Joel Makin triumphed in a thrilling five-game match against England’s Patrick Rooney to advance to the third round of the CIB Professional Squash Association Black Ball Squash Open in Cairo.

over Egypt’s Youssef Soliman in another second round tie.Gaultier will meet fourth seed Paul Coll of New

Zealand after he defeated Switzerland’s Nicolas Mueller 11-6, 11-8, 12-10.The men's tournament is set

Several National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have expressed their disappointment at the decision to ban international fans from attending the re-arranged Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. 

Zealand Olympic Committee, said she understood the reasoning behind the decision but admitted the situation

This time the support will be from back in New Zealand and not from the stands in Tokyo."

While this situation is disappointing, we do know the best wishes of the New Zealand public will travel

Zealand team."

Kereyn Smith, chief executive of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, said the country was now relying

France scored a dramatic try with the clock on red in Paris last night to deny Wales the Grand Slam and keep the Six Nations Championship alive until the very last act on Friday (March 26).

Zealand and South Africa, the men's World Cup champions in 2019.In France, the first French rugby cup

This featured teams from New Zealand, Britain, Australia, South Africa and Canada.It was the nearest

Olympic tournament played using the 15-a-side format.When New Zealand lost to South Africa in 1928,

William Mackenzie, a former New Zealand rugby international, told readers of the Melbourne Sporting Globe

Zealand in 1987 and won by the host nation.Since then, organisers claim the men’s Rugby World Cup is

The Netball World Youth Cup, which had been due to take place in Fiji in December, has been cancelled because of the coronavirus crisis.

was rebranded as the Netball World Youth Cup in 2017, when Gaborone in Botswana staged the event and New

Zealand won it.Twenty teams had qualified to compete in Suva this year.INF President Liz Nicholl said

The FIFA Congress is set to decide the future hosts of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, rather than the organisation’s Council.

been decided by the FIFA Council to date.The ruling body last year voted in favour of Australia and New

Zealand hosting the next edition of the tournament in 2023.A total of 22 of the 35 possible votes were

champion Sanjeev Rajput has described the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in New

rifle three position competition.But the 40-year-old recognises the importance of the World Cup in New

pistol.Competitions begin tomorrow, but here is the Finals schedule for the @ISSF_Shooting World Cup, New

pic.twitter.com/CaJOEu6FAZ— NRAI (@OfficialNRAI) March 18, 2021Australia, China, Germany, Japan, Russia and New

Zealand have decided to skip the competition.England and Brazil were forced to serve a week-long quarantine

Team New Zealand, who retained the America’s Cup by defeating Italian challengers Luna Rossa 7-3 in Auckland

the next America's Cup defence, which would ordinarily be due to take place in New Zealand in 2024.But

there are suggestions that Ineos may steal a march on the New Zealand authorities.Speaking to Newstalk

New Zealand's Government has until June to negotiate a deal with the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron

and Team New Zealand to keep the next challenger series in the country.The Minister responsible for

I would like to see this held in New Zealand next time but, again, we've got three months to sit down

Alan Gilpin has been appointed World Rugby chief executive on a permanent basis, the governing body has announced.

With a new strategic plan ready to launch, considerable talent within the organisation, and an Executive

regional associations.World Rugby confirmed earlier this month that the Women’s Rugby World Cup in New

Zealand, due to take place in September and October this year, would be pushed back to 2022 because

Zealand and the ability for teams to prepare adequately if a period of quarantine was required on arrival.The

Zealand (now postponed to 2022) is at the core of our increased commitment and investment in the growth

qualifying hopes have suffered because of the COVID-19 pandemic could be helped by the creation of two new

Federations, as the plan’s authors pointed out.For example Mona Pretorius, a South African who lives in New

Zealand, would have to pay quarantine costs as well as flights to Madagascar to compete in the African

there.Under current rules, athletes must compete six times across various qualifying periods but the new

number to five.Any athlete unable to compete at a "gold" Continental Championships could compete at the new

did not compel athletes to comply with whereabouts regulations would be "wrong and high-risk" say the new

Eight teams are set to battle it out for the final two places in the men's football tournament at Tokyo 2020 at the delayed Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football Olympic qualifier in Mexico.

crisis.Fourteen teams have already qualified for Tokyo 2020 - hosts Japan, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, New

Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Australia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Argentina and Brazil.Football

Heavyweight boxer David Nyika, twice Commonwealth Games champion, is set to make his Olympic debut for New

Zealand at this summer’s scheduled event in Tokyo.

He will thus become the first male New Zealand boxer to compete at the Olympics since Athens 2004.

To get this recognition and to be selected to the New Zealand team is such an honour."

New Zealand Olympic Committee’s chief executive Kereyn Smith commented: "Although this is his first Olympic

Games David has been a valued part of the New Zealand team since his Commonwealth Games debut in 2014

The selection takes the total number of New Zealand athletes named for the Tokyo 2020 team to 30.

Team New Zealand completed a successful defence of the America’s Cup in Auckland by winning two more

oldest international sporting trophy, which first took place in 1851.This was the fourth time that New

Zealand had earned the "Auld Mug".The New Zealand Herald reported that the New Zealand Government has

Zealand in four-years time.

Following a hard year, Team New Zealand provided such optimism and excitement.

Zealand, who had remained with 100 metres, moved into the lead to take a 6-3 lead.

The African Weightlifting Championships have been postponed again less than three weeks before they were due to start, adding further confusion to the qualifying programme for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

is still unhappy despite the change of dates.Pretorius, a Commonwealth Games medallist who lives in New

Zealand, said she would have to pay NZD5,000 (£2,590/$3,600/€3,020) for a two-week compulsory quarantine

Reigning champions Team New Zealand stand within just one win of retaining the America’s Cup after moving

back-to-back defeats yesterday, Luna Rossa looked to respond and took the early lead in race nine.But Team New

Zealand came roaring back as they powered to a 30-second victory, finishing in a time of 25min 29sec

It was a really close race," said Pete Burling, helmsman for Team New Zealand."

In another nail biter, Emirates Team New Zealand won the only race of the day and took a 6-3 lead over

World Rugby interim chief executive Alan Gilpin has described the launched of WXV - a new women’s international

annual international competitions, such as the Women’s Six Nations, which must be completed by June.A new

cross-region qualification event will also be established that will feature Australia, Canada, New Zealand

Zealand and the US."

For the first time in rugby's history, a new, revolutionary women's 15s calendar"This is WXV! ?

nation in the world rankings to determine the regional position for the next year.Gilpin believes the new