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Carrington secures two golds on concluding day of ICF Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in New Zealand

  • Canoeing

Double Olympic champion Lisa Carrington of New Zealand secured two golds at the International Canoe Federation

The victory also saw Carrington retain her national title, with the Oceania Championships acting as New

gold in the women's K2 500m, winning the race alongside teammate Ella Beere of Australia in 1:40.18.New

Zealand duo Ryan McLeely and Briar McLeely were second with a time of 1:41.60, while Australia's Alyce

Burnett and Alyssa Bull were just 0.06 seconds behind them in 1:41.60.New Zealand's Kurt Imrie won his

second gold of the Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in the men's K1 500m ©Canoe Racing New ZealandNew


Australia beat New Zealand to retain Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships title

  • Badminton

Australia edged rivals New Zealand to win the Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships for the fifth

the continental title, as well as the Whyte Trophy, a prize exclusively played for by Australia and New

Zealand by beating Anthony Joe 21-16, 21-10 in the men’s singles to level the score.Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen

Zealand level the overall match again, with the duo battling back to win the doubles clash 19-21, 21

Zealand 3-2 in both the open and junior events to secure double gold medals ©Badminton OceaniaNew Caledonia

Zealand in the final.The hosts secured a 3-2 win in the gold medal match.Tahiti justified their status


Sharpe secures first FIS Freeski halfpipe World Cup win of season in Calgary

  • Freestyle

Cassie Sharpe triumphed in front of a home crowd at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freeski halfpipe World Cup in Calgary.

round score of 90.00 points still heading the standings after three rounds.The American was followed by New

Zealand Nico Porteous, who scored 87.75 points to finish in second position.There was further cause


Brace from Merry sees New Zealand beat China in FIH Women's Pro League

  • Hockey

Two goals from Olivia Merry saw New Zealand beat China 2-0 today in the International Hockey Federation

for an outfield player in the final quarter and it might have paid off, but for two great saves from New

Zealand’s keeper Grace O’Hanlon.Several good saves in the final quarter saw New Zealand goalkeeper Grace

The women’s Pro League is due to continue on Friday (February 22), when Argentina host Germany.New Zealand


Netball New Zealand announce three-year media partnership with MediaWorks

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Netball New Zealand has announced a three-year media partnership with MediaWorks which will showcase

MediaWorks is a New Zealand-based television, radio and interactive media company owning brands such

as More FM, The Breeze, The Edge and Mai FM.Netball will be showcased across New Zealand through these

Premiership"MediaWorks is thrilled to be moving from super fan status to official media partner with Netball New

Zealand," said MediaWorks head of radio commercial Tim Lockhart."

Netball New Zealand chief executive Jennie Wyllie believes the deal will have positive effects for the


Hosts Australia win trio of gold medals at World Para Swimming World Series in Melbourne

  • Swimming News

Hosts Australia won a trio of gold medals on the second day of the World Para Swimming World Series in Melbourne.

 She won in 1:34.64, ahead of New Zealand's Sophie Pascoe in 1:19.99 and fellow Australian Ruby

Storm in 1:20.97.New Zealand's Cameron Leslie won two more gold medals at the World Para Swimming World

 New Zealand also had a successful day, winning two gold medals and setting two world records, including


Double Olympic champion Carrington wins women's K1 200m at ICF Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships

  • Canoeing

Double Olympic champion Lisa Carrington of New Zealand won the women's K1 200 metres at the International

Canoe Federation (ICF) Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in New Zealand.

 With the competition doubling up as New Zealand's National Championships, today's victory was Carrington's

It was great to see so many New Zealand paddlers make the final because we had some very strong overseas

 New Zealand's Quaid Thompson took the gold medal in the men's K1 1000m, recording the winning time

K2 1000m title in 3:18.71, five seconds faster than second place Fred Teear and Alex Fort, also from New

Zealand.Another New Zealand pair, Steven Ferguson and Tom Ashley, were third in 3:24.89.The action is



Double delight for Australia as Great Britain sent packing in FIH Pro League

  • Hockey

Australia got the better of Great Britain in both the men’s and women’s International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League in Perth today.

Great Britain dropped to third.In the women’s tie Britain entered the match having been thrashed 5-1 by New

Zealand last week and the Olympic champions were unable to bounce back from that today.The Rio 2016


Australia and New Zealand maintain strong start at Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships

  • Badminton

Top seeds Australia and New Zealand continued their perfect start to the Oceania Mixed Team Badminton

wins over Tahiti and Fiji, the third and fourth seeds respectively.The results set up a showdown with New

Zealand tomorrow to determine the winners of the open event.The second seeds boast an identical record

Zealand have also proved the dominant nations in the junior event, with their teams topping their respective

groups after three straight victories.Top seeds New Zealand then earned a 5-0 semi-final win over New

Caledonia, while Australia beat third seeds Tahiti by the same score.While New Zealand and Australia


Australia dominate in front of home crowd at Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships

  • Badminton

Hosts Australia secured a clean sweep in all three of their fixtures on the opening day of the Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Melbourne.

women's pair of Setyana Mapasa and Ann-Louise Slee defeating Caffarelli and Ioane 21-0, 21-4.Next up was New

doubles and Vuong and Slee defeated Ronan Ho-Yagues and Dgenyva Matauli in the men's doubles 21-13, 21-10.New

when Matthew Chau and Leung won against Baptista and Yao 21-8, 21-10.It was also a successful day for New

Zealand as they beat New Caledonia and Guam 5-0.Tahiti struggled against Guam but emerged 3-2 winners

, also defeating Samoa 5-0.New Caledonia recorded a shock 4-1 victory against fourth seeds Fiji.The competition


Golden glory shared as World Para Swimming World Series begins in Melbourne

  • Swimming News

Swimmers from six different countries shared the first eight gold medals as the 2019 World Para Swimming World Series begun in Melbourne today.

WorldSeries19 #Melbourne19— Swimming Australia (@SwimmingAUS) February 15, 2019Australia’s neighbours New

Zealand finished the night on a high with Leslie Cameron and superstar Paralympian Sophie Pascoe each


Two wins for Germany and dramatic comeback for Spain as FIH Pro League continues

  • Hockey

Both Germany’s men’s and women’s teams picked up wins, while Spain sealed a dramatic comeback victory over The Netherlands on matchday 11 of the International Hockey Federation Pro League today.

Action began at the Naga Puna Wai Hockey Stadium in Christchurch when New Zealand hosted Germany.On the

women’s side, Commonwealth Games champions New Zealand looked to build on an incredible 5-1 win over

remain third in the men’s standings, despite the defeat, while Spain sit sixth.Germany’s victory over New

Zealand sees them move into fourth.Germany also sit fourth in the women’s table thanks to their win


Reiser wins trio of 200m golds on opening day of ICF Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships

  • Canoeing

New Zealand's Ashton Reiser won three gold medals in the men's 200 metres events on the opening day of

With the Oceania Championships doubling up as New Zealand's National Championships, Reiser won his first

 Imrie took the silver medal in 35.94, while fellow New Zealander and four-time Olympian Steve Ferguson

Double Olympic champion Lisa Carrington of New Zealand topped the qualifiers for the women's K1 200m

Zealand canoeists finishing in times of 35.17 and 35.52 respectively.

 Compatriots Ella Beere and Cat McArthur came second in 38.89 and New Zealand's Caitlin Ryan and


ANOC confirm Commission members for 2019

  • ANOC News

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has confirmed the members of its 2019 Commissions.

Zealand will now lead the Medical Commission, taking over from Mitchell, while American Suzanne Lyons

will take over from compatriot Larry Probst III at the helm of the Marketing and New Sources of Finance

Commission.Robin Mitchell holds the interim Presidency of ANOC ©Getty ImagesThe new Athletes' Commission

chair is Papua New Guinea's Karo Lelai, who replaced the outgoing Barbara Kendall of New Zealand following

an election at the General Assembly in Tokyo in November.Four new Commissions have also been created