Germany's Florian Wellbrock won the men's 10 kilometres open water swimming gold medal by just two-tenths of a second following a dramatic race at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju.

World League winners, claimed a second win in Group A as they beat European champions Netherlands 12-9.New

Zealand got off the mark by subjecting South Africa to a second defeat, 17-4.Russia added to their artistic

Australia won five of the six gold medals on offer on the first day of taekwondo competition at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa, as several fighters were given medals despite losing their only bout.

68kg final 59-5 against Kiribati's Nakibwae Kanimisu when the referee stepped in.Bronze medals went to New

who won their categories with ease.Jack Marton was leading the men's 80kg final against Max Watene of New

Zealand when the referee stopped the contest, with Viliami Moala of Tonga and winless Sakiusa Tuva of

contest.Joseph Ho of Guam and Tonga's Sione Tauataina Tufi earned bronze medals.Elsewhere in Samoa, New

won gold during yesterday’s sport pistol event, on 502 and bronze medallist Perchard who scored 498.New

Samoa 2019 chairman Loau Solamalemalo Keneti Sio has joined the debate over weightlifter Laurel Hubbard's participation in the women's over-87 kilograms here, calling it "unfair" after the transgender lifter won two gold medals.

They have allowed New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to lift in the women's category

non-binary term roughly translates as someone who lives "the way of a woman".Hubbard, who became the first New

Zealand athlete to win a medal at the Weightlifting World Championships in 2017, is seeking to qualify

her bid to qualify for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.The case only came to light last week when New

Zealand media company Stuff Ltd successfully applied to the High Court in Invercargill to overturn the

The Wimbledon men's singles final came out on top in the British sport ratings war on Sunday (July 14) – with a peak audience of 9.6 million watching Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Switzerland's Roger Federer produce a classic encounter.

tiebreak.Close behind the tennis in the ratings was England's hugely dramatic Cricket World Cup final win over New

Zealand at Lord's.It was watched by a peak of 7.9 million on Channel Four and Sky, that peak arriving

during New Zealand's super over.England celebrate winning the Cricket World Cup final against New Zealand

Hosts England sounded a warning to their Netball World Cup rivals with an impressive 56-48 victory over Jamaica, the world’s number two side, in Group G of preliminaries stage two.

against Fiji.World number ones Australia top Group F following their 91-22 thrashing of Barbados, while New

Zealand are second in the wake of a 79-36 win over Zimbabwe.Malawi beat Northern Ireland 47-43 and are

I’d like to start with an apology to my neighbours for the audible expletives which emanated from my living room yesterday as my Sky box decided the last over of England’s run chase in the Cricket World Cup final was the perfect time to stop working.

Just as New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult began to run in and hurl the ball at 90-plus miles per hour

former England captain Nasser Hussain said afterwards.The Cricket World Cup final between England and New

Zealand produced scarcely believable drama ©Getty ImagesIt has since emerged that the umpires should

first time.In the super over, essentially a six-ball shootout, England’s total of 15 was matched by New

Zealand, who needed to surpass the hosts’ tally if they were to lift the trophy because Eoin Morgan’

China continued their dominance of the diving events at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju by adding two more gold medals on day four.

technical routine for Russia ©Getty ImagesGroup C saw two massive wins with Hungary brushing aside New

Zealand 24-4 and Spain beating South Africa 23-3.Italy beat Brazil 14-5 in Group D with Japan and Germany

Great Britain will play in the men's and women's rugby sevens tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after England triumphed in both European qualification events.

Britain join host nation Japan in the men's tournament at Tokyo 2020 as well as Fiji, United States, New

Zealand and South Africa who qualified as the top four of this season's World Rugby Sevens Series.Argentina

available through qualifying events in Oceania, Asia and Africa, as well as the repechage tournament.Japan, New

Zealand, the US, Canada, Australia and Brazil have already qualified for the women's Olympic tournament.Although

rugby sevens' incredible journey to the Olympic Games continues to capture the imagination, attracting new

Australia and New Zealand's integration into the Pacific Games has continued with both nations becoming

Zealand are competing at the Games for the second time, having debuted four years ago in Papua New Guinea's

Zealand, who were also permitted to field an under-23 football team.It is hoped the integration of Australia

and New Zealand into the Games will help to raise standards and grow the prestige of the event.Concerns

Zealand were invited to participate in specific sports at Samoa 2019 ©Samoa 2019The Assembly, held in

Zealand have now been confirmed as the first associate members.They will not hold voting rights and

England won the International Cricket Council Men's World Cup for the first time after beating New Zealand

Zealand the target of 16 runs from six balls to win.England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler runs out New Zealand's

Zealand finished on 15 runs from its super over and England were crowned champions.

 Chris Woakes celebrates one of his three wickets as England restricted New Zealand to a total of

Zealand and setting up the dramatic super over ©Getty ImagesFor New Zealand it was their second consecutive

Credit to England, they had a fantastic campaign," New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, named player

England matched the joint-highest score of the competition so far as they swept Samoa aside to complete their Group D campaign with three wins from three in the Netball World Cup at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool today. 

Scotland.The Roses now progress to the next phase of the competition with a 100 per cent record.So do New

Zealand, who were equally as dominant in Group B as they beat Singapore 89-21 today in what was the

China won three gold medals across diving and open water swimming on day three of the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju.

victory in Group A.The Americans, also the reigning Olympic and World League champions, eased past New

Zealand 22-3 at Nambu University.European champions The Netherlands beat South Africa 33-0 in the group's

Germany’s men’s eight crew, world and European champions Germany, lost their first race since the 2016 Olympic Games today as they were beaten by the nation who had earned gold in Rio de Janeiro, Britain, at the third and final World Rowing Cup of the season in Rotterdam.

Olympic qualification opportunities for Tokyo 2020,Germany were followed home in third place by the fresh New

Zealand line-up featuring double Olympic champions in single sculls and men’s pair respectively, Mahe

New Zealand had improved from their World Rowing Cup II fourth place.In the final race of the day, thee

Kiwi women's eight won gold by four seconds from Australia, with Canada third.Congratulations to New

Zealand??

An athletes' lounge and breakout area has been set-up for those competing at the 2019 Pacific Games here as part of the "Voices of the Athletes" (VoA) programme launched by the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC).

breakout area.Other stakeholders include the Australia Sports Anti-Doping Authority, Drug Free Sports New

Zealand and the Japan Anti-Doping Agency.They are in Samoa to promote the "Play True Legacy" initiative

Locals have labelled the 16th edition of the Pacific Games as "The Miracle Games".

the country.Athletes, officials and media have moved from venue to venue on grey buses, which are so new

The Chinese Government had pledged to pay more than £19.6 million ($24.6 million/€21.8 million) for new

It was confirmed earlier this week that their new national stadium for the 2023 Pacific Games will be

Zealand, viewed as the traditional powers in the region.Local observers here have suggested there has

Zealand have been invited to participate in the Pacific Games in selected sports to help boost the standard