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Bangladesh win their first major trophy at ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Bangladesh claimed their first ever World Cup victory after lifting the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Potchefstroom in South Africa. 

cancelled due to rain; before they easily defeated South Africa and then soundly got the better of New

Zealand in the semi-finals.


Britain beat New Zealand in dramatic shoot-out in FIH Pro League

  • Hockey

Britain dramatically defeated New Zealand in a shoot-out in the women's International Hockey Federation

Zealand in the 28th minute.

 Britain then edged past New Zealand 5-4 in the shoot-out, with Tessa Howard scoring the winner

The British men's side recorded their first Pro League win with a 3-0 result against New Zealand.

 Pro League action continues on Saturday (February 15), with New Zealand taking on the US in the

women's competition at Nga Puna Wai Hockey Stadium in Christchurch, while New Zealand come up against


Chen to defend title at Oceania Badminton Championships in Ballarat

  • Badminton

Chen Hsuan-yu is set to defend her title in front of a home crowd at the Oceania Badminton Championships in Ballarat in Australia.

campaign at Ken Kay Ballarat Badminton Stadium as the women's top seed, taking on Julie Wongsodjirono of New

 New Zealand should challenge them, having finished with silver in 2019, while New Caledonia claimed


Olympic silver medallists out of 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships with injury

  • Sailing

New Zealand's Olympic silver medallists Alexandra Maloney and Molly Meech have withdrawn from the 49er

only allowed one boat in each fleet, it leads to rivalries between sailors from the same country.New Zealand

devastated, obviously, being so close to the World Championships and having this sort of injury," said New

Zealand coach Nathan Handley.

Nielsen and Marie Olsen of Denmark, the 2019 bronze medallists, are another crew to return.In the 49er, New


Tongan athletes remain in quarantine in Wuhan due to coronavirus outbreak

  • ONOC

Tonga National Olympic Committee secretary general Takitoa Taumoepeau confirmed there are Tongan athletes currently quarantined in Wuhan due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the Chinese city. 

from swimming, table tennis, boxing and weightlifting are currently in Wuhan, as reported by Radio New

Zealand.


India stun world champions Belgium in FIH Pro League

  • Hockey

India edged past world champions Belgium in a shock victory in the men's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League.

 2020 FIH Hockey Pro League, match highlights: New Zealand vs Great Britain (W)@BlackSticks @GBHockey

Britain then managed their first win of the Pro League season, with the Olympic champions defeating New

Zealand 3-0.


Pakistan claim third after another washout at ICC Under-19 World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup after downpours cancelled their playoff match with New

Zealand.

That means Pakistan are awarded third position due to having a better record in the group stage.New Zealand

too, so took five points in Group C.Match abandoned in Benoni.Pakistan finish in third place ahead of New

Zealand by virtue of accumulating more points than New Zealand in the group stage.



Argentina clinch Tokyo 2020 football qualification as Brazil’s place remains in doubt

  • Football

Argentina earned a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today as they beat Colombia 2-1 in the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Pre-Olympic Tournament being held in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga.

Japan have qualified as hosts, and the other qualifiers so far are France, Germany, Romania, Spain, New

Zealand, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Australia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Argentina.


Belgium return to top of men's world hockey rankings under new formula

  • Hockey

top of International Hockey Federation (FIH) men's world rankings after the first update since the new

 Since January 1, when the transition came in, Belgium have been undefeated, defeating New Zealand

 One month into the new ranking system, we reflect on the key takeaways from the new match-based

 Australia, Argentina, Germany and England round off the top five with New Zealand, Spain, Ireland


Afghanistan beat hosts South Africa to seventh place in ICC Under-19 World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

A brilliant knock of 73 by Ibrahim Zadran enabled Afghanistan to defeat hosts South Africa in the seventh-place match at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup.

Afghanistan – who lost the third-place match to Pakistan at the last version of this tournament in New

Zealand two years ago – reached 158 for five in 40.2 overs to earn victory by five wickets.Odirile Modimokoane

settle for finishing three places lower in the final order than they did in 2018.Tomorrow will see New

Zealand and Bangladesh meet at the JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom to contest the right to meet the defending


India thrash Pakistan to reach third ICC Under-19 World Cup final in a row

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a brilliant century as India thumped Pakistan by 10 wickets to advance to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup final.

India are in their third consecutive ICC Under-19 World Cup final and will face either Bangladesh or New

Zealand, who meet in the second semi-final on Thursday (February 6).


Dates and branding announced for women's 2021 Rugby World Cup

  • Rugby Sevens

World Rugby has announced the dates and branding for the women's 2021 Rugby World Cup (RWC) in New Zealand

 The tournament brand, developed by World Rugby and New Zealand Rugby in consultation with local

 It features the "Ngaru", a symbol of the ocean waves surrounding New Zealand.

Zealand 2021 will be one of the great Rugby World Cups, attracting a new fan and player base for the

It is a privilege to be here in New Zealand and to see the huge amount of work that has already gone

 For New Zealand viewers, all games will be broadcast live and on demand by official RWC 2021 host


Double Spanish success at Oceania Championships

  • Sailing

The United States' Riley Gibbs and Anna Weis ended a windy final day as Nacra 17 winners at the Oceania Championships, while there was joy for Spain in the two other classes.

2020 at 3:58am PSTNew Zealand's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke finished second and another team from New

Zealand rounded out the podium - Logan Beck and Oscar Gunn.It was a Spain-New Zealand one-two in the


Fox and Delfour continue Australian domination at Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships

  • Canoeing

Australia continued their dominance of the Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Auckland with two more gold medals on the final day.

women's C1 title and Lucien Delfour captured the men's K1 gold at Vector Wero White Water Park in the New

Zealand city.Double Olympic medallist Fox, who has won 10 World Championship gold medals, added to the

pole position to be selected by Australia for Tokyo 2020.American Michal Smolen finished second and New