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ICC claim broadcast figures broken for World Cup as deal announced in UK to show final on free-to-air television

  • Non-Olympic Sports

India's International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's World Cup match against New Zealand set a new record

Zealand at Lord's in London can also be shown simultaneously live on Channel 4 in the UK so more people

for the event on Sky Sports after England versus India and India against Pakistan, attracting 465,000 new

Men's World Cup in the United Kingdom, have agreed they will share coverage of England's final against New

Zealand at Lord's in London with Channel 4 on free-to-air ©Sky SportsThis match saw a unique audience

 The official tournament social channels have added 12 million new followers in the space of six


Belbachir eyes IAAF World Athletics Championships after 800m Universiade gold

  • Naples 2019

Algeria’s Mohamed Belbachir came home to Universiade gold in the men’s 800m and believes a similar slow race could play into his hands if he qualifies for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Doha later this year and next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Sarah Atcho, Ajla Del Ponte and Samantha Dagry clocked 43.72sec to clinch gold ahead of Australia and New

Zealand.The Australians finished in 43.97 as New Zealand set a national record of 44.24 to secure the


Nancy Gillen: Australia deserve trailblazing status as Netball World Cup begins

  • Inside the Blogs

As much as I loved physical education (PE) during my time at school, much of it was spent frustrated at having to play netball nearly every week.

Association (AANA) was formed in 1927, the third national netball association to be created behind the New

They played New Zealand in Melbourne, achieving a resounding 44-11 victory.In 1956, the Australian side

This happened a year before New Zealand did the same in 1998 and eight years before England did so in

Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand combined to create a joint semi-professional league in a bid

Zealand have fought to improve the standards of their own domestic leagues in order to keep up with


England and Australia continue unbeaten starts at Netball World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Favourites England and Australia continued their impressive form on the second day of the Netball World Cup with convincing victories at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

O’Hanlon, who marked her 100th appearance for the Warriors with a victory.Later on in the session, New

Zealand and Malawi both recorded convincing wins in Group B.The Silver Ferns, four time winners but


Transgender weightlifter Hubbard beats home favourites at Samoa 2019 after driving incident revealed

  • Samoa 2019

New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard clinched two gold medals as weightlifting competition

 The case only came to light yesterday when New Zealand media company Stuff Ltd successfully applied

title at the Games by lifting 330kg.He benefited from the rivalry between Samoa’s Lui Lauititi and New

Samoa placed second on 336kg, with Australia’s Jackson Robert-Young earning bronze with 333kg.Papua New


Dominant Australia begin Netball World Cup in style

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Holders Australia began their Netball World Cup campaign in scintillating fashion with a convincing 88-24 win over Northern Ireland at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

 In Group B, four-times winners New Zealand got their bid for glory off and running with a 64-45


Sinković brothers through to semi-finals at weather-affected World Rowing Cup

  • Rowing

World champions Martin and Valent Sinković of Croatia were among the qualifiers in the men's pair event on a weather-affected first day at the World Rowing Cup in Rotterdam.

round.It was not quite the fastest in the competition, however, as Thomas Murray and Michael Brake of New

Zealand clocked 6:41.00 in the third heat.Racing has been changed to a time trial format starting at


United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee reveal Best of June award winners

  • PASO

Archer Brady Ellison, taekwondo athlete Anastasija Zolotic and the women's rugby sevens team have been announced as the winners of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Best of June awards.

final event of the season in Biarritz.They ended the season in second place behind overall champions New

Zealand and qualified for Tokyo 2020 as a result.


England thrash Australia to progress to ICC Cricket World Cup final

  • Non-Olympic Sports

with bat and ball as they thrashed arch-rivals Australia by eight wickets to set up a meeting with New

Zealand in the final of the International Cricket Council Men's World Cup.

England a place in the final of the Cricket World Cup for the first time since 1992.They will face New

Zealand, who beat India in the opening semi-final, at Lord's in London on Sunday (July 14).Australia


Rotterdam to host final Rowing World Cup of the season with World Championships on horizon

  • Rowing

Dutch city Rotterdam will host the third and final World Rowing Cup of the season this weekend with the event the last chance for preparations before this year's World Championships.

with Britain.United States will also enter their under-23 world champions into this class, while the New

Zealand boat contains Mahe Drysdale and Hamish Bond, who have two Olympic titles each in the single


Stage set for Netball World Cup in Liverpool as hosts bid for first title

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England defender Geva Mentor is hoping for a "dream" Netball World Cup final against Australia at their home tournament as the two sides prepare to get their campaigns underway in Liverpool tomorrow.

debutants.Australia and Northern Ireland are in Group A alongside Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.Four-time winners New

Zealand will face Malawi, who beat them at Gold Coast 2018 in one of the biggest upsets of the tournament


Top men's seed safely through but others dumped out at BWF US Open

  • Badminton

South Korea's top seed Lee Dong-keun cruised into the second round of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) US Open as other contenders tumbled around him in Fullerton.

Ugalde 21-10, 21-8.South Korean 17-year-old An Se-young, the fifth seed who has won the Canada and New

Zealand Opens this year, eased past American Disha Gupta 21-9, 21-8.Action continues tomorrow, with


Australia retain women's basketball Universiade title with victory over United States

  • Naples 2019

Australia won their second successive Summer Universiade gold medal in women's basketball after defeating the United States 80-72 here.

silver with 60.15m, and Turkey's Eda Tuğsuz completing the top three with 59.75m.Aaron James Booth of New

Zealand won the men's decathlon, scoring a personal best of 7,827 points.Australia's Alexander Diamond


New Zealand upset India with thrilling victory to reach ICC Cricket World Cup final

  • Non-Olympic Sports

New Zealand reached the final of the International Cricket Council Men's World Cup as they survived a

Resuming on 211-5 after yesterday's play was postponed because of rain, New Zealand finished their innings

to Sunday's (July 14) showpiece at Lord's as they were bowled out for 221.The unexpected triumph for New

Zealand saw them reach their second consecutive Cricket World Cup final.New Zealand will play either

Zealand's innings, played a superb knock but holed out to New Zealand captain Kane Williamson in the

Zealand cleaned up the rest of the Indian wickets, Henry finishing with figures of 3-37, to claim a


Record-breaking numbers as World Rugby releases Year in Review 2018

  • Rugby Sevens

A record number of people are playing rugby worldwide as the sport continues to grow and prosper across the globe, according to the World Rugby Year in Review 2018.

reflected in increased diversity at the highest levels of the game in a year when World Rugby added 17 new

female members to its Council and New Zealand was named as first-time hosts of the Women's Rugby World

of Get Into Rugby helped World Rugby's Impact Beyond legacy programme reach its goal of one million new

the second Youth Olympic Games rugby sevens tournament in Buenos Aires, where Argentina's men's and New

Impact Beyond programme surpassing all expectations in Asia in 2018, reaching its target of one million new