Natasha Hansen is set to miss next year's re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo after leaving Cycling New

After a long career representing New Zealand, I have decided to take a break from cycling as I have suffered

I would like to thank Cycling New Zealand and the coaching staff over the years for their guidance and

Natasha Hansen said injuries and health issues were behind her decision to leave the Cycling New Zealand

Zealand in the Olympic Games at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016.Jacques Landry, Cycling New Zealand

Natasha is part of the generation of riders that helped transform the New Zealand track sprint cycling

The enforced online nature of this year’s Smart Cities & Sport Summit gave it a greater global reach than any of the previous six editions and will be maintained from now on even when it becomes possible to meet at a fixed venue, it has been claimed.

as a platform for growth and development.Duparc added: "This year the format enabled us to welcome new

attend on site, and also from continents that are usually not really represented - I am thinking about New

Zealand and Australia, who were very much active during the Summit, and also Africa.Mélanie Duparc,

Although in the past we have had participants from Australia and New Zealand it has been just a few."

New Zealand’s Halberg Awards is set to overlook sporting achievements in coronavirus-hit 2020 and instead

18 2021.It will be a change to the usual format as the Halberg Awards has celebrated excellence in New

Zealand every year since 1963.The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc to this year’s sporting calendar

forced to move to next year due to the global health crisis.There have been notable performances from New

team, Para-athlete, sportswoman, sportsman, coach and emerging talent.The public will also vote on New

Zealand's favourite sporting moment of the decade.The Sport New Zealand Leadership Award and Hall of

Anthony Crummy is set to take the reins of embattled Hockey New Zealand after being credited for his

The former deputy chief executive of New Zealand Cricket has been appointed as the organisation’s new

New Zealand, announced in July that he will be departing with Crummy poised to replace him.The organisation

Zealand Cricket where he held the role of deputy chief executive.He stepped down in June as part of

Zealand Cricket, including the women and cricket review, and helping lead the sport’s strategic plan

I’m also passionate about the role sports like hockey play in New Zealand."

Double Olympic champion Lisa Carrington says she is "open" to potentially competing in four kayak events at next year’s Olympic Games.

The New Zealander raced in two categories at London 2012 and Rio 2016, winning gold in the women’s K1

Lisa Carrington of New Zealand won gold and bronze at Rio 2016 ©Getty ImagesCarrington is no stranger

For New Zealand to put forward a really great performance as a team would be pretty spectacular."

Defending champion Ali Farag and world number five Paul Coll will lock horns in tomorrow’s Professional Squash Association (PSA) Qatar Classic final after prevailing in straight games in the semi-finals.

Dessouky with a dominant 11-9, 11-0, 11-0 victory at the PSA World Tour Platinum tournament.Coll of New

Zealand will now meet Farag in a repeat of this year's Windy City Open final, where the Egyptian came

Sport New Zealand has provided a further NZD15 million (£7.7 million/$10.1 million/€8.6 million) to help

Organisations across New Zealand are set to benefit from Sport NZ's funding support ©Getty ImagesNew

Zealand has been widely praised for its handling of the global health crisis, having recorded fewer than

beyond the immediate horizon to reimagine how best to deliver play, active recreation and sport for all New

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper admitted the COVID-19 pandemic has been "devastating from a revenue point of view".

Nations was completed and is allowing the Rugby Championship 2020, which features Argentina, Australia, New

Zealand and South Africa, to take place in full in Australia over seven weeks.

Top seed Mohamed ElShorbagy beat England's George Parker to reach the third round of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Qatar Classic in Doha.

in just 40 minutes to set up a meeting with Germany’s Raphael Kandra.World number five Paul Coll of New

Zealand was among the other players to progress to the third round after he defeated Baptise Masotti

Australia’s bid for the 2027 Rugby World Cup has been boosted by a AUD$8.8 million (£4.8 million/€5.3 million/$6.2 million) funding injection from the country's Government.

back the Australian campaign.Australia is also staging the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023 along with New

Zealand, while Queensland is bidding for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The premiere of a documentary celebrating the centenary of the New Zealand Olympic team has taken place

One Hundred Years film at AUT City Campus.Produced by Sky Sport in partnership with the New Zealand

NZOC), the hour-long film tells the story of the country's Olympic history.It looks back at some of New

in Pyeongchang in 2018, this documentary covers countless inspiring moments that have gone down in New

Zealand and how the athletes' performances have inspired pride and excellence across generations of

Zealand at the Rio 2016 Olympics, was one of the athletes in attendance at the premiere."

Newly-appointed head coach Bev Priestman says the Canadian women's football team’s "immediate focus" is on next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Tokyo 2020 next year and then subsequently building towards the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand in 2023 where ultimately Canada should be on that podium."

programme and we are excited to have her bring her recent experience, vision and leadership to her new

Sport in 2020 has been a tale of the unexpected and as Hallowe'en approaches, the time seems right to recall some moments when it has also been a horror story.

In 1999, the bewitching hour coincided with a Rugby World Cup semi-final as the New Zealand All Blacks

, and a readers poll in French newspaper L'Equipe voted it their best World Cup performance.Yet for New

the relay squad, was not so fortunate.Christophe Lamaison inspired France to a comeback victory over New

Zealand in the semi-finals of the 1999 Rugby World Cup ©Getty ImagesThere was almost a similar incident

Two-time Olympic shot put champion Valerie Adams has announced she has changed her coach as part of her preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Now 36, the New Zealand star will team with Dale Stevenson ahead of the postponed Games, as reported

by New Zealand publication Stuff.

 Adams had previously been coached by Athletics New Zealand's high performance director Scott Goodman

Beijing 2008 and London 2012.Adams was given the honorary title of Dame in 2017 due to her services to New

Zealand sport.She initially won silver in London but was upgraded to gold after original champion Nadzeya

The New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation has withdrawn its women's national team from its World Championship

II Group A, while the bottom-placed team will be relegated to Division II Group B qualification.New Zealand