempt with 16.67m.His nearest challengers were Yassine Guenichi of Tunisia with a new

2012.He has won world titles in both long jump and shot put.The first of these came at Christchurch in New

Zealand in 2011, when he triumphed in the T36 long jump.

in 2021, finishing second to his compatriot Alan Kokoity's championship record throw of 15.92m.The new

Russian Paralympic Committee athlete Evgenii Torsunov won long jump T36 gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Silva, who set the record in winning gold at Rio 2016 and finished fifth in Tokyo.William Stedman of New

Zealand claimed the silver medal, 12 metres behind Torsunov, and Roman Pavlyk of Ukraine claimed bronze.Torsunov

Coronavirus-related restrictions in New Zealand have forced the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic

volleyball, 3x3 basketball and netball were due to be contested at the Ta'okotai'anga University Games, with New

Zealand-based student-athletes with Cook Islands heritage invited to take part.

Greg Minnaar won his fourth International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole in Italy while Frenchwoman Myriam Nicole added her second gold medal in the competition.

to be crowned champion in the men's race as Britain's Jordan Williams and Lachlan Stevens-McNab of New

Zealand finished second and third respectively.Bulgaria's Izabela Yankova topped the charts for the

jump at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, when Mike Powell and Carl Lewis took the long jump to new

during its staging of the Olympics.The men’s and women’s 400 metres hurdles in the Japanese capital’s new

to similar instances, the mind is inevitably drawn to the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New

1960 and 1964 champion, finished seventh with 16.89m.Flibert Bayi of Tanzania beats John Walker of New

Zealand to the 1974 Commonwealth 1500m record as both break the previous world record of Jim Ryun's

Memories of the last jump in New York in his mind."

of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) that competed at Tokyo 2020 faces a long wait in New

Zealand after their flight home was cancelled due to a change in COVID-19 restrictions.

have been unable to fly to Tonga due to lockdown in the region.They were initially booked on to an Air New

Zealand flight home from Auckland to Nuku'alofa but that was cancelled.It is unsure when they will be

fighter Pita Taufatofua caused a stir when he carried the flag at the Opening Ceremony ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand

21 days at home and we said to ourselves, 'it would be nice to get out of this 14 day quarantine [in New

Zealand] and catch the flight back home and do our 21 and that's it' but things change and we all know

Anderson to leads its marketing and commercial teams for the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand.

partners, one that will provide brands with a hugely exciting opportunity to not only engage and reach new

DkrMqklCgy— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) August 21, 2021Anderson led the marketing of Australia and New

Zealand's bid to host the World Cup.She added: "During the Australia and New Zealand bid, we engaged

Many sporting events have been cancelled in Australia and New Zealand due to strict COVID-19 countermeasures

Britain's Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn ended the second day of athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with gold medals in the 100 metres at the Olympic Stadium.

David Wagner of Denmark, another five centimetres back.Susannah Scaroni of the United States set a new

Oceanian record in second and the RPC's Aleksandr Kostin set a new personal best for bronze.Aleksandr

second and a half.Hristiyan Stoyanov of Bulgaria claimed the silver and Uganda's David Emong set a new

Congratulations Lisa Adams of New Zealand, winning the F37 Shot Put with a new Paralympic Record Distance

bronze.Finally, Azerbaijan's Hamed Heidari set a new world record of 51.42m to claim the gold right

Incumbent John Kotsifas has been announced as the only candidate in World Taekwondo Oceania's (WTO) Presidential election.

treasurer.There is a two-horse race for senior vice-president with Australia's Daniel Trenton taking on New

candidates are standing for two vice-president positions - Alfred Lai of French Polynesia, Henri Jouanno of New

Caledonia, Jason Jung Kim of New Zealand, John Cholai of Papua New Guinea and Peter Ah Him of Samoa.The

of those successful must be female to ensure gender equality on the body.Last month, WTO approved a new

and a number of electoral rule changes.Updates include term limits - although terms served before the new

Takayuki Suzuki captured Japan’s first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics here on another night of record-breaking performance at the Aquatics Centre.

RPC coming third in 59.86.The race of the night saw Ellen Keane of Ireland edge out Sophie Pascoe of New

Zealand to win women's 100m breaststroke SB8.Pascoe held a slender lead at the turn, before Keane responded

to clinch top spot in 1:19.93.The New Zealander had to settle for silver in 1:20.32, with Adelina Razetdinova

Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has refreshed its international women's competitions - with a new

additionally advance to the inter-continental playoffs for the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand - the first to feature 32 teams.W Championship knockout games will be one-legged and winning

 "This new ecosystem wholeheartedly delivers on that and the inclusion of an inaugural CONCACAF