Mohamed Elshorbagy's hopes of getting back into winning mode after losing his world title to fellow Egyptian Ali Farag were ended in today's semi-finals at the Professional Squash Association Canary Wharf Classic.

London.His opponent in tomorrow's final at East Wintergarden is set to be be fourth-seeded Paul Coll of New

Zealand, who ended the inspired run of France's 32-year-old Mathieu Castagnet, not among the top eight

This year's University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand (UTSNZ) Women's Rugby Sevens Championship will

tournament.New Zealand's national side will meet China, Thailand and Japanese club team the Mei Pearls.The New

Zealand development team are also set to compete.The student teams will play alongside the senior New

Zealand side ©Getty ImagesOrganisers have created the tournament to give New Zealand's players some

Series events so giving them the chance to prepare for and play in a two-day tournament is great," said New

Zealand Rugby high performance sevens manager Tony Philp.University of Auckland, AUT University, Massey

Two continental road cycling championships are set to begin tomorrow with Ethiopian city Bahir Dar hosting the African event and the Australian state of Tasmania staging the Oceania competition.

Road Championships, which are scheduled to run until Sunday (March 17).Home favourite Chris Harper and New

a home crowd.Moving up to the men's elite category is under-23 time trial champion Jake Marryatt of New

Zealand.Other names to look out for include Australian champion Michael Freiberg and New Zealand's Georgia

Championships are the final event of the 2019 UCI Oceania Tour, which included the Gravel and Tar Classic, New

Zealand Cycle Classic and Herald Sun Tour across January and February.The 14th edition of African Continental

Ireland's Gary Kelly and Jo Edwards of New Zealand became the new Bowls World Cup champions at Barrack

seeking a seventh title on his home ground at the Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club at Shellharbour, New

Switzerland's Andri Ragettli will make his return from injury in Quebec as he bids to win the Freestyle Skiing World Cup's overall big air title.

men's standings.He has tallied 160 points after winning the first leg of the campaign in Cardrona in New

Zealand and then bagging bronze second-up in Modena.Norway's Birk Ruud, the winner in Modena, is Ragettli's

South Africa beat a resurgent France 21-12 to win the World Rugby Canada Sevens event in Vancouver, the sixth stop of the men's season.

play-off.Their tries came from Alesio Naduva, Terio Veilawa, Sevuloni Mocenacagi and Vilimoni Botitu.New Zealand

Canada.It means after the weekend's action the US sit top of the standings on 113 points, nine ahead of New

Zealand, while Fiji sit third on 101.The Americans won the last leg on home soil in Las Vegas and were

New Zealand have appointed Kristy Hill as their Chef de Mission for this year's Pacific Games in

two-time Olympian, will lead a Kiwi team of around 90 athletes at the Games in the Samoan capital.New Zealand

football, sailing, taekwondo and weightlifting.Hill has previous experience of administration having led New

about the role of sport in building communities and leaders, and I really believe in the importance of New

Zealand values and identity as a means for achieving success in a high-performance sport environment

Kristy Hill has previously worked at two editions of the Commonwealth Youth Games ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) World Cricket Committee has declared its unanimous backing for the inclusion of a women's Twenty20 tournament at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Former New Zealand women's captain Suzie Bates said the inclusion of women's cricket at Birmingham 2022

would be a game-changer ©Getty ImagesFormer New Zealand women's captain Suzie Bates, a member of the

attract and inspire a different audience, so it's an enormous opportunity for women's cricket to win new

Argentina enjoyed a successful trip to New Zealand as their men's and women's teams beat the host nation

Argentina's women moved to third in the table with a 3-0 win over New Zealand at the North Harbour Hockey

contest as they earned a 2-1 victory despite fielding a relatively inexperienced team.The defeat for New

victory for the visitors.Kane Russell converted a penalty corner of his own to half the deficit for New

Zealand but Argentina held on for a win which sent them into fourth place in the men's Pro League.Argentina's

Spain produced the shock result on day one of the World Rugby Canada Sevens, beating New Zealand for

no match for Spain today who came from behind to triumph 26-24 at BC Place in Vancouver.At one stage New

second half after other scores from Joan Losada, Ravouvou again and Sam Dickson.Despite that result, New

Zealand still topped Pool C with two wins from three, while Spain finished bottom despite their famous

Africa will play Argentina after winning Pool A, Samoa will play France who finished second behind New

Zealand in Pool C and England will play the current series leaders the US.England finished top in Pool

Jacob Birtwhistle outsprinted Eli Hemming of the United States to earn mixed relay gold for Australia at the opening World Triathlon Series event of 2019 in Abu Dhabi.

New Zealand came home to take bronze on the Yas Marina course on the International Triathlon Union's

huge gains in the swim as Germany dropped back.Verena Steinhauser and Sophie Corbidge put Italy and New

Zealand into medal contention.On the final leg, Hemming came out of the water with an 18-second lead

20-second penalty did for his team's medal chances and Hayden Wilde came through to capitalise for New

Zealand ten seconds behind them.Bergere took fourth place ahead of Germany, Italy and Britain."

Lambert Maltock has been elected permanent President of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) as FIFA head Gianni Infantino sent a warning to members of the continental body following a string of scandals in the region.

predecessor David Chung, who quit last April after a financial probe was opened into the construction of the new

four-year term to continue at the helm of the OFC at the organisation's Extraordinary Congress in the New

Zealand city.

The OFC also elected two new members to the FIFA Council - OFC vice-president and Fiji Football Association

President Rajesh Patel and New Zealand Football vice-president Johanna Wood - during the Extraordinary

The United States will aim to extend their lead on the overall standings when the World Rugby Sevens Series resumes in Vancouver this weekend.

finals.The American team, who sit on 98 points, have a five-point lead over defending series champions New

New Zealand will go up against France, Australia and Spain in Pool C, while Pool B features Fiji, hosts

World champion Mario Mola earned his third victory in Abu Dhabi as the 2019 World Triathlon Series (WTS) got underway today, with the opening women's title of the season going to world number two Katie Zaferes of the United States.

discipline.It was the run where Mola and Yee came into their own after overhauling early leader Hayden Wilde of New

Zealand."

I'm very happy with this especially as it is the first race of the season, and it's great having this new

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) has revealed the tournament format for this year's World Championship in Durban.

three contains Hong Kong, Catalonia, Poland, hosts South Africa and Suriname and pot four includes New

Zealand, Slovakia, Ireland, Japan and Macau.The draw will be made in Kalverdijkje The Netherlands on