New Zealand has stepped up the fight against potential coronavirus infections at Tokyo 2020 by installing

new health technology at athletes' accommodation here.

control and infection protection to keep them safe means a lot to us, them and their families," said New

 New Zealand Chef de Mission Rob Waddell welcomed the tie-up with Big Blue ©Getty Images"Beyond

The Zambia Cricket Union (ZCU) has been expelled from world cricket and Cricket Russia has been suspended for 12 months and could face the same fate if they do not meet the deadline imposed by the annual meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

in the first ICC World Cup (then known as the Prudential Cup) in 1975.Mongolia and Tajikistan became new

 New Zealand beat India in the World Test Championship Final earlier this year ©Getty ImagesGombo

Paralympics Australia chief executive Lynne Anderson is to step down at the end of this year from the role she has held since 2015, it has been announced. 

winning 22 golds.The chief executive, who had joined Paralympics Australia from Repucom - Australia and New

Zealand, where she was managing director, will officially leave the position on December 31.Anderson

Committee, and successfully lobbied the Australian Government for investment towards Tokyo 2020 and a new

been instrumental in achieving greater parity in high performance funding for Para-sport, advancing new

Germany's Olympic football team walked off the pitch with five minutes left of their warm-up fixture with fellow Tokyo 2020 side Honduras after alleging that one of their players suffered racial abuse.

 Honduras have been drawn in Group B with New Zealand, South Korea and Romania.Both Germany and

Holders West Indies have been drawn in the same group as current world number one side England, Australia and South Africa for this year's International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup.

stage after being one of eight countries to earn an automatic berth to that point.India, Pakistan, New

Zealand and Afghanistan will meet in Group 2 with four qualifiers from the first round entering both

round features Sri Lanka, Ireland, The Netherlands and Namibia in Group A and Bangladesh, Oman, Papua New

New Zealand has pledged to protect weightlifter Laurel Hubbard from the intense international attention

closely with Laurel, as we do with any athlete, but particularly because of the huge focus on her," New

Zealand Olympic Committee public affairs and communications director Ashley Abbott said here."

The New Zealand Olympic Committee updated on their Tokyo 2020 preparations today ©Getty ImagesHubbard

has received support from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern but others have argued that her

unfair.She qualified for the Games through the International Weightlifting Federation rankings.New Zealand

New Zealand’s Paralympic team for Tokyo 2020 were formally presented for the first time and received

 Last month, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu gifted 580 Pounamu pendants to Paralympics New Zealand and the

New Zealand Olympic Committee.Crafted from one piece of greenstone, the pendant is named "Te Taumata

New Zealand Para-sport has seen staggering growth and success since the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games,

" Fiona Allan, chief executive of Paralympics New Zealand, said."

By London 2012, thanks to the support of High Performance Sport New Zealand and Paralympics New Zealand

The Indian men's cricket team's preparations for their five-match Test series in England have been dealt a blow after wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and training assistant Dayanand Garani tested positive for COVID-19.

Abhimanyu Easwaran.India have remained in England after losing the World Test Championship final to New

Zealand in Southampton last month.They were given a 20-day break before reassembling to prepare for

and Wimbledon.England won their one-day series with Pakistan 3-0, despite having to name an entirely new

cases are the latest to impact cricket in England, after the hosts were forced to name an entirely new

Organisers of this year's Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) in England today confirmed that the event will go ahead as scheduled from October 23 to November 27, even though reigning champions Australia have still to confirm participation amidst concerns over rising COVID-19 cases in the host country.

infections contrasts starkly with the methods being employed to combat the pandemic in Australia, where a new

some COVID protocols and procedures being put in place that they’ve started to move towards doing," New

Zealand Rugby League chief executive Greg Peters, told stuff.co.nz:"We want the tournament to be the

Zealand."

We’ve got to recognise what’s happening in New South Wales at the moment and what’s happening in the

England’s netball team are set to begin preparations for their Commonwealth Games title defence in a new

instructions to Natalie Panagarry during a Vitality Netball Nations Cup 2020 match between England and New

Zealand ©Getty Images"My focus is to take a kid who would never have had an opportunity and get them

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed a simplified points system for the second World Test Championship (WTC2), which begins next month.

system needed to be simplified.”The Cricket Committee took this into consideration when proposing a new

Zealand in the World Test Championship Final on June 23 ©Getty ImagesIndia lost to New Zealand in a

“We will regroup with new energy for the next cycle starting with our series against England, hoping

to give our fans a lot to cheer about.”Champions New Zealand open their campaign against India.The series

Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said.

Michael Johnson has been selected by New Zealand to represent his country for the fifth time in shooting

Zealand (PNZ).He is the sole member of the New Zealand shooting squad.Johnson is set to become only

the third New Zealand Paralympian to compete at five Games, alongside fellow shooting sport athlete Colin

I am so happy to have been officially selected today to the New Zealand Paralympic team," said Johnson

It is fantastic to announce Mike Johnson as being selected to represent New Zealand at the Tokyo 2020

Mike will continue to build on the legacy of previous Paralympians that have competed in the New Zealand

Six cyclists have been selected to represent New Zealand at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, including Rio

It is a real honour to be selected to represent New Zealand at my second Paralympic Games," Hills said

titles at the 2019 World Championships.Mead debuted for New Zealand at the 2018 Road World Championships

It is fantastic to announce our sixth group of Para-athletes selected to represent New Zealand at the

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games today," said Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) chief executive Fiona Allan."

Zealand Paralympic teams across five Paralympic Games since Sydney 2000 and PNZ wishes them all the

The International Floorball Federation (IFF) has confirmed the Women’s Under-19 World Floorball Championships will take place in September as scheduled with a modified format amid withdrawals.

confirmed they are available to compete in the event.Fellow qualifiers Australia, Austria, Canada, China, New

Zealand, Norway and the United States have, however, informed the IFF that they will be unable to participate

The Solomon Islands' returning Spanish football coach Felipe Vega-Arango has revealed that winning the gold medal for the first time at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara is his main target.

every edition of the Pacific Games since it was first held at Suva in Fiji in 1963.The winners were New

Zealand ©Getty ImagesThey also reached the final at Nouméa in 2011, again losing to the hosts, New Caledonia

Zealand, winners of the Pacific Games gold medal for the first time at Apia in Tonga in 2019 when they

beat New Caledonia 2-1 in the final.Vega-Arango previously coached the Solomon Islands in 2017.He won

his first two matches against Papua New Guinea 3-2 and 2-1 to qualify to meet New Zealand in a playoff