Safe sport will be among the key topics discussed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board at their latest virtual meeting tomorrow.

centre of the claims with athletes from countries including Australia, Britain, The Netherlands and New

Zealand making allegations.The claims have been made in the wake of the Athlete A documentary on Netflix

Modern Pentathlon New Zealand (MPNZ) has been praised for its dedication to the International Modern

of enabling access for all to the sport of modern pentathlon and has created a partnership with the New

Zealand branch of Achilles International to ensure Para-athletes have guides and support."

New Zealand currently has one senior female athlete who competes in all five modern pentathlon disciplines

The support in New Zealand has been fantastic and we are going from strength to strength."

The 2020 Oceania Cup has been cancelled after organisers deemed it "impossible" to hold the rugby league tournament with the current COVID-19 restrictions in place.

made it too difficult to stage this year's event, which was set to feature the Cook Islands, Fiji, New

Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga.All six countries were due to contest the men's event, while

Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Samoa were set to play in the women's tournament.The men's tournament

But the recent rise in cases in both New Zealand and Australia, coupled with ongoing restrictions on

The chief executives of two National Paralympic Committees in Oceania are to discuss their preparations for the postponed Tokyo 2020 during a webinar.

Both Fiona Allan of Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) and Paralympics Australia's Lynne Anderson will speak

challenges postponement has posed and answer audience questions during the online session.The Australian and New

Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan is putting on the virtual event on September 9.It is scheduled

Zealand: Tokyo 2020+1 (Sept 9, 12pm JST)ANZCCJ is honoured to welcome @AUSParalympics CEO, Lynne Anderson

Zealand 13th.Allan, who has been awarded an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit medal, was previously

Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Matt Walsh has joined the Executive Committee of the New

Zealand Esports Federation (NZESF).

Walsh, the owner of the National Basketball League team the New Zealand Breakers, said he was "beyond

Zealand, the country's first major esports organisation."

It’s an exciting time for esports both globally and here in New Zealand," Walsh, who had short spells

for the Miami Heat and New Jersey Nets in the NBA, said."

I look forward to contributing to the next chapter of the NZESF with the backing of Sport New Zealand

England and Brazil will pay their international women's football teams the same as the men, the two national governing bodies have said.

daily rates and prize money when on international duty.England and Brazil join Australia, Norway and New

Zealand in being part of a small group of nations that pay their male and female players equally.Per

Witold Bańka has claimed the participation of athletes from the United States in major events, such as the Olympic Games, could be threatened should the country follow through with its warning to withdraw funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Organisations (NADOs) of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, New

Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Zambia's women's football team are to take on Chile in two friendly matches later this year as they prepare to make their Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

women's football teams are already assured Olympic places; Zambia, hosts Japan, Australia, Brazil, New

Zealand, Britain, The Netherlands, Sweden, Canada and world champions the United States.One of South

Two-time Paralympic champion Chris Bond is one of two new directors appointed by Disability Sports Australia

general counsel and company secretary for pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim in Australia and New

Zealand.

 She has also been chair and non-executive director of Karting New South Wales since 2017 as well

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has announced a multi-Games strategic partnership with The Prince’s Trust, with the aim of ensuring more young people will benefit from the legacy of the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games.

Commonwealth.Projects include activities in Australia, Barbados, Canada, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, New

Zealand, Pakistan, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom.The partnership between the CGF

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has named the 10 members of its new Athletes Commission

The new Commission will be chaired by Sarah Davies, one of Britain’s top weightlifters who has been athletes

Brazil and Marina Rodrigues Mitjan of Cuba and from Oceania Damon Kelly of Australia and Megan Signal of New

Zealand."

qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.She said she expects doping to be top of the agenda when the new

experience with British Weightlifting has been useful for her new role, Davies said, "especially being

Football's world governing body FIFA invested nearly twice as much in last year’s Women’s World Cup in France as in the tournament’s previous edition in Canada in 2015.

women" for FIFA.The American team was victorious again in France ©Getty ImagesAs underlined in the new

the Club Benefits Programme".The next Women’s World Cup is scheduled to be staged in Australia and New

Zealand in 2023, with an expanded field of 32 teams.The Australia-New Zealand bid beat the only other

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has announced a partnership with the Asia NZ Foundation in preparation

The Foundation provides experiences and resources to help New Zealanders build their knowledge, skills

, connections and confidence to thrive in Asia.Its new partnership with PNZ is in preparation for next

 A video series aimed at educating the New Zealand Paralympic Team about Japanese culture has been

Zealand Paralympians and Para-athletes and enhance their awareness of disability.

proud to be working with the Asia NZ Foundation on these initiatives, growing the understanding of New

Jossi Wells captained his team to victory at the Winter Games NZ Obsidian with a total of 520 points.

pandemic.The award ceremony had to be changed to a closed event due to a rise of COVID-19 cases in New

Zealand.

Stacey Marinkovich is set to take the helm of the Australian national netball team after the conclusion of the Super Netball season in 2021. 

Australian netball team will next play due to the coronavirus pandemic.Netball Australia and Netball New

Zealand are continuing discussions around completing the annual four-match Constellation Cup test series