New Zealand's Oli Chignell and Australia's Melissa Duncan won the men's and women's 5,000 metres respectively

the Championships attracting a strong field after they were given increased importance.Australia and New

Zealand traditionally send development squads but that has changed this year as the continental event

Guinea's Rellie Kaputin broke the Australian and New Zealand dominance by leaping 6.50m for gold.The

behind Clough after an earlier failure.Madison-Lee Wesche captured gold in the women's shot put for New

Zealand by a big margin as she registered 18.04m.Her compatriot Victoria Owers was well back on 16.26m

Shannon McIlroy remains as the only undefeated player left in the men's singles as he seeks a second title at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast.

The New Zealand player has already tasted men's pairs success alongside Gary Lawson in the Australian

Australia's home hope Ray Pearse to join them in the top three on the same record.In the women's pairs New

women's triples team with a 100 per cent record so far ©Getty ImagesSection two is topped by Papua New

of Singapore slipped to fourth.Wendy Jensen, Katelyn Inch and Val Smith continued their charge for New

Zealand in the women's triples as they stayed at the top of section one with a record of five wins from

Bangladesh rose to fifth in the International Cricket Council Men's World Cup standings and remain in contention for a semi-final berth with a 62-run win against Afghanistan in Southampton today.

semi-finals.But they have played at least one more game than all the teams above them, which also include leaders New

Zealand, second-placed Australia and third-ranked India.Bangladesh win for the third time in #CWC19!

Powerhouses Australia and New Zealand will both field strong teams at the Oceania Athletics Championships

Starc.Sally Pearson was originally advertised as competing but has reportedly withdrawn ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand

runner Angela Petty, who won the Universiade title in 2015, does make the Kiwi squad.Australia and New

Zealand will be expected to share the vast majority of medals between them but sprinters Jeremy Dodson

of Samoa and Toea Wisil of Papua New Guinea will be among those hoping to crash the party.Both are the

Five players recorded 100 per cent starts to the men's singles competition at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Gold Coast today.

three of their matches.Hong Kong's Tony Cheung tops section two after his own trio of successes while New

straight wins.Wendy Jensen, Katelyn Inch and Val Smith, who have already won the women's fours for New

Zealand alongside Kirsten Edwards, top the pile in section one of the women's triples after winning

Great Britain clinched a Grand Final place at Argentina's expense on a dramatic last day of fixtures in the Men's International Hockey Federation Pro League.

for the Olympic champions but their defeat opened the door for Britain who knew a home victory over New

Zealand would see them reach the top four.They duly did so with a 2-0 win in London and they will now

Zealand for a favour."

Zealand threatened to come back into the contest, but Alan Forsyth scored from close range in the fourth

Zealand 3-1 in London in a dead-rubber as Lily Owsley scored twice and Hannah Martin also registered.Olivia

Argentina won a maiden World Baseball Softball Confederation Men's Softball World Championship by edging out Japan in a low-scoring 3-2 triumph in Prague.

Japan went into the game as marginal favourites after seeing off reigning champions New Zealand in their

Americans who claimed the glory at Svoboda Ballpark.Japan last reached the final in 2000, when they lost to New

Zealand, and they took a 2-0 lead in the third inning.Argentina fought back to level at the bottom of

only mistake was in the top of the fourth when Reilly Makea belted a solo shot to left field to put New

 They then scored on a run batted in single from Brad Ezekiel to make it 2-1 as New Zealand finished

New Zealand’s Tayler Reid earned victory at the International Triathlon Union World Cup in Antwerp.

race.Reid faced a tough battle on the 5km run against Sweden’s Gabriel Sandor and Chile’s Diego Moya.The New

Zealand triathlete edged clear of his rivals in the closing stages to triumph in 59min 23sec.Sandor

Bronze goes to Ainsley Thorpe of New Zealand pic.twitter.com/r2tSXQF5rO— TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive

German completed the 5km course 21 seconds faster than her compatriot Laura Lindemann, second in 1:05.44.New

Australia topped both the points and medal table in Europe for the first time as they won a maiden World Rowing Cup of the season in Poznań.

Zealand rivals."

Zealand taking the last step on the rostrum.There was home success for Poland when they clinched the

men's quadruple sculls title ahead of Australia and New Zealand.The crew of Fabian Baranski, Szymon

Zealand battled for third.A surge through the field saw Australia take a stroke rate up to 46 as they

Zealand won the women's pairs contest from Australian pair Jessica Morrison and Annabelle McIntyre,

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) have announced their team to compete this year's International Cycling

©Bikes by FelixCameron is due to compete alongside sighted partner Nina Wollaston, while Hills was New

Paralympic Games.Sarah Ellington, Nicole Murray, Eltje Malzbender and Rory Mead make up the remainder of the New

Zealand squad,"This group is reflective of the huge amount of work that the team at PNZ has been putting

Paralympic Games, this is a critical event as we aim to gain UCI points to secure athlete slots for New

Zealand at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and the Para cyclists continue to build on recent performances

France have retained World Rugby Under-20 Championship after beating Australia 24-23 in the final in Rosario in Argentina.

Les Bleuets are the third team to win back-to-back Under-20 Championships, joining New Zealand, who won

and the eighth time in total.Three-time champions England came fifth after beating Wales 45-26, while New

Zealand finished their campaign with a 40-17 victory over Ireland to claim seventh place - their lowest

Table toppers Australia ended the regular season of the Men's International Hockey Federation Pro League with a superb 4-1 away victory over The Netherlands in Amsterdam.

Belgium in Antwerp would leave the door open for Britain who would then finish fourth if they beat New

Zealand in their match in London tomorrow.One women's match was also played today with Germany edging

will see the Dutch play Australia in Amsterdam, Belgium play Argentina in Antwerp and Britain meet New

Zealand in London.

It is the "the supreme authority and leadership" of a global movement which has more than 200 member nations and has endured world wars, decades of political boycotts, financial scandals and doping.

Committee (IOC) celebrates its 125th anniversary as President Thomas Bach cuts the ribbon at their new

When The Queen opened them, the stadium was still unfinished.A tour of South Africa by the New Zealand

Most striking of all, New Zealand marched under a black flag emblazoned with rings and the silver fern

Others had already resigned.Reforms included new bidding rules.

New ethical guidelines were produced and the World Anti-Doping Agency was established.Samaranch took

India's Mohammed Shami took a hat-trick in the final over to deny Afghanistan a famous victory at the Cricket World Cup in England.

Afghanistan hearts and secure India's fourth victory of the tournament.In the other match played today, New

Zealand edged out beat West Indies by five runs at Old Trafford in Manchester and all-but seal their

New Zealand set a tough target of 292 for victory in their clash with West Indies.Kane Williamson was

New Zealand won three of the four golds on offer today as the Asia Pacific Championships reached the

Kamis, Nurul Jamil, Azlina Arshad and Nur Fidrah Noh 17-6 in the final of the women's fours.However, New

Zealand could not complete a clean sweep as they were beaten by Australia in the final of the men's