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Tickets for 2019 Netball World Cup go on sale

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Tickets for next year's International Netball Federation World Cup in Liverpool have gone on sale.

 Group A consists of Australia, Northern Ireland, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, while New Zealand, Malawi


Triathlon action returns to Asia for ITU World Cup in Weihai

  • Triathlon

Chinese city Weihai is set to be the setting for the 12th stop of the 2018 International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup season this weekend with both the men’s and women’s races filled with big-name talent.

no stranger to the ITU World Cup podium, where she will be keen to return for the first time since New

Plymouth in New Zealand back in March.The United States' Taylor Spivey is considered the one to beat


RUSADA reinstated by WADA Executive Committee

  • News

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee has defied the outcry from athletes and other organisations by comfortably voting 9-2 in favour of the reinstatement of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) at a meeting in the Seychelles today.

Sports Minister and WADA Presidential candidate Witold Bańka.WADA vice-president Linda Helleland and New

Zealand representative Clayton Cosgrove were the only two to vote against.It brings an end to RUSADA's


Australia beat England in repeat of Commonwealth Games final at Netball Quad Series

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Australia got partial revenge for their defeat to England in the Commonwealth Games final with a hard-fought victory over their arch-rivals at the Netball Quad Series.

medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in th Gold Coast in April.In the other match played today, hosts New

Zealand thrashed South Africa 61-37 at the ASB Baypark Stadium in Tauranga.England made a promising

to claim victory in Newcastle ©Getty Images"It’s about establishing our way of playing, we’ve got a new

We've got so many new combinations going on and I think we've done all right."

Zealand and England play South Africa.


Britain celebrate team and individual eventing titles at World Equestrian Games

  • Equestrian

Britain celebrated team and individual eventing titles as the World Equestrian Games in Tryon resumed.

Olympic qualification spots at Tokyo 2020 due to their performances, along with Germany, Australia and New

Zealand, who all earned places in the top seven.Japan, who finished fourth, were already assured of


Igarashi stars as Typhoon Mangkhut continues to impact ISA World Surfing Games

  • Surfing

Swell caused by Typhoon Mangkhut continued to impact day two of the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games in Tahara in Japan today, creating "non-stop action".

of 9.93 on a right-hand barrel that drew gasps from the crowd.On the women's side Paige Hareb from New

Zealand was the top performer, managing a single wave score of nine to make it comfortably into round


US women's eight back on gold standard as Ireland's Puspure wins women's single sculls at World Rowing Championships

  • Rowing

The United States women's eight, whose sequence of 11 global titles was ended last year, returned to business as usual at the World Rowing Championships in Bulgaria as another victory helped their nation earn the highest total of medals of the 28 countries involved.

all-conquering US women's eight finished one place outside the medals in a final won by Romania, with Canada and New

Zealand taking silver and bronze.In Plovdiv they returned to the top spot after a tight race in which

The US further demonstrated its women's sweep rowing dominance by winning the women's four - the new

with Lithuania's Mindaugas Griskonis sprinting through to a bronze.In the Para-rowing boat classes new

women's single sculls.In winning his fifth consecutive PR1 men's title, Erik Horrie of Australia set a new


England and Australia win opening matches at Netball Quad Series

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Commonwealth Games champions England recorded their biggest win over hosts New Zealand as the Netball

Spark Arena.The Roses won three of the four quarters on their way to a commanding triumph against a New

Zealand side desperate to bounce back from failing to finish on the podium at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth

They are a new-look team and, for us, it was just pleasing how we ground it out."

recovered in the second to claim a convincing win.South Africa will hope to bounce back when they take on New

Zealand on Wednesday.


Australian duo claim Nacra 17 gold after controversial medal race at Sailing World Cup in Tokyo

  • Sailing

Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin of Australia secured the gold medal in the Nacra 17 class following a controversial day of racing at the Sailing World Cup and Tokyo 2020 test event in Enoshima.

British team were locked on 52 points with Poland’s Lukasz Przybytek and Pawel Kolodzinsk, while New

only four points further adrift.Peters and Sterritt held their nerve to secure gold in style, with the New

Zealand pair finishing with silver and the Polish team claiming bronze.Further British success will



Schmid secures passage to lightweight sculls final at World Rowing Championships

  • Rowing

European champion Michael Schmid progressed to the final of the men’s lightweight single sculls as the World Rowing Championships continued in Bulgaria.

pair title gained additional intrigue, as defending champions Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler of New

Zealand placed second in their semi-final.The duo ended behind Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens


Paralympic gold medallist named New Zealand Para swimming development coordinator

  • Swimming News

Three-time Paralympic gold medallist Cameron Leslie has been appointed as New Zealand’s national Para

The appointment was announced by Swimming NZ in partnership with Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ).

his title at both London 2012 and Rio 2016.He will now be tasked with leading the development of a New

Zealand Para swimming strategy.Leslie will be based within SNZ and working closely with PNZ and other


Last eight line-up confirmed at WSF Women's World Team Championship

  • Squash

Top seeds Egypt breezed past Germany 3-0 as they continued their undefeated form at the World Squash Federation Women's World Team Championship in China.

also already booked their place in the next round but topped the pile after a 3-0 win over Finland.New Zealand

same score to go through as runners-up.The quarter finals will be played tomorrow.Egypt are meeting New

Zealand with England facing Canada.The US will lock horns with Hong Kong and France and Malaysia will


Top four seeds secure quarter final spots at Women's World Team Squash Championships

  • Squash

The top four seeds secured quarter final spots at the Women's World Team Squash Championships in Dalian, China.

El Tayeb eventually took the victory for Egypt, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4.Second seeds England faced New

Zealand in their second day fixture.Laura Massaro also dropped her opening game, leading to a four game

three games.Sarah-Jane Perry and Alison Waters eased past Amanda Landers-Murphy and Kaitlyn Watts of New

Zealand in three games each.Perry only needed 22 minutes to see off Landers-Murphy, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7