Sifan Hassan completed her golden double in defiant fashion here at the International Association of Athletic Federations World Championships, following up her 10,000 metres win with the 1500m title on a pulsating night that also contained the greatest shot put contest ever seen.

the digital scoreboard showed 22.90m.Which in turn meant that the defending champion Thomas Walsh of New

Zealand, who had responded to Crouser’s siege-gun opening salvo of 22.36m with what was, then, a Championship

Last week's announcement that Alberto Salazar, the head coach at the Nike Oregon Project, had been banned for four years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency meant Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) representatives here in Doha had to serve immediate notices prohibiting athletes under his charge from further association.

indirectly affected.That comment will have been well received by Howman, who returned to his native New

Zealand last Monday (September 30).

IOC President made here on the eve of the Championships that a "fresh look" would need to be taken at new

And it can be used for developing new approaches."

taking blood samples have been developed by WADA requiring only pin pricks ©Getty Images"There is a new

New Zealand's footballers are going to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, after defeating the Solomon Islands

chances, through Tuita Meaobia and Darold Kakasi, before Myer Bevan delivered a two-goal cushion for New

Zealand, pouncing on a goalkeeping mistake.When Waine scored just before the break to make it 3-0, the

Solomons had a mountain to climb.It was all too easy for New Zealand ©Getty ImagesBevan's second goal

 It will be New Zealand’s third Olympic appearance and Buckingham was obviously delighted."

Zealand having previously competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympiads.Men's Olympic football is played with

Iranian women have been able to buy a small number of tickets for Iran's FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifying match against Cambodia, following pressure from football's governing body. 

friendly against Syria.Two fans were also removed from the FIFA Women's World Cup match between Canada and New

Zealand on June 15, having entered the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble wearing T-shirts calling for Iranian

South Africa impressively took care of Italy in Pool B at the Rugby World Cup, cruising home with a 49-3 bonus-point victory.

conclude pool play against Canada on Tuesday (October 8), while it gets no easier for Italy, facing New

Zealand next Saturday (October 12).All eyes now switch to a superb Saturday of rugby, with Australia

New Zealand will begin the defence of their HSBC Women's World Rugby Sevens Series title, as the Olympic

The first leg of the series is at Infinity Park in the Four Mile Historic Park in Glendale, and New Zealand

World Cup Sevens in 2018 in San Francisco.The top four teams in the 2019 World Rugby Sevens Series - New

Zealand, USA, Australia and Canada - secured their places at Tokyo 2020, just the second edition of

Japan, Brazil and Great Britain after the latter two won regional qualifying tournaments.In Colorado, New

Zealand will tackle England, Russia and an invitational Japanese team in Pool A.Last year's runners-up

Rugby World Cup 2019 is going out of this world, quite literally, with a broadcast in space.

be watching ©Getty ImagesThe Italians need to pull off a massive surprise to get out of Pool B, with New

Zealand expected to go through unbeaten having already beaten South Africa.

Tributes have been paid to former world junior ski cross champion Mikayla Martin after her death in a mountain bike accident, aged just 22.

home in Squamish, British Columbia.She won gold at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Cardrona in New

Zealand, then made the step-up to the senior World Cup circuit.Last season she finished a career-best

In what was a masterclass of attacking rugby, New Zealand destroyed poor Canada 63-0 in Pool B of the

controversially awarding a penalty try.It was the worst possible start for Canada, world-ranked 22, and New

nine-try attacking performance, while Mo'unga kicked an impressive eight from nine conversions.New Zealand

New Zealand eased past Fiji 6-1 to reach the final of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Men's

Having finished top of Group A, New Zealand were 3-0 up in under 30 minutes during their semi-final clash

what turned out to be a consolation goal for Fiji in the 74th minute, with New Zealand responding just

 Bevan then scored again in the dying moments of the match to confirm New Zealand's rout.

Zealand coach Des Buckingham said."

New Zealand will face the Solomon Islands, after Augustine Waita's solitary goal resigned Vanuatu to

Paul Coll climbed up to a career-high fifth as Egyptian players dominated the Professional Squash Association's world rankings for October.

The New Zealander made a winning start to the 2019-20 season by claiming the Open de France in Nantes

de France, as Gohar slips to fifth place.The rest of the top 10 remains the same with Joelle King of New

Zealand in sixth and England's Sarah-Jane Perry seventh.American Amanda Sobhy, Tesni Evans of Wales

A record-breaking 112,000 tickets were sold for this summer's Netball World Cup in Liverpool, with England Netball claiming the event inspired thousands to watch and play the sport.

A group of 16 teams competed in the 10-day tournament from July 12 to 21, which ended with New Zealand

Scotland thrashed Samoa 34-0 at the Rugby World Cup to bring themselves right back into contention in Japan.

The World Cup will now resume on Wednesday (October 2).Back-to-back defending champions New Zealand will

World Rugby has revealed six "legends" who will be inducted into the sport's Hall of Fame alongside the ongoing Rugby World Cup in Japan.

rugby family, I would like to recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of this year's six new

McCaw captained New Zealand to a pair of Rugby World Cup wins in 2011 and 2015 and is the most-capped

three times.Os du Randt is the only South African to win two World Cups ©Getty ImagesHenry coached New

Zealand to their World Cup triumph in 2011 and won 88 out of 103 matches with the All Blacks.The former

Wales coach managed for and against the British and Irish Lions, beating them in a series with New Zealand

China set up a gold-medal clash with defending champions Japan at the International Basketball Association (FIBA) Asia Cup in Bangalore. 

 Japan continued their campaign for a fourth successive FIBA Asia Cup title with a win over New

Zealand ©FIBAMaki Takada impressed with 22 points, while Yuki Miyazawa recorded 19 points and 15 rebounds.Japan

 New Zealand secured fifth place following a 71-56 win against Chinese Taipei, with Micaela Cocks