Hosts China survived an early scare before beating New Zealand 8-3 in their opening match of the Asia

Confederation event continues tomorrow.In Group A, China take on Philippines with South Korea playing New

Zealand, while Australia will lock horns with Indonesia in Group B where Chinese Taipei face Hong Kong

Australia’s two-match test series against Bangladesh has been pushed back five months until next June.

ImagesThe Championship sees the top nine Test teams in the world – Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New

Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies – compete in 71 matches across 27 series

Back-to-back Paralympic champions Australia have named their squad for next month's World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge in Tokyo.

alongside female player Shae Graham with wheelchair rugby a mixed sport.Australia have been drawn with New

Zealand, Canada and United States in Pool B in Tokyo.Japan will entertain Britain, France and Brazil

University of Cape Town have retained their World University Rugby Cup title by overcoming rivals Bordeaux in the final at Kamiigusa Stadium in Japan.

comfortable 40-0 victory over the University of British Columbia.A comfortable 33-7 win over a combined New

Zealand Universities team followed, before a 15-0 semi-final success against Oxford University.It set

, Eben Etzebeth and Damian de Allende all featured in their opening match of the tournament against New

Zealand.

New Zealand and Solomon Islands both qualified for the semi-finals of the Oceania Football Confederation

places, with their final group game against each other.Clayton Lewis scored twice before the break for New

Zealand who were 4-0 up at half-time.Captain Logan Rogerson and Ollie Whyte were also on target and

0.Augustin Waita scored twice in the first half today with Darold Kakasi also on target.FULL TIME | New

Zealand cruise past American Samoa and join Group A rivals Solomon Islands as the first two teams to

Oceania in Brazil.The hosts will reach the semi-finals from Group B tomorrow should they defeat Papua New

Japan demolished hosts India 103-27 as they began their bid to win the International Basketball Association (FIBA) Women's Asia Cup for the fourth time in a row.

for South Korea over Chinese Taipei.In Group B, Australia thrashed Philippines 127-57 and China beat New

Zealand 67-44.The winners of each group will advance straight into the semi-finals with the teams second

New Zealand are determined to make up for their absence from the football tournament at Rio 2016 at the

The qualification process for the 2016 Olympic Games harbours bad memories for the New Zealand team after

they were thrown out of the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby for fielding an ineligible player.New Zealand

under-23 team.It has given Des Buckingham's team extra motivation for the qualifier for Tokyo 2020.New

Zealand began the competition in Fiji with a thumping 6-1 win over Samoa.FIXTURES | Here are the up

I think it’s really important for New Zealand football to be back on the Olympic stage again.

Eight teams will battle it out for the last available place in the softball tournament at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo at the Asia/Oceania qualifier in Shanghai this week.

highest-ranked team and will play Australia, Indonesia and Hong Kong in Group B.Group A features China, New

Zealand, the Philippines and South Korea.The top two sides from each group will qualify for the super

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said the world governing body have been "assured" by Iran that it will end its ban on women attending football matches.

were also criticised when two fans were removed from the Women's World Cup match between Canada and New

Zealand in France on June 15, having entered the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble wearing shirts that called

Ireland swept aside Scotland 27-3 in a key Pool A encounter on day three of the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

conversions and a penalty.Italy have gone top of the pool but will still struggle to advance as heavyweights New

Zealand, the back-to-back defending champions, and South Africa are also in the group.The All Blacks

Germany’s Ingrid Klimke produced a faultless cross-country performance to win the penultimate International Equestrian Federation Nations Cup Eventing competition of the season in Waregem in Belgium.

yhe Netherlands and Belgium will battle for the place.Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, New

Zealand, Sweden, Italy, Poland, United States, Brazil, China, Thailand and hosts Japan have already

Defending champions and hosts Fiji and Vanuatu opened their Group B campaign at the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) men’s Olympic qualifier with wins in Lautoka.

/k3CWEGDcB3— OFC Oceania Football (@OFCfootball) September 22, 2019Vanuatu were ahead against Papua New

Guinea after just three minutes when New Zealand-based Azariah Soromon headed home.In the 19th minute

given after he had been fouled.Moments later Bong Kalo set up Ronaldo Wilkins to make it 3-0.Papua New

Two athletes at the 1969 European Athletics Championships in Athens were decades ahead of their time, one for doping, the other for his diet.

three million pairs, put his research into elastomeric fibres to good use, and had stern words for New

I always maintained it was suicide for New Zealand marathon runners to run in their traditional black

As for others, I think news of the new diet took a while to reach some of them, especially the Aussies

Merel Blom of The Netherlands took over the outright lead in the penultimate International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Nations Cup Eventing competition of the season in Waregem, Belgium, after today's jumping.

The Netherlands and Belgium will battle for the place.Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, New

Zealand, Sweden, Italy, Poland, United States, Brazil, China, Thailand and hosts Japan have already

Favourites New Zealand began their campaign to secure a spot in the Olympic football tournament at Tokyo

Ben Waine scored a hat-trick for Pacific Games champions New Zealand in a dominant Group A display at

’s ANZ Stadium.Logan Rogerson, Myer Bevan and substitute Ollie Whyte also got on the scoresheet for New

Zealand, who are looking for a fourth-straight Oceania Football Confederation qualifier title.Michael

other nations have improved hugely and the results are a lot closer than they ever have been," said New

Zealand coach Des Buckingham."