Different sports have different geographies. No sport references the northern and southern hemispheres as frequently as rugby union.

Zealand - lie in the deep south of the planet.With Australia and Argentina also nearly always among

Zealand, when the Home Nations teamed up to beat the All Blacks in their backyard, and England’s pragmatic

Zealand come out top, ahead of Australia.England and France are tied with South Africa in third place

Zealand and Ireland’s impressive 13-8 subduing of the Springboks two weeks later - have both gone the

recent positive record against New Zealand when they face each other in the quarter-finals in France

New Zealand won their second successive match of the International Cricket Council Men’s Cricket World

comfortable victory at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.After being put in to bat New

Zealand initially faced three maiden overs, before scoring 322 for seven off their 50 overs.Will Young

Zealand men's spinner to take a @cricketworldcup five-wicket haul 👏#CWC23 | #NZvNED pic.twitter.com

Zealand bowler in one-day international Cricket World Cup history to take a five-wicket haul, as he

ended with figures of five for 59.Matt Henry also chipped in with three for 40 as New Zealand’s bid to

Italy sealed a last team eventing place at the Paris 2024 Olympics following the conclusion of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Eventing Nations Cup season in Boekelo in The Netherlands, where France triumphed and Belgium secured overall victory.

was available through the FEI Nations Cup to join Olympic hosts France, Germany, the United States, New

Zealand, Britain, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland from last year's Eventing World Championships, Belgium

Saudi Arabia has submitted a letter of intent and signed declaration as it bids to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup.

executive James Johnson said the country was considering entering the 2034 race last week, potentially with New

Zealand who it hosted the FIFA Women's World Cup with this year.However, the two nations currently fall

Saudi Pro League, with clubs in the oil-rich kingdom paying huge transfer fees and wages as part of a new

Australia's Jessica Fox won the women's canoe and kayak races at the final International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup of the season to seal the overall titles in Vaires-sur-Marne at a venue set to be used for next year's Olympic Games.

ahead of Poland's Klaudia Zwolińska.The World Cup final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, a new

second overall with 171 points after an impressive victory in the final, staving off Finn Butcher of New

Zealand, Felix Oschmautz of Austria and Přindiš.Timothy Anderson of Australia completed the overall

his semi-final.Woods took the women's kayak cross title with 229 points, despite finishing second to New

The draw for the International Basketball Association Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments has been made, with 16 teams set to battle for a place at Paris 2024 in four different cities.

Asia Cup champions will be joined by Olympic bronze medallists and world number seven side France and New

Zealand, as well as a team from an Americas qualifying tournament scheduled to take place in Colombia

Just across the road from where we live in south-west France there’s a football pitch complete with dressing rooms and two professional-style dugouts marked with the home team’s initials, "GMG", and "Visiteurs".

their head coach, Fabien Galthie, refers to as a second "World Cup final", following their meeting with New

Zealand in the opening group match."

the lopsided look of this World Cup, where we now have two quarter-finals – France v South Africa and New

Zealand v Ireland – involving the four-top ranked teams.

Portugal claimed their first ever Rugby World Cup win with a dramatic last-minute triumph over Fiji, who advanced to the quarter-finals on points difference.

be held on Saturday (October 14), with Wales taking on Argentina in Marseille, before Ireland face New

Zealand in Paris.

Hosts India began their International Cricket Council Men’s Cricket World Cup campaign with a comfortable victory over five-time champions Australia before a jubilant crowd in Chennai today.

ImagesThe fixture means that all 10 countries in the tournament have played their opening matches with New

Zealand top of the robin round table having thrashed defending champions England by nine wickets in

the first match.New Zealand, the runners-up four years ago, are scheduled to play their second match

The world number one ranked side in the world Ireland reached the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, and secured top spot in Pool B, after beating Scotland 36-14 in Paris.

Africa, who finished second in Pool B, up against hosts and Pool A winners France, while Ireland take on New

Zealand, who ended second in Pool A.In Pool D, England, who had already qualified before their final

Australia's hopes of staging the 2034 men's FIFA World Cup have been dealt a further blow because it would reportedly fall short of the infrastructural standards required.

Although Australia staged the FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand earlier this year, it would not

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).Australia only has nine venues which meet this threshold and New

Zealand one.Other requirements include at least 72 training sites and hotel provision for teams and

FIFA VIPs.It means Australia would likely have to seek another country to join its bid or build new venues

Hosts France finished the Rugby World Cup pool stages in style with a big win over European neighbours Italy.

was another heavy defeat for Italy against the hosts, a week after they conceded 96 points against New

Zealand ©Getty ImagesA dummied pass from Jalibert enabled him to get the fifth France try early in the

heavy defeat for the Azzurri against a top-five ranked nation, after they shipped 96 points against New

Zealand seven days ago.The match concludes Pool A with France top on 18 points and New Zealand second

Three-time winners New Zealand hammered Uruguay in their final Pool A match of the men's Rugby World

Cup.Uruguay have earned plenty of admirers for their performances at the Rugby World Cup, and kept New

which was converted by Richie Mo'unga.New Zealand went on to secure the bonus point for four tries by

second of the match on 54 minutes.Leicester Fainga'anuku, right, scored a second-half hat-trick for New

Zealand in their 73-0 win ©Getty ImagesJordan and Fainga'anuku added their second tries of the match

quarter-final opponents for the top two in Pool A.Victory for favourites Ireland would set up a tie against New

Defending champions England were comprehensively beaten by New Zealand in the first match of the International

on the now-defunct boundary countback rule after the match and the super over ended in a tie, it was New

Zealand who gained a measure of revenge at the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.There

only went on sale on August 25, and it has been reported around 45,000 were sold for the opener.New Zealand

Curran, but Rachin Ravindra then joined Devon Conway for a sensational partnership of 273 to guide New

Zealand to victory,Conway hit 152 from 121 deliveries and Ravindra 123 from 96.Ravindra earned player

Saudi Arabia has confirmed it will bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup - with Australia saying it is still exploring the possibility of entering the race for the tournament.

support from their own continent.Australia would also need to co-bid with another country - likely New

Zealand who it successfully staged the FIFA Women's World Cup with this year.Saudi Arabia said it would

Egypt and Greece to focus on 2034 instead.Australia co-hosted this year's FIFA Women's World Cup with New

Zealand ©Getty Images"We believe the time is right for Saudi Arabia to host the FIFA World Cup," said

Zealand 2023, the football family of Asia and Oceania will once again have the opportunity to showcase