New Zealand banished the demons of their Rio 2016 final defeat to Australia to win women's rugby sevens

- returned in Tokyo to put things right.Woodman was distraught at the end of the game in Rio, which New

Zealand lost 24-17, but has now topped an Olympic podium.Skipper Sarah Hirani handed off to Michaela

Blyde for the first New Zealand try under the posts, with Nathan-Wong converting for a 7-0 lead.The

space for her side's first try, but she pulled the conversion wide herself to leave the score at 7-5.New

Zealand try of the half.The extras were added by Nathan-Wong and New Zealand had a healthy 19-5 lead

International Olympic Committee (IOC) medical and scientific director Richard Budgett has acknowledged current guidelines around transgender athletes are no longer fit for purpose, with the organisation set to publish an updated framework to guide International Federations in devising their own rules.

participation of transgender athletes in elite sport has been pushed into the spotlight in recent months, with New

Zealand weightlifting Laurel Hubbard poised to become the first openly trans woman to compete at the

global celebration of our hopes, our ideals and our values," Hubbard said in a statement released by the New

Zealand Olympic Committee."

to compete in events being suspended for 12 months.The IOC held a consultation process to devise a new

Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic overcame compatriots Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig in an all-Croatian men’s doubles final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here today.

New Zealand celebrated their first tennis medal at an Olympic Games, after Marcus Daniell and Michael

Venus overcame the challenge of United States’ Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren in straight sets.The New

Zealand pairing won the opening set in a tie-break, before dominating the second to win 7-6, 6-2.

Games since 1980 as competition ended here today with the men’s eight taking bronze behind winners New

Zealand and Germany.

Greece’s first-ever Olympic rowing gold medal with a surprise victory in the men’s single sculls as New

Zealand claimed two titles on the final day of the Tokyo 2020 regatta here.

men's eight crew celebrate after clinching gold in the final rowing race of Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand

Zealand who took a narrow lead at the halfway stage before powering ahead.The British team slipped further

behind and faced a battle with Germany for silver, while New Zealand pressed down the accelerator.

 New Zealand won the race in 5:24.64, with Germany taking silver in 5:25.60 and Britain having to

Zealand came second in 6:00.04.The Canadian team featured Lisa Roman, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Christine

UniSport Australia has partnered with competitive esports league META Esports for the upcoming Nationals League of Legends Championship.

aspiring esports players with the opportunity to compete against players from across Australia and New

Zealand in games like League of Legends.We hosted our first regional finals of the year in QLD, and

METAhse) July 28, 2021"META Esports aims to develop and grow grassroots esports across Australia and New

Zealand," said Woody Wu, league commissioner of META Esports.

Organisers of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) are set to make a call on the tournament's future in the next week.

Australia and New Zealand withdrew from the tournament, scheduled to be held in England from October

citing concerns around player safety and the coronavirus situation in the respective countries.New Zealand

said his understanding was that the decisions from the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) and New

At the tournament in 2000 a New Zealand Māori team controversially competed at the height of the Super

League war - a dispute over control of the top level of rugby league in Australia and New Zealand in

Gold Coast has been confirmed as host the World Bowls Championships in 2023, three years after the city was originally supposed to stage the competition.

disciplines in Adelaide.Australia finished top of the medal table again in 2016 in Christchurch in New

Zealand, with four golds, two silvers and a bronze from the eight disciplines.World Bowls chief executive

Gary Smith added he was appreciative of all stakeholders for reaching an agreement on new dates for

Rowers Vasilisa Stepanova and Elena Oriabinskaia won the silver medal in the women's pair at Tokyo 2020.

The duo finished with a time of 6mins 51.45secs as they narrowly lost to New Zealand by 1.26 seconds.This

World Netball has revealed a "Your Netball World" mosaic to mark two years until the Netball World Cup in Cape Town.

competition, with Antipodean countries dominating.Australia lead the way with 11 titles, followed by New

Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago with five and one victories, respectively.New Zealand are the reigning

women’s Olympic pair finals went respectively to Croatia’s Sinković brothers, Martin and Valent, and New

Championships, taking the title that was won at London 2012 and Rio 2016 by the now discontinued double act of New

New Zealand’s world champions Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler en route to the Olympic women's pair

gold ©Getty ImagesIn the women’s pair New Zealand’s world champions played a cagier game, moving past

to growing gloom for the nation that has topped the Games medal list on the last three occasions.The New

Zealand pair, meanwhile, will prepare to play a further part in the Olympic regatta as part of the women's

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed that the World Test Championship (WTC) Final was the most-watched match of any in the WTC competition.

Worldwide, 177 million watched the one-off Test.New Zealand beat India by eight wickets at Southampton

the viewing pleasure and engagement of our fans," Dahiya added.Captain Kane Williamson helped lead New

In New Zealand, 200,000 watched overnight coverage of the match - a figure the ICC is pleased with given

the small population and time difference to England.New Zealand won on an extra reserve day, introduced

of viewers.The ICC website and TV app helped increase the total number of views to 515 million.The new

League World Cup remain defiant that the event can be staged safely in England later this year, despite New

Zealand and Australia's withdrawal from the tournaments.

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 in England be postponed until 2022.However

Zealand are the top-ranked women's and men's rugby league national teams ©Getty ImagesAustralia are

Zealand women.Critics of their withdrawal have pointed out that other national teams from the countries

Zealand and Australia - could prove tricky, as the same window next year would overlap with the FIFA

Fiji made it back-to-back men's rugby sevens gold medals with a 27-12 victory over an error-strewn New

Zealand side at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.

powered to victory at the Tokyo Stadium.Waisea Nacuqu wrapped up the win with a last-gasp drop goal as New

Zealand were made to pay for their mistakes.The first of those errors came inside the opening minute

Zealand mistake gifted Fiji a second try as Andrew Knewstubb let the ball slip through his grasp over

after landing a last-gasp drop goal to seal victory for Fiji ©Getty ImagesDespite the double blow, New

conversion, leaving New Zealand trailing 12-5.After profiting from New Zealand errors for the first

Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) Chef de Mission Tegla Loroupe could miss the chance to lead the squad at the delayed Olympic Games here as she is still in Doha after testing positive for COVID-19.

Tokyo 2020 today confirmed another seven new positive COVID-19 cases among people accredited for the

in their opening round and the eighth seeds had been due to face Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New

Zealand.

tested positive for COVID-19 since arriving in the Japanese capital for the Olympics.Two of the other new

and 25 and the positivity rate is 0.02 per cent, the IOC said today.Tokyo yesterday recorded 1,429 new