Mexico won the Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship (CMOQ) after the hosts beat Honduras on penalties in Guadalajara.

fourth consecutive men’s Olympic football tournament, join Japan, France, Germany, Romania, Spain and New

Zealand in the men's field.The line-up also includes South American giants Argentina and Brazil, African

host cities and 10 stadiums have been confirmed for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand.

Eden Park in Auckland in New Zealand has been selected by FIFA to stage the opening match of the tournament

Zealand.Newcastle and Launceston in Australia and Christchurch in New Zealand have missed out.The 2023

Johanna Wood, President of New Zealand Football, added: "It is a privilege to co-host the FIFA Women's

Zealand."

Australia and New Zealand were awarded the hosting rights following a FIFA Council vote in June 2020.

World Rugby has announced it will provide a package of financial and administrative support to help facilitate two Pacific Islands teams to join Super Rugby from 2022.

teams will be supported by their respective unions and private equity funding, with the move subject to New

Zealand Rugby (NZR) Board approval.World Rugby say the funding is conditional on these franchises satisfying

are still steps to complete, I would like to thank everyone involved, including the unions as well as New

Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia, for their full commitment to this project which is great for rugby

Super Rugby features teams from Australia and New Zealand, with the club competition having previously

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) technical commissioner Roberto Manolo Perez-Leon is to conduct a workshop for female softball umpires in Peru.

Puerto Rico, Mexico, South Africa, Chinese Taipei, China, Netherlands, Italy, Czech Republic, Australia, New

Zealand, Philippines and Colombia at the tournament later this year.Due to the one-year postponement

German athlete body Athleten Deutschland has published a position paper which calls for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) to outline basic requirements for Tokyo 2020, expectations of International Federations (IFs) around qualification events and minimum requirements for future versions of the Games playbooks.

overseas spectators to attend the Games amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Concerns were expressed over new

, Israel and Nepal have been vaccinating their Olympic and Paralympic delegations, while Mexico and New

Zealand have placed their athletes among the earliest groups for vaccinations.Athleten Deutschland added

Jin Kuen Oh has been elected President of World Taekwondo New Zealand, with the organisation now boasting

a new seven-person Board following governance reforms.

World Taekwondo New Zealand held an Annual General Meeting on Sunday (March 28), where the results were

claimed to be the governing body for the sport in the country.World Taekwondo New Zealand is the organisation

Zealand."

to create a shared vision for all taekwondo clubs in New Zealand and seek new funding avenues for athletes.Tom

Burns is the sole taekwondo player form New Zealand to have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Honduras and Mexico secured the final places in the men's Olympic football tournament at Tokyo 2020 after winning semi-finals at the Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifier in Guadalajara.

teams assured of competing at Tokyo 2020.The teams join Japan, France, Germany, Romania, Spain and New

Zealand in the men's field.The line-up also includes South American giants Argentina and Brazil, African

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) held its final community event as part of its Celebration Project - which

Zealand at the Games.Since 2019, the initiative has included events in Auckland twice, Whangarei, Hamilton

Zealand at the Games."

Zealand Paralympic teams from Tel Aviv 1968 through to the most recent Rio 2016 Paralympics," said Fiona

Zealand Lottery Grants Board, the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce and Toyota New Zealand.To date, New

Zealand has won 90 Paralympic gold medals, as well as 63 silver and 67 bronze.

A new high-performance strategy set to run through to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has

been unveiled in New Zealand.

High Performance Sport NZ, the Government agency for sport in the country, said the new scheme was backed

by investment of NZ$273 million (£139 million/$191 million/€162 million).The creation of a new NZ$27.6

$19 million/€16 million) aspirational fund, which will see more sports receive financial support in New

Zealand, is among the main initiatives in the new strategy.It differs from the usual targeted funding

Brisbane 2032 could be an amazing celebration of high performance sport in New Zealand," Scott said."

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) says it is in the final stages of negotiations with Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) over supplying COVID-19 vaccines to athletes from the continent prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

confirmed to have been placed in a priority group for vaccinations last month.Tokyo 2020 athletes in New

Zealand were confirmed as being eligible for early vaccinations this week.Other NOCs, including those

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has welcomed its Government’s announcement that athletes set

New Zealand’s COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins revealed that Olympic athletes and those playing

will be eligible, adding that they must travel before August 31 with the intention of returning to New

Zealand at the Olympic Games."

New Zealand took 199 athletes to the 2016 Rio Olympics - winning 18 medals of which four were gold.The

NZOC hopes a similar number will qualify for Tokyo 2020 this year.New Zealand has been widely praised

New Zealanders are set to be given the chance to discover a variety of Para sports and interact with

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) and community partner ACC will run the first "Get Started in Para Sport

information and valuable content for anyone who would like to explore Para sport opportunities within New

Zealand," said Allan."

Zealand at the Winter Paralympic Games in the future ©PNZ"Para Alpine skiing has helped me get that

Zealand at the Paralympic Winter Games."

When the first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal for archery was presented in 1982, the winner remained on the ground rather than the podium.

both the Paralympics and Olympics - in 1980 and 1984 - won gold in Brisbane in a dramatic finish.The New

Suddenly there were all these New Zealanders there behind me saying 'you've done it!'

Fairhall was selected to represent New Zealand at the 1980 Olympics but missed those Games, to her lifelong

worn-out left shoulder" and continued to coach and encourage archers.She died in 2006.Ruth Dyson, a New

Zealand Government Minister, said Fairhall was "an inspirational woman for all New Zealanders who did

Top seed Ali Farag of Egypt recovered from dropping the opening game to beat compatriot Mostafa Asal and move into the quarter-finals of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Black Ball Squash Open in Cairo.

next round after Momen beat France’s Gregoire Marche 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9.Fourth seed Paul Coll of New

Zealand was also a four game winner in the third round today as he beat France’s Gregory Gaultier 11

territories on the continent.Christmas Eve was spent in Seychelles before the Baton brought in the New

and Brunei in Southeast Asia, the Baton reached the Pacific islands in February before arriving in New

Zealand between March 12 and 15 - a stop which will include Commonwealth Day.Four days will be spent

Relay of its kind in the world.Athletics coach Bernard Baldwin, the founder of the legendary Nos Galan New