New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde is among the favourites to claim victory at the International Triathlon Union

race which will feature a 750 metres swim, 22 kilometre bike section and 5km run.Tayler Reid, another New

Zealand athlete, will hope to improve on his second-place finish at the event in Antwerp last year.Slovakia

Sophie Pascoe headlines Paralympics New Zealand’s team for the upcoming World Para Swimming Championships

named in a seven-strong team for the event, which is due to take place from September 9 to 15.Pascoe is New

Zealand high performance director.

Zealand Para swimmers competed was in 2015 in Glasgow where they won 16 medals.

Zealand.”Triple Paralympic gold medallist Cameron Leslie has been named in New Zealand's team ©Getty

ImagesThe confirmation of the team came at the conclusion of the New Zealand Open Championships.The

Japan defeated defending champions New Zealand 2-1 to reach just their second World Baseball Softball

They will face Argentina in tomorrow's final after the South Americans defeated Canada 7-0 and a new

champion will be crowned with neither nation winning the title before.At Svoboda Ballpark, Reo Koyama held New

Zealand to just one run and two hits in seven innings, meaning New Zealand will miss the final for the

(@WBSC) June 22, 2019New Zealand head coach Mark Sorenson decided to intentionally walk Matsuda to face

the second and last run for Japan.Japan's only previous final came in 2000 when they were defeated by New

Sri Lanka caused the biggest upset of the Cricket World Cup so far as they stunned hosts and pre-tournament favourites England with a 20-run victory in Leeds.

behind England, whose spot in the top four looks precarious with matches against Australia, India and New

Zealand to come."

Japan beat Venezuela 6-0 today to progress to the semi-finals of the World Baseball Softball Confederation Men's Softball World Championship in Czech Republic.

Group A with seven wins out of seven.Awaiting them in the last four tomorrow are defending champions New

Zealand, who battled back from 4-1 down to defeat rivals Australia 7-4 today.The teams faced each other

Germany’s Ricarda Funk qualified quickest in the women’s K1 event as a tough course made the going hard for even the best paddlers on the opening day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup in Bratislava.

Jessica Fox of Australia was third in 1:38.26, while Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist Luuka Jones of New

Zealand was one of the high-profile athletes who needed a second run to progress to the weekend's action

Both the men's and women's reigning champions have made it through to the knockout stage of the International Basketball Federation 3x3 World Cup in Amsterdam.

earn a knockout spot by inflicting a fourth defeat in four on Indonesia, 17-9, which bumped them above New

Zealand in the pool, after the bottom-ranked side of the 20 competing nations narrowly missed out on

a slot in the last eight.New Zealand were overcome 17-16 by Russia in their final pool match and bowed

Two-times Commonwealth Games champion Jo Edwards of New Zealand will face Norfolk Island's Carmen Anderson

triples events.Malaysia's Siti Zalina Ahmad was one of the two beaten semi-finalists ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand

Defending women's world double sculls champions Milda Valčiukaitė and Ieva Adomavičiūtė are out of medal contention on day one of the latest leg of the 2019 World Rowing Cup, held in Poznań in Poland.

World Rowing (@WorldRowing) 21 June 2019Another newly-formed team catching a lot of attention are the New

Zealand men's eight, but they will have to go through the repechage to reach the final after being narrowly

pipped by Germany in their heat today.New Zealand have put together a team including 40-year-old double

Zealand, Canada, Italy, Australia and Poland will contest the repechage tomorrow.In the women's eight

leading throughout for a time of 7:03.98.He finished nearly five seconds ahead of Robbie Manson, the New

The latest in a series of events in New Zealand celebrating the achievements of the country's Paralympic

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) held its third community event as part of The Celebration Project, where

over the next 12 months, New Zealand’s 209 Paralympians since Tel Aviv 1968 will be recognised and celebrated.The

official numbered Paralympic pin and certificate.The official Paralympic number is bestowed only once a New

Zealand Paralympian has competed at their first Games.Jayne Craike – New Zealand Paralympian number

90 – competed in Para equestrian events at the Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004.Jayne Craike – New Zealand

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Dekker and Lineth Beerensteyn scored for the Netherlands ©Getty ImagesCameroon needed to win against New

Zealand to progress into the knockout stage, with Ajara Nchout opening the scoring for her side ©Getty

Ajara Nchout's injury-time winner against New Zealand put Cameroon through into the round of 16 at the

the winner in the 75th minute.Ajara Nchout scored two essential goals for Cameroon in their defeat of New

Zealand ©Getty ImagesThe Netherlands are now set to meet 2015 runners-up Japan at Stade de la Route

The World Rowing Cup that starts in Poznan tomorrow has attracted the largest turn-out of its kind since 2011.

those crews perform in Poland – and there will also be a strong focus on the debut of the newly formed New

Zealand men's eight.This will have aboard the 40-year-old double Olympic champion in the single sculls

trial.Double Olympic single sculls champion Mahe Drysdale, now 40, will be part of a newly-constituted New

Zealand men's eight at the World Rowing Cup that starts in Poznan tomorrow ©Getty ImagesIn the men's

pair, Croatia's Olympic champions, brothers Valent and Martin Sinkovic, will be challenged by a new

The United States beat Venezuela 7-4 today to collect their fifth victory and secure third place in Group B at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Men's Softball World Championship in the Czech Republic.

Argentina clinched second place after inflicting a third defeat of the event on defending champions New

Zealand, winning 6-4.New Zealand had to settle for third spot.Today's other match in Group A saw Mexico

fifth spot.Tomorrow's quarter-finals is due to pit Japan against Venezuela, the US against Argentina, New

Zealand against Australia and Czech Republic against Canada.The semi-finals are scheduled for Saturday

Australia took a huge step towards reaching the semi-finals of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup after David Warner’s innings of 166 helped the defending champions to a 48-run win over Bangladesh at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

fans.Table toppers Australia look likely to be joined in the semi-finals by hosts England, India and New

Zealand, but fifth-placed Bangladesh will hope to capitalise on any slip-ups.The ICC Men's World Cup