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New Zealand names netball squad as Commonwealth Games preparations begin

  • Birmingham 2022

Netball New Zealand has named 17 athletes in its Silver Ferns netball squad and nine further athletes

are a foot in the door and I know that competition at our camps will be fierce.2019 world champions New

Zealand will be eager to improve upon their fourth place at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at

set to meet the Australian Diamonds in a four-test series for the Constellation Cup in October.New Zealand

Games.At Gold Coast 2018, England won the gold medal, beating Australia in the final, as Jamaica defeated New

Zealand in the bronze medal playoff.


Cycling New Zealand to review mental health support after death of Podmore

  • ONOC

Cycling New Zealand will review its mental health support after the sudden death of Olivia Podmore at

Zealand has said it will review its mental health support.

Zealand chief executive Jacques Landry told a media conference."

Earlier, the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) said it is deeply saddened by Podmore's death."

We offer our deepest condolences to family, friends and others in the New Zealand community who are grieving

She was a valued team member and her loss will be felt across the New Zealand sporting community."


ICC announces nominees for July's Player of the Month award

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced three male and three female nominees from four different countries for the July nominees for the ICC Player of the Month awards.

and March accolades.Pakistani batsman Babar Azam, Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim and Devon Conway of New

Zealand were awarded the remaining three.The women's winners are spread between South Africans Shabnim


Exclusive: Pyrros Dimas and Sarah Davies join call for entire IWF Board to resign to save weightlifting

  • Weightlifting

Weightlifting has reached "a do or die moment" in its quest to remain an Olympic Games sport and it is doomed to fail unless the leaders of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) resign en masse.

a statement from the national federations of the United States, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Fiji, New

Zealand, Samoa, Guam, the Marshall Islands and Greece.Dimas, a triple Olympic champion, is President

Yes' to a new Constitution that is acceptable to the IOC, or 'No' to that Constitution and to our continued

Games in Paris without reference to the IOC’s full membership at the next Session in 2022.Unless a new

Board meeting on September 8, or the one that follows on October 5.The latest draft version of the new


Diamonds squad announced as Australia prepares for international netball return

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Netball Australia has announced a 21-member Origin Australian Diamonds team for 2021-2022 as it prepares to make its return to international competition, as well as details for the Suncorp Super Netball League Finals Series in domestic competition.

The Diamonds are set to compete in the four-match Constellation Cup against New Zealand in October, and

hoping to announce further test matches.Australia is looking to regain the Constellation Cup, after New

Zealand won it for the first time since 2012 back in March.The squad was selected by Diamonds head coach

the national side, the only player from her club to make the team.She returns to the Diamonds with New

to building on what we started as a group late last year and I am looking forward to integrating the new


World Taekwondo reinstate Taekwondo New Zealand as a full member

  • Taekwondo

Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) has been reinstated as a full member of World Taekwondo (WT) following a

New Zealand was formally recognised as a WT member under the organisation World Taekwondo New Zealand

TNZ and World Taekwondo have not followed due process to obtain recognition here in Aotearoa New Zealand

We believe it would be folly for World Taekwondo, Oceania Taekwondo, New Zealand Olympic Committee and

Sport New Zealand to work with 'TNZ' as the national governing body for New Zealand under these circumstances

A rift in taekwondo in New Zealand has been documented since 2016 as multiple groups have claimed to


Extensive coverage of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games to be shown in New Zealand

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Extensive coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is set to be shown in New Zealand, courtesy of

Television New Zealand (TVNZ).

to 1am every day on TVNZ1 and DUKE for the duration of the Games from August 24 to September 5.The New

Zealand Paralympic Team’s performances will be the focus of the broadcasts."

New Zealanders love watching our top athletes perform at the highest levels, so we’re excited to bring

evening.Dubber won the bronze medal in the 100 metres backstroke S7 at Rio 2016 whereas Sharman was part of New

Zealand's bronze medal-winning wheelchair rugby team at Sydney 2000.The New Zealand Paralympic team


Korda holds off chasing pack to clinch Olympic women's golf title

  • Golf

American Nelly Korda fended off the chasing pack as she converted her overnight lead into victory to claim the women's Olympic golf gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

Korda finished on 17 under par, a shot clear of Japan's Mone Inami and Lydia Ko of New Zealand, to become


Kozák gains revenge over Carrington as Hungary retain K4 500m crown

  • Canoeing

Danuta Kozák gained her revenge over New Zealand’s golden girl Lisa Carrington by helping Hungary reign

year-old Hungarian had already lost two of her Olympic crowns to Carrington in the Japanese capital as the New

heavy rain could not stop the Hungarian quartet as they clinched victory in 1min 35.463sec, while the New

Zealand crew finished outside the medals.Kozák has now won six canoe sprint gold medals - one more than

Zealand following in second and third respectively.Belarus stretched their lead to four metres at the

Zealand came fourth in 1:37.243.Max Rendschmidt captured the third gold medal of his career after being


World Rugby Sevens Series legs in Hong Kong and Paris cancelled

  • Rugby Sevens

The World Rugby Sevens Series 2021 calendar continues to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with events in Hong Kong and Paris both now cancelled.

April to November this year.A edition is now not on the calendar until April 1 to 3 in 2022, when the new

2020 after making its Olympic debut five years earlier at Rio de Janeiro.Fiji triumphed 27-12 over New

Zealand in the men's final, but the Black Ferns Sevens earned gold for their country with a 26-12 win

rugby sevens for the first time in the Olympic Games at Rio 2016 attracted an estimated 30 million new

Zealand.New Zealand also won the last women’s event, held in Sydney on 1 and 2 February 2020.The planned


Rugby League World Cup postponed to 2022

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Rugby League World Cup has been postponed until 2022 after Australia and New Zealand withdrew from

Australia are the defending men's and women's world champions, while New Zealand sit second and first

year's planned dates of October 23 to November 27- with organisers saying they would not expect their new

We appreciate the situation is radically different in Australia and New Zealand and we are confident

Zealand would be part of the rescheduled tournament next year."

I have spoken to representatives of the Australian Rugby League Commission and New Zealand Rugby League


Carrington makes history for New Zealand with golden hat-trick at Tokyo 2020

  • Canoeing

Lisa Carrington has become New Zealand’s outright most decorated Olympian in history after winning her

sees Carrington surpass fellow canoeist Ian Ferguson’s record haul of four golds and one silver to top New

she is set to team up with Caitlin Regal, Alicia Hoskin and Teneale Hatton in the K4 500m race.The New


Rugby League World Cup set for postponement until 2022

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Rugby League World Cup is expected to finally be postponed tomorrow - two weeks after New Zealand

tournament will be delayed until 2022.Australia are the defending women's and men's world champions, while New

Zealand are second and first in the respective world rankings.Any tournament without them would be seriously

would spend away from their families were cited when the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) and New

Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) withdrew and requested the event be postponed until 2022.RLWC2021 organisers


Saudi Arabia and Guam to host FIBA Asia Cup last-chance qualifiers

  • Basketball

Saudi Arabia and Guam are set to host the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup qualifiers, giving an opportunity for third-ranked teams from the qualification tournaments to reach the finals next year.

26 and 28, with the outright winner qualifying for the finals.So far, Lebanon, Bahrain, Australia, New

Zealand, Japan, South Korea, China, the Philippines, Syria, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Iran and hosts Indonesia


Gibraltar chosen to host Netball World Youth Cup 2025

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The 2025 Netball World Youth Cup is to be held at the Tercentenary Sports Hall and Europa Sports Park in Gibraltar.

21 and under, and was rebranded as the Netball World Youth Cup for the 2017 edition in Botswana.New Zealand

Gibraltar's 2025 Netball World Youth Cup will be the first edition of the tournament in eight years.New Zealand

New Zealand and Australia have both won the World Youth Cup four times, and are the only champions.