Reigning champions South Africa will meet Ireland and Scotland in the pool stages of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

winner of the final qualification tournament.Hosts France will come up against three-time champions New

Zealand as well as Italy and qualifiers from the Americas and Africa.Twelve countries have directly

The draw for the 2023 Rugby World Cup is poised to take place in Paris tomorrow with French President Emmanuel Macron in attendance.

all will be randomly drawn to determine the pools they go into.Band one will feature South Africa, New

Zealand, England and Wales, while band two consists of Ireland, Australia, France and Japan.Scotland

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the qualification process for the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2023.

 The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand had been postponed from February and March 2021

Pacific region, featuring hosts Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Papua New

Italians as those responsible for the most confirmed anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), according to new

athlete-related cases occurred in just six countries - France (39), Italy (37), Russia (25), US (23), New

Zealand (21, mainly in rugby) and Belgium (20).

Olympic 1500 metres gold medallist Sir John Walker has been named as the Patron of Athletics New Zealand

The Montreal 1976 champion was announced in the new role at the 133rd Athletics New Zealand Annual General

I am excited by the strategic direction of Athletics NZ as the organisation looks to ensure all New Zealanders

epic 1500m race that saw Tanzania’s Filbert Bayi set a world record.Sir John was also a member of the New

Zealand team that won the senior men’s title at the 1975 World Cross Country Championships in Rabat

Sir John Walker is a sporting icon, in both New Zealand and around the world, and we are honoured that

Stand-up paddle and windsurf board manufacturer Starboard has won this year's World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award.

, 2020Starboard was joined on the shortlist by the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in New

Zealand, MarkSetBot and Northern Light Composites."

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa admits there are "difficult decisions still to be made" following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

In June, the FIFA Council awarded the joint bid - a historic bid - by Australia and New Zealand the right

Camille Serme eased past Melissa Alves to reach the second round of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Black Ball Squash Open in Cairo.

 Naughton will next come up against New Zealand seventh seed Joelle King, an 11-6, 11-6, 4-11, 5

World Rugby revealed its top players of the decade in both the sevens and 15-a-side codes as part of a virtual awards ceremony held this evening.

the sevens and 15-a-side codes, as well as the top 15-a-side teams of the decade.Portia Woodman of New

Zealand won the award for World Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Decade.The 29-year-old winger is

injury and has now embarked on a media career.The World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Decade went to New

Zealand to a successful defence of their World Cup crown.World Rugby Awards 2020 #WorldRugbyAwards

Zealand featuring heavily across both genders.The All Blacks had seven players in the men's team with

Martin Snedden has been elected New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chairman after Greg Barclay left the organisation

month.The 62-year-old is a former cricketer who played in 25 Tests and 93 one-day internationals for New

become NZC's representative on the ICC Board.Snedden has held other high-profile roles in sport in New

Zealand, serving as chief executive of the 2011 Rugby World Cup and the 2017 World Masters Games.Martin

Snedden was chief executive of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand ©Getty Images"I'd like to thank

Zealand Cricket Players Association and the wider cricket family in New Zealand."

World Para Snow Sports is planning to stage a two-part course aimed at increasing the number of classifiers - especially in Europe and Asia.

COVID-19 is showing us that lots of [classifiers] are living in Australia, New Zealand or in the USA

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) has held its first-ever virtual General Assembly, with delegates convening online because of the coronavirus pandemic.

work, including the ONOC Athletes' Commission.Athletes' Commission chair Karo Lelai picked out the New

Zealand and Australian Athletes' Commissions for particular praise for their work, while the adoption

of a new charter by the Solomon Islands Athletes' Commission was also identified as a positive development.Olympic

Continental qualifiers for the 2021 World Rowing Indoor Championships are due to take place in Oceania and Europe this weekend.

The Oceania event, hosted by the New Zealand Indoor Rowing Association, takes place tomorrow, while the

Bowls Australia (BA) has announced a new partnership with hearing healthcare company Audika.

including screenings, full hearing tests, the fitting of hearing aids and aftercare packages.Under the new

to continue to make a difference to people’s hearing health," said Janet Muir, Audika Australia and New

Zealand managing director."

New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) chief executive Kereyn Smith says the country is "on track" to send

At the moment, around 187 quota spots have been either won by individuals or New Zealand teams,” Smith

What we know is the quotas that have been earned by New Zealand or by specific athletes are remaining

In total, the New Zealand team for Tokyo 2020 is expected to be around 450 including support staff.Speaking

For us coming from New Zealand, where we’ve been very fortunate to pretty much continue on our life and

At Rio 2016, New Zealand won 18 medals - a tally that consisted of four golds, nine silvers and five