Jeremy Edwards has been appointed to the new position of chief of operations at the Asia Pacific Rugby

the 16 teams due to play in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England, with these being Australia, New

Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands, Tonga and Samoa.Japan and the Philippines have recently

Hosts Scotland and Sweden secured automatic semi-final spots at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland.

robin play at Curl Aberdeen.Sweden topped Group B as they finished unbeaten 9-0 thanks to wins over New

Zealand 8-1 and Switzerland 7-5.The second semi-final berths will go to the winners of the qualification

Malaysian Sivasangari Subramaniam stunned world number 10 Tesni Evans with a five-game triumph on day two of the El Gouna International Squash Open in Egypt.

in the quarter-finals.Hany defeated South Africa’s Alexandra Fuller 11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, while New

Germany’s Raphael Kandra who beat France’s Lucas Serme 11-6, 11-9, 11-4, while third seed Paul Coll of New

Zealand and world number 41 Victor Crouin of France are also through courtesy of wins against Egypt’

Belgium, Italy and Switzerland claimed the top three spots at the first ever World Triathlon Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event in Portuguese capital Lisbon to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

places available with silver and bronze respectively.The trio will join France, Australia, Britain, New

Zealand, Germany, The Netherlands, the United States and Japan at the Games where the mixed relay is

Sweden became the first team to qualify for the playoff stage at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen in Scotland as they extended their unbeaten run to seven matches.

Switzerland later in the day.Behind them three nations have records of four wins and three defeats - New

Zealand, Switzerland and the United States.New Zealand were edged out by the US 6-5 but bounced back

Switzerland beat Finland 8-5 before losing to Norway while the US remain in a tie for third despite losing to New

Zealand and later England 11-9.In Group A, hosts Scotland lead with one day of round-robin play remaining

Portuguese capital Lisbon is set to stage the first-ever World Triathlon Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event with 15 countries poised to battle it out for just three Tokyo 2020 places.

course which features a 300-metre swim, a 7.2-kilometre bike and 1.8km run.France, Australia, Britain, New

Zealand, Germany, The Netherlands, the United States and hosts Japan have already qualified for the

in the warm up in Yokohama and will be calling upon Emy Legault and Dominika Jamnicky as part of a new-look

Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan has claimed staging the 2027 Rugby World Cup will be a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" for the country after formally launching its bid to stage the tournament in six years’ time.

Cup for the second time after holding the event in 2003.It also co-hosted the inaugural edition with New

Zealand in 1987 and won the competition in 1991 and 1999.Should the country secure the rights, Australia

full-time equivalent] jobs and stimulating AUD500 million (£275 million/$285 million/€315 million) in new

Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.The final of the 2003 Rugby World Cup was staged in Sydney and the New

Sweden remain as the only unbeaten team at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Scotland after a busy day of games saw the standings tighten up in both groups as the round-robin stage passed the halfway mark.

later in the day.Behind them four teams are in a tie for third with three wins and two losses - Japan, New

Zealand, Switzerland and the United States.Japan won both their games today beating Switzerland 9-6

and China 8-6, New Zealand edged out Estonia 7-6 and Finland 6-4, while Switzerland followed their defeat

Five teams remain unbeaten with victories from their opening three matches following a busy day of action at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

are scheduled to meet on Sheet D at 12.30pm BST.Elsewhere in today’s first session of Group B action New

Zealand edged out England 7-6 in an extra end, Norway beat Finland 8-4 and China defeated Switzerland

end.Other matches in the day’s second session in the group saw England beat China 9-4, Switzerland overcome New

Zealand 5-3 and Japan defeat Finland 8-3.Behind the two unbeaten teams in the group come Norway and

Switzerland with two wins and one defeat.China, England, Estonia, Japan and New Zealand all follow with

The New Zealand Olympic Committee's (NZOC) Great Olympic Skate Roadshow, which involves a giant skateboard

giant 12-metre-long, 800 kilogram skateboard left Kaikohe West School on its first of 41 days across New

were Oly by Joel Crump, Ralph by Rebecca Merriman and Blake's Board by Natasha Dalley.Ralph refers to New

#GetOnBoardNZ pic.twitter.com/XNWyXbFojZ— The New Zealand Team (@TheNZTeam) May 9, 2021Former Olympic

shot putter Maddison-Lee Wesche, Olympic canoe slalom's Finn Butcher and President of Skateboarding New

Zealand Chris Curran also being part of the selection process."

Sweden opened their defence of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with an 8-4 win against Finland in group-stage play.

B this evening, the United States beat China 11-3, Norway enjoyed a similarly one-sided win against New

Zealand, triumphing 10-1, the Swiss defeated England 8-5 and Estonia were 10-3 victors against Japan.Canadian

Pacific Games Council (PGC) chief executive Andrew Minogue believes the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) can still host a successful Pacific Mini Games despite a challenging build-up.

multi-sport events could be held.He expressed hope the event and a travel corridor between Australia and New

Zealand could offer further optimism around the Pacific Mini Games."

The final places for the rowing event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were secured following a dramatic day on the water in Lucerne.

the women’s eight before the country’s men’s eight crew booked their place at Tokyo 2020 along with New

Zealand."

Aberdeen is set to host the latest major curling event to be held during the COVID-19 pandemic when the city stages the World Mixed Doubles Championship from tomorrow.

lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis.Sweden are the defending champions but Oskar Eriksson has a new

the event, where Sweden are in Group B along with China, England, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Norway, New

Zealand, Switzerland and the United States.This week is going to be a battle!

Next week's men's and women's Hockey Pro League matches between Belgium and Argentina have been postponed due to travel restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

seventh.The Hockey Pro League has been hit by several coronavirus-related postponements, with Australia, New

Zealand and China still yet to resume their respective campaigns.Australia and New Zealand are set to