Australian duo Matthew Carter and Maddison Keeney claimed gold at the World Aquatics Championships here in Gwangju despite being put together just a couple of hours before the mixed 3m synchro springboard final had been due to begin.

Yani Chang, who had topped the rankings after the preliminary rounds, withdrew, opening the door for a new

Netherlands edged out Canada 5-4 as the crossover matches of the women's draw took place.Hungary defeated New

Zealand 17-6 and Greece won 12-8 against China.Australia recorded a 13-3 win against Kazakhstan.South

continued at Samoa 2019 until the final seconds as an injury time strike from centre back Billy Jones saw New

Zealand triumph in the men’s football final and clinch the final gold medal of the 16th Pacific Games

New Zealand had appeared on course for defeat in the last medal event, after trailing to a 55th minute

Blatter Soccer Stadium.The effort had put New Caledonia on course for a fourth consecutive men’s football

title.With four minutes to go, New Zealand’s under-23 team found a levelling from Dane Schnell with

a free-kick.Jorge Akers, who had set up the equaliser, was then denied a winning goal by last ditch New

Caledonia net to spark New Zealand celebrations.The gold marked redemption for New Zealand four years

Deepa Malik, the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic medal, admits category changes and injury have put paid to her chances of competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Getty Images“I had to take a step down, because of the repetitive injuries.”Malik, the recipient of the New

Zealand Prime Minister's Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019, explained her motivations for turning

When the Closing Ceremony wrapped up at the end of the Pacific Games yesterday, the Pacific Games Council (PGC) would have felt their decision to hand over the event to Samoa with just 18 months notice had been justified.

Zealand, participated for the second time.Their integration into the event looks to be being carefully

The controlled integration of Australia and New Zealand appears to be working.

Zealand athletes will not compete at the Games, unless it acts as an Olympic qualification event.

Just as Fiji and Samoa's teams have been with the latter.Largely, this has led to Australia and New Zealand

Zealand in, as the former's 15 gold medal haul in taekwondo showed.

Turkey's Yigit Yalcin Citak claimed a dramatic gold medal in the boys' laser radial event on the final day of the Youth Sailing World Championships in Poland.

as she beat Spain's Ana Moncada Sanchez and Shai Kokon of Israel.Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan of New

Zealand, the American duo of Madeline Hawkins and Yumi Yoshiyasu and Australia's Will Cooley and Rebecca

The Trans-Tasman Challenge, a three-test series of ice hockey matches between New Zealand and Australia

The matches between the New Zealand "Ice Blacks" and Australia's "Mighty Roos" have been arranged in

association with the New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation (NZIHF) and are due to be staged at Queenstown

 New Zealand and Australia last met at the 2018 Winter Games NZ with the teams having previously

 New Zealand's "Ice Blacks" and Australia's "Mighty Roos" are traditional ice hockey rivals at Winter

Zealand versus Australia rivalry in the heart of Queenstown as we join together in celebrating 10 years

Axel Reymond of France was crowned men's 25 kilometres open water world champion in testing conditions at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea as the country braces itself for Typhoon Danas tonight.

to the knockout phase with two late goals seeing them through on goal difference at the expense of New

Zealand.Spain defeated New Zealand 23-3 with Alberto Barrosso grabbing six goals from six attempts.Japan

Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan of New Zealand, the American duo of Madeline Hawkins and Yumi Yoshiyasu

Spain's Martin Wizner and Pedro Ameneiro cannot catch them at the top of the leaderboard.The team from New

Zealand have 26 points, while Wizner and Ameneiro are 17 adrift in second.Well done to @USSailingTeam's

Russia's artistic swimmers Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina both won their third gold medal of the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju as they teamed up to win the duet free routine final today.

topped the pile in Pool A with a third win from three, thrashing South Africa 26-1.The Netherlands beat New

Zealand 15-6 with the sides ending second and third respectively to book play-offs.In Pool B, Russia

Kazakhstan playing Australia, European champions Netherlands facing Canada and Hungary locking horns with New

A last-gasp Maria Folau miss handed Australia a 50-49 victory in the Group F decider against New Zealand

 New Zealand then took possession and were able to work the ball into the circle to allow Folau

and were thoroughly deserving of their 58-47 win.The other semi-final will see England go up against New

Thirteen-year-old pair Chen Yuxi and Lu Wei claimed a 1-2 in the women's 10 metres platform at the World Aquatics Championships as China's diving domination continued in Gwangju.

points by seeing off Kazakhstan 17-8.In Group C, Hungary edged Spain 13-11 for a second success with New

Zealand and South Africa playing out an 8-8 draw after both had started with defeats.Group D saw a second

Australia won all 10 taekwondo gold medals on offer at the Pacific Games here today – including in one weight category which had only one contender.

53kg to award gold to Yasmina Hibic as she led Tierra-Lynn Chargualaf of Guam 31-1.Lindsay Gavin of New

of Solomon Islands 32-5.The final in the over-73kg category between Reba Stewart and Taylor Shaw of New

Zealand went the full distance before Stewart won 32-11.Monica Maunia of Solomon Islands, who lost to

 Bronze medals went to Cole Krech-Watene of New Zealand and Betaroni Tiaotin from Kiribati.The final

 Safwan Khalil saw off New Zealand's Finn Olsen-Hennessy 22-3 as bronze medals were won by Leon

Australia and New Zealand’s participation in the Pacific Games is expected to grow further in future

Zealand, who were also permitted to field an under-23 football team.Both Australia and New Zealand were

At the same time there are things happening with Australia and New Zealand that are very, very important

New Zealand have participated in five sports at Samoa 2019 ©Samoa 2019There had been fears the introduction

of Australia and New Zealand could lead to the region’s two powerhouses dominating competitions.Currently

New Zealand want to be here and be part of us, they have sent 50 athletes and are visible and doing well

Eleven-times world champions Australia and New Zealand, the world’s number four side, booked their places

points and Caitlin Thwaites 22 for the Diamonds in their emphatic win.For four-times World Cup winners New

Zealand, Maria Folau grabbed 31 goals and Ameliaranne Ekenasio 26.New Zealand's Maria Folau scored 31

It seemed highly appropriate that Sunday's (July 14) Cricket World Cup final should virtually be decided on a run out.

one can understand how easy it was to go over-the-top in describing the encounter between England and New

Zealand are we really to believe that this was simply the best?

England one-day cricket captain, the half-Irish Eoin Morgan, can expect a tap on the shoulder in the New