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South Korea top trios qualification to progress to semi-finals at Men's World Tenpin Bowling Championships

  • Non-Olympic Sports

South Korea scored highly on the second day of trios qualification to top the leaderboard and progress to the semi-finals of the event at the Men's World Tenpin Bowling Championships in Hong Kong.

Sports.It will be shown in countries such as China, Indonesia, Singapore, Mongolia, Thailand, Vietnam, New

Zealand, The Netherlands, Canada and the United States, and also broadcast on the Olympic Channel."


Hosts France lose opening game of European Women's Handball Championships

  • Handball

France narrowly lose to Olympic champions Russia in the opening game of the European Women's Handball Championships in front of a home crowd. 

tomorrow in the Japanese city of Kumamoto.Hosts Japan are in Group A with Kazakhstan, Iran, Australia and New

Zealand, while defending champions South Korea will compete in Group B alongside China, Hong Kong, Singapore


Olympic champions Argentina beat Spain in thriller at Men's Hockey World Cup

  • Hockey

Olympic champions Argentina and New Zealand each won their first matches today at the International Hockey

The Olympic gold medallists from Rio 2016 triumphed in a thriller against Spain 4-3, while New Zealand

forward Lucas Vila said he was pleased with the win but acknowledged there was room for improvement.New Zealand


New Zealand on track for fifth successive World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series title

  • Rugby Sevens

New Zealand won all three of their games on the opening day of the second stage of the HSBC World Rugby

New Zealand won their first game at the Sevens Stadiums in Dubai with ease, beating Kenya 34-7.

 New Zealand won the first stage of the World Series in Colorado last month, and are now unbeaten

Samoa, Argentina and Zimbabwe in Pool A, while Pool B sees Fiji meet Scotland, France and Kenya.New Zealand

It’s always an exciting time being in Dubai, about to start a new World Series," New Zealand captain


Spain, Japan, Denmark and France named future World Championship hosts as BWF awards major events for 2019 to 2025

  • Badminton

Spain, Japan, Denmark and France have all been awarded future editions of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships with the international governing body having unveiled a total of 18 hosts for upcoming major events for the next seven years.

BWF World Junior Championships have also been awarded, going to Kazan in Russia in 2019, Auckland in New

Zealand in 2020, a Chinese city in 2021, a Spanish city in 2022 and Honolulu in Hawaii in

targets to broaden its development initiatives and create a strategic position for the sport around new

We’d like to thank all parties involved in this process and look forward to venturing to new locations

The process that BWF went through with all hosts has been a very productive and new experience but also


ISA World SUP and Paddleboard Championship set to move to Shenzhou Peninsula for sprint, distance and relay races

  • Surfing

The International Surfing Association (ISA) World Stand-Up Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship is set to move from Riyue Bay to the shores of Shenzhou Peninsula tomorrow for the last three days of competition in Wanning in China. 

with 16,364 points.They are closely followed by Australia with 16,293 points, while France, Spain and New

Zealand find themselves in a close battle for third on 14,567, 14,559 and 14,556 respectively.The SUP

We are proud to crown the first SUP world champions in Asia and continue taking SUP’s growth to new corners


Spain and Mexico reach FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup final

  • Football

Spain and Mexico will contest the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup final after both nations came through their last four clashes in Uruguay today.

The Spanish defeated New Zealand 2-0 and Mexico edged Canada 1-0 as both semi-finals took place at the

 Neither winning side has won the tournament before so a new name is guaranteed on the trophy.Spain


China's new snowboard coach targeting big air medal at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

The new coach of China’s snowboard big air and slopestyle technique national team is targeting a podium

three halfpipe Olympic titles at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010 respectively.He then went onto help New

Zealand end their 26-year medal drought at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, with Zoi Sadowski-Synnott

slopestyle bronze medalist Mark McMorris was among a group of elite boarders invited to help launch the new


Hosts India get off to winning start at men's Hockey World Cup

  • Hockey

Hosts India got off to a winning start today as the 2018 International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s World Cup began in Bhubaneswar.

due to continue tomorrow with Pool A action featuring the 2016 Olympic champions Argentina, Spain, New

Zealand and France.


New Zealand's Fisher retires from high-performance Para-swimming

  • Swimming News

Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Mary Fisher has today announced her retirement from the sport of swimming to focus on further adventures.

My dream goal as a nine-year-old was to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics," Fisher said."

Zealand Short Course Championships, was a key member of the New Zealand team that produced performances

Palmerston North enabled her to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree supported by a High Performance Sport New

Zealand Prime Minister’s Scholarship.Fisher is currently undertaking postgraduate psychology papers

Zealand, said."


Australia's women looking for strong performance as Rugby Sevens World Series heads to Dubai

  • Rugby Sevens

The second stage of this season's HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens World Series is due to begin in Dubai tomorrow, with Olympic champions Australia looking to bounce back from a fifth-place finish last time out in Colorado.

In the season opening tournament in Glendale, it was New Zealand who took the win, beating the hosts

 "In saying that it was a really good lesson for us to build as a team, form a few new combinations

New Zealand won the opening World Rugby Women’s Sevens World Series event in Glendale ©World RugbyDu

who knocked them out in Glendale.It is the second tournament of six on the World Series calendar.New Zealand


Fiji and New Zealand through to OFC Women's Nations Cup final

  • Football

Fiji will face New Zealand in their first-ever Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Women’s Nations Cup

final on Saturday (December 1) after beating Papua New Guinea 5-1 at the Stade de la Roche in Maré today

Five-time champions New Zealand dominated the other-semi-final, thrashing tournament hosts New Caledonia

New Zealand did not allow New Caledonia to settle into the other semi-final clash with veteran midfielder

Zealand managed to register in the second-half."

I’m delighted again, especially from the way we started," New Zealand coach Tom Sermanni said."

The final will be preceded by the third-place play-off between Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia.Both


Spanish lawyer appointed chairman of ANOC Ethics Commission as members question lack of gender equality

  • ANOC News

Spanish lawyer José Pintó Sala has been appointed chairman of the newly-created Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Ethics Commission but concerns were raised over the lack of gender equality and the election process by some of the delegates at the General Assembly here today.

as the head of the Commission during the gathering of the 206 National Olympic Committees.Papua New

taekwondo at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona when the sport was a demonstration event, are the other new

Assembly, with the Commission due to officially come into effect on Saturday (December 1),Delegates from New

Zealand and Finland were among those to criticise the lack of gender parity on the Commission, which

Athletes Commission chair been a man, it is possible all seven would have come from the same gender.New Zealand


South Africa and Nigeria reach final of Women’s Africa Cup of Nations

  • Football

South Africa and Nigeria will contest the final in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday (December 1) after beating Mali and Cameroon respectively in today’s semi-finals in Ghana.

contest tomorrow's semi-finals at the Oceania Football Confederation Women’s Nations Cup being held in New

Caledonia.Papua New Guinea will play Fiji, while the hosts face New Zealand.


Mexico and Canada complete semi-final line-up at FIFA Under-17 World Cup

  • Football

Mexico and Canada completed the semi-final line-up at the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup as both came through their quarter-final ties in Uruguay.

due to place on Wednesday (November 28) at the Estadio Charrúa.Canada and Mexico will meet with New

Zealand playing Spain.A new name on the trophy is guaranteed.