Japan's leading rugby union league has cancelled all remaining 42 matches of its 2019-2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The global expansion of the coronavirus has prompted many Governments, including New Zealand and Australia

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced that this year's New Zealand Open has been postponed

Zealand in "close consultation and consensus with relevant tournament partners"."

Badminton New Zealand said the decision is in keeping with advice from the New Zealand Government to

Zealand in reaching this decision."

#BREAKING: The BARFOOT & THOMPSON New Zealand Open 2020 to be held 28 April to 3 May has been suspended

Zealand Herald, it comes as the number of confirmed cases in the nation rose to 102, with 36 new cases

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe has suggested for the first time that this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo may have to be postponed, saying the event cannot be held under current circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic.

I think many of them (the athletes) are in areas where they cannot train properly as the new coronavirus

prepare for a Games in 2021 as a team for this year "could not be assembled".The US, Great Britain, New

Zealand and The Netherlands are among other NOCs who have already addressed their athletes during a

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has told athletes to prepare for a Tokyo Olympics in the northern hemisphere summer in 2021, after agreeing not to send a team should the Games take place in July.

process.Coates, who has served as AOC President since 1990, also chaired the IOC's Agenda 2020 and New

difficult decision" not to travel to Japan this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.United States, Britain, New

Zealand and The Netherlands are among other NOCs to have already addressed their athletes during a time

We are aware that for many such a postponement will present a range of new issues."

Canada have said they will not compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Games should they be held this year as other nations also plan for a one-year postponement of Tokyo 2020.

Zealand, The Netherlands and Ireland are among other NOCs who have already addressed their athletes

Mike Stanley, the President of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, urged the IOC to "finalise" their decision

The health and wellbeing of the New Zealand team is our main priority and the global situation remains

Zealand athletes this news will be incredibly disruptive.

We have the utmost confidence that members of the New Zealand Team will have the resilience, focus and

Paralympics New Zealand hosted a three day talent identification camp for eight budding cyclists.

Zealand, Paralympic pathways and the broader Paralympic movement.Paralympian Emma Foy and Para cyclists

The camp was a great success and hugely enjoyed by everyone involved – there were a lot of new friends

and connections made, which is such an important aspect of these camps," said Paralympics New Zealand's

positive attitude and got stuck into all camp activities with gusto –  the future of Para-cycling in New

Zealand is looking very bright!”

Anybody who follows the world of weightlifting closely must be in need of an uplift, judging by recent headlines on insidethegames and elsewhere.

made in a German TV documentary.There may or may not have been a mention of transgender issues, with New

And another challenge is governance reform, which was the top campaigning point for the new regime who

and won an unsurpassable 12 continental titles.She trains at the Oceania Weightlifting Institute in New

Caledonia, 2,500 kilometres away from her children back home in Papua New Guinea.Dika would surely have

Guinea and, more recently, New Zealand who “live together, train together, dine together, do everything

Rugby Australia have announced plans for a domestic rugby competition, which they hope will fill the place of Super Rugby during the coronavirus pandemic.

Super Rugby, an international club competition involving teams from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New

Zealand and South Africa, was suspended last week after seven of the 18 rounds completed in the season.The

suspension followed New Zealand implementing travel restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus.Rugby

domestic series between their four Super Rugby teams, the Brumbies, Queensland Reds, Melbourne Rebels and New

Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) President Brian Lewis revealed he was "reassured" following a call with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach regarding the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

 New Zealand Olympic Committee secretary general Kereyn Smith also responded positively to the call

His sentiment was echoed by New Zealand Olympic Committee secretary general Kereyn Smith, who was reassured

The postponement of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League has been extended to May 17 as the coronavirus crisis continues. 

be suspended until May 17 due to coronavirus ©Getty ImagesBefore the initial postponement was made, New

Zealand and Australia had already decided not to travel to Europe for their upcoming games, while the

The number of women on International Cricket Council (ICC) panels has risen to 12 after Janani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi were named on the International Panel of ICC Development Umpires.

previously kept scores in international matches.She was inspired to take up umpiring after watching New

to create more excitement around the women's game before the 2021 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in New

Zealand."

The emblem for the inaugural World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Men's Softball World Cup has been revealed.

Auckland in New Zealand will host the first edition of the re-named event next year with the brand identity

New identities for the Under-18 Softball World Cups for both men and women had already been released

This new emblem marks another step in the rebranding process of the Softball World Championships into

Nasser Majali, the secretary general of the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC), was at home on a Friday in January when the phone rang.

sporting cities have now found out, a killer virus might start to take hold.In an ideal world, the new

for.The Chinese team, on arrival at Brisbane Airport, were immediately placed into quarantine due to new

Australia and New Zealand are currently bidding for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and their cause has

Organisers have confirmed that the Super Rugby season has been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

league is the premier club competition in the southern hemisphere and features teams from Australia, New

Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Japan.South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina Rugby

run the competition, said they had "no option" but to make the move.It followed an announcement from New

Zealand, and players would not be exempt from the rules.A clash yesterday between Argentina's Jaguares

and New Zealand's Highlanders in Buenos Aires was also cancelled due to player welfare concerns."

Olympic silver medallist Luuka Jones and Callum Gilbert have been chosen to represent New Zealand in

be joined by newcomer Gilbert at the Games in the Japanese capital.The two competitors were named on New

2012 and Rio 2016.Jones is due to line up in the K1 and C1, while Gilbert - who has secured a place in New