Hosts and reigning champions New Zealand are set to meet rivals Australia on the opening day of next

pic.twitter.com/CoGkPzJ34w— Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) May 27, 2021New Zealand, Australia, Wales

former champions England, and an exhilarating trans-Tasman rivalry between old foes, New Zealand and Australia

Men's top seeds Mongolia were one of six teams to win both their matches as the first-ever Olympic 3x3 basketball qualifier got underway in Graz.

men's-best 22 points today.Mai Yamamoto scored 23 as the Japanese women made a brilliant start, overcoming Australia

pic.twitter.com/sGae1s6w5Y— FIBA3x3 (@FIBA3x3) May 26, 2021Japan are top of Pool B, with Ukraine - who lost to Australia

medals on the latest leg of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour at Rottnest Island in Western Australia

Wheelchair Rugby Australia (WRA) has announced Kayo Sports as the official streaming partner of its 2021

exposure will make to our athletes, state programmes and the broader disability sports community in Australia

We are really excited to be partnering with Wheelchair Rugby Australia to help showcase the incredible

Australia are the reigning Paralympic champions in wheelchair rugby, having won back-to-back golds at

More than half of the cases logged by the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation (GEF) related to safeguarding issues, it has been confirmed.

FIG Council meeting, the GEF provided an overview of the various independent reviews carried out in Australia

Marjorie Jackson-Nelson is one of three new life members who have been appointed by Commonwealth Games Australia

manager at Auckland 1990 and athlete liaison at Kuala Lumpur 1998.Jackson-Nelson is a member of the Sport Australia

also a member of the World Athletics Hall of Fame and, away from sport, served as Governor of South Australia

Without their contributions and service to the Commonwealth Sport Movement, Commonwealth Games Australia

Australia's skateboarders were forced to miss the weekend's Dew Tour event in Des Moines, which offered Olympic qualification points, after members of the team tested positive for COVID-19.

Skate Australia has said those with COVID-19 are being monitored daily and are now isolated from other

this in the same ABC report by stating everyone "had one injection or vaccination prior to leaving".Australia

Wildcard Liam O’Brien continued his superb run at the World Surf League Championship Tour event in Rottnest Island after booking his place in the semi-finals.

11.43 to advance to the semi-finals where she will come up against Sally Fitzgibbons.Fitzgibbons of Australia

The announcement last week of the death of Lee Evans, the 1968 Olympic 400 metres gold medallist, re-focused attention on the athlete protests - by him and several United States team mates - that marked those Games in Mexico.

podium, including Australian silver medallist Peter Norman, who had been a critic of the former White Australia

The Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee (PNGOC) has insisted history-making weightlifter Dika Toua remains in its Olympic plans and has offered the athlete support, after a complaint was made to the police about her.

rubbished a claim that an arrest warrant had been issued for Toua, who is currently in quarantine in Australia

to the Australian police to make an arrest or even contemplate extradition," Wardley told ABC Radio Australia

Jeremy Edwards has been appointed to the new position of chief of operations at the Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation (APRLC), following three years as the International Rugby League's (IRL) general manager for the southern hemisphere.

represents seven of the 16 teams due to play in the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England, with these being Australia

Edwards added that the APRLC will continue to work closely with the National Rugby League in Australia

Russia’s Anastasiia Chursina earned victory on the second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos after moving clear from a breakaway group.

of the standings.New Zealand’s Niamh Fisher-Black is second, while overnight leader Grace Brown of Australia

Belgium, Italy and Switzerland claimed the top three spots at the first ever World Triathlon Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event in Portuguese capital Lisbon to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

the remaining quota places available with silver and bronze respectively.The trio will join France, Australia

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee has approved a technical document for the use of dried blood spot (DBS) testing, with the hope the method could routinely be used by the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Testing Agency and NADOs in Australia

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Final Qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been moved from Taiwan to Mexico due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Chinese Taipei, Australia and The Netherlands - ranked fourth, sixth and ninth in the world respectively