Egypt’s world junior champion Mostafa Asal, who beat all his top compatriots to win the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour Finals title last week, has broken into the men’s top 10 for the first time.

the all-time list of longest-reigning top-ranked men.Momen stays at number three, while Paul Coll of New

Zealand and Marwan ElShorbagy complete the top five.Egypt's Nour El Sherbini has topped the PSA women's

Samoa will only send overseas athletes to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games because of concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s Government has announced.

are based in Samoa (weightlifting team), two are based in Australia (boxing team), four are based in New

Zealand (sailing and canoeing team), one in the US (Athletics) and one already in Japan (Judo)."

behind the Government decision, especially the need to protect Samoa from the virus, especially the new

with the Samoan Government’s COVID-19 health requirements to board a repatriation flight from Dubai to New

Shot putter Ben Tuimaseve is the latest addition to New Zealand’s athletics team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Zealand at the World Para Athletics Championships later that year in Dubai, finishing 12th in his event.Tuimaseve

Zealand chief executive, said: "It is fantastic to announce Ben’s selection today to represent New Zealand

Peter Pfitzinger, chief executive of Athletics New Zealand, commented: "After being unable to train early

He has never given up on his dream of making the New Zealand Paralympic team for Tokyo 2020, and on behalf

of the New Zealand athletics community I would like to congratulate Ben on his selection."

Eighteen-year-old Namibian Christine Mboma produced a startling performance at tonight’s Irena Szewińska Memorial meeting in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz as she won the women’s 400 metres by half the length of the finishing straight in 48.54sec - a world under-20 record and the fastest run so far this year.

Championships behind Naser, no sooner has one major rival disappeared off her radar for Tokyo than she has a new

could only manage sixth place with 20.42m in a competition won by 2017 world champion Tom Walsh of New

Zealand with a best of 21.46m.Serbia’s Armin Sinančević was second on 21.16m, and Nigeria’s aptly-named

Three of the top four placed teams in the men’s rugby sevens tournament at the Rio 2016 Olympics have been drawn in the same pool at next month’s Tokyo 2020 Games.

sees a renewal of the antipodean rivalry between Rugby World Cup Sevens and World Series champions New

Zealand and Australia.The two nations met in the final of the last Series event in Vancouver, with the

Canada are joined by France, Fiji and Brazil.Rugby World Cup Sevens and World Series title holders New

Zealand will face ROC, Britain and Kenya in Pool A.?️

for the first time in the Games at Rio 2016 had a profound effect, attracting an estimated 30 million new

Vantaa in Finland has been confirmed the new host of the 2021 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Sudirman

including the Victor and Fuzhou China Opens, the Japan Open, the India Open and the Hong Kong Open.The New

Zealand Open, Australia Open, Hyderabad Open in India and Vietnam Open have also been cancelled.In addition

captain Sarah Hirini and two-time Olympic rowing gold medallist Hamish Bond have been announced as New

Zealand team into the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on July 23rd.”The New Zealand Olympic Committee

Zealand athletes, competition preparation and performance standards.Hirini was part of the New Zealand

Being able to carry the flag and represent the women’s sevens team and the wider New Zealand Team at

Bond and Hirini were presented with the New Zealand team's Kākahu when they were individual confirmed

first worn at Athens in 2004.Sir Peter Snell was the New Zealand team flagbearer the last time New Zealand

Australia secured victories over New Zealand in both men’s and women’s matches in Perth to conclude the

The Australian women’s team bounced back from a shootout loss to New Zealand yesterday at the Perth Hockey

snap three-day lockdown imposed by the West Australian Government due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.New Zealand

the top scorer in the Hockey Pro League for the second consecutive campaign.Her early strike proved New

Zealand in the final season standings, with the teams ending fifth and sixth on point percentages of

Zealand ©Getty ImagesWorld and Pro League champions The Netherlands topped the nine-team women's standings

Fiji and New Zealand secured the men’s and women’s titles at the Oceania Sevens Championships after their

members of the Uni Sevens squad.Fiji finished the competition with a flourish by earning a 17-7 win over New

Zealand in the sixth round.New Zealand finished the tournament in second place with four wins and two

defeats, which both came at the hands of Fiji.The New Zealand team had sealed the runners-up position

reigning world and Commonwealth Games champions, cruised to victory in the women’s competition.The New

over Australia.The six consecutive wins at the tournament sets New Zealand up strongly for next month

Olympic gold medallists Fiji claimed a potentially decisive victory over world champions New Zealand

chasing a fifth Oceania Championship, are top of the standings heading into tomorrow's final day.New Zealand

Barbarians side, comprised of contracted Australian players and members of the Uni Sevens squad, 21-17.New

Zealand remain unbeaten in the women's tournament after four of the six scheduled matches ©Getty ImagesThe

Barbarians were also beaten 28-12 by defending champions Australia.New Zealand, the reigning women's

New Zealand's women won a thrilling shootout against Australia as the two nations made their long-awaited

Malone and Emily Chalker scored in the first five minutes of the match at Perth Hockey Stadium.New Zealand

match went to a shootout, which showed the quality of both goalkeepers.Australian Rachael Lynch and New

first three shots, before the latter stopped a fourth.Goals from Samantha Charlton and Julia King gave New

Zealand the win and a bonus point.Australia won the men's match against New Zealand 7-3 ©Getty ImagesIn

Scott Martlew and Corbin Hart have been selected for the New Zealand Paralympic canoeing team, taking

2020 Para-canoeists Corbin Hart, left, and Scott Martlew pictured with Lynette Grace of Paralympics New

Zealand ©Getty ImagesCompeting against able-bodied athletes earlier this year at the national championships

Zealand at Tokyo 2020."

competing at the Tokyo Paralympics, but I’m enormously proud to be given the chance to compete for New

Zealand and I hope to be able to do my absolute best in Tokyo."

Olympic gold medallists Fiji and World Cup holders New Zealand each recorded two victories in the men's

the Uni Sevens squad, 32-12.Rugby Sevens World Cup champions and Commonwealth Games gold medallists New

Zealand also have a 100 per cent record after the first day of the event.New Zealand defeated Oceania

 Fiji had won four of the previous Championships, while New Zealand, surprisingly, have never lifted

the title.In the women's event, New Zealand and Australia have two wins apiece following their respective

victories over Fiji and the Oceania Women's Sevens team.New Zealand, the reigning women's world and

Some of the Olympic rugby gold medal contenders for Tokyo 2020 next month are set to be in action this weekend for the final warmup tournament before the Games at the Oceania Sevens Championships in Townsville.

Olympic rugby sevens gold medals at Rio 2016, and Australia, the women’s champions from Brazil.New Zealand

Friday to Sunday (June 27).Australia is due to open the men’s tournament against Fiji tomorrow and New

ourselves against the best - Fiji were probably the most improved on the world series before COVID and New

Zealand have been consistently the best team."

 Fiji had won four of the previous Championship with New Zealand, surprisingly, never having lifted

Men’s top seed Ali Farag of Egypt lost his second successive match in the group stages at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour Finals in Cairo.

Marche, a late replacement for Egypt’s Fares Dessouky who withdrew due to a back injury.Marche and New

completed two matches.In women’s Group B, the first round of games was completed today when Joelle King of New

Zealand, the seventh seed, earned a straightforward 11-5, 11-8 win over fourth seed Amanda Sobhy of