The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has signed a partnership agreement with sports technology and management company Global Sports Commerce (GSC) for a duration of four years.

with offices in 16 cities, across 10 countries including Australia, Great Britain, Hungary, India, New

Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Biarritz has been announced as the location for the final round of this season's World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

this year's Rugby World Cup Sevens competition.Their women's 15s team also secured a maiden win over New

Zealand, while Jessy Trémoulière was awarded the World Rugby Women's Player of the Year prize in Monaco

the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series going from strength to strength, reaching and converting new

Hosts Britain secured double gold on the final day of the International Cycling Union Track World Cup in London.

to secure the final podium position.The UCI Track World Cup season is due to continue next month in New

Zealand with Cambridge set to hold competition from January 18 to 20.

The best of New Zealand’s sporting community gathered in Auckland for the 2018 New Zealand Olympic Committee

The black-tie fundraiser brought athletes together to celebrate New Zealand’s success over the past year

performance in Australia’s Gold Coast and the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at which two teenagers won New

Zealand are expected to compete.Olympic medal winner in BMX cycling and International Olympic Committee

New Zealand is one of the smallest nations in the world but in the Olympic Games we are constantly in

Zealand team."

Graeme Thompson has been named chair of the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) as former Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games chairman Peter Beattie has been confirmed as deputy chair.

chair of the International Federation.He is the first chair not to come from Australia, England or New

voted as the deputy chair of the Federation and predicted international rugby league is set to enter a “new

Greg Peters was appointed to the organisation’s Board at the meeting.Peters is the chief executive of New

Zealand Rugby League.

Al Ain, playing in their home stadium, got the FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates off to a gripping start today as they came from three goals down to beat Team Wellington 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out.

club Al Ain can allow themselves brief reflection and satisfaction at the way they moved past their New

Zealand opponents - winners of the Oceania Football Confederation Champions League - at the Hazza Bin

Zayed Stadium despite being behind from the 11th until the 85th minute.The New Zealand side opened the

Parkour Earth chief executive Eugene Minogue has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of "standing idly by" while the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) "usurped" the discipline as he warned the organisation may take their grievance to the European Commission.

The FIG voted to officially include parkour as a new gymnastics discipline at its Congress in Baku last

to persuade participating National Gymnastics Federations to vote against the inclusion.Parkour New

Zealand was among the leading critics as the body hit out at the "absurd" process which saw FIG ask

Governing bodies in the Olympic Movement have made a habit of going back on their word by saying one thing and doing the other.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) including parkour as an official new discipline fits quite

Members of the parkour community have consistently reacted with justifiable anger and indignation and a new

Others, such as Parkour New Zealand, hit out at the "absurd" process which saw FIG ask national gymnastics

federations like @gymnasticsnz to vote no to stealing parkour for @gymnastics https://t.co/1IQaCocUnM— New

Zealand Parkour (@NZParkour) December 2, 2018Another noteworthy aspect to the protracted row is the

advanced into the quarter-finals of the International Hockey Federation Men’s World Cup in after they beat New

Zealand and China respectively in Bhubaneswar today.

England beat New Zealand 2-0 in the first knockout match of the competition having been drawn

close-range finish from Will Calnan, set up by Phil Roper.Stephen Jenness came close to equalising for New

Zealand on three separate occasions in the third quarter, but it was England who doubled their lead

Dixon smashed into the right post before Luke Taylor forced home the rebound.In the latter stages, New

Zealand replaced their goalkeeper for an outfield player, but England’s defence held firm to secure

Fiji beat the United States 29-15 in the final of the HSBC World Rugby Seven Series in Cape Town to secure their first title win in South Africa since 2009.

runner-up was enough to enable the US team to take overall lead in the World Series, one point ahead of New

Zealand, the defending champions in Cape Town, whom they beat 31-12 in the semi-finals.Fiji and England

the hosts 17-12 in that semi-final meeting.South Africa went on to win the bronze medal match against New

Zealand 10-5.England secured fifth place with a 14-7 win over Spain.The next stop in the World Rugby

Sevens Series is due to Hamilton in New Zealand on January 26 and 27.

Germany beat Malaysia in an eight-goal thriller today at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s World Cup in Bhrubaneswar to finish top of Pool D and advance directly into the quarter-finals.

over, the knockout phase is set to begin tomorrow with cross-over matches between England and New

Zealand and France against China.

Former rugby sevens captain and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Derek Jamie "DJ" Forbes has joined the New

Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) in a newly created role dedicated to athlete engagement and wellbeing

Each and every member of the New Zealand team must be prepared, empowered and supported as they achieve

His expertise and experience will further strengthen the leadership capability of the New Zealand Olympic

 He was part of the New Zealand team that won a Commonwealth Games gold medal at Delhi 2010 and

I have a passion for athletes, for New Zealand sport and for the development of new and engaging approaches

Zealand Team."

Fiji, Australia and the United States all won three games out of three on the opening day of the HSBC World Rugby Seven Series in Cape Town to progress to the quarter-finals unbeaten.

World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) December 8, 2018The winners of last week's series event in Dubai, New

Zealand, won against Zimbabwe 35-0 but surprisingly fell foul of Samoa 21-17 in Pool A, creating a tough

quarter-final tie against Scotland after winning against Samoa 22-12 and Zimbabwe 43-0 but then losing to New

Zealand 26-21.The quarter-finals are due take place tomorrow, alongside the semi-finals and final of

Hosts France are set to meet South Korea in Group A in the opening game of next year's FIFA Women's World Cup following today's draw in Paris.

ImagesEuropean champions The Netherlands are in Group E and will face tough fixtures against Oceania champions New

Zealand, Canada and Cameroon.The United States are scheduled to begin their World Cup title defence

Estonia's 16-year-old Kelly Sildaru got the better of Canadian Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe to win the opening International Ski Federation Women's Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe World Cup of the season in Copper Mountain.

so much, and I haven't been skiing halfpipe so much - the last time was two-and-a-half months ago in New

Zealand - so I'm pretty stoked about the result today."