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Carrington headlines field for 2019 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships

  • Canoeing

will aim for more success when the 2019 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships begins in Lake Karapiro in New

Zealand tomorrow.

world class field that also includes Caitlin Ryan, who set a world best time in Szeged in May, 2019 New

Zealand national champion Aimee Fisher and double World Championship silver medallist Kayla Imrie.Australia's

finalist Jo Brigden Jones.In all 322 paddlers from across Oceania have entered the event, which for New

Zealand took gold.Kurtis Imrie who came second and Ashton Reiser who finished third, will both be looking

Zealand national title last year and then came fourth in the World Under-23 Championship final.Tomorrow


Chen clinches fifth straight women's singles title at Oceania Badminton Championships

  • Badminton

Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu of Australia secured her fifth straight Oceania Badminton Championships gold medal with victory over compatriot Yingzi Jiang in the women's singles final in Melbourne.

Youth Olympic Games silver medallist and sixth seed Oscar Guo of New Zealand sealed the men's singles

crown as he ousted Rémi Ross of Tahiti in three games.Guo, a member of the New Zealand squad which earned


Australia's biggest netball festival set for return to Sunshine Coast

  • Non-Olympic Sports

NetFest, Australia's biggest netball festival, is set to return to Queensland's Sunshine Coast for the second year running, it has been announced.

Mooloolaba and Maroochydore from October 10 to 13, will see netball fans from all over Australia and New

Zealand enter teams to enjoy four days of fun and light-hearted netball activities.It will feature outdoor


Invercargill to host 2020 Oceania Track Cycling Championships

  • Cycling

The 2020 Oceania Track Cycling Championships will take place in Invercargill in New Zealand, it has been

The Oceania Cycling Confederation (OCC) said they chose Invercargill following New Zealand's successful

Zealand, with the city a strong supporter of cycling and regular host of Oceania Championships on track

The OCC thanks Cycling New Zealand and Cycling Southland [the host cycling club] for their support in

Zealand Jacques Landry said they are "pleased" to see the Championships return to Invercargill."

Zealand soil."


Ross beats defending champion Manota to reach final at Oceania Badminton Championships

  • Badminton

Tahiti's Rémi Ross overcame defending champion Abhinav Manota in a repeat of last year's final to reach the men's singles gold medal match at the Oceania Badminton Championships in Melbourne.

Ross avenged his defeat to the New Zealander in the 2018 title decider with a 21-10, 21-18 victory at

the Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre.Oscar Guo of New Zealand awaits for Ross in the final after

the other last four encounter.Ross will aim to become the first player from outside of Australia or New

Zealand to win the men's gold medal.Your Open Individual finalists have been confirmed!

Hsuan-yu of Australia continued her pursuit of a fifth straight Oceania Championships title as she ousted New


FIS Snowboard and Freestyle Skiing World Cups set to continue in Calgary with halfpipe action

  • Snowboard

Halfpipe competition will take centre stage when Calgary hosts the latest stages of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freestyle Skiing World Cups this week.

settle for a fourth-place finish in Utah.He has 140 points with brothers Nico and Miguel Porteous of New

Zealand occupying second and third place on 130 and 120 respectively.In the women's freestyle skiing


Defending champions safely through to quarter-finals at Oceania Badminton Championships

  • Badminton

Defending champions Abhinav Manota of New Zealand and Australia's Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu progressed to the

the last eight.The Taiwanese-born player will go up against Claudia Lam, a 21-8, 21-17 winner over New

Louisa Ma joined Chen in the quarter-finals with a 21-15, 21-18 victory against Dgenyva Matauli of New

last year, also breezed into the last eight as he defeated Australia's Jonathan Wong 21-14, 21-16.The New


New Zealand Football claim 2019 Pacific Games provides ideal preparation for Olympic qualifier

  • Samoa 2019

New Zealand Football (NZF) interim technical director Andy Boyens has claimed competing at this year's

New Zealand are set to field an under-23 side at the Pacific Games in Samoa as part of their plans for

tournament in Fiji later this year.Securing a spot at Tokyo 2020 has taken on extra significance for New

Games in Papua New Guinea in 2015 - for fielding an ineligible player.New Zealand were dramatically

Zealand and the NZF are hopeful they will be able to qualify for Tokyo 2020."

Zealand, said."


Manota and Chen out to defend singles titles at Oceania Badminton Championships

  • Badminton

Top seeds Abhinav Manota of New Zealand and Australia's Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu will aim to retain their

Australia as Louisa Ma and Jennifer Tam second and third respectively.Sally Fu, the sole competitor from New

Zealand, is seeded fourth.The players are starting to arrive in the City of Melbourne!


Mixed day for hosts New Zealand against Great Britain as FIH Pro League action continues

  • Hockey

New Zealand endured a day of mixed fortunes in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League today

Danny Kerry - finding the target with well executed penalty corner routines.While New Zealand had overturned

The women’s fixture between New Zealand and Britain was notable for numerous reasons, with head coach

 Merry’s fifth-minute strike gave New Zealand a perfect start, getting the vital touch on a fine

 Ella Gunson marked her 199th appearance for New Zealand with a well-taken penalty corner in the

It got even better for New Zealand after the break, with Merry scoring from two stunning strikes - one


Darcey appointed new chair of British Gymnastics

  • Gymnastics

British Gymnastics has announced the appointment of Mike Darcey as its new chair, taking over from the

M247, the private equity-owned B2B technology services business, as well as a Board director for Sky New

also advised on media issues in the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and South Africa.Originally from New

Zealand, he has lived and worked in the UK since 1989.Great Britain won a record seven Olympic medals

Zealand as a teenager and later a coach and judge, said."

Gymnastics played a big part in my life growing up in New Zealand and it is exciting to think I am getting


China on target to reach Beijing 2022 goal of 300 million people taking part in winter sports

  • Beijing 2022

A total of 197 million people took part in winter tourism from November 2017 to March 2018, according to an annual report released by the China Tourism Academy.

tourism is "conducive to rural vitalisation and local economic transformation", the report claimed.The new

People from Japan, New Zealand, the United States, Switzerland and France came here to do training for


Fixtures revealed for stand-alone 2020 women's and men's ICC T20 World Cups in Australia

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The fixtures have been revealed for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) 2020 men's and women's T20 World Cups in Australia. 

the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on International Women's Day.This presents an opportunity to set a new

Men's defending champions the West Indies will start their title defence against New Zealand on November


Six nations bid to host next editions of Hockey World Cups

  • Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has received bids from Australia, Germany, India, Malaysia, New

Zealand and Spain for the next editions of its flagship men's and women's World Cups.

which is now bidding to host either the men's or women's World Cup in 2023 ©Getty Images Australia and New

Zealand have also indicated their preference to host the Women's World Cup in 2023.The FIH will now


Gaultier out of Professional Squash Association men's top 10 for first time in more than 12 years

  • Squash

Gregory Gaultier’s record 154-month unbroken run inside the world’s top 10 male squash players has come to an end.

2006.Paul Coll has risen to a career-high ranking of world number six to become the highest ranked New

Zealand men’s player since Ross Norman in 1993.Egypt’s Raneem El Welily has retained her position as

Morgan Tournament of Champions at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal last month, thus moves up a