England captain Eoin Morgan is relishing his side's status as the favourites as the host nation aims to win the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup for the first time.

highest total made in the 50-over format.But they struggled at the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand as they were knocked out at the first round stage."

Defending champions Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and West

KL Rahul and MS Dhoni hit centuries as India swept aside Bangladesh in their final warm-up match for the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup.

guide India to victory by 95 runs.The win saw India bounce back from their thrashing at the hands of New

Zealand in their last warm-up game.The West Indies posted over 400 in their win against New Zealand

©Getty ImagesNew Zealand were unable to build on their win over India as they were beaten by 91 runs

from the Caribbean team.In response, Tom Blundell's 106 and Kane Williamson's 85 proved in vain as New

Zealand were bowled out for 330.

New Zealand, Ukraine and Uruguay recorded their second group stage victories to progress to the last

Uruguay and New Zealand claimed the two available places in the knockout round from Group C.The South

American side earned a comfortable 2-0 win over Honduras, who had lost their opener 5-0 to New Zealand

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in the final 20 minutes.Gianni Stensness broke the deadlock before a John Kitolano own goal ensured New

Zealand joined Uruguay in the last 16.Ukraine are also through after they beat 2022 World Cup hosts

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) held an event in Auckland to mark the beginning of its Celebration Project

, where in the build-up to Tokyo 2020, the achievements of New Zealand’s 209 Paralympians since Tel Aviv

Twenty New Zealand Paralympians, their families and friends, PNZ commercial partners and business leaders

celebrated more than 50 years of Paralympic history in New Zealand and acknowledged the 209 Paralympians

We have Paralympian Reuben Ngata, Paralympian number 10 who competed as part of the very first New Zealand

In 2017 as we neared our 50th anniversary as the National Paralympic Committee of New Zealand, it became

Board, New Zealand Chambers of Commerce and Toyota New Zealand.

China, Poland and Thailand secured their equestrian team places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at special eventing qualifiers held in Saumur and Baborówko.

phases, the Poles were left untroubled at the top.Australia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland and New

Zealand are gearing up for Tokyo 2020 having secured Olympic qualification at last year’s FEI World

Arnold Schwarzenegger made headlines around the world when he was kicked in the back on a visit to South Africa a couple of weeks ago.

of days at the Arnold Classic Africa event, before returning to his California home to promote the new

story would make a better script than any of those.He would have been justified in staying at home in New

Zealand rather than accepting his invitation to South Africa, so appalling was the discrimination he

Zealand, where he won his third Commonwealth gold in 1974, that he moved there, and by 1978 he was able

Zealand All Blacks.On two visits to Buckingham Palace while on tour in Britain, team officials were

Olympic champions Fiji moved into the overall lead in the race for the World Rugby Sevens Series title as they thrashed Australia in the final in London.

finale in Paris to come.Fiji, who secured their place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics along with the US and New

Zealand yesterday, have 164 points.Fiji successfully defended their London Sevens title ©Getty ImagesThe

battle between the two countries for the overall title, which will be decided in Paris next weekend.New Zealand

The United States, Fiji and New Zealand booked their places at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo by

40-21 success against Argentina.South Africa's opponents in the quarter-finals will be Australia.New Zealand

New Zealand caused an upset against India after defeating them by six wickets in a warm-up game for the

India were bowled out for 179 in just 39.2 overs at The Oval, with New Zealand chasing them down with

will now have to attempt to gain some form against Bangladesh in Cardiff on Tuesday (May 28), while New

Zealand take on West Indies in Bristol on the same day.

World champions Serhii Yemelianov and Maryna Mazhula secured gold medals for Ukraine on the final day of the International Canoe Federation Paracanoe World Cup in Poznań.

position having crossed the line in 53.781, with Chile’s Katherine Wollermann third.Scott Martlew of New

Zealand continued his rapid rise in the sport with victory in the men's KL2 200m.Martlew, eighth at

China's men won both of their group games on home soil to reach the quarter-finals of the International Basketball Federation 3x3 Asia Cup in Changsha.

The second seeds began with a 21-13 success over fourth-ranked Qatar in Pool B before seeing off New

Zealand 21-18.With two teams reaching the last eight from each three-team pool, the Qataris also booked

with Kazakhstan meeting Qatar and China playing Chinese Taipei.The women's quarter-finals see holders New

Zealand take on Japan and Mongolia play Turkmenistan.Kazakhstan have been paired with Thailand and Australia

New Zealand crushed Honduras 5-0 in their opening match of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Poland to record

Egypt’s Nouran Gohar and home player Sarah-Jane Perry produced two huge shocks at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) British Open in Hull as they earned quarter-final wins over world number one Raneem El Welily and world and defending champion Noor El Sherbini, respectively.

tournaments.Gohar’s next opponent will be compatriot Nour El Tayeb, world number three, who beat Joelle King of New

Zealand 11-8, 11-3, 11-6.In the last of the women’s matches, Perry came from a game down to beat the

Ali Farag beat fellow Egyptian Mohamed Abouelghar 11-8, 11-9, 11-4.The world champion will now meet New

South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 87 runs in their first warm-up game for the men's International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup, starting in England and Wales next week.

May 30.Sri Lanka have a clash against Australia before they begin their World Cup campaign against New

Zealand in Cardiff on June 1.Afghanistan defeated Pakistan in their first warm-up game for the ICC Cricket

India’s batting firepower is such that they will be among the favourites for the ICC Cricket World Cup when it begins in England next week.

India beat East Africa in their second match, but then lost to New Zealand to go out of the competition

N Prabhu’s final assessment for his Indian readers was positive about the new tournament.

By this point, the astonishing success of the Indian Premier League had brought forth a new generation