New Zealand Football has announced it has extended the contract of women's head coach Tom Sermanni to

Tokyo 2020 to July 23 to August 8, 2021.Having been appointed in October 2018, the Scotsman helped New

Zealand qualify for both the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they exited in the group stage, and

; "We are delighted that Tom Sermanni is extending his contract with the Football Ferns," said New

Zealand Football chief executive Andrew Pragnell."

Tom Sermanni was head coach of New Zealand for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France ©Getty ImagesSermanni

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has announced the launch of its first ever international esports competition.

include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Cyprus, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, New

Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine.Each team will consist

Indian national badminton team head coach Pullela Gopichand has launched a "Run to the Moon" initiative aimed at raising funds for badminton academies and sport foundations.

finances of sporting organisations.British Rowing, Rowing Canada Aviron, Rowing Australia and Rowing New

Zealand last month partnered on a similar the "Row to the Moon" challenge.

World Olympians Association (WOA) has announced the projects that will receive funding through the annual WOA Grants Programme.

workshops to promote Olympic and sporting values and environmental protection to young people, with New

New Zealand ??Read more on the inspiring projects ?

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has paid tribute Don Porter on the 15th edition of World Softball Day - a celebration he founded.

Softball League returned to action today.New dates for the Men's Softball World Cup - set to be held in New

Zealand in 2022 - were announced earlier this week.

New Zealand Chef de Mission Paula Tesoriero warned of funding challenges for the Paralympic Movement

Zealand website.

 "As Chef de Mission for the New Zealand Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Team my thoughts were with our Paralympians

New Zealand was able to get the pandemic under control quickly, only reporting 1,504 cases and 22 deaths

Tesoriero will lead the New Zealand team in Tokyo next year, having earned an Olympic gold and two bronze

 New Zealand have enjoyed success at the Summer Paralympics, achieving a total of 189 medals after

New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has said it supports athletes as they share their voices, with the

Matter campaign, which began in the United States and has spread to countries around the world including New

NZOC Board Member Diana Puketapu, who is also the Board representative on the New Zealand Olympic Committee

Our Maori Advisory Committee is in place to support the New Zealand Olympic Committee’s journey towards

providing input to the wider IOC Athletes’ Commission discussion on athlete voice and advocacy to ensure New

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the Men's Softball World Cup will start in Auckland on February 19 2022. 

Competition will then run in the New Zealand city until the final on February 27.

After the huge success of the 2019 edition in the Czech Republic, we can't wait to be back in New Zealand

the Organising Committee and the WBSC to get what we think is a really good outcome," said Softball New

Zealand chief executive Tony Giles.Argentina is the reigning world champion in men's softball, winning

The joint bid from Australia and New Zealand for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup has scored the highest

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

New Zealand Football President Johanna Wood added: "We hosted a very successful inspection visit and

tournament is set to become the first major sports league to return without fan attendance limits after New

Zealand lifted all COVID-19 restrictions except stringent border controls.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden declared earlier this week that there were no longer any known

coronavirus cases in the country.Arden said no new cases of COVID-19 had been recorded in New Zealand

event – a five-team competition for New Zealand-based rugby teams – starts on Saturday (June 13), fans

Zealand Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson."

The 2020 Super Rugby season – comprising teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South

Double Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale has confirmed his intention to carry on until the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics next year.

The New Zealander planned to retire after Tokyo 2020 this year and expressed doubts over whether he would

the men's single sculls at both London 2012 and Rio 2016, but there has been talk of him joining the New

Zealand eight for Tokyo.He also won single sculls bronze at Beijing 2008.Only Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald

and the late Sir Peter Snell have won more than two Olympic gold medals for New Zealand at the Games.Drysdale

New Zealand's rugby sevens co-captain Scott Curry has said he will stay on to compete at the now-postponed

The qualification process for the 2023 Rugby World Cup has been confirmed, with eight teams to join the 12 automatic qualifiers for the tournament in France.

20 nations to take part have already qualified.These are champions South Africa, runners-up England, New

Zealand, Wales, Japan, France, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Argentina and Fiji.Two more qualifiers

Sporting figures from Australia and New Zealand - including five Australian Olympians and Barry Maister

, ex-secretary general of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) and a former International Olympic

players - were also recognised in their country's list.Gaddum and Whitelock have been made members of the New

at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.The duo also helped New Zealand record a fourth-place finish

nine years until retiring in 2018, when he was awarded the Olympic Order, was named a Companion of the New

Zealand Order of Merit.Masiter helped New Zealand win Olympic hockey gold at Montreal 1976.NZOC artist

Derek Lardelli was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, having been instrumental

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has announced it has been granted funds from the Ministry for Sport and

New Zealand has had 209 Paralympians represent our country at a Paralympic Games since 1968, with many

 "As the National Paralympic Committee for New Zealand it is our goal to increase participation

in Para-sport and work with organisations to provide opportunities for Para-athletes throughout New Zealand

Zealand (@ParalympicsNZ) May 6, 2020It comes after Sport New Zealand also provided relief for local

 New Zealand enjoyed its best Paralympics at Rio 2016 with nine golds and 21 medals in total.The