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Elias stuns El Shorbagy to reach semi-finals at PSA Qatar Classic

  • Squash

Peru's Diego Elias pulled off a huge upset as he beat defending champion and world number one Mohamed El Shorbagy of Egypt to reach the semi-finals of the Professional Squash Association Qatar Classic.

German Simon Rösner for a place in the final after the fourth seed overcame seventh seed Paul Coll of New

Zealand 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 12-10 at the World Tour event.El Shorbagy was both the favourite to progress


WADA criticise "one-sided" anti-doping summit at White House

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has criticised an emergency anti-doping summit held at the White House today as one-sided and confirmed they were not invited to the meeting in any official capacity.

Sport and the leaders of National Anti-Doping Organisations from Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New

Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom were among others present at the summit.

Executive Committee members in Helleland, even though she was not there as a WADA representative, New


New Zealand Olympic Committee endorses IOC Athletes' Rights and Responsibilities Declaration

  • ANOC News

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has endorsed the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes

was formally adopted by the IOC at their Session in Buenos Aires earlier this month ©IOCThe chair of New

Athlete welfare and integrity are significant priorities for New Zealand sport right now."

We have asked the New Zealand Olympic Committee to adopt the guiding principles in the declaration and

The New Zealand Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission has been active for 25 years and we welcome their


ITU announce new Athletes' Committee members

  • Triathlon

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has revealed its newly elected Athletes' Committee, featuring five men and five women from eight different countries.

will work as liaisons between the athletes, ITU staff and the governing body's Executive Board.The new

will then take a seat on the Board.Among the newcomers to the Committee is Olympian Tony Dodds from New

Zealand."


Kiwi weightlifters threatened with bans of up to two years if they attend training clinics run by British drugs cheat

  • Weightlifting

Weightlifters from New Zealand have been warned they could face a suspension of up to two years

Zealand news website Stuff reports that Webster has made a living holding weightlifting coaching

Zealand next month, with tickets, advertised at a price of NZD$250 (£128/$164/€144), on sale for seminars

Zealand has sent out a notice to all its members threatening athletes of all levels that they could

Zealand (DFSNZ), which was attached to the notice.New Zealand's weightlifters have been strongly advised

Zealand in December 2018 offering coaching seminars," the letter, signed by DFSNZ's testing and investigations


German men's eight team nominated again at World Rowing Awards

  • Rowing

Germany's men's eight rowing team could be set to win the men's crew of the year prize for the second successive year after being nominated for the 2018 World Rowing Awards.

National Schools Regatta is nominated for their "Pushing for a Clean Sweep" initiative, while Rowing New

Zealand are in contention for their partnership with Waikato Water Authority.A "Love Where you Row"


NADOs urge WADA rethink on governance reforms and back athlete proposals at emergency summit

  • Olympics

Leaders of 18 National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) have called for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to rethink their governance reforms and adopt alternative proposals.

Agency.The NADOs of Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, The Netherlands, New

Zealand, Singapore and Poland were among those present at the summit.They were joined by Sport Ireland

independent funding" from the IOC and IFs was called for and Government funding would also be supported by new

proposed adding two "independent" members to the 12-person Executive Committee, who will be vetted by a new

representatives are selected".An "open discussion" should then be held to "determine at which existing and/or new


Australia officially launch bid for 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

  • Football

Football Federation Australia (FFA) has today officially launched its bid to bring the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup to the country.

the commercial value of football in Australia and globally, and elevate the FIFA Women’s World Cup to new

procedure for the 2023 event, but it is expected a host will be announced next year.Colombia, Japan, New

Zealand, South Africa and Thailand are among the other countries to have expressed an interest.



Glaetzer wins tight men's sprint final as UCI Track World Cup in Milton concludes

  • Cycling

Australia's Matthew Glaetzer earned the men's individual sprint gold as the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup in Milton concluded.

set to host the third round next month, followed by an event in London during December.Cambridge in New

Zealand and Hong Kong will host the final World Cups in January.


Defending champion Elshorbagy wins first game of PSA Qatar Classic

  • Squash

Defending champion Mohamed Elshorbagy of Egypt won his first game of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Qatar Classic in Doha, against Tsz Fung Yip of Hong Kong.

at the PSA Qatar Classic in Doha ©Qatar ClassicThe third round three fixture will see Paul Coll of New

Zealand take on Borja Golan of Spain.Coll triumphed over Cesar Salazar of Mexico 13-15, 11-7, 11-6,


New Zealand narrowly beat Jamaica to win 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series title

  • Non-Olympic Sports

New Zealand defeated Jamaica 34-33 in the final of the 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series in Melbourne to

The New Zealand side had lost to Jamaica 23-22 earlier in the day, but their results from the previous

, tension, but I guess we rode through that and absorbed it and were able to come out on top," said New

Zealand captain Sulu Fitzpatrick.Jamaica made it to the final after their victory over New Zealand and

 New Zealand celebrate winning the Fast5 Netball World Series after beating Jamaica 34-33 at Melbourne


New Zealand unbeaten on first day of Fast5 Netball World Series

  • Non-Olympic Sports

New Zealand won all three of their games against England, South Africa and Australia on the first

Getty ImagesEngland suffered three defeats, losing to Malawi 27-26 and South Africa 28-25 as well as to New

Zealand.

 Tomorrow's action will see Malawi play South Africa, Australia meet England, New Zealand come up

against Jamaica and Australia play South Africa.These fixtures will then be followed by New Zealand


United States win last gold medal of Invictus Games

  • Paralympics

The United States beat The Netherlands to win gold in the wheelchair basketball final on the last day of action at the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney. 

Kingdom 41-33 in the semi-finals to progress to the gold medal match, while The Netherlands won against New

Zealand 26-12.

29-17 to get gold at the Quaycentre.In the bronze medal match, the United Kingdom dominated against New

Zealand, winning 32-6.

the event's Closing Ceremony ©Getty ImagesParticipants were awarded with a commemorative medal, with New


Britain and Denmark secure team pursuit honours at UCI Track World Cup in Milton

  • Cycling

Britain and Denmark triumphed in the team pursuit finals on the opening day of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup in Milton.

European Championships final, the British team achieved a time of 4min 18.138sec to take victory again.New Zealand

consisted of three Dutch sprinters.Britain secured the bronze medal as they overcame the challenge of New