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New Zealand secure two gold medals at home UCI Track Cycling World Cup

  • Cycling

Eddie Dawkins and the madison duo of Campbell Stewart and Aaron Gate secured gold for hosts New Zealand

of the year.”Four-time world junior champion Stewart and the 2013 world omnium champion Gate claimed New

Men’s Madison:New Zealand (@cammy_stew1 /@aarongate) ??? Men’s Scratch: @VolikakisChris ???

Stewart capped an impressive couple of days as he was also part of the men’s pursuit team which set a new


Sakakibara siblings triumph at Oceania BMX Championships

  • Cycling

Siblings Kai and Saya Sakakibara secured elite titles at the Oceania BMX Championships in New Zealand

triumphed in the women’s elite final in a time of 34.724 seconds.She was followed across the line by New


Five teams still unbeaten at World Curling Championship qualification event

  • Curling

unbeaten after two days of action at the World Curling Championships qualification event in Naseby in New

Zealand.

Fighting for a place at this year’s World Championships, on the men’s side England, South Korea and hosts New

Zealand have all picked up two wins from two so far, while in the women’s competition both China and


Defending champions out for repeat success at Oceania BMX Championships

  • Cycling

Frieswyk and Sarah Walker will aim to defend their elite titles at the Oceania BMX Championships in New

Zealand.

BMX in New Zealand and Oceania is definitely growing and it's exciting to see the depth of riders improving

Former winners Leanna Curtis of Australia and New Zealand’s Zoe Fleming are also due to compete.Frieswyk

To Cycling New Zealand, BMX New Zealand, Te Awamutu BMX club and the Waikato District Council, race officials


FIH President Batra claims Pro League will take hockey to next level on eve of opening match

  • Hockey

International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Narinder Batra has claimed the Pro League will take the sport to the next level and repair the disconnect between fans and players on the eve of the opening match of the tournament.

The Pro League, a new home-and-away competition which has effectively replaced the Champions Trophy and

the opening Pro League contest.The two sides are joined by Australia, Argentina, Britain, Germany, New

Zealand, the Netherlands and Pakistan, whose participation in the event has been plunged into doubt

begins next weekend, also includes nine teams - Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Britain, China, Germany New

Zealand, the Netherlands and the United States."


Three teams gain first world level wins at World Curling Championships qualification event in New Zealand

  • Curling

first matches at a world-level competition at the World Curling Championships qualification event in New

Zealand.

points in the sixth and ninth ends sealed their win.In the other women’s matches, China beat hosts New

Zealand 12-5 and Finland saw off Hong Kong 8-7.In the men’s session, Poland scored four points in the

their first ever win at world level as they emerged on the right side of a 10-9 scoreline.Elsewhere, New

Zealand beat Australia 12-4, South Korea beat Denmark 7-2 and England beat The Netherlands 9-8.The tournament


Philip Barker: Chronicling the 1919 Inter-Allied Games, a century on

  • Inside the Blogs

A century before Prince Harry devised the Invictus Games for wounded servicemen, soldiers took part in a major sporting event to celebrate the end of the First World War.

England, Australia and New Zealand did not send teams; they also snubbed the Olympic rugby tournaments


Records fall as New Zealand dominate day one at UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Cambridge

  • Cycling

New Zealand got proceedings off to a strong start at their home International Cycling Union Track Cycling

43.121sec.France won the bronze medal final against China after they finished in 43.328.That win for New

Zealand was then backed up with an emphatic victory in the women’s team pursuit.Racquel Sheath, Bryony

Campbell Stewart, Jordan Kerby and Nicholas Kergozou set the second fastest time in history to win New

Zealand’s third gold.Wow, what an opening day for the hosts, New Zealand...???

French pair of Sandie Clair and Mathide Gros by two tenths of a second.Poland took the bronze by beating New


Impey boosts hopes of defending Tour Down Under title with stage four success

  • Cycling

Defending champion Daryl Impey claimed victory on the fourth stage of the Tour Down Under to move into second place in the overall standings.

eventually brought back by a reduced chasing pack, prior to the final climb.Canada’s Michael Woods, New

crossed the line in a winning time of 3hr, 3min and 27sec.He was followed by race leader Patrick Bevin of New

Zealand, with the CCC Team rider given the same time in second.Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez rounded off


Tickets for 2019 WBSC Men's Softball World Championship go on sale

  • Baseball and Softball

Tickets for this year's World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Men's Softball World Championship in Prague and Havlickuv Brod have gone on sale.

 Hosts Czech Republic, Denmark and The Netherlands are the European teams competing, while New Zealand


UCI Track Cycling World Cup season to continue in New Zealand

  • Cycling

fifth round of the International Cycling Union's Track Cycling World Cup will begin in Cambridge in New

Zealand tomorrow, with two home athletes set to make their debut.

Sam Dakin and Tahlay Christie won the men's and women's events respectively at Cycling New Zealand's



New Zealand ready to host new qualification event for 2019 World Curling Championships

  • Curling

The first event of a new qualification format for the 2019 World Curling Championships will start tomorrow

The World Qualification Event, which will run until January 23 at Naseby Curling Rink in New Zealand,

is the first tournament in a new pathway for the World Championships which gives teams an extra chance

Championships.Aiming to join the women's event are Brazil, China, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong, Hungary, New

Zealand and Poland.Fighting for the two men's qualification spots are Australia, Brazil, Denmark, England

, South Korea, The Netherlands, New Zealand and Poland.


Athletics Kenya President assures safety of IAAF delegation after terrorist attack

  • Athletics

Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei has moved to assure the safety of an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) delegation that arrived in Nairobi to assess preparations for the 2020 World Under-20 Championships amid a terrorist attack in the capital.

Nairobi forced a number of countries, including the United States, Australia, Great Britain, Switzerland, New

Zealand and Canada, to withdraw from the Under-18 Championships.Al-Shabaab also issued public threats


South Africa and Botswana qualify for 2019 WBSC Softball World Championships

  • Baseball and Softball

South Africa and Botswana have both qualified for the Men's World Softball Championship and the Junior Women's Softball World Cup following both their success at the African Softball Championships.

the competition have now been filled, with South Africa and Botswana from Africa, world number one New

Zealand and Australia from Oceania and Japan, Philippines and Singapore from Asia.

 South Africa and Botswana are the last two teams to qualify, joining Australia and New Zealand