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New Zealand Olympic Committee welcome Mānuka Pharm as official honey partner

  • ONOC

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has recruited Mānuka Pharm as its official honey partner.

Mānuka Pharm is a New Zealand-owned brand of mānuka and is part of a group that is one of the country's

We're thrilled to have Mānuka Pharm onboard as a partner of the New Zealand Team," said NZOC chief executive

Zealand's top athletes.The packaging of products in the New Zealand mānuka honey will feature the NZOC

 "There's a really nice synergy between the New Zealand Team and what we're doing at Mānuka Pharm

It's a busy time for the New Zealand team as its athletes prepare for the Paris Olympic Games and we're


Ireland vote to continue as member of International Boxing Association

  • Boxing

The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has decided to stay with the International Boxing Association (IBA) as the special resolution proposed to amend its current constitution was defeated.

claimed that joining World Boxing would be a "calculated risk".A recent meeting in Belfast on joining the new

 IBA has welcomed the decision from IABA today and that of SwissBoxing yesterday ©IBANew Zealand


Holders Spain start FIBA World Cup defence with victory against Ivory Coast

  • Basketball

Holders Spain started the defence of their International Basketball Federation World Cup with a convincing victory over the Ivory Coast in Jakarta in Indonesia.

C, favourites the United States found themselves ten points behind during the first quarter against New

Zealand in Manila in the Philippines.They recovered to lead by a point 19-18 at the end of the quarter


Carrington wins 14th World Championships gold medal in Duisburg

  • Canoeing

New Zealand's Lisa Carrington was once again in a class of her own in the women's K1 500 metres on the

went to Tamara Tsipes of Hungary in 1:50.699.Her victory came less than 24 hours after helping  New

Zealand win their first K4 500 women’s world crown."



Philip Barker: Cricket's revolution 60 years ago

  • Inside the Blogs

If the International Olympic Committee (IOC) say yes to its return to the Olympic Games at their Session in Mumbai this October, it will represent a major milestone for cricket, a sport which traces its organised roots back over two hundred years.

The Cup brought a new dimension and certainly a new type of spectator."

Carr at the helm... pic.twitter.com/nq11QKNCt7— County Cricket Heritage (@cchfCricket) May 16, 2023A new

that time, Sussex had never won a trophy but their captain Ted Dexter seemed determined to win the new

Chappell instructed his brother to bowl underarm with the final ball of a 1981 international against New

Zealand to prevent his opponents from trying to hit a six to win the match.15 May 1935 saw the birth


NBC to broadcast Solomon Islands 2023 in Papua New Guinea

  • Solomon Islands 2023

The National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea (NBC) is set to provide coverage in the country

19 to December 2.NBC operates a free-to-air television channel and several radio stations in Papua New

As the largest public broadcaster in the region, outside Australia and New Zealand, it is imperative

that NBC brings these Games to more Papua New Guinean viewers and listeners out of Honiara," said NBC

through our free-to-air television channel and vast network of provincial radio stations across Papua New

Games.Aside from this, rights holders such as NBC will have access to the venue feeds to follow the Papua New


United States' NBA stars looking to lead country to sixth FIBA World Cup

  • Basketball

The United States' National Basketball Association (NBA) players have propelled the five-time champions to the favourites tag for the Basketball World Cup set to begin tomorrow prior to the final on September 10.

the overall gold medals tally as both currently sit on five.The US are joined by Jordan, Greece, and New

Zealand in Group C, with their fixtures set to take place at the Mall of Asia Arena in the Philippines.The


Six more countries announced as members of World Boxing

  • Boxing

World Boxing has announced six more countries - Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Honduras and Sweden - as members.

with applications due to be confirmed at the organisation's inaugural Congress in November.USA Boxing, New

Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia, GB Boxing, England Boxing and the Dutch Boxing Federation (NBB) were

operate with rigorous governance practices.Canada is among the countries to have been announced as new


Brisbane boat builders offer electric ferries for 2032 Olympics

  • Brisbane 2032

The longest standing boat builder in Queensland has said that it would be able to supply a fleet of all-electric ferries in time for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

a company established 110 years ago, have started working on development of the electric craft with New

Zealand company EV Maritime.Based in Auckland, EV Maritime has already been working on the construction

project is part of a NZD34 million (£16 million/$20 million/€19 million) contract supported by the New

Zealand Government to introduce the craft to Auckland Harbour by 2024.The CityCat service runs from


Host cities revealed for Rugby World Cup 2025 as organisers aim to reach "next level"

  • Rugby Sevens

Organisers of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup are aiming to "take the game to the next level" after revealing the cities and venues that will stage matches across England in two years’ time.

August 22 to September 27 in 2025.It will feature four more nations than the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New

Zealand, expanding from 12 to 16 teams and staged countrywide over the five-week period in a bid to

fans while an average of 1.8 million viewers tuned in to watch the tournament in England and hosts New

will leave a lasting legacy, both in England and around the world as we aim to inspire millions of new


Legendary athletes honoured for contributions to Museum of World Athletics in Budapest

  • Budapest 2023

The Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) has honoured 22 of the sport's Olympic gold medallists, world champions and record-breakers at an exhibition here.

museum ©MOWAThe exhibition was also attended by World Athletics Council members Dame Valerie Adams of New

Zealand, a four-time shot put world champion, Willie Banks of the United States, a former men's triple

we had a good start in Eugene, but this is really star-studded, and a great opportunity to meet some new


Russian backlash at Isinbayeva absence from World Athletics Championships historical features

  • Athletics

The absence of three-time world champion Yelena Isinbayeva from a World Athletics feature covering influential women at the World Championships has sparked a backlash in Russia.

criticism.The decorated list of 40 athletes included four-time shot put world champion Valerie Adams of New

Zealand, now World Athletics Athletes' Commission deputy chairperson, Ethiopia's two-time 5,000m and


Oceanian athletics leaders warn of existential threat and against sport "talking two different languages" on climate change

  • Athletics

Athletics leaders from Oceania have expressed fears for the future of their islands here, and warned "we are actually talking two different languages" in search of continual improvement in competition while combatting climate change.

crops, changed fishing patterns and led to many young people in the countries migrating to Australia, New

Zealand or further afield, the leaders shared.Athletics leaders from Cook Islands, Kiribati, Samoa,


Gimenes helps Brazil end Judo Grand Prix in Zagreb on a high

  • Judo

Brazil finished the International Judo Federation (IJF) Judo Grand Prix in Zagreb on top of the medals table with three golds thanks to final day heroics from Karol Gimenes.

pic.twitter.com/UpzGx1ZV3A— Judo (@Judo) August 20, 2023Her compatriot Hilal Öztürk and Sydnee Andrews of New

Zealand claimed the two bronze medals.Olympic bronze medallist Krisztián Tóth of Hungary claimed the