Rowing Australia and Rowing New Zealand have launched an indoor rowing challenge to mark Anzac Day.

 Anzac Day is an annual event observed by Australia and New Zealand to commemorate the citizens

Zealand Returned and Services Association.

Zealand."

Zealand due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the usual Anzac Day events unable to be held.

Zealand and Australian rowing communities joining us in honouring our defence forces."

Three-time world champion and Olympic silver medallist Eddie Dawkins has announced his retirement from cycling following the postponement of Tokyo 2020.

The New Zealand star had hoped to end his career after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which were postponed

until 2021 last month due to the coronavirus pandemic.He would have featured as part of New Zealand’

Zealand sprinter to go under the 10-second barrier in the 200 metres sprint and the first under the

Zealand chief executive, said"Together with Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster they formed a remarkable

In doing so they flew the New Zealand flag around the world on track cycling’s biggest stages."

The International Cricket Council (ICC) held a video meeting of its chief executives today to discuss the impact of the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic on cricket.

Australia in October and November, and the women’s Cricket World Cup 2021, scheduled to be held in New

Zealand in February and March. is continuing as scheduled despite the pandemic.An agreement was reached

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has postponed the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Originally scheduled for February 20 to 28 2021 at ELE Stadium in Auckland in New Zealand, it will now

Zealand, the WBSC confirmed the postponement and will now work towards a rearranged date in 2022.WBSC

I want to thank Softball New Zealand, the Local Organising Committee, partners and sponsors for their

(@WBSC) April 23, 2020Softball New Zealand chief executive officer Tony Gilles added that these events

Zealand as soon as we can."

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) have awarded the organisation’s Order of Merit to long serving para athletics

The award was made at the PNZ Annual General Meeting, with Athletics New Zealand having nominated Bates

working with children to veterans, with roles across national and international levels.Bates led the New

Zealand Para athletics team at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, where eight athletes competed in 15 events.The

Attitude Award, which celebrated the New Zealand Paralympians of the Decade at the summer and winter

Zealand Paralympic history and presented with an individually numbered pin to recognise their achievements.The

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has moved its Olympic Ambassadors Programme online to inspire

Fiji's Ratu Vilikesa Bulewa Francis Kean has resigned from the World Rugby Council after allegations of homophobia and discrimination emerged against him in a British newspaper.

Council, and therefore withdrawing his candidature for the World Rugby Executive Committee, following new

seats, are poised to retain their places.Rugby Africa President Khaled Babbou and Bart Campbell of New

Zealand are set to join unopposed as new members.The Executive Committee election will take place alongside

Double Olympic rowing champion Mahé Drysdale has said he is unsure if he will compete at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics as he has struggled with motivation for training during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Drysdale, who has competed at four consecutive Games from Athens 2004 to Rio 2016, is one of New Zealand's

2008 after being struck by illness during the Games, but still managed to win bronze ©Getty ImagesThe New

Zealand rower will be 42 if he competes at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games, and has been racing in the

New Zealand eight.

Tanzania Olympic Committee secretary general Filbert Bayi has targeted more opportunities for high performance training and a better standard of athletics coaches.

while Bayi also won the Commonwealth Games 1,500m title in Christchurch in 1974.The winning time in New

Zealand of 3min 32.16sec was then the world record and is still the Commonwealth Games record, and is

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the New Zealand Rugby Players’ Association (NZRPA) agreed to a range of payment

of their base retainer payments, rising to 30 per cent if no play is possible before September.New Zealand

Sport in New Zealand has been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, with a stringent lockdown put in

 New Zealand are also due to compete in the Rugby Championship in August and September, before embarking

The Financial Times is reckoned to be, by some considerable distance, the world’s most influential business newspaper. Its chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, knows what he is talking about, so what he says in a five-minute video posted by the FT last Friday is worth listening to.

picture for the global economy post the pandemic ©Getty ImagesIn 1928, the boom before the bust, two new

Games - football’s World Cup and the Empire Games, both of which kicked off two years later.Hosting the new

reduction of investment: both large companies and individuals were unwilling and unable to invest in new

Expenses were also paid to other nations - New Zealand’s athletes needed all they could get as they were

Zealand and South Africa had applied to be the hosts in 1934, and the future of the British Empire Games

A record 30 nations have been confirmed as taking part in the 2021 Women's Lacrosse World Championship in the United States.

World Lacrosse, the overall depth and quality of play, across all 30 teams, will undoubtedly set a new

Haudenosaunee, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New

Zealand, Norway, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United States and Wales.

Basketball NZ (BBNZ) has extended the contracts of its coaching staff including head coach Pero Cameron, after the rescheduling of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

executive Iain Potter has ensured that the programme continues to be stable with these extensions as New

Zealand are yet to qualify for Tokyo 2020 and will compete at the qualification tournament in June 2021

in Belgrade in Serbia, according to New Zealand publication News Hub.Potter said, "We are working our

oversee two stages of Asia Cup qualifying in November and February alongside the Olympic campaign.New Zealand

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that the points will be shared for women's international matches that have not been completed because of either coronavirus or other unforeseen circumstances.

countries have been subject to the ruling - India v Pakistan, South Africa v Australia and Sri Lanka v New

Zealand, were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.Points in the ICC Women's Championship will

 The hosts of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 New Zealand, and the next four highest-placed

England, South Africa and India have already qualified by virtue of being the top four with Pakistan, New

Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka completing the table.The qualifying tournament for next year's ICC

Former All Blacks coach Sir Graham Henry has urged New Zealand Rugby to back Agustín Pichot in his World

Nations.The 45-year-old, capped 71 times for Argentina, also spoke of the importance of support from New

Zealand.

If New Zealand is not part of this global shape and something is not done differently, then it will suffer

Pichot seeking support from Oceania, South America, Africa, Asia and North America.Both Argentina and New

Zealand are SANZAAR members, alongside South Africa and Australia.