England cricketer Amy Jones has said the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be a "real light at the end of the tunnel" amid the coronavirus pandemic.

the International Cricket Council (ICC) being forced to reschedule the Women's Cricket World Cup in New

Zealand from February and March in 2021 to 2022.The tournament will be followed by the Commonwealth

eight-team tournament.Australia are currently top of the rankings with England second.India are third, New

Zealand are fourth, South Africa are fifth and Pakistan sit seventh with these countries in pole position

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has confirmed its men's Olympic qualifying tournament will take place in Mexico in March.

said.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

A senior member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission has encouraged athletes who are happy to be vaccinated for COVID-19 to receive it "as soon as possible" to help with preparations for Tokyo 2020.

over a surge in coronavirus cases in Japan and a host of other countries following the discovery of new

New Zealand BMX racer and IOC Athletes' Commission member Sarah Walker said it would not be a "good look

Co-captain Cody Everson believes New Zealand’s wheelchair rugby team will be the "dark horses" at the

New Zealand has a rich history in rugby union having won eight Rugby World Cups, five Rugby World Cup

World Rugby has paid tribute to its former development director Lee Smith, who has died.

Smith, a former director of coaching at New Zealand Rugby (NZR), was development director of the worldwide

thoughts are with his family.— Sir Bill Beaumont (@BillBeaumont) January 10, 2021Smith, a former coach in New

Zealand, went on to serve as development manager for Oceania from 2001 to 2010 and continued his association

The United States' Bill Bentsen, an Olympic champion in sailing from the Munich 1972 Games, has died at the age of 90.

the Tokyo 1964 Games in the flying dutchman category as a crewmate to Buddy Melges, finishing behind New

Zealand and Britain.A Chicago native, Bentsen grew up sailing at the Lake Geneva Yacht Club in the 1940s

Australian football star Steph Catley has described holding the Olympic Games this year in Tokyo as "unthinkable" due to continuing COVID-19 restrictions around the world.

 This is thought to be due to a new variant of coronavirus, suggested to be up to 70 per cent more

  The next FIFA Women’s World Cup is due to be played in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

Max Parrot of Canada and Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New Zealand recorded narrow wins to claim the men’s

points – with neither man reaching the final.In the women’s event Sadowski Synnott, the 19-year-old New

International Korfball Federation (IKF) President Jan Fransoo admits that "multiple" national organisations have been left "fighting for survival" due to the coronavirus pandemic, but is "confident" major competition will return in 2021.

We are also hopeful for Oceania to host a meet between Australia and New Zealand some time soon, and

Fares Dessouky of Egypt has broken back into the top 10 of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) men's world rankings after triumphing at the Black Ball Open last month.

right, beat world number one Ali Farag to win the Black Ball Open last month ©Getty ImagesPaul Coll of New

Zealand is ranked number four, Egypt's Karim Abdel Gawad and Marwan ElShorbagy are number five and sixth

Australian cabinet papers have revealed security concerns heading into the Sydney 2000 Olympics largely centred on the possibility of a team being taken hostage at the Games.

the unlikely event of a serious emergency will be coordination between the states, particularly NSW [New

Intelligence Organisation director general Dennis Richardson also requested the cabinet inform the New

Zealand Government that comments related to a potential threat to the Lucas Heights nuclear facility

Zealand Government on matters bearing on Australian domestic security”.A possible plot to attack the

reactor had reportedly been uncovered by New Zealand earlier that year.The Australian Security Intelligence

New Zealand rugby sevens coach Clark Laidlaw remains hopeful of young talent Caleb Clarke playing at

 Players from four of the five New Zealand Super Rugby teams were set to play in the sevens competition

New Zealand rugby sevens coach Clark Laidlaw is hopeful of having the same Super Rugby players available

Zealand at Tokyo 2020.The 21-year-old Clarke enjoyed a breakout 2020, however, impressing for Super

Rugby club Blues and earning his debut for New Zealand's 15-a-side rugby union team in September.

Zealand finished fifth after losing to Fiji in the quarter-finals.

New Zealand softball great Patrick Shannon has been named new battery coach of the men's national team

A former world champion as a player, Shannon replaces ex-team mate Jim Wana, who Softball New Zealand

titles in 2004 and 2013.Shannon hit home runs in both finals, and has been inducted into the Softball New

Zealand Hall of Fame."

team later this month for its first training camp of 2021.His twin brother Heinie also represented New

Zealand, with the pair forming a formidable catcher-pitcher combination.New Zealand is due to host the

Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman has led welcomes for a change to the Australian national anthem which has been introduced today.

Indigenous Australians, described the lyric change as "small in nature but significant in purpose".New

word change isn’t good enough" and called on the country to "scrap the song and start fresh" with a new

OurJourney pic.twitter.com/u7QCS52nUa— Wallabies (@wallabies) December 6, 2020This followed the example of New

Zealand and South Africa, where anthems are also performed in indigenous languages.In 1988 at the Calgary

’s municipal buildings throughout the 2000 Olympics.Tokyo 2020 later this year will likely hear the new

World Taekwondo New Zealand has confirmed a new constitution and its proposed election schedule as it

Zealand is set to stage its Annual General Meeting on March 7, with the new Executive Board members

scheduled to meet the Interim Board after it has ended.Taekwondo in New Zealand has been hit by governance

the sport in the country.More than one group had claimed to be the governing body for taekwondo in New

Zealand, which was renamed as World Taekwondo New Zealand.It said any other group was not recognised.The

with drawing up a new constitution as part of its governance efforts.