Australia added more medals to their tally on day two of the first World Para Swimming Series as the hosts were ever-present on the podium in Melbourne.

He was joined on the podium by New Zealand's Cameron Leslie, who finished five points behind with Crothers

United States' Evan Austin and fellow Dolphin Matthew Levy who rounded off the podium.Nikita Howarth of New

Zealand topped the podium in the women's 100m breaststroke in 1:33.81, with Australia's Tiffany Thomas

performances of the day, winning the men's 100m backstroke in a time of 1:03.74, winning by 84 points ahead of New

Australia overcame tough opposition in rivals New Zealand to claim both titles at the Oceania Men's and

 Opening the day was Australia's men, who squeezed past New Zealand 3-2 and avoided an upset.The

Australian team dropping their only rubber of the competition in a 4-1 win.Tahiti in action against New

Caledonia.In the men's group, Australia finished top ahead of New Zealand, Tahiti, New Caledonia and

Fiji at the bottom.The women's group finished with Australia as champions, New Zealand as runners-up

, New Caledonia in third and Tahiti fourth.

Germany's Philipp Buhl maintained his lead in the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) Laser Standard Men's World Championship after making two out of three podiums on the penultimate day in Geelong in Australia. 

nbsp;Australian Luke Elliott is in fifth ahead of Croatia's Tonci Stipanovic, Stalheim is seventh and New

Zealand sailor Sam Meech rounds off the top eight.

New Zealand’s Peter Burling and Blair Tuke claimed their sixth 49er class World Championship title after

the day in second place, one point behind leaders Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl of Austria.The New

Zealand crew immediately took control of the event by winning the opening race of the day, with the

the event as they ended the competition with 38 points.The duo, who will now turn their attentions to New

The World Junior Curling Championships are set to return to Russia for the first time in seven years when they are held in Krasnoyarsk.

though, are always expected to make finals and won both titles in 2015 and 2018, but also have two new

greatest ever curlers, Peja Lindholm.The men's teams for the Championships will be Canada, Germany, Italy, New

Zealand, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.The women's teams will be Canada

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has awarded Sky TV exclusive broadcast rights in New Zealand

Zealand Softball Hall of Fame inductee Jackie Smith.Dale Husband and former Black Sox captain Rhys Casley

will commentate on New Zealand’s games."

WBSC is delighted to partner with Sky TV to broadcast the Under-18 Men's Softball World Cup in New Zealand

The top 12 nations will compete at the World Cup in New Zealand ©WBSCThe top 12 national teams will compete

Zealand in Group B, along with the United States, Mexico, Denmark and Guatemala.The top three teams

Australia were dominant on the opening day of the World Para Swimming Series in Melbourne, claiming top spot in six events at the the first major competition of the year.

I went back to the drawing board and worked out some new strategies and had a look at what was going

of the year and I’ve got a few good solid months to go, so I’m looking forward to seeing what those new

record in the men's 100m freestyle in a time of 50.94sec, scoring 996 points ahead of Cameron Leslie of New

Zealand and Popham who took a second bronze medal.New Zealand's Sophie Pascoe took the narrowest win

rival, Australia's Tiffany Thomas Kane, at the World Para Swimming Series in Melbourne ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand

Unbeaten New Zealand and Australia are set to face each other in the final group matches in the men and

In the men's competition, New Zealand had two matches to play, defeating Fiji and Tahiti in 5-0 wins

Australia's sole match coming with a victory over Tahiti at the Ken Kay Badminton Stadium.In the other match, New

the only one so far to not finish in a clean sweep over the two days of competition.Bryan Nicole of New

Caledonia and New Zealand did the same to Tahiti.Australia and New Zealand are yet to play to each other

 Tahiti and New Caledonia are set to do the same to determine who finishes third in the groups.

The first World Para Swimming World Series event of the 2020 season begins in Melbourne tomorrow, with athletes from 15 different nations descending on the Australian city.

world champions including Lakeisha Patterson and Tiffany Thomas Kane leading the home delegation.New Zealand

two visiting countries bringing the most swimmers, with nine-times Paralympic champion Sophie Pascoe New

The World Series is now well established as a platform for new swimmers to come onto the international

Hosts Australia began the men's team event at the Oceania Badminton Championships with a pair of victories.

They did not drop a match as they beat Fiji 5-0 and then New Caledonia by the same scoreline in Ballarat.Five

will qualify for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thomas Cup, the men's world team competition.New Zealand

were also comfortable as they won their only match today, 5-0 against New Caledonia.Singles and doubles

win over Tahiti, with women's doubles and mixed doubles winner Gronya Somerville also involved.New Zealand

beat New Caledonia 5-0 in the other match.The team events continue tomorrow.

More than 150 athletes are set to compete at the Oceania Canoe Sprint Association Championships in Sydney, which will offer athletes a final chance to secure qualification to this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

February 15).Hosts Australia will be one of 10 countries represented at the Oceania Championships, with New

Zealand, Cook Islands, Palau, Samoa and Tonga among the nations set to feature.Bernadette Wallace and

Zealand and Samoa will also be targeting the quota place in the event.Samoa’s Rio 2016 Olympian Anne

Brianna Massie will target a quota place in the men’s K2 500m event, with their rivals coming from New

Zealand and the Cook Islands.McArthur will also contest the women’s K1 500m against opposition from

Netball Australia has announced it will not be renewing the contract of long-serving coach Lisa Alexander beyond 2020.

Australian Diamonds failed to win the Netball World Cup for the first time since 2003, losing 52-51 to New

Zealand in the final in Liverpool.That came after they had lost the gold-medal match at their home Commonwealth

disappointed with the decision not to renew my contract, I respect the decision of the Board to head in a new

not be applying for the position and I wish the athletes, support staff, high-performance staff and new

India's women's hockey team have cancelled their upcoming tour of China due to ongoing fears related to the coronavirus.

The team finished a tour of New Zealand last week and is set to undergo a four-week training camp prior

Modern pentathlete Marina Carrier will make her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 after being selected to the Australian team.

valiant effort on the back of her interrupted preparation, she was caught in the final laser run by New

securing qualification through the 2020 World Cup ranking pathway, the UIPM advised this month that New

Zealand had not accepted the quota spot, meaning Carrier received the Oceania qualification and booked

Top seed Abhinav Manota won both of his men's singles matches as the Oceania Badminton Championships opened in Ballarat in Australia.

The New Zealand player, the 2018 champion, won his second round clash 21-10, 21-18 against Australia's

exit was fourth-ranked Australian Keith Mark Edison, who was knocked out 21-12, 21-19 in round two by New

win the women's title for the sixth year in a row ©Getty ImagesLast year's men's winner Oscar Guo of New

Zealand is not defending his title this time around.In the women's singles, Australia's top seed Chen

began her quest for a sixth Oceania title in a row with victory.She eased past Julie Wongsodjirono of New