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Hannah moves top of women's Mountain Bike World Cup standings with victory in Leogang as men's world champion Bruni asserts authority

  • Cycling

Tracey Hannah claimed victory in the International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup in Leogang and moved to the top of the overall standings after leader Rachel Atherton suffered a crash.

fast track saw her clock three minutes 42.107 seconds – 2.4secs clear of Hoffman.Kate Weatherly of New

Zealand scooped third place, narrowly beating France's Marine Cabirou, who had been nearly five seconds


FIS confirms 2019-2020 Freestyle Skiing World Cup calendar

  • Freestyle

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced the 2019-2020 Freestyle Skiing World Cup calendar will feature 53 events spread across 37 locations.

Universiade earlier this year.Saint Petersburg, Tbilisi in Georgia and Idre Fjäll in Sweden are the other new

halfpipe, six slopestyle and five big air competitions on the Freeski World Cup tour, which starts in New

Zealand on August 24.Silvaplana in Switzerland will stage the last event of the season from March 20



Ireland stun England to reach PDC World Cup of Darts quarter-finals

  • Non-Olympic Sports

lreland caused the biggest upset of the second round in the Professional Darts Corporation World Cup of Darts in Hamburg when they knocked out top seeds England.

Barclaycard Arena when he triumphed 4-3 against Michael Smith.Lennon took the "luck of the Irish" tag to new

quarter-final place with a comfortable 2-0 win.World number one Michael van Gerwen lined up with a new

leg.Germany never recovered as Max Hopp was beaten 4-0 by Van den Bergh to seal a last-eight spot.New Zealand


England thrash Bangladesh after hitting highest Cricket World Cup total

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England recorded their highest Cricket World Cup total as they bounced back from defeat to Pakistan by thrashing Bangladesh in Cardiff.

out for 280.Stokes finished with figures of 3-23 and Jofra Archer, who produced a hostile spell of new-ball

Zealand made it three wins from three as they beat Afghanistan by seven wickets at the County Ground

in Taunton.New Zealand bowled their opponents out for 172 as James Neesham returned the best figures

started badly when Martin Guptill was out first ball before Kane Williamson hit an unbeaten 79 to guide New

Zealand to victory.


Double gold for United States at FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Cup 2019

  • 3x3 basketball

The United States completed a double at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Under-18 World Cup as their men's and women's teams took home gold medals.

competitions.The women's event was the first to be wrapped up, as the US took home gold after seeing off New

Zealand 19-13.Having topped Pool B – including beating the New Zealanders into second place – they then


Camboni and de Geus in form in RS:X after day three of World Cup Series Final in Marseille

  • Sailing

Mattia Camboni of Italy and Lilian de Geus of the Netherlands held top positions in the men's and women's RS:X after three days of racing at the Hempel World Cup Series Final in Marseille.

Sills of Britain secured a 7-3-3 scoreline and is two points off de Geus in second.In the Finn class, New

Zealand duo Andy Maloney and Josh Junior have won all five races between them, with Junior having claimed


Australia recover from poor start to beat West Indies at Cricket World Cup

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Australia bounced back from a terrible start to beat West Indies by 15 runs at the Cricket World Cup in England today.

finding his accuracy to finish on 5-46 and help restrict the Windies to 272-9.Australia have joined New

Zealand on two wins from two matches and will face Pakistan on Wednesday (June 12).West Indies, with


United States seeking fourth FIFA Women’s World Cup in France

  • World Cup

France’s women will seek to emulate the feat of their male counterparts in 1998 by winning the FIFA World Cup – which gets under way tomorrow - on home soil.

most recent games.A 5-3 win over Australia has been followed by victories over Belgium, South Africa, New

Zealand and Mexico with 17 goals scored and none conceded.They are drawn in Group F, along with Thailand


India open Cricket World Cup campaign with victory over South Africa

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten century to guide India to victory in their opening match and leave South Africa's hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals hanging by a thread at the Cricket World Cup in England.

Chahal took 4-51, including two wickets in a single over, and Jaspit Bumrah did the damage with the new

games if they are to stand a chance of reaching the knockout phase.In the other match played today, New

Zealand edged Bangladesh by two wickets at The Oval.New Zealand looked on course for a comfortable run


Dutch women defeat Germany to close on FIH Pro League Grand Final ticket

  • Hockey

The Dutch women's team moved a step closer to securing a place in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League Grand Final with a hard-fought 2-1 victory against Germany.

Blaak was the hero for the Netherlands men's hockey team with three penalty shootout saves against New

Zealand ©Getty ImagesNetherlands men battled to a penalty shootout win against New Zealand.With the

Dutch hero with three shootout saves which moved his team back into the top four in the standings.New Zealand

back into the match as Billy Bakker was put through on goal but he lacked the finishing touch, before New

Zealand made a lot of good saves in the last quarter.”


Defending champions France beat Fiji as World Rugby Under-20 Championship opens in Argentina

  • Rugby Sevens

France began their pursuit of retaining the World Rugby Under-20 Championship title with a hard-fought victory over Fiji in Argentina.

good form as they overcame Italy 36-12 in the other Pool B match played on the opening day.Elsewhere, New

Zealand thrashed Georgia 45-13 and South Africa registered a comprehensive 43-19 victory against Scotland


WBSC announce Men's Softball World Championship will be free to watch on YouTube

  • Baseball and Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have announced all 72 games of this year's Men's Softball World Championship will be available to watch for free online.

Championship to be hosted in Prague and Havlíčkův Brod.The hosts are due to open the tournament against New

Zealand in Prague, and are in Group A also alongside Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Botswana, Philippines

and Cuba.New Zealand are the reigning champions going into the 2019 tournament in the Czech Republic

 The last Championship took place two years ago in Whitehorse in Canada when New Zealand beat Australia


Drug Free Sport NZ slammed for banning rugby player who had not taken part in sport for nearly 10 years

  • Rugby Sevens

Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) has been likened to a "sledgehammer attempting to crack the tiniest

New Zealand Rugby's post-hearing review body (PHRB) quashed the ban on Paratene Edwards and questioned

whether DFSNZ's investigation had been an appropriate use of resources.Edwards, formerly a winger for New

Zealand club Hawke's Bay Magpies, appealed the ban handed down in November 2018 in relation to alleged


FIH delay award of 2022 and 2023 World Cups after countries request delay to secure Government guarantees

  • Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has delayed the announcement of the host nations for its 2022 and 2023 Men's and Women's World Cups until November following a request from the bidding countries.

has put itself forward to host either the men's or women's event during the 2023 window.Australia and New

Zealand have also indicated their preference to host the Women's World Cup in 2023.London staged the