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Six countries strike gold at UCI Track Cycling World Cup in France

  • Cycling

Six different countries won the six titles on offer on day one of the Track Cycling World Cup in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France.

Gazprom-Rusvelo, in 32.820.They beat Australia, who timed in at 32.821, in the gold medal ride.Ukraine beat New

Zealand for the bronze medal.The men's team pursuit was won by Denmark who beat Britain in the final

defeated the Huub Wattbike Test Team for bronze.Australia won the women's team pursuit, beating rivals New

Zealand in the final.Bronze was clinched by Italy who defeated Germany.More medals will be decided tomorrow


Denver set to host first round of World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

  • Rugby Sevens

The new World Rugby Women's Sevens Series campaign kicks off in the United States tomorrow with 12 teams

face Russia, Spain and Mexico.The hosts are in Pool B alongside Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 winners New

Zealand, England and China.Pool C contains France and Canada, who finished third and fourth respectively


New Zealand Football President steps down over women's team bullying scandal

  • Football

New Zealand Football (NZF) President Deryck Shaw has resigned in the wake of a damning review released

 As reported by Radio New Zealand, he has since spoken to several football stakeholders, some of

Zealand."

An independent panel concluded that players on New Zealand's women's football team had been "bullied

still personally committed around the findings of the review and the ongoing journey of football in New

Zealand."


ICF Ocean Racing World Cup season to continue in Quiberon

  • Canoeing

Quiberon in France is set to host an International Canoe Federation (ICF) Ocean Racing World Cup this weekend with action beginning tomorrow.

features athletes from canoe sprint and canoe marathon.The 2015 women’s world champion Teneale Hatton of New

Zealand is also a double world champion in canoe sprint.


Turkey join playoff race at World Mixed Curling Championship

  • Curling

Turkey beat England in dramatic fashion today to qualify for the playoffs from Group A at the World Mixed Curling Championship in Kelowna in Canada.

respectively.Norway then played in the late afternoon game, losing for the first time this week against New

Zealand, 6-8, and giving their opponents a first win of the Championship.Slovakia sit in third place


Badminton World Federation holds workshop to help members build integrity capacity

  • Badminton

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has held a two-day workshop in Kuala Lumpur as part of work with its membership to strengthen national integrity programmes.

following the BWF meeting.The one-day gathering is part of ongoing efforts to help countries address the new

supposedly easier opponents in the next round.Additionally, a match-fixing attempt was thwarted at the BWF New

Zealand Open last year.


Voting open for 2018 Rolex World Sailor of the Year award

  • Sailing

Public voting has opened for World Sailing's 2018 Rolex Sailor of the Year awards, the governing body's principle annual prizes.

open until October 29, the day before the awards ceremony.Last year's winners were Peter Burling from New

Zealand, who was helmsman of the 2017 America's Cup winning crew, and Marit Bouwmeester from The Netherlands



New Zealand's Prime Minister announces equal grants for Paralympians

  • Paralympics

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that the country's performance enhancement

I'm delighted to announce that High Performance Sport New Zealand has confirmed parity of Government-funded

New Zealand's most decorated Paralympian Sarah Pascoe is likely to benefit from the news ©IPCThe news

equally through direct financial grants to enable them to train full-time.Chief executive of Paralympics New

Zealand Fiona Allan said the announcement is further proof of how Para-athletes are valued."

differently about disability," she said.At a recent gala dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of New


Australia dominate on final day of Oceania Track Cycling Championships

  • Cycling

Australia's Macey Stewart retained her madison title on the final day of action at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Adelaide.

Zealand who performed the strongest.In winning the women's madison for the second time in a row, Stewart

Zealand's Aaron Wylie and defending champion Tom Sexton.Once again Australia and New Zealand shared

won his second title of the week and his fourth in the event.Silver and bronze went to Australia and New

Zealand once again, with the 2015 champion Jacob Schmid finishing second and Sam Dakin for the kiwis

countries.Morton took the gold having set a Championship record of 10.593sec in the heats.She beat New


Australians Glaetzer and Morton among winners on day three of Oceania Track Cycling Championships

  • Cycling

Commonwealth Games gold medallists Matthew Glaetzer and Stephanie Morton delighted the home crowd with winning performances on the penultimate day of the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Adelaide in Australia.

Adelaide Super-Drome.He had earlier set a blistering time of 9.725sec to top qualifying before dispatching New

Jackson Ogle in the eighth final.Glaetzer then proved too quick for defending champion Sam Webster of New

Zealand, the only other rider to stand on the top step of the podium in the last eight Championships

PhotographyThe 27-year-old put several bike lengths in to the field as she crossed the line ahead of New

Zealand's rising star Olivia Podmore, the under-19 champion from 2014.New Zealand’s Natasha Hansen,


World Mixed Curling Championships poised to begin in Canada

  • Curling

The World Mixed Curling Championships are set to get underway in Kelowna in Canada tomorrow with 35 nations competing.

October 11, 2018Finally, the nations in Group D are hosts Canada, Austria, Hungary, Japan, Norway, New

Zealand, Slovenia and Slovakia.The Championships are an open entry event for all World Curling Federation


Great Britain to play final FIH Pro League matches at Twickenham Stoop

  • Hockey

Great Britain Hockey have agreed terms with the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and Harlequins Rugby Club to stage their final FIH Pro League matches at Twickenham Stoop.

unprecedented" demand for tickets to see the men's and women's national sides in their final matches against New

Zealand, which has seen the games moved to a larger arena.Twelve of Britain's 16 home fixtures for next

London, which has a capacity of up to 7,500.Twickenham Stoop, home to Harlequins, seats 14,800 and new

Stoop demonstrates the innovative and ambitious thinking our National Associations are investing in the new


Two golds for Welsford as Australia dominate once more at Oceania Track Cycling Championships

  • Cycling

Australia were again the dominant force on day two of the Oceania Track Cycling Championships at the Adelaide Super-Drome.

also included Annette Edmondson in second and Georgia Baker in third.Ellesse Andrews, meanwhile, put New

Zealand back on the top step of the podium as she claimed a maiden elite title by winning the individual

cool conditions.She beat out Australia’s Maeve Plouffe, the runner-up in 3:41.993.Third place went to New

s 500 metres event and the aforementioned Scott take the men's 1km crown, ending the winning run of New

 McCulloch stopped the clock for two laps of the track in 34.075 with New Zealand's Emma Cumming


Historic semi-finals set for Professional Squash Association US Open

  • Squash

Wales and Germany will be represented for the first time in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) US Open semi-finals after Tesni Evans and Simon Rösner made it through respectively at Philadelphia's Drexel University.

men's semi-finals will also take place on October 12 with Mohamed Elshorbagy of Egypt and Paul Coll of New

Zealand fighting it out for the other final spot.