Women’s Hockey World Cup organisers have been praised for a tournament in which London’s hockey centre became "’a hot cauldron every day, providing an unforgettable atmosphere for players to shine".

six team line up was planned .The host nation would be joined by West Germany, USA, Great Britain , New

Zealand and the Netherlands.But in late December 1979 came a sting in the tail.

In Great Britain and New Zealand, the respective hockey associations voted not to go to Moscow.The success

Reigning champions the United States have beaten Australia 3-1 in their first match of the playoff round at the Women’s Softball World Championships in Japan as their main rivals, the hosts, dispatched Puerto Rico 7-0.

Africa 3-0 at the Zett.A.Ball Park in Ichihara City.Back in the NASPA Stadium, Venezuela then beat New

Zealand 4-0 and, over, in Ichihara Great Britain beat the Philippines 2-1.Tomorrow the final playoff

First heats of the International University Sports Federations's World University Rowing Championships begun in in Shanghai today.

contesting in three heats.Australia, China, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, the Netherlands, New

Zealand, Switzerland, Slovakia and the United States will progressed to the final.Preliminary races

Australia’s Cormac Kennedy-Leverett has qualified fastest for the men’s single sculls final at the World Rowing Junior Championships in Račice in the Czech Republic today, with a junior world best time.

quarter-final number four and took it easily in 6min 51.450sec.Second place was taken by a rower from New

Zealand James Richard Hall, who finished eight seconds behind, while Belarus' Ivan Brynza came third.Kennedy-Leverett

and finished in 6:05.25.They are now scheduled to race teams from the home nation the Czech Republic, New

Zealand, Romania, Croatia and Serbia, in their semi-final tomorrow.Also into their respective semi-finals

More world records were set in the Tobruk Memorial Pool in Cairns on day two of the Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships.

winning another gold medal.Rivard took victory in the 100 metres frestyle S10 in 59.45 sec ahead of New

Pascoe's New Zealand tea-mate Hamish McLean continued to add to his medal haul with another gold.McLean

posted a personal best time of 1min 11.66 sec to win the men’s 100m freestyle S6.New Zealand broke a

Pendleton, Timothy Disken and Matt Levy claimed Australia’s 20th gold medal of the competition in 4:20.14.New

Zealand picked up the silver and set a national record, taking 20 seconds off the time previously set

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) director Jeremy Luke has been appointed as chairperson of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Observer team for the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.

Indonesian cities.The Independent Observer team also includes Athlete Committee member Ben Sandford of New

Zealand, Badminton World Federation legal manager Thomas Delaye-Fortin, Nishel Kumar and Say Po Yeo

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) is set to introduce rule amendments at the fourth World Men’s Youth Polo Championships in Szombathely in Hungary.

The new rules are to be introduced to the event as a test by FINA's Technical Water Polo Committee.These

years-old and under.Croatia will be looking to defend their title, beginning with their first game against New

Zealand at Tófürdő.

America's Rebecca Meyers and Canada's Aurelie Rivard broke world records on their way to victory at the Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships in Cairns.

secured gold for Canada, with Australian Jamie-Lee Getson claiming silver and Amisa Kitano the bronze.New Zealand

 "I’m just proud to represent New Zealand and bring home a medal."

well and I did that tonight," said Levy.Australia, America, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Costa Rica, India, New

Zealand, Singapore and South Africa are contesting the event, which is due to continue tomorrow.

Japan are set to face hosts Australia in the final of the Wheelchair Rugby World Championship after upsetting the United States in their last-four encounter today.

scheduled to be between Colombia and Poland after the former prevailed 61-59 in double over-time against New

Zealand and the latter defeated Ireland 49-44.New Zealand and Ireland will go up against each other

The British Ski and Snowboard National Foundation (BSSNF) have announced a record number of grants issued to athletes.

selected in the British team to attend the Freestyle Skiing and Snowboard Junior World Championships in New

Zealand later this month.The youngsters will hoping to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Billy

Olympic gold medallist Max Salminen of Sweden won the day's last race in the finn class to take a potentially decisive lead in the overall standings at the World Sailing Championships in Denmark.

the final race saw him seize control of the event, with Hungary's Zsombor Berecz and Josh Junior of New

Zealand both on 68 points."

Fenna Kalma scored twice as The Netherlands booked their place in the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup with a 4-0 win over Ghana in France.

Dutch team.The Dutch side's place in the last eight was confirmed after hosts France drew 0-0 with New

Zealand in the day's evening match.The Netherlands are top of the group with six points and cannot be

caught by third-placed New Zealand, who have one point.Full time!

Three slots on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee are among the available positions after the global organisation announced it was seeking nominations for vacant roles.

year could all be reappointed providing they are nominated.Tokyo 2020 sports director Koji Murofushi, New

Zealand skeleton competitor Ben Sandford and Czech badminton player Petr Koukal's terms on the Athlete

Ireland have climbed into the top 10 on the latest International Hockey Federation (FIH) women's world rankings as The Netherlands retained top spot following their World Cup triumph.

nbsp;Argentina have moved down to fourth, Germany are fifth and Commonwealth Games champions New

Zealand have dropped to sixth.

Fourteen Paralympic gold medallists from Rio 2016 will be among the competitors at the Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships which begin tomorrow in Australian city Cairns.

Australia will be joined by swimmers from United States, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Costa Rica, India, New

Zealand, Singapore and South Africa.Six of the Rio winners will represent the home team, including double

 "It's been two years since our team performed in Rio and we have some new faces and developed stars

With high performing athletes from USA, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand and Canada competing, the bar is set

Zealand ranks.Leslie is currently playing with the Kiwis at the ongoing Wheelchair Rugby World Championship