Football Federation Australia (FFA) has confirmed Jane Fernandez will serve as its head of the 2023 Women’s World Cup office.

Australia and New Zealand were awarded hosting rights for the tournament back in June, after overcoming

Australia and New Zealand were awarded the rights to co-host the tournament in June ©Getty ImagesThe

Newcastle, Perth, Launceston and Adelaide earmarked to host matches.Five venues were also selected in New

Zealand, across Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Hamilton and Christchurch.Brazil and Japan had also been

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is among the organisations to have marked Safer Sport Day, being held this year under a cloud of abuse scandals that have emerged across the world in recent weeks.

measures to be strengthened.Gymnasts from countries including Australia, Britain, The Netherlands and New

Zealand have made allegations of abuse in the wake of the Athlete A documentary on Netflix, which centres

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that the postponed Men's T20 World Cup 2020, due to take place in Australia, will now take place in the country in 2022.

like to thank our partners at the Board of Cricket Control in India, Cricket Australia and Cricket New

Zealand as well as the Australian and New Zealand Governments for their continued support and commitment

 A new qualification process will be run for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.Meanwhile, the format

 Five teams have already qualified for the event - hosts New Zealand, Australia, England, South

Walk of Champions has been unveiled at the Avantidrome in Cambridge to celebrate the achievement of New

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ), para cyclists, support staff, guests from Cycling New Zealand and the

It is critical that we celebrate their achievements and share these with all New Zealanders."

Zealand Disability Rights Commissioner and was last year appointed to serve as the country’s Chef de

Cycling New Zealand chief executive Jacques Landry said it was fitting that both able bodied and Paralympic

We look forward to the continued performances of all New Zealand cyclists and with predicted gold medal

New Zealand pole vaulter Eliza McCartney hopes the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to 2021 will

ImagesMcCartney needs to clear a height of 4.70 metres to achieve automatic qualification for Tokyo 2020.The New

Zealand star has a personal best of 4.94m.McCartney told Radio New Zealand she is currently resting

her Achilles after the injury flared up during an Athletics New Zealand training camp in June.She added

The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup season is poised to start a week earlier than initially planned after organisers of the races in Sölden moved them forward.

October 17 and 18 are the new dates for the season's curtain-raiser.The Sölden Organising Committee and

Sölden, with the women's race the day before the men's.France's Alexis Pinturault and Alice Robinson of New

Zealand won the men's and women's contest at the resort last year.The FIS is still hopeful of staging

Winter Games NZ chief executive Martin Toomey has said holding a scaled down version will be crucial to ensuring the future of the event.

Wanaka.The coronavirus pandemic has led to organisers reducing the field to only include athletes from New

Zealand news media website Stuff that a scaled down version of the event was key."

cancel, or we try to look at doing something completely different and maximise the talent we have in New

Zealand."

Zealand is on song."5 challenges - Freeride, Big Air, Park Jam, Mountain Shred & Videography Edit

Integrity Unit chair David Howman has been appointed to head an independent review into Gymnastics New

Zealand  after gymnasts made allegations of psychological and physical abuse.

regrets and apologised for any harm caused to athletes.Gymnastics NZ said it has worked with Sport New

Zealand to ensure an independent, confidential and more streamlined complaints process is put in place.It

made by gymnasts ©Getty ImagesThe launch of an independent review follows seven former gymnasts in New

Zealand coming forward with allegations of abuse.The accusations were made by the former athletes from

With international athletes unable to compete, this year's Winter Games NZ are set to instead take place under a revamped team format and will be called Obsidian 2020. 

The event will feature 21 of New Zealand’s best freeski and snowboard athletes, who will compete in five

The opportunity we have been dealt during this worldwide pandemic lends itself to really showcasing New

 "New Zealand has come such a long way in the area of snowsports and I’m very much looking forward

Former world champion gymnast Chellsie Memmel could compete at next year's Olympics in Tokyo after announcing her return to the sport.

sport rocked by accusations of abuse, with gymnasts in the United States, Britain, The Netherlands, New

Zealand and Australia recently discussing their experiences.

The Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) has stated that there has been a heavy financial setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic after it was forced to cancel the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens, but has said it still has reserves.

the Six Nations tournament conclude in October, while the 2020 Rugby Championship will be hosted in New

Zealand over six weeks in November and December.World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said: "The global

Seven former gymnasts in New Zealand have come forward with allegations of psychological and physical

the allegations, which he called "shocking and distressing".The athletes in New Zealand are the latest

allegations ©Getty ImagesAccording to Stuff, the former gymnasts in New Zealand are now dealing with

Zealand at the Commonwealth Games."

Compier said Gymnastics New Zealand would look into the claims and urged those who have made allegations

New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) public affairs and communications director Ashley Abbott told Stuff

The University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand (UTSNZ) has this week opened registration for its inaugural

pathway if we help it grow," Chen said.Specific events are popping up around the nation, including the new

Federation (FISU) Esport Challenge - Football.Firdaus Mat Shairi from the University of Canterbury, New

Representing New Zealand and the University of Canterbury in the FISU meant a whole new world for me,

Hockey New Zealand (Hockey NZ) chief executive Ian Francis has announced his resignation after nearly

I’m also pleased to leave knowing that New Zealand now has a strong voice at the global hockey table.

Under Francis, New Zealand's men's team won the Commonwealth Games silver medal at Gold Coast 2018 and

 New Zealand's men and women's teams are among the best in the world ©Getty Images"We are also increasing

amateurs to semi-professional athletes, and he has played a leading role in the development of the new

Loredana Toma of Romania, Boady Santavy of Canada and the Belgian teenager Nina Sterckx were in outstanding form in the innovative Eleiko Email International Lifters Tournament, which attracted 751 entries from 63 countries.

took the women's 87kg with an impressive 255kg, Nicola Lagatao of Guam at 45kg and Megan Gifford of New

Zealand at 76kg.Two young Nauruan lifters, Ezekiel Moses and Nancy Abouke, continued their impressive

progress.There was an encouraging effort by Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea, who is hoping to qualify

nbsp;64kg Loredana Toma -Romania 250kg 71kg Ting Huang – China 240kg 76kg Megan Gifford - New

Zealand 220kg 81kg Tara Pratt -Australia 194kg 87kg Eileen Cikamatana -Australia 255kg