Hosts France defeated Slovenia 30-21 at the European Women's Handball Championships to recover from their opening day loss to Russia.

 Kazakhstan beat New Zealand 51-14 at the Asian Women's Handball Championships in Kumamoto to remain

 Kazakhstan defeated New Zealand 51-14 at the Yatsushiro Gymnasium in Group A and China triumphed

tomorrow with a tie against Iran, with Hong Kong playing South Korea, India taking on Singapore and New

Zealand meeting Australia.

It is still all to play for in Pool C of the International Hockey Federation Men's World Cup after hosts India drew 2-2 with Belgium in Bhubaneswar today.

to seal a win.Tomorrow the second round of matches will go ahead in Pool A, as Spain face France and New

Zealand play the Olympic champions Argentina.

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly was in danger of being a somewhat understated affair from a news standpoint a few weeks before the annual meeting took place here in the Japanese capital.

One example came when the Finland and New Zealand NOCs highlighted the lack of gender equality on the

Commission, which features six men and one woman.It is also worth mentioning how that woman - Papua New

Guinea’s Karo Lelai - only has a place on the panel as a result of her election as the new chairperson

South Korea became the first country to qualify for the quarter-finals of the girls' team event at the International Table Tennis Federation World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Australia.

and Russia will compete tomorrow to determine who will progress from Group 1 after both teams beat New

3-2.Group 3's quarter-finalist will be either Russia or Iran with both teams triumphing 3-0 against New

Zealand today.Hosts Australia lost 3-0 to the US and 3-0 against Singapore to exit the competition and

Australia won the team relay today to claim overall victory at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Stand-Up Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championships in Wanning in China.

brought home the win in a time of 12min 33.19sec.The United States finished second in 12:45.08, while New

Zealand came home in third with a time of 12:52.63.The result means the US also claim the overall team

who, like me, have no shining medals today, these ISA Worlds are [about] much more than just finding new

It is a time to meet and greet old and new friends."

It is a time to build new bridges across cultures."

Numerous members of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) who have gathered in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku for the sport's Congress tomorrow and Monday (December 3) have received open letters from their own parkour communities imploring them not to vote for the activity to become an official FIG discipline.

Zealand, Denmark, Australia, Poland and Britain, have spoken out.The letter from the New Zealand parkour

It is of deep concern to Parkour NZ and the New Zealand parkour community, and should be of deep concern

to Gymnastics NZ and the New Zealand gymnastics community, that all of the FIG's efforts to appropriate

 "Nonetheless we welcome the opportunity for respectful collaboration with the New Zealand gymnastics

Zealand."

Jump, or if you prefer, vault back just over two years ago to the point where Bruno Grandi, the grand old man of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), was about to give way as President to one of two men.

Two new members have already been nominated and others will follow shortly."

Zealand, Denmark, Australia, Poland and Britain, have written open letters to their respective gymnastics

letter from the New Zealand parkour community to Gymanstics NZ reads: "It is our understanding that

It is of deep concern to Parkour NZ and the New Zealand parkour community, and should be of deep concern

to Gymnastics NZ and the New Zealand gymnastics community, that all of the FIG's efforts to appropriate

Spain were crowned winners of the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup as they secured a 2-1 win over Mexico in the final in Uruguay.

pic.twitter.com/VzIO8QpWhA— Selección Española Femenina de Fútbol (@SeFutbolFem) December 1, 2018New Zealand

hope with a superb long range finish in the 64th minute, but they ultimately ran out of time as New

Zealand held on.

New Zealand won the final of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Women's Nations Cup today to qualify

“I’m very happy today," New Zealand coach, Tom Sermanni, said.

Japan defeated Australia 37-18 in their second game of the Asian Women's Handball Championships in Kumamoto to continue their strong start.

The Japanese thrashed New Zealand in their opening game yesterday, and continued this dominance with

 Tomorrow will see Kazakhstan take on New Zealand and Australia meet Iran in Group A, while China

New Zealand defeated the United States 21-5 in the final of the first World Rugby Men's Sevens Series

New Zealand had won against Scotland 21-7 in the quarter-final and England 7-5 in the semis to reach

24-14 and Australia 22-17.The final was a rematch of a Pool C game from the day before, and it was New

Zealand who again emerged victorious with a comfortable win.

pic.twitter.com/3RuOiohaIf— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) December 1, 2018That result made it New

Zealand at the Dubai World Series, with the women's team winning their tournament yesterday.England

Japan thrashed New Zealand 41-5 in front of a home crowd in their opening game of the Asian Women's Handball

New Zealand defeated Canada in the final of the second stage of the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

New Zealand dominated against Russia in their quarter-final tie at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai, triumphing

 Again New Zealand were solid defensively, not conceding a point to beat the US 22-0.

Zealand dispatched their opponents 26-14.

 New Zealand perform their celebratory haka after winning the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

I feel amazing - Dubai is one of my favourite places to play," New Zealand captain Sarah Goss, named

Brazil’s Arthur Santacreu and South Africa’s Tarryn King charged to victory in the men’s and women’s stand-up paddle sprint events as action resumed today at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World SUP and Paddleboard Championship in Wanning in China.

New Zealand’s Trevor Tunnington followed with the silver medal in 53.25, while the bronze went to America's

built upon their lead in the team standings.They have a total of 15,824 points to Australia’s 15,518.New

Zealand have jumped up to third position with 13,971 points, thanks to Tunnington’s silver medal.They

The SUP sprints have been an exciting addition to the event since 2016, adding a new element of power

A new Rugby League World Cup 9s event will be staged in Sydney next year, it has been announced.

The event will feature 12 nations playing over the course of two days, October 18 and 19, at the new

of the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s at Western Sydney Stadium was attended by Adam Marshall, the New

players in the world will be on show in this unique concept over the course of two days at the brand-new

Rugby League 9’s World Cup is coming to the new Western Sydney Stadium in 2019.Massive win for sports

Zealand Test matches.The NRL has also announced that Fox Sports will be the official broadcast