The draw for the Asia/Oceania and Europe/Africa qualifying competitions for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's softball tournament has been made in Lausanne.

in Shanghai between September 24 and 28.They will play in Group A with South Korea, Philippines and New

Hong Kong.The teams taking part are the top six from the Asian Softball Cup as well as Australia and New

Zealand, the best ranked sides from Oceania.The Netherlands will host the Europe/Africa event in Utrecht

"Photo_Gallery"It was a good day in the pool for New Caledonia, who won six golds ©Games News ServiceThere

total of nine weightlifting medals were handed out at the Games on Wednesday ©Games News ServiceNew Zealand

India and New Zealand will hope to resume their semi-final match in the International Cricket Council

 They had restricted New Zealand to a total of 211 for 5 wickets off 46.1 overs.

 Captain Kane Williamson had top-scored for New Zealand with 67 alongside Ross Taylor.Taylor was

day ©Getty ImagesTaylor and his partner, Tom Latham, who was three not out, will be hoping to help New

Zealand reach at least 250 to give their bowlers something to aim for.

Reigning Olympic champion Tom Burton finished the job on the final day of the Laser Standard Men's World Championship to clinch a first global title in Sakaiminato.

position on 63 as Bernaz's 20th place saw him plummet to sixth overall on a tally of 78.George Gautrey of New

Zealand was second in the first race and ninth in the second to move up to overall bronze on 69 points.Five

countries won Tokyo 2020 Olympic places through the event ©Junichi Hirai/Bulkhead Magazine JapanAnother New

Canada's Michelle Li will look to bounce back from her home disappointment at the Badminton World Federation US Open which begins in Fullerton in California tomorrow.

Other threats in the women's draw include An, the fifth seed who went on to win in Canada to add to her New

Zealand Open victory.The Korean will also start against an American as she has been drawn with Disha

Athletes will have the opportunity to secure multiple continental titles in a matter of days when the Oceania Taekwondo Championships take place here in Apia.

from the Oceania President’s Cup event held last month in Gold Coast.Nations, other than Australia and New

Zealand, who did not participate in the President’s Cup will only be able to enter two athletes in each

relishing the pressure of becoming the favourites to win the Cricket World Cup as they prepare to take on New

Zealand in the first semi-final at Old Trafford tomorrow.

performances in the opening phase of the tournament.While India cruised to a spot in the last four, New

Zealand rather stumbled their way to the semi-finals after losing their last three matches."

endured a difficult round robin campaign before qualifying for the next round by beating both India and New

Canada roared to victory at the Rugby Americas North Sevens in the Cayman Islands to book their spot in the men's tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Sevens Series and sacked English coach Damian McGrath in May, replacing him on an interim basis with New

Zealand-born Henry Paul.They have now joined fellow North Americans the United States at the Games,

Reigning Youth Olympic Games gold medallist Li Shifeng claimed his first title on the Badminton World Federation World Tour as he defeated India's Parupalli Kashyap in the final of the Canada Open.

Wang won silver at Buenos Aires 2018 but the 19-year-old was defeated 21-15, 22-20 as An added to her New

Zealand Open triumph.Seventeen-year-old An Se-young won the women's tournament ©Getty ImagesThree doubles

History was made today with the first women's rugby league nines matches taking place at the Pacific Games here, after the sport was added to the programme in June 2018.

Six teams took part in two groups of three, with Fiji and Papua New Guinea progressing to the semi-finals

go through, with Solomon Islands bottom.Tomorrow's semi-finals will see the Cook Islands face Papua New

Samoa.Niue take on the Solomon Islands in the fifth-place play-off.In the men's competition, Papua New

only game completed today as rain played complete havoc in the afternoon.The matches between Papua New

Caledonia beat American Samoa 5-0.In Group A, New Zealand under-23s matched the benchmark set by the

Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa called for unified efforts to help combat climate change and boost sporting success at the Pacific Sports Ministers meeting in Apia.

senior officials were in attendance from American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Tahiti, Kiribati, Nauru, New

Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau

Ministers Meeting to establish a Pacific Islands Sports Ministers' Secretariat".This proposal included a new

United States sealed International Basketball Federation Under-19 World Cup glory after a third-quarter blitz helped them beat Mali 93-79.

aside Greece 71-52 to finish ninth.Argentina took 11th thanks to a 74-68 victory against Latvia, while New

Zealand were 13th having edged past Philippines 76-70.In the 15th-place game, Senegal beat China 90-

Canada and Jamaica both recorded three victories from three in the men's tournament at the Rugby Americas North Sevens as they bid to earn a Tokyo 2020 Olympic spot.

2018-2019 World Rugby Sevens Series and fired English coach Damian McGrath in May, replacing him with New

Zealand-born Henry Paul.He will no doubt be pleased by his side's start with only the tournament winners

Performances from students and an extravagant firework display marked the start of the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games here as wet weather failed to dampen the Opening Ceremony.

cleared an hour before the start.The Ceremony began with the Parade of Nations and 2015 hosts Papua New

the return of archery and badminton, the addition of 3x3 basketball and the opportunity to set many new

Zealand, who are competing as guest nations for the second consecutive edition."

I afford a very special welcome to Australia and New Zealand, who are special guests of the Council,"

New Zealand soprano Isabella Moore and 2,000 school students took on leading roles during the Ceremony.The

While seeking a possible contact for Liz Nicholl on Twitter, I came across a version of that name with the hashtag: #busydoingnothing. So I ruled that one out.

She added: "Commissioning the review was a new challenge but an experienced independent panel, chaired

Eastbourne in 1963, Australia have won the title 11 out of 14 times – including a three-way share with New

Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago in 1979.New Zealand, in 1967, 1987 and 2003, have been the only team