New Zealand women's hockey player Gemma McCaw has called time on her bid to compete at a fourth Olympic

and gave birth to her first child in December 2018.However, last year McCaw made a comeback in the New

Zealand National Hockey League and she returned to the national fold in February with the aim to qualify

Tributes to McCaw came from across New Zealand sport, including rugby player Kurt Baker, world champion

FIFA is set to decide whether Australia and New Zealand or Colombia will host the 2023 Women's World

open voting process, with the results and votes by the members set to be made public.Australia and New

 "The Australia/New Zealand 2023 bid provides a variety of very good options in terms of sporting

 New Zealand President Johanna Wood and Football Federation Australia President Chris Nikou will

feature in a final presentation to the FIFA Council ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand Football President and

Zealand captain Ali Riley are also expected to feature in the virtual presentation.

National Olympic Committees from all five regions have been marking a unique Olympic Day, with many forced to take festivities online.

Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, visited Sommerville Intermediate School in Auckland as part of the New

Zealand Olympic Committee's Ask an Olympian resource.Part of the resource sees New Zealand athletes

Former international hockey player Graham Child has been appointed to the Board of the New Zealand Olympic

this has given me a good appreciation of the positive impact sport has on society," Child said.The New

Zealand Olympic Committee Board has eight members ©Getty Images"I am looking forward to this opportunity

Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has endorsed the Australia and New

Zealand joint bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup following Japan's withdrawal from the race.

On behalf of the AFC - and the Asian football family - I will be supporting the Australia/New Zealand

Both Australia and New Zealand have a long history of working together on domestic, regional and international

Zealand bid."

 "An Australia-New Zealand FIFA Women’s World Cup would embody our passion for women’s football

 "We sincerely hope that an Australia-New Zealand FIFA Women’s World Cup will bring us all together

After three days of competition, regional winners of the inaugural International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Esports Open have been confirmed.

versus Lebanon in the Middle East Conference, while Australia also enjoyed four wins from five over New

Zealand in the Oceania Conference.Despite an opening loss to Brazil, Argentina replied with four straight

team consisted of up to seven playersThe FIBA Esports Open 2020 series was produced from the brand-new

dropped out of the race to host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, leaving the joint bid from Australia and New

Zealand poised to be successful.

that the "COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world and also the whole football family hard".Australia and New

accommodation, transport, security, event timing and commercial factors.Football Federation Australia and New

Zealand Football submitted a joint bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup ©Getty ImagesIt deemed that

support from both local stakeholders and FIFA" to elevate its bid to the level of the Australia and New

Zealand bid, the report concluded.The Women's World Cup has never been shared between two nations before

Japanese men's hockey captain Manabu Yamashita says he "cannot wait" for next year's Olympic Games.

previous Olympic appearances.India will again be in Japan's group at Tokyo 2020 - joined by Spain, New

Zealand, Argentina and Australia.Currently 15th in the world rankings, Japan are set to be the lowest-ranked

The 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup could be postponed as the International Cricket Council (ICC) prepares revised calendars in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scheduled to be held in New Zealand from February 6 to March 7 of next year, the one-day international

Mark your calendars for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2021 in New Zealand!

Funding has been secured for a film about Fiji's triumph in the men's rugby sevens contest at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

If we are going to film something about Fiji, then we want to be in Fiji - we don’t want to be in New

Zealand or Tonga filming, so fingers crossed on that one."

Netball New Zealand has launched its netGO programme in neighbouring Pacific island nation Vanuatu to

programme was developed to help deliver the Pacific Sporting Partnership (PSP) which is funded by the New

Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.PSP has been running for three years in Fiji, the Cook

adapted coach training session, led remotely by former Samoa netGO country coordinator Ruta Tai.New Zealand

community.The Vanuatu Netball Association, through PSP, will support the growth of training through training new

coaches and starting new competitions."

Richard McLaren, known for authoring the report into the state-sponsored doping in Russia, has claimed that match-fixing is the biggest threat to clean sport.

Lazio face heavy punishment including points deductions and relegations.Howman, a barrister based in New

Zealand added: "I have done a lot of work in the general sport integrity area and I can quote you what

Australian rugby sevens player Lewis Holland has made a temporary return to the 15s game after the postponement of the Olympic Games in Tokyo left himself and his team-mates' future financially uncertain.

Lachie Anderson at the Rebels, while captain Nick Malouf has been training this week with rival side New

tournament has been put in place for the 2020 Super Rugby season - which expands across Australia, New

Zealand, Japan, Argentina and South Africa.Just a casual 5️⃣0️⃣ metre drop goal from Lewis Holland to

The World Squash Library has added a new chapter to its collection - a compendium on the last five decades

Heather McKay without dropping a game in Brisbane in Australia.For decades, players from Australia and New

Zealand were dominant at the Women's World Championship, winning all but two titles between 1976 and

World Rugby launched an educational resource to support the practical implementation of the breakdown law application guideline announced in April.

play, coach and officiate, the resource has been developed with the input of leading coaches including New

Gray and England's Russell Earnshaw.Player representatives Josh Beaumont of England and Victor Vito of New

Zealand also participated, alongside international referees Wayne Barnes of England and South Africa's

 Subsequently, New Zealand’s Super Rugby Aotearoa, which started on Saturday, was the first competition

Zealand this weekend."