The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) has announced details of a week of activities in the run-up to Olympic Day.

The week of activities features the opportunity to learn a new sport - with a host of National Federations

of Olympic Day activities in 2020 took place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, although in New

Zealand trampolinist Dylan Schmidt visited a school in Auckland as part of the Ask an Olympian resource

The announcement of an expanded Refugee Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020 will be the highlight of the opening day of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting tomorrow.

Canada, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Portugal, The Netherlands, New

Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom have all hosted athletes.They

World Lacrosse has announced the seedings for next year's World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, with hosts the United States set to be the top seed for the competition.

the US, Canada, England and Australia complete the top four seeds; while Scotland, Israel, Wales and New

Zealand are ranked fifth to eighth.Japan is in ninth, with the Czech Republic 10th and Italy 11th.Fourth

Just over eight years ago, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) introduced a new discipline to the

sevens - arrived on the international scene.There was no grand ceremony where officials heralded a new

version of the outdoor game, and we would hope to create the same excitement and interest with this new

full potential.Since Twenty20 cricket made its international debut with a match between Australia and New

Zealand in 2005, the discipline has taken the world by storm.Launched in 2008, the 20-over Indian Premier

Batra as FIH President, Thierry Weil - the organisation’s chief executive - acknowledged the dearth of new

Pan American Games champion Daniella Rosas says she is pleased with her progress so far at the World Surfing Games in El Salvador, her first competition since the start of the pandemic.

final, and will face Leilani McGonagle of Costa Rica, Lucia Indurain of Argentina and Paige Hareb of New

Zealand in her fifth round heat.

Japan enjoyed a banner day the World Surfing Games in El Salvador, with three Japanese surfers winning men's third-round heats.

and put herself in a good position to win the nation a first women's Olympic berth.Paige Hareb from New

Zealand, Costa Rica's Leilani McGonagle, American teenager Alyssa Spencer, Germany's Noah Klapp, Lucia

Main round heats got the action underway on the opening day of the World Surfing Games in El Salvador.

11.47 points.Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil won the 16th heat with 13.16 points, while Paige Hareb of New

Zealand took victory in heat 17 with 10.83 points.Lorena Fica of Chile was victorious in the 18th heat

Women's Hockey Pro League champions The Netherlands signed off their campaign in style as they beat Belgium in their final game of the season in Antwerp.

Games.The Netherlands are fourth but could be overtaken by Australia, who have two matches against New

Zealand left to play.

Top seeds Mohamed ElShorbagy and Nour El Sherbini won the men's and women's El Gouna International Squash Open titles respectively following straight-games victories in the finals.

PSAWorldTour) May 28, 2021At 49 minutes, the men's final was 11 longer, but the defeated Paul Coll of New

Zealand won fewer points than Gohar.ElShorbagy won the match 11-5, 11-2, 11-7, qualifying for June's

Hosts and reigning champions New Zealand are set to meet rivals Australia on the opening day of next

World Rugby and New Zealand Rugby have announced a revamped match schedule for the women's tournament

event now scheduled to run from October 8 to November 12 next year, organisers believe it will set new

pic.twitter.com/CoGkPzJ34w— Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) May 27, 2021New Zealand, Australia, Wales

Michelle Hooper, tournament director for the New Zealand Organising Committee, added: "We have an incredible

Zealand and Australia as the final match."

More than 18,000 fans will be able to watch England’s men’s cricket test match against New Zealand at

live sport and music," said Stuart Cain, chief executive of Edgbaston Stadium.England are set to meet New

Zealand in front of more than 18,000 spectators at Edgbaston Stadium ©Getty Images"It will be great

More than half of the cases logged by the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) related to safeguarding issues, it has been confirmed.

overview of the various independent reviews carried out in Australia, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, New

Zealand, Switzerland, the US and Britain following numerous allegations of abuse in an effort to identify

International Olympic Committee reduced the number of quota places available from 324 at Tokyo 2020 to 318.A new

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has announced six new members to its athletics team for the Tokyo 2020

London 2012.In March, Robinson became the first Para-athlete to win a medal in an open event at the New

Zealand Track and Field Championships, when she took silver in the women's javelin.Also returning in

Zealand at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics ©Getty Images"It is fantastic to announce our third group of Para-athletes

selected to represent New Zealand at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games today," said Fiona Allan, chief

Zealand Paralympic teams across 13 Paralympic Games since 1968."

Sally Gunnell had never competed at a major championships before her appearance as a 20-year-old at the Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games, and when she won the sprint hurdles she was in a quandary.

the Games were knocked sideways when half the Commonwealth stayed at home because of the presence of New

Zealand, whose rugby team still competed against South Africa when most of the rest of the world would

Gunnell was in England's victorious 4x400m relay teams in New Zealand in 1990 and Canada in 1994.

Seventh seed Joelle King of New Zealand was surprisingly beaten as the third round of the El Gouna Squash

world champion fighting hard to beat compatriot Mazen Hesham 12-10, 11-8, 11-4.Third seed Paul Coll of New

Zealand defeated France’s Victor Crouin 11-7, 11-3, 12-10 in the final game of the day on the Glass