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

World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) Board has held an emergency meeting following the withdrawal of Australia and New

Zealand from the competition due to "player welfare and safety concerns" stemming from COVID-19.

The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) and New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) requested the event

Australia and New Zealand are the world's top-ranked men's and women's teams ©Getty ImagesThe men's,

participating in the Olympics, when their rugby union team is planning to come to Wales in October and when the New

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

Australia are 11-time winners of the men's World Cup and the defending champions, while New Zealand won

The line-up for the 2021 Winter Games NZ has been confirmed, with three events set to take place at the Remarkables Ski Area and Cardrona Alpine Resort near Queenstown from August 29 to September 4.

sports event, usually welcoming the world's best skiers and snowboarders.However, this year's event in New

Delivering these events helps New Zealand athletes prepare for their northern hemisphere seasons and

The “Q” word has been on everyone’s lips over the last few months in the build-up to Tokyo. All visitors to the Olympic city have had to observe strict quarantine protocols as part of attempts to limit the spread of COVID-19.

only compromise offered was that horses that had spent the previous six months in Britain, Ireland or New

Zealand would be permitted to enter Australia.In September, Brundage was reported in one newspaper that

Australia and New Zealand's rugby league players are reportedly frustrated about not being able to play

The news overnight that Australia and New Zealand will not compete in the 2021 World Cup is no doubt

We had anticipated that players from Australia and New Zealand would have that same opportunity, which

world's top two ranked sides, the decision made by the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) and New

Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) is devastating for the sport.It is believed the strong influence of the

Zealand won the competition in 2008.

A record-equalling low round of 61 helped South Korea’s Lee6 Jeong-eun take a three-shot lead at the halfway point of the Ladies Professional Golf Association Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club.

first, fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 11th, 12th, 17th and 18th holes, and helped her set a new

a six-under-par round of 65, featuring an eagle on the last, six birdies and two bogeys.Lydia Ko of New

Zealand, a champion at this tournament in 2015, and Yealimi Noh of the United States, who co-led after

Britain will seek to top the Olympic rowing medals table once again after its success at the last three Games with a 45-strong team that includes returning double gold medallist Helen Glover.

the British pairing look likely to be among the chasing pack with Australia and Canada in pursuit of New

that had dominated the event since 2016, but there are also rising hopes for the Dutch, Australian and New

Zealand crews.Meanwhile, Britain’s hopes of extending its success in the men’s coxless four to six successive

between 1992 and 2004, but they have been displaced at the top of the world since Rio and Australia and New

Zealand will figure strongly.Croatia’s Sinkovic brothers, Martin and Valent, winners of the men’s double

The Netherlands women's hockey team will be looking for Olympic redemption when they compete here at Tokyo 2020 as they aim to maintain their record of winning every major tournament since their shock loss in the final at Rio 2016.

But, equally, we are a very new squad and we want to create our own history by winning our first Olympic

review into allegations of a toxic culture and bullying in the women's setup.Argentina, China, Japan, New

Zealand and Spain complete Pool A.The men's tournament is more difficult to call, with Belgium, world

are in Pool B with Canada, Britain and South Africa, while Argentina, Australia, hosts Japan, India, New

Zealand and Spain make up Pool A.Six men's matches and two women's games are due to be held on the opening

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board has appointed seven new members to its Anti-Doping

Scotland, Canada's Andrew Pipe, Chin Sim Teoh of Singapore, Uganda's Aya Nakitanda, Bruce Hamilton of New

Zealand and Australia's Anita Green are the newest additions to the group.All are doctors.Johnson has

medical officer for UK Athletics and is now the director of performance health at High Performance Sport New

Zealand and the medical lead of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.Green has more than 25 years of experience

All new members of the Anti-Doping and Medical Commission have been appointed for an initial two-year

Troy Grant, chair of the International Rugby League, has underlined his sport’s Olympic ambitions in congratulating Brisbane on the news that they will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

value and attractiveness of top-level international sport.” said Grant, a former Deputy Premier of New

rugby league quickly went global, with the first international match played in 1908 between Wales and New

Zealand, the first International Federation established in 1948 and the first Rugby World Cup hosted

Following on from yesterday’s announcement that the United Kingdom would host the International Working Group (IWG) on Women & Sport World Conference in 2026, the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham has been confirmed as the venue.

The Sport and Recreation Alliance’s successful bid will see the UK take over from New Zealand as hosts

social change for women and girls through sport and physical activity.It will be hosted by Auckland on New

Powerhouses Australia and New Zealand have withdrawn from this year's Rugby League World Cup in England

Holders Australia, who have won the tournament 11 times, and New Zealand, champions in 2008, have pulled

Both the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) and New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) have requested

to participate in the tournament this year are too great, and it is unable to endorse Australia and New

Zealand participating in the RLWC in 2021."

The withdrawal of the Australian teams has also seen the New Zealand teams withdraw and this may significantly

The United Kingdom has been successful in its bid to become host secretariat for the International Working Group (IWG) on Women & Sport from 2022 to 2026.

the IWG Secretariat & World Conference 2022 – 2026 quadrennial period, taking over from Aotearoa New

Zealand on 1 October 2022. https://t.co/kE8SeVCRVE— IWG Women & Sport (@IWGWomenSport) July 21,

already created by those nations who have held this position before, including our predecessors in New

Zealand," Phelps commented."

As part of UK Sport’s new mission, we want to drive increased collaboration and harness the power and

Women's football teams took the knee today in the first examples of protest at the Olympic Games after a relaxation of the rules.

Britain, Chile, Sweden, New Zealand and the United States all performed the gesture before kick-off in

Australia defeated their 2023 Women's World Cup co-hosts New Zealand 2-1 here in the other game in Group

New Zealand's Paul Coll staged a remarkable comeback to book his place in the semi-finals of the Professional

the women's draw, Egypt's second seed Nouran Gohar ensured there would be no double celebration for New

Zealand by defeating Joelle King.Gohar beat the player ranked seventh 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7."