Swedish official Mattias Grafström has been appointed as FIFA's secretary general ad interim with immediate effect.

on his controversial tour of the Pacific islands during the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand in July and August.Infantino described Samoura as a "trailblazer in the game", and she was credited

Spain, Portugal and Morocco will host the FIFA World Cup in 2030 with special celebratory matches in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay, it was announced today.

Football Confederation will be invited to bid.Likely bidders include Saudi Arabia, or Australia and New

Zealand following their successful hosting of the Women's World Cup this year.Saudi Arabia announced

General Meeting (AGM), having helped to oversee the FIFA Women's World Cup which it co-hosted with New

Zealand in July and August.

last year, losing to eventual winners Argentina.The outgoing chair claimed Football Australia needed new

 Australia successfully staged the FIFA Women's World Cup with co-hosts New Zealand earlier this

of that as the chair, but now feels like the right time for a change and to pass on the baton to a new

This shift at such a pivotal time will bring in new energy and ideas, which are crucial in the ever-changing

the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad with a re-match of the epic 2019 final, when England defeated New

Zealand.

voted man of the match after the final at Lord's in London after scoring 84 not out as England equalled New

Zealand's total of 241.Although New Zealand superstar Kane Williamson scored 54 against Pakistan and

chance to play in the World Cup at some point is really a testament to the work that he's put in,” New

Zealand skipper Tom Latham said this week.The opening match of this year's Cricket World Cup be a re-match

of the final four years ago which ended with England beating New Zealand ©Getty ImagesIndia won the

Adrian Miramon Quiroga of Spain and Janneke Van Der Meulen of The Netherlands won the men's and women's solo titles at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Barletta.

reserve day due to extreme weather conditions in the Italian resort also saw the United States and New

Zealand claim titles in the coastal mixed coxed quadruple sculls and coastal mixed double sculls, respectively.In

, New Zealand steered the better line, giving them advantage while sprinting on the beach, forcing Britain

Italy as the US finished in 2:27.35 to triumph in the coastal mixed coxed quadruple sculls.Italy and New

Zealand secured silver and bronze with timings of 2:39.05 and 2:34.00, respectively.Barletta is set

Defending champions South Africa all-but sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the men's Rugby World Cup in France with a bonus-point victory against Tonga, and Australia kept their slim hopes alive with a win against Portugal.

the next Rugby World Cup match scheduled for Thursday (October 5) in Lyon, where three-time winners New

Zealand are hoping to effectively seal a place in the quarter-finals against already eliminated Uruguay

Esperenza Barreras claimed two gold medals as champions were crowned at the International Surfing Association World Stand-Up Paddle and Paddleboard Championship, held at Les Sables d’Olonne in France.

titles in the discipline.Silver went to Brazil’s Aline Adisaka with 9.03 points, with bronze won by New

stand-up paddle men’s sprint title went to Garioud in 1min 15.36sec, with silver to Ollie Houghton of New

Zealand in 1:17.06, bronze to Claudio Nika of Italy in 1:18.73, and copper to Sanchez in 1:55.45.The

The University of Canterbury made up for their narrow loss to University of Auckland last year by winning the 2023 National Tertiary Championship Series.

place between April and September.All tournaments are organised by the University and Tertiary Sport New

Zealand (UTSNZ) in partnership with relevant New Zealand National Sporting Organisations."

By a twist of fate or maybe just some clever scheduling, the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's World Cup begins exactly where it left off in 2019.

The opening match, England against New Zealand on October 5 in Ahmedabad recalls that 2019 final, decided

had happened before in 1966, when England took part in the Rothmans Cricket World Cup.England beat New

dismissed attempting a reverse sweep ©Getty ImagesIn 1992, the tournament took place in Australia and New

wickets.Then in 2015, Australia continued the trend of host nation triumph with victory after co-hosts New

on New Zealand soil.Australia coasted to victory by seven wickets.Introducing BLAZE & TONK!

An Aaron Smith hat-trick helped three-time winners New Zealand to thrash Italy 96-17 at the men's Rugby

New Zealand had been playing catch-up after their first-ever pool stage defeat to hosts France in the

Zealand, with the only Italian reply an early penalty from Tommaso Allan which made the score 49-3 at

half-time.The victory against Italy moved New Zealand to the brink of the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals

each scored one try in the second half for New Zealand, and Dane Coles two, with McKenzie successful

with all four of his conversions.New Zealand just missed out on the century mark, and Italy grabbed

Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic partner Procter & Gamble (P&G) is to award $24,000 (£19,500/€22,000) grants to 20 athletes who will use the cash to help charities they support.

wheelchair tennis player Daniel Caverzaschi and American Para-athlete Ezra Frech.They are joined by New

Zealand hockey player Hugo Inglis, British rugby player James Farndale, American Para-triathlete Melissa

Japan beat 14-player Samoa in Toulouse to boost their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the men's Rugby World Cup.

earns an automatic qualifying place in the 2027 Rugby World Cup.Tomorrow's match is set to feature New

Zealand against Italy in Lyon in Pool A.

Cyclist Nicole Murray of New Zealand and Italian swimmer Simone Barlaam have been named as best respective

New Zealand Para-cyclist Nicole Murray won top female honours in summer sports at the inaugural Para

dedicated to engaging 2,400 students per year regardless of their abilities.There was a second honour for New

Zealand as Rebecca Foulsham won the Citi Volunteer Award.Foulsham has spent more than three decades

take part at various levels of competition and has been a key contributor to Para sport development in New

Uruguay came from behind to beat Namibia 36-26 and record their first victory of the Rugby World Cup in France.

out.Namibia had already suffered three chastening defeats after being thrashed 96-0 by France, 71-3 by New

Zealand and 52-8 by Italy.But they started strongly against a Uruguay side who earned many plaudits

four defeats.Uruguay are almost certain to exit the tournament as well as they need to defeat giants New

Zealand with a four-try bonus point to stand any chance of progressing, and even then could still only

French riders Victor Koretzky and Loana Lecomte came out on top at the mountain bike test event for next year's Olympic Games in Paris. 

Élancourt Hill which had previously been an unknown quantity.Koretzky came home in front of Anton Cooper of New

Zealand by a single second, with Nino Schurter of Switzerland four seconds back in third.World silver