Hopes for a joint North-South Korean FIFA Women's World Cup ended after South Korea withdrew its bid for the 2023 event just hours before the deadline.

unified bid with North Korea was not possible due to strained relations ©Getty ImagesAustralia and New

Zealand have since decided to join forces in their bid to host the tournament after reaching an 11th-hour

Greece began the defence of their International Swimming Federation World Men's Junior Water Polo Championships title, with victory over Australia in Kuwait City.

the best possible start at the Al-Nasar Sport Club in Kuwait City.In the other match in the group, New

Zealand thrashed Uzbekistan 22-6.Last year's runners-up Croatia also began with a win as they defeated

There is plenty at stake at the 2019 Oceania Diving Championships in New Zealand, with places at the

individual 3 metre springboard and 10m platform competitions, along with team diving.Hosted by Diving New

Zealand (DNZ), it's the first time a New Zealand diving event is being broadcast live by Sky Sport

Australia have sent a very strong diving squad to New Zealand ©Diving AustraliaThe Australian team is

 New Zealand's team includes Anton Down-Jenkins, Arno Lee, Fengyang Li, Frazer Tavener, Liam Stone

Aleem Dar broke Steve Bucknor's record of most Test matches as an umpire, as Australia took on New Zealand

of Australia celebrates scoring a century on day one of the first Test match between Australia and New

Zealand at Optus Stadium ©Getty Images"It is a truly amazing feeling and a high point of my life when

South Africa have pulled out of the running to stage the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, less than a day before the deadline for submitting bid books.

Australia and New Zealand, meanwhile, have decided to join forces in their bid to host the 2023 women's

that the best chance to beat the bids from Japan and Colombia was to join forces with its neighbour New

Zealand.

the recently completed National Stadium and seven football-specific venues.Those sites include the new

South Africa will play in front of a home crowd at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series for the first time, having been invited to contest tomorrow's competition in Cape Town. 

Sevens Series competition ©WikipediaSouth Africa are in Pool A with Fiji, Russia and overall leaders New

Zealand, who triumphed last week in Dubai.Pool B features Canada, France, Spain and Brazil, while the

South Africa, winners of the first stage of the 2019-2020 men's World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai last weekend, will carry a winning mindset into their home leg in Cape Town, which starts tomorrow

Pool B in the second round of Series 2020 features Dubai runners-up New Zealand, Argentina, Canada and

make up Pool D, which will start the men's competition tomorrow with the match between Australia and new

The world's best halfpipe skiers are ready to get back into competition at the Colorado resort of Copper Mountain, for the 2019/20 US Grand Prix International Ski Federation (FIS) Freeski Halfpipe World Cup.

There has been a two-month break since the season-opener in Cardrona, New Zealand.Pyeongchang 2018 women's

Cardrona finals - the lingering effects of which will keep her out of competition at least until the new

women.While the top US women largely sat Cardrona out, the country's top men were out in full force in New

Zealand, and had a hugely successful showing.Amongst them was 20-year-old Birk Irving, who claimed a

International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Men’s Junior Water Polo Championships start tomorrow, at the new

been on the podium more often, given their record of three golds, four silvers and six bronzes.The new

on December 20.The defending champions are in Group D along with Uzbekistan, Brazil, Australia and New

Japan vs China; Spain vs Hungary; Canada vs Egypt; Kuwait vs Iran; Greece vs Australia; Uzbekistan vs New

Zealand and United States vs Italy.

New Zealand’s netball team have been awarded the Lonsdale Cup at an Olympic Gala in Auckland, following

The Lonsdale Cup is the New Zealand Olympic Committee's (NZOC) most prestigious award and is presented

Robertson presenting the cup to netball star Bailey Mes and the team’s assistant coach Deb Fuller.New Zealand

New Zealand celebrate winning the Netball World Cup in Liverpool ©Getty ImagesThe NZOC Olympic Gala which

There was plenty of excitement around the New Zealand Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games team, as some of their

The New Zealand Olympic Gala was the venue, with the village and podium-wear revealed for the Games next

and Nicole van der Kaay, athlete Zoe Hobbs and surfer Ella Williams.It was a first look at what the New

Zealand team will look like in Tokyo, along with a selection of replica items and supporters' gear on

the heart of the uniform.In traditional black, the range also includes flashes of Pacific blue, while New

Zealand is written in katakana (Japanese script) on a number of items as a sign of respect to the host

Friday 13th will be unlucky for some and lucky for some others this week as the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) William Hill World Darts Championship, due to conclude on January 1, gets underway at the Alexandra Palace in London.

earned his third title in five years - and he is 5/4 on with the bookies to repeat that achievement by New

that same time we have also expanded globally, establishing ourselves in places such as Australia, New

Zealand, North America, Scandinavia and Asia," Allen added.Also coming up will be the sport’s debut

at Madison Square Garden in New York City - which will host the World Series event that has previously

I therefore urge you all to continue to show your support for the WDF Executives and new Commission members

New Zealand riders topped the medal standings on the final day of the International Cycling Federation

this season’s World Cup series.Up against Australian rivals Kelland O'Brien and Cameron Meyer, the New

gold medal total as she won the women’s Keirin in 11.251sec from Yuka Kobayashi of Japan and fellow New

Zealander Olivia Podmore.It was the only medal for New Zealand on the final night of the @trackworldcupnz

: SWPIX pic.twitter.com/SqQVUUPAs2— Cycling New Zealand (@CyclingNZL) December 8, 2019Poland’s Mateusz

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, the Rio 2016 49er champions, earned a fifth world title today on the home  waters of Auckland after holding off a renewed challenge from Germany’s Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel.

which consisted of two more rounds of racing followed by the medal race carrying double points.When the New

Zealand pair were forced out of the first gold fleet race of the morning due to a broken tiller extension

going into the 10-boat medal race,That translated to four places in hand for the home sailors, but New

New Zealand certainly love playing in Dubai, as they ensured back-to-back titles there in the World Rugby

tournament saved the best until last, with a fitting finale to the competition.It was a perfect start for New

Zealand, with Waaka crossing for a five-pointer in just the second minute.However, this merely stung

crossed the line again, before a dramatic score in the final moments from Gayle Broughton just helped New

Zealand over the line by three points.After two rounds, New Zealand top the series standings alongside