It was probably naïve of me to presume that controversy surrounding Australian rugby union player Israel Folau would have been nipped in the bud when his professional contract was terminated last month.

A new crowdfunding campaign, facilitated by the Australian Christian Lobby, was subsequently set up,

She is representing New Zealand, the runners-up of the past three editions of the tournament.

Canada will begin the defence of their International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under-19 World Cup title tomorrow when they face Australia in their Group B opener in Heraklion in Greece.

Greece, Lithuania and Serbia.Also drawn in Group B are Mali and Latvia.Group A is made up of Lithuania, New

Zealand, Senegal and the US, whose last triumph came in 2015, while Group C features Argentina, Greece

Australia’s Elizaveta Parnova and New Zealand’s Julia Ratcliffe provided the performances of the day

bar reached 4.35m at Townsville Sports Reserve.She cleared that first time and secured the win when New

Getty ImagesIn the women’s 200m, Australia’s Riley Day produced a strong last quarter to power past New

second in 21.15, and Hartmann, third in 21.17.Josephine Reeves secured a personal and team double for New

Zealand when she won the women’s high jump on countback from Australia’s Alysha Burnett after both had

Zealand duo Alexander Parkinson and Marshall Hall.Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Nick Hough of

New Zealand’s Shannon McIlroy edged out Canada’s Ryan Bester 21-20 in a thrilling men’s singles final

Not often you go through any event undefeated, let alone an international event," McIlroy told New-Zealand-based

in the morning after coasting to a 27-5 win over favourites Piwen Karkar and Catherine Wimp of Papua New

Barrie Lester, Aaron Teys, Nathan Rice and Aron Sherriff took full advantage of some shabby work by New

steamroll her side to victory.In the overall competition, Australia claimed the women’s crown, while New

Zealand won the men’s title.Matches at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships were played across three

The 60th anniversary Universiade which begins in Naples next week will offer great opportunities to spot stars of the future. It will also be a chance to see some who have already made their name on the biggest stage at close hand.

mouthwatering encounter between reigning Olympic champion Luigi Beccali of Italy and Jack Lovelock of New

Zealand.

Heide Rosendahl of West Germany set a new mark in the long jump and Wolfgang Nordwig of East Germany

Papua New Guinea’s Rellie Kaputin completed a rare double in the women's horizontal jumps and New Zealand

Birkinhead, but the Kiwi's mark gave him more than a metre to spare over his rival's best of 19.55m.Another New

11 overall to five for the rest.Gold medallist Kiara Reddingius of Australia and Christina Ryan of New

Zealand were the only two to complete the heptathlon, managing point totals of 5,149 and 4,756, respectively.One

of Australia’s other winners was Catriona Bisset in the women’s 800m in 2 min 2.16sec, well clear of New

Australian 800m double, taking the men’s title in 1:49.34.Team mate Mason Cohen was second in 1:49.77, while New

Reigning world champion Shannon McIlroy of New Zealand will face Canada's Ryan Bester in the men's singles

Australia will be represented in all three thanks to semi-final wins over Malaysia in the men's fours, New

Zealand in the women's pairs and Canada in the women's triples.New Zealand will provide the opposition

in the men's fours following a last-four victory over Canada, while Papua New Guinea stand between the

Patrick Baumann and Nat Indrapana posthumously received the Olympic Order on the final day of the IOC Session at the Swiss Tech Convention Center in Lausanne. 

one of six IOC members to receive the Olympic Order as South African Sam Ramsamy, Barry Maister of New

Zealand, Saint Lucia's Richard Peterkin and Cuban Ruperto Nicolás Herrera Tabio were all honoured.As

Pakistan kept their hopes of securing a semi-final place alive as they beat New Zealand by six wickets

Shaheen Afridi helped Pakistan to a six-wicket win at Edgbaston.Jimmy Neesham's unbeaten 97 had given New

Zealand a chance on a slow pitch, but the Black Caps fell to a first defeat of the tournament and missed

out on a chance to confirm a top-four finish.After rain ensured a delayed start, New Zealand captain

Zealand reeling on 46-4.

Zealand at Edgbaston!

New Zealand completed a 100 metres sprint double on the second day of the Oceania Athletics Championships

Zealand's 100m record holder Gus Nketia but was raised in Australian capital Canberra.He chose New Zealand

Zealand as she clocked 11.56.Naa Anang won Australian silver in 11.67 as Georgia Hulls won bronze for

New Zealand in 11.99."

Zoe Hobbs won the women's 100m title for New Zealand ©Getty ImagesIn the 1,500m Australia won both titles

Zealand traditionally send development squads.

The inaugural season of the International Hockey Federation's Pro League will conclude in Amsterdam from tomorrow with the campaign-ending Grand Finals.

last round of home and away fixtures.They leapfrogged Rio 2016 gold medallists Argentina by beating New

Zealand after the South Americans tasted defeat to Belgium.The British have won away in Argentina, The

Netherlands, Germany, Spain and New Zealand and their leading scorer Ashley Jackson is back in the squad.The

Australia's Carla Krizanic, Natasha Scott and Rebecca Van Asch impressed again in the women's triples as sectional play concluded at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Gold Coast.

Sarita Tirkey, Rupa Rani Tirkey and Tania Choudhary topped the pile with eight wins from nine with New

Zealand second and Philippines third.The Kiwi team of Wendy Jensen, Katelyn Inch and Val Smith have

already won the women's fours alongside Kirsten Edwards.In the men's singles, New Zealand's Shannon McIlroy

seven, with Hong Kong's Gloria Ha and Helen Cheung through as runners-up after a pair of losses.Papua New

Hosts England's hopes of reaching the semi-finals at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s World Cup were dealt a serious blow after they suffered a crushing defeat against Australia at Lord's today.

England means they now face the prospect of having to beat at least one, possibly both, of India and New

Zealand – two unbeaten sides ranked above them – to secure a top-four finish and claim a semi-final

of 5-44 as England subsided to 221 all out.The ICC Men's World Cup is due to continue tomorrow when New

Zealand face Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham.Round-robin action is scheduled to run through to July

Olympians Alexis Pritchard and rugby player DJ Forbes joined schoolchildren in Auckland to celebrate Olympic Day.

enjoyed as the Olympic stars inspired the 10 to 13-year-old participants in an event organised by the New

Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC).Pritchard, a Commonwealth Games featherweight bronze medallist at Gold

It’s brilliant to have so many kids trying Olympic sports, celebrating the Olympic values and making new

The sports day formed part of NZOC's commitment to engaging young New Zealanders with sports, education

Zealand in athletics in the late 19th century,NZOC is active in more than 1,000 schools with curriculum

Netball Oceania has elected Fiji's Wainikiti Bogidrau as its new President.

range of support services.The Oceania region currently has six full members – the Cook Islands, Fiji, New

Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Samoa.The two associate members are the Solomon Islands and Norfolk