Defending champions Team New Zealand have opened up a two-race lead in the America’s Cup after coming

been possible yesterday due to a lack of wind.Action resumed today with the score level at 3-3.Team New

Zealand triumphed in the opening race of the day, with rivals Luna Rossa punished for a tactical error.The

Italian challengers made a mistake on the third leg, which allowed Team New Zealand to power clear to

Zealand erred early in the second race of the day, splashing down when seeking to close a gap to Luna

Zealand to overtake and win the race in 38:57, with Luna Rossa ultimately ending 3:55 down.Team New

The New Zealand Mixed Martial Arts Federation (NZMMAF) is using the power of mixed martial arts (MMA)

such as positioning, submissions and escapes.4️⃣ athletes have claimed 5️⃣ IMMAF world gold medals for New

Zealand since 2016.Now, the New Zealand MMA Federation is focusing on developing its next generation

forced the fourth day of this year’s closely-fought America’s Cup between defending champions Team New

Zealand and Luna Rossa to be postponed.

Organisers said racing in Auckland in New Zealand will resume tomorrow as the 13-match series was pushed

ahead before being pegged back by the home side.Speaking before today’s racing was postponed, Team New

Zealand helmsman Peter Burling said: "It’s very close to being sailable but just not there."

Nothing can separate Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa as they both won races on day three to keep this

Like yesterday, Italian challengers Luna Rossa took the lead with victory in race five before Team New

Zealand responded once again to level proceedings.Luna Rossa finished the first contest of the day in

to win by 18 seconds but any hopes of building on that were soon extinguished by the home team.Team New

Zealand.

Zealand with four days to go."

This year’s America’s Cup remains finely balanced after the second day of racing with Team New Zealand

time of 27min 18sec.Team New Zealand then hit back to win race four by more than a minute - the biggest

winning margin so far - after completing the course in 29:53.Defending champions Team New Zealand went

Zealand at home so they are the favourites."

Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill believes Team New Zealand remain favourites despite his side's

strong start to this year's America's Cup ©Getty ImagesTeam New Zealand helmsman Pete Burling believes

World Taekwondo New Zealand has announced changes to its election timetable - with voting originally

Zealand following a governance dispute in the country.More than one group had claimed to be the governing

body for taekwondo in New Zealand, but World Taekwondo said last year that it still recognises the original

Taekwondo New Zealand, which was renamed as World Taekwondo New Zealand.The Interim Board had been established

to help cement World Taekwondo New Zealand's position and was tasked with drawing up a new constitution

as part of its governance efforts, as well as overseeing elections.Posted by World Taekwondo New Zealand

Argentina will host International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Pro League matches next month as the remainder of fixtures in April were postponed.

remainder of next month's matches, which were due to feature Australia, the United States, China and New

Zealand, have been postponed.This is due to the ongoing travel restrictions in place during the COVID

A South African weightlifter’s chance of realising a lifelong dream of competing at the Olympic Games could be thwarted by coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

husband was strength and conditioning coach for the national rugby team - before moving to his native New

Zealand from where she runs an online coaching business."

Canadians Rachael Karker and Brendan Mackay topped qualifying in the freeski halfpipe category on the first day of action at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships.

second with 92.50.Third place went to fellow Canadian Noah Bowman with 90.00, with Nico Porteous of New

Zealand fourth with 88.75.Defending men’s halfpipe champion Aaron Blunck could only qualify fifth with

Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa are level at 1-1 after winning a race apiece on the opening day of the

America’s Cup in Auckland in New Zealand.

The 13-race series started with a victory for defending champions Team New Zealand as they profited from

A traditional Māori ceremony was performed at the start of the America's Cup between Team New Zealand

and Luna Rossa ©Getty ImagesTeam New Zealand helmsman Pete Burling admitted it was a "tricky day" on

Team New Zealand will go up against Luna Rossa in the America's Cup which starts in Auckland tomorrow

Defending champions Team New Zealand will compete against Prada Cup winners Luna Rossa in the 13-race

 Luna Rossa thrashed Ineos Team UK 7-1 in the Prada Cup final last month, but Team New Zealand,

 Pete Burling was confident of Team New Zealand's chances in the America's Cup ©Getty Images"We've

World Rugby has today confirmed the postponement of the Rugby World Cup 2021 by 12 months.

The governing body last week recommended the tournament, scheduled to be held in New Zealand in September

Zealand itself."

I would like to thank New Zealand Rugby and the New Zealand Government for their support."

Zealand are due to be joined by Australia, Wales and a repechage winner in Pool A of the tournament.Canada

Europe and Asia.Two-time winners England are due to meet France, South Africa and Fiji in Pool C.New Zealand

Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin and England batsman Tammy Beaumont have won the International Cricket Council (ICC) Player of the Month honours for February.

any other bowler.Beaumont scored three half-centuries in three one-day internationals (ODIs) versus New

Zealand in February, helping England to a series win.The 29-year-old's 231 runs were 96 more than any

things through for her team, which was incredible," added Bishop.Beaumont's team mate Natalie Sciver and New

World Curling Federation (WCF) President Kate Caithness has been named on the list of winners of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) International Women's Day Recognition awards.

recognises the leadership and impact of NPCs and IFs who promote and support women in sport.Paralympics New

Zealand and the NPC Peru were also nominated.The development of dedicated programmes such as "She Can

International Rugby League (IRL) has completed a consultation on transgender participation, with the organisation saying it will use the upcoming Women’s Rugby League World Cup to inform policy development and will adopt a comprehensive inclusion policy in 2022.

was also conducted.The IRL said it also spoke with five leading LGBTIQ+ representatives in Australia, New

Zealand and the United Kingdom.The IRL said it considered the balance between inclusion, fairness and

testosterone level in serum is kept below 10 nanomoles per litre.The IOC has continued a consultation, with new