Australia made amends for yesterday's opening International Korfball Federation (IKF) World Championship defeat to Poland by edging out Ireland in a close Pool B encounter in Durban.

though, and their strength in depth was evident as they ran out 35-10 winners.Tournament debutants New

Zealand slumped to a second Pool A defeat as they succumbed to the Czech Republic 23-11.In Pool C England

Lithuania’s Danas Rapšys won the men’s 400 metres freestyle event in an International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup record-breaking time as action begun today at the season opener in Tokyo.

Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.He finished 4.68 seconds clear of runner-up Zac Reid of New

Zealand, with Canada’s Jeremy Bagshaw was 6.63 seconds behind in third."

their International Korfball Federation (IKF) World Championship campaign with a routine victory over New

Zealand in Durban.

The Dutch, winners of nine out of the 10 World Korfball Championships, defeated New Zealand 41-5 at KZN

Korfball.org - IKF (@korfball) August 1, 2019Four teams are making their tournament debuts - Ireland, Macau, New

Zealand and Suriname - however, it was only the latter who earned victory on the opening day.Suriname

Winter Games NZ has announced that SKY Sport will be the official broadcast partner of the elite international snow sports event in the lead-up to the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing.

Zealand fans in conjunction with SKY Sport, it is claimed.

Zealand and around the world.Fans will be able to watch the best of the action each day on SKY Sport

This partnership is a game changer for New Zealand winter sports fans and we are excited about working

New Zealand sports fans will be able to watch coverage of the Winter Games NZ via SKY Sport, SKY Sport

with daily news from New Zealand and around the world, live from August 1, with special local shows

The FIFA Council have unanimously voted to expand the Women's World Cup from 24 to 32 teams, starting from the next edition of the tournament in 2023.

Nine bids have currently been confirmed - from Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Japan, New

Zealand, South Africa, and a joint bid from North and South Korea.FIFA President Gianni Infantino said

Day two of the World Squash Federation (WSF) World Junior Championships saw the seeds enter the draw and very few upsets at the National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur.

Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur ©WSFThe biggest upset in the men's event seeing 9/12 seed Gabe Yam of New

Zealand beaten in straight sets.Yam lost 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 in just 33 minutes to Nicholas Spizzirri of

Kong’s Kirstie Wong defeated American Elisabeth Ross 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 12-10 in 37 minutes, while New

The 2019 International Korfball Federation World Championships are set to get underway tomorrow in Durban.

have been split into five groups of four: Pool A features Netherlands, Czech Republic, Catalonia and New

again look to be challenging.A group of four teams are making their tournament debuts: Ireland, Macau, New

Zealand and Suriname.

The pools for this year's Rugby League World Cup 9s event have been confirmed during the official launch of the tournament in Parramatta within Greater Western Sydney.

Group A of the men’s competition is made up of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the United States and hosts

Groups B and C.The two highest-placed teams from the women’s pool – made up of Australia, England, New

Zealand and Papua New Guinea – will compete in the final.The inaugural edition of the Rugby League World

decided by virtue of "golden try".The 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s has been secured for Sydney by the New

Zealand's Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Papua New Guinea's James Segeyaro, Fiji's Maika Sivo, Tonga's Michael

Ashley Light will step down next month after 12 years as high performance director at Snow Sports NZ.

The governing body announced his resignation with "sadness but positive reflection".Light has led New

Zealand snow sports athletes at three Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and believes now is the time

Zealand athletes winning on the world-stage."

Jan Shearer is the organisation's new chief executive ©Snow Sports NZLight will now take on a new role

She has also worked closely with the Alpine community to bring together a new strategy for that sport

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has launched the Tokyo 2020 Earn the Fern campaign as part of

Zealand Olympic history and the pohonui (pride) and whakakoha (respect) we have for Aotearoa, our team

and the host nation to which the New Zealand Olympic team will travel," NZOC said.The Tokyo 2020 campaign

Zealand athletes from nine sports who worked with an artist to create a stylised silver fern on the

“With the addition of new sports, we’re expecting our biggest-ever team.Rob Waddell, New Zealand Chef

Zealand team will begin in March 2020.Boxer and two-times Commonwealth Games gold medallist David Nyika

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched its World Test Championship, which some of the game's top players believe will provide a much-needed boost to the format.

August 1).It will see 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 Test matches across 27

Nine athletes from Tauranga are the latest to have their achievements celebrated by Paralympics New Zealand

Over the next 12 months, in the lead-up to Tokyo 2020, the initiative will see the achievements of New

Zealand Paralympic teams since Tel Aviv 1968, come together in Tauranga."

Zealand Paralympic team that competed at Tel Aviv in 1968."

Zealand Board member Jana Rangoon in Tauranga ©PNZAfter an accident he returned to New Zealand and began

Paralympic Games and is unique.Athletes are ordered alphabetically within each Paralympic Games.New Zealand

Great Britain claimed four titles on the final day of the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton to finish top of the medal table for the first time with a best-ever performance of six golds and two silvers.

ahead of Ireland, on 6:35.68, and the hosts on 6:39.89.The men's race saw Britain win in 5:51.58 from New

Zealand, who recorded 5:52.26, and Italy, who stopped the watches at 5:55.56.Twenty-one-year-old Ria

the most medals with a total of 11.One of their six golds came in the women's coxed four that set a new

in sports history, stunned the equestrian world tonight by announcing his retirement after helping New

Zealand to victory at the fourth International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Eventing Nations Cup of the

Games, making a total of seven Olympic appearances.In London and Rio, he competed as the second-oldest New

Zealand Olympian in history.But the Rio Games, at which he finished seventh individually, involved what

he described as one of the lowest points of his career in the team event.Sir Mark Todd, 63, helping New

Zealand to victory in today's FEI Nations Cup Eventing in Ireland in what he later announced would be

Zealand maintained the lead they had established in yesterday’s cross country.They finished narrowly

United States topped the medal table at the 2019 International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, with another world record set in the final race.

medley.Seto won in 4:08.95, with American Jay Litherland taking silver in 4:09.22 and Lewis Clareburt from New

Zealand earning bronze in 4:12.07.Two-times men's 1,500m champion Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy was