Netball Australia and Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) have established a partnership to develop netballers in the run-up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra from October 2 to 4, before travelling to New

Zealand to play against the New Zealand A and England A teams in a round robin competition from October

from the legacies of hosting home Games in Melbourne and the Gold Coast and allows for sports to fund new

Iran will reportedly allow women to watch a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match in October, ending a ban which has been in place since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.  

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 that called for

Japan's women beat Chinese Taipei for the second consecutive day but the host nation's men were beaten by Tunisia at the Tokyo 2020 basketball test event.

yesterday.The International Basketball Games officially begun with Japan playing two matches against New

Zealand earlier this month, with each country claiming a victory each.Japan are also warming up for

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) marked the one-year-to-go celebrations before Tokyo 2020 by hosting the

The event at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron was attended by 160 guests, including Paralympic athletes

 "Things like balancing life as an athlete, being a new father and working for Swimming New Zealand

where athletes were joined by local schoolchildren to promote Para-events.The pop up told the story of New

Martin and Valent Sinković of Croatia topped their heat in the men's pairs event on the first day of the World Rowing Championships in Linz Ottensheim in Austria.

and Virginia Diaz Rivas topped heat three in 7:13.120, while Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler of New

Zealand triumphed in heat five with 7:13.980.Jessica Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre of Australia were

Spanish world champion Sandra Sánchez will be among 62 karatekas participating in the kata competition at October's Association of National Olympic Committees World Beach Games in Qatar. 

Hong Kong and continental champions Maria Dimitrova of the Dominican Republic, Alexandrea Anacan of New

Zealand and Sanae Agalmam of Morocco.Venezuela's Antonio Diaz will compete in the men's kata at the

Japan will face Thailand in the final of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championships after they both earned 3-1 victories today in Seoul.

straight sets 25-19, 25-14, 25-22.Australia were made to work harder as they were pushed to five sets by New

Zealand before triumphing 25-13, 25-20, 24-26, 26-28, 15-9.

Tributes will be paid to Belarusian Para-rower Dzmitry Ryshkevich during the World Rowing Championships, after he died in a training incident at the age of 33.

have endured a tough year so far, however, owing to a combination of injury and illness.Emma Twigg of New

Zealand will make her World Championships return in the women's single sculls ©Getty ImagesThomas Murray

and Michael Brake of New Zealand, and the Australian pair of Sam Hardy and Josh Hicks, will be among

results in the women's quadruple sculls as they bid for a second consecutive world title.Emma Twigg of New

Zealand will make her World Championships return in the women's single sculls as she goes in search

American Chris Corning claimed gold at the International Ski Federation Snowboard Big Air World Cup, as the women's finals were cancelled due to poor weather conditions in Cardrona.

Nicolas Laframboise from Canada had led the standings after qualification at the New Zealand ski resort

The news that World Rugby will introduce "gender neutral" names for all of their flagship tournaments reminded me of a story about traffic lights in Melbourne from 2017.

It will come into action for the Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand and be used in both the 15s and

adopting gender balance in the naming of men's and women's Rugby World Cup competitions, we are setting new

Gender neutral names will come into action for the Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand ©Getty ImagesBeaumont's

opportunities for female coaches at a high-performance level also increased.Then, in May, came the new

Hosts Estonia were joined by Austria, Finland and Germany in reaching the semi-finals of the 2019 World Team Disc Golf Championships in Alutaguse today. 

Canada led the way in Pool G and Germany and Austria moved through from Pool H.Great Britain, Spain, New

Zealand and Lithuania all suffered elimination after coming last in their three-team pools.Semi-finals

Canada's Nicolas Laframboise and Finland's Enni Rukajärvi topped the qualification standings, as the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Big Air World Cup in Cardrona got underway a day earlier than scheduled.

With strong winds forecast for the weekend at the ski resort in New Zealand, qualification was brought

Hosts Estonia are on course to reach the third round of the 2019 World Team Disc Golf Championships in Alutaguse after finishing day two of competition at the top of Pool E.

points and Lithuania last on zero.Pool G is led by Finland on eight points, ahead of Canada with six and New

Zealand with two.

Argentina beat hosts Japan 108-93 in the first match of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic basketball test event.

Cup.The men's International Basketball Games officially begun with Japan playing two matches against New

Zealand last week, on August 12 and 14.They triumphed 99-89 in the first game, held at the Chiba Port

Hosts South Korea beat Chinese Taipei to secure their place in the semi-finals of the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Seoul.

@avcvolley) August 22, 2019Action is also underway in the consolation tournament.Hong Kong defeated New

Zealand 25-18, 25-15, 25-19 in the two-team Pool G and India overcame Sri Lanka 25-27, 25-13, 28-30,

three-team Pool H.In the ninth-to-12th-place playoffs, Hong Kong will play the runner-up in Pool H and New

Zealand will go up against the winner.Pool H is due to conclude tomorrow, when leaders Australia battle