The postponed Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) will now take place from October 15 to November 19 2022.

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.Competition

"The Rugby League World Cup is the international pinnacle of our sport, and I am delighted that the new

Zealand Rugby League cited "the risk of COVID-19 infection in the United Kingdom", rising case numbers

Zealand cricket team have been here already to participate," Johnson told BBC Radio 4."

Winter Games NZ has become the latest sporting event to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic.

Otago on Sunday (August 29), but that will no longer be possible due to a spate of COVID-19 cases in New

Zealand plunging the country into lockdown.Another 63 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by New Zealand's

September 4.Other sporting contests - most notably the Rugby Championship - have also been disrupted by New

Zealand's coronavirus outbreak and introduction of new restrictions.

The shortlist for the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Stars Awards 2020-2021 has been revealed by the FIH with players, coaches, media and fans being able to register their votes for the nominees.

award with Indian Sharmila Devi and Valentina Raposo of Argentina.South Africa's Mustaphaa Cassiem, New

division, Australian Colin Batch, who coaches his native side, joins gold medal winner Shane McLeod of New

Zealand and Batch's compatriot, India coach Graham Reid.With no Hockey Stars Awards in 2020 due to the

The final four rounds of the Rugby Championship are due to be held in the Australian state of Queensland, with matches scheduled on successive weekends from September 12 to October 2 in a COVID-19 enforced change to the original schedule.

The Rugby Championship includes Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa - the southern hemisphere

Zealand due to COVID-19 restrictions ©Getty ImagesTickets for the matches on the updated schedule are

set to go on sale on Wednesday September 1.South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina Rugby

New Zealand won the 2020 edition in which South Africa were absent because of COVID-19 restrictions,

Zealand defeat Australia 57-31 at Eden Park in Auckland, while South Africa overcame Argentina 32-12

Three wheelchair-using athletes united to light the Paralympic Cauldron - a moment which Tokyo 2020 organisers hope will reignite efforts to transform society in the host nation.

Alia Issa and Abbas Karimi before the rest of the team came out in Japanese alphabetical order.New Zealand

present as a Tokyo 2020 volunteer carried it into the arena.A Tokyo 2020 volunteer carries the flag of New

Zealand after the team opted to miss the Opening Ceremony over COVID-19 concerns ©Getty ImagesA total

The International Floorball Federation (IFF) Men’s Under-19s World Floorball Championships begins tomorrow, featuring 15 teams across four groups at the Vodova Arena in Brno in the Czech Republic.

Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and Russia have had to withdraw from the competition because

New Zealand’s Paralympic team did not attend today’s Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Paula Tesoriero, Chef de Mission for New Zealand, said standing among "large groups of people from many

nations is not aligned with our commitment to our COVID-19 protocols".Paralympics New Zealand is sending

Zealand flagbearer in the Parade of Nations, although a volunteer did carry the flag into the stadium

residential buildings in the Paralympic Village.Paralympics New Zealand also replaced the traditional

As far as I am aware, the only country that is not attending with a flagbearer is New Zealand," said

The United States are set to begin the defence of their men’s and women’s International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Under-18 World Cup crowns, when the tournament returns after a year’s absence due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Hungary and 13th seeds Switzerland.As is the case with the men’s event, 2019 silver and bronze medallists New

Zealand and France do not feature.FIBA say that some pools in the men’s and women’s tournaments do not

be held.Debrecen previously hosted the men's and women's FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Cups in 2015, when New

Zealand won the men's event and France were victorious in the women's competition.

Frankie Lucas was a very good boxer - a tough middleweight from Croydon, South London - but in the view of those who governed the sport in England he had an attitude problem and they made him pay for it.

to claim a popular victory in unusual circumstances at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New

He knew Lucas from previous international contests and offered him a deal: go to New Zealand at Scotland's

defending champion Nouran Gohar in a major final for the sixth time to win the British Open, while while New

He's the first male player from New Zealand to win the title! ??

pic.twitter.com/mRuCqgcdtZ— PSA World Tour (@PSAWorldTour) August 22, 2021Later in the day, Coll became the first New

Japan have withdrawn from the Under-23 Baseball World Cup, with competition's most successful nation not included on the list of entrants for the event in Mexico due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

for the tournament, scheduled to run from September 23 to October 2 in Sonora.China, South Africa and New

Zealand had also qualified but are not on the confirmed list of entrants.Travel restrictions related

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is refusing to let its men’s team leave the country due to COVID-19 restrictions

Home tests against South Africa have also been cancelled, along with the New Zealand women’s team’s double

Zealand and we understand the importance of putting the health and safety of New Zealanders first.""

I thought New Zealand Rugby didn't even have the respect to consult RA (Rugby Australia) about their

his team also visited New Zealand in October last year to play two tests."

Last year we went to New Zealand to ensure the games were played for the benefit of both countries."

Olympic Committee (CISNOC) Ta'okotai'anga University Games is set to take place in Kaitaia in northern New

Zealand from August 28 to September 2.

Athletes from New Zealand with Cook Islands heritage will be invited to compete at the Ta'okotai'anga

recreation throughout the country, and in this case the diaspora.However, a nationwide lockdown in place in New

Zealand until Tuesday (August 24) threatens to impact the event, with community COVID-19 cases on the

rise in New Zealand.The Cook Islands has competed in eight Summer Olympic Games, attending every edition

Fourth seed and world number five Marwan ElShorbagy of Egypt was the biggest casualty from the men’s quarter-finals at the British Open squash in Hull, with the top three seeds all securing their semi-final berths.

11-4, 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7 in an all-Egyptian clash.ElShorbagy will face third seed Paul Coll of New

Zealand in the semi-finals, as he recorded an impressive straight-games victory over Peru’s Diego Elías.Coll

semi-final opponent will be compatriot Hania El Hammamy, as the fourth seed and world number seven beat New

Russia won 12 gold medals on the final day of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) European and Junior European Open Championships in Kazan.

classes, 10 nations won medals - Russia, Bahrain, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, New

Zealand, Italy and Finland.