Britain's European and former world champion James Cooke is among seven pentathletes elected by their peers to the newly-constituted International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Athletes' Committee.

Europe.Oceania will be represented by 30-year-old Rebecca Jamieson, the first female to qualify to represent New

Zealand in the modern pentathlon at the Olympics when she was picked for the Tokyo 2020 Games.Africa's

weather in Southampton over the next five days, or if necessary six, either the cricketers of India or New

Zealand will become the inaugural men's world Test champions.

 That circle did not include India or New Zealand when the International Cricket Council (ICC) was

 Southampton's Ageas Bowl is due to host the first World Test Championship final between New Zealand

 Over the next 15 years they won against Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand, but all of these successes

By a twist of fate, the team they beat was New Zealand.Dick Brittenden, the veteran New Zealand cricket

“New Zealand were generally outplayed by a team stronger in batting, more reliable in fielding and far

India face New Zealand in the inaugural World Test Championship final tomorrow at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton

The new competition, which began two years ago, is intended to be the premier championship for Test cricket

Zealand - now the top-ranked team in the world - and India managed to reach the final.Initially scheduled

unpopular, and soon settled on a method of taking the percentage of points won rather than total points.New Zealand

An Indian win could have profound effects on the health of Test cricket, but New Zealand’s cricketers

Zealand won a major ICC tournament - the 2000 KnockOut Trophy in Kenya.

New Zealand are to base themselves at Edgbaston Golf Club during next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

conveniently close to the Birmingham University Vale site, site of the Commonwealth Games Village.New Zealand

Golf Club chairman Nick George said.New Zealand House will be a base for athletes, officials, family

athletes and all their friends, family and sponsors for the duration of the Games.”New Zealand were

“The New Zealand team has a culture of manaakitanga - a Maori word that means hospitality,” New Zealand

“It is all about making travellers feel welcome when visiting New Zealand.

Former New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) President Sir Eion Edgar has died at the age of 76, it has

his home in Queenstown yesterday, his family announced.The businessman and philanthropist helped make New

Zealand a better place and has left a behind "an enormous legacy", his family say.Sir Eion became Acting

Zealand Football Association.At the time of his death, he was Honorary Patron of the New Zealand Football

Today is a sad day for Aotearoa [the Māori name for New Zealand]," said New Zealand Football chief executive

Andrew Pragnell.Sir Eion Edgar was President of the New Zealand Olympic Committee from 2003 until 2009

Netball South Africa President Cecilia Molokwane has vowed to deliver a Netball World Cup in 2023 that will young boys and girls will "never forget and inspire them to dream beyond their wildest dreams" after officially unveiling the tournament’s logo.

South Africa was awarded the event for the first time after beating New Zealand to land the hosting rights

It is like we are entering into a new dawn because just last week we were introduced to World Netball

and got to see their new logo, now South Africa will get to be the first country to host the World Cup

under the new name and logo.Unveiling the official LOGO of the 2023 Netball World Cup!

has really been a big challenge for us and therefore it’s important to be innovative and adapt to the New

Loughborough University's executive director of sport John Steele has been recognised by the British Queen in her Birthday Honours List.

started as a professional rugby player.During his playing days, Steele faced opposition that included the New

Zealand All Blacks, South African Springboks and Australian Wallabies.After hanging up his boots, he

The scheduling of the athletics programme, and the disruption to it caused by a royal appearance, did no favours to Yvette Williams at the Vancouver Commonwealth Games in 1954. 

expected the discus was put back an hour, which meant the two events coincided," said Williams, one of New

performance of my career," she said.And what a career it was.Williams was the first woman to be named New

Zealand "sportsman" of the year, in 1950, when she was the star of the show at the Auckland Games, winning

athlete, she also played basketball for her country.After she won Olympic gold in the long jump in 1952, New

Zealand had to wait 40 years to cheer their next female Olympic champion, sailor Barbara Kendall in

Mastercard has signed a five-year partnership with World Rugby to assist with the development of its "Women in Rugby" programme, as part of the Accelerating the development of women in rugby strategic plan which is to conclude in 2025.

WXV - the annual women's competition which is due to debut in 2023.World Rugby has also launched its new

Women's rugby is going from strength to strength globally, and the new Team Powered campaign and Mastercard

partnership will supercharge the sport’s growth, inspiring a new generation of players, fans and parents

 "Our new commercial partnership reflects our ambitious plans to advance women in rugby at all levels

New Zealand is set to host the 2021 Rugby World Cup, which is now due to take place in 2022 October and

Star goalkeeper Rachael Lynch is set to return after being named in Australia's 16-strong squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - but a mystery player has appealed the decision not to select them for the Games.

omissions.Both successfully appealed, but Morgan was also left out of the recent four-test series in New

There were 27 players in the squad, we used 26 of them in New Zealand, and all performed well."

Czech Republic's Jiří Prskavec has claimed the gold medal on home soil in the men's kayak event at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup leg in Prague.

two-time Olympic medallist Jessica Fox.Just 0.17 seconds separated Fox from fifth-placed Luuka Jones of New

Zealand, and Britain's Kimberley Woods separated the regional rivals.Spain's Maialen Chourraut was a

The Olympic medal chances of athletes from around the world have changed dramatically after China decided not to select Rio 2016 gold medallist Deng Wei, its leading female athlete in the Tokyo 2020 rankings.

qualify two athletes, Nina Sterckx at 49kg and Anna Vanbellinghen in the super-heavyweights.From Oceania, New

Zealand has five qualifiers - including Laurel Hubbard, the first trans athlete at the Olympic Games

- Australia four and Samoa three.Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea, the first woman to lift at the Olympic

2000, has qualified in the 49kg - her fifth Olympic appearance.She will be 37 later this month.Papua New

Britain has pulled out of this year’s World Athletics U20 Championships in Kenya because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

withdrawing due to security concerns.Britain were part of a group that included Australia, Canada, New

Zealand, Switzerland and the United States who withdrew from that event following warnings about the

Plans have been revealed by the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) to launch its own Hall of Fame.

selection processes.It is planned to set up a Hall of Fame Committee that will oversee the introduction of new

full medal event in Sydney four years later when the US beat Australia 32-31 in the final.Since then, New

Zealand won at Athens 2004, the US at Beijing 2008 and Australia at London 2012 and Rio 2016.

The final of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship between India and New Zealand

by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the ICC to change the points system in the group stage.India and New

Zealand finished first and second ahead of Australia, England and Pakistan.