The German men's team is seeking to take a belated step up on the podium at the Canoe Polo World Championships starting in the Canadian city of Welland tomorrow, having earned five silver medals in the competition since it began in 1994.

once again expected to be contenders this week in the International Canoe Federation (ICF) event.New Zealand

starting with the World Championships in Canada.The arrangement will help the development of canoe polo in new

The United States finished on a high at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Poland as its men's eight won the last race of the regatta to bring their total of golds over two days of finals to five.

The new Greek double sculls pairing of Ioannis Kalandaridis and Christos Stergiakas had ideal preparation

from fastest-finishing Italy, who had half of the 2017 gold medal-winning crew in Gabriel Soares, with new

four with something to spare, but the race for silver was incredibly close, and Britain won it over New

Zealand.

Chinese Taipei began their pursuit of a ninth Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship title with a commanding victory as they thrashed South Korea on the opening day of the tournament in Saitama.

match of the tournament but was rescheduled because of Macau's late arrival.In Pool B, Japan edged New

Zealand 10-9 in a thrilling contest, while Hong Kong dispatched Indonesia 25-3.Japan beat New Zealand

Egypt won the team competition at the World Squash Federation (WSF) World Junior Championships in Chennai for a record equalling sixth time by beating England 3-0 in the final today.

seventh place by beating Muhammed Farhan Hashmi, 11-4, 11-8, 11-6.Switzerland took ninth place by beating New

Zealand 2-1, hosts India finished 11th thanks to a 2-1 win over Argentina and Colombia beat Australia

Australia won the final Triathlon World Series mixed relay race of the season in Edmonton in Canada to take the overall title in front of France in second.

of 1:19.54.United States came second, finishing just two seconds behind the winners in 1:19:3, and New

Zealand were third in 1:19:39.The mixed relay format is making its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games

collapsing at the end.At this point the eventual winners Australia were in the chasing pack alongside New

Zealand, Canada, Belgium and the US, but by the end of the third leg all of Britain, New Zealand, Belgium

directly to the quarter-finals of the Women's Hockey Cup in London, despite being held to a 1-1 draw by New

Zealand in a repeat of the Commonwealth Games final.

New Zealand, who beat their arch rivals to clinch the gold medal at Gold Coast 2018 in April, opened

earned a point.The result saw Australia seal the only quarter-final berth available in the group, with New

Zealand consigned to the play-offs along with Belgium."

playoff round with a place in the quarter-finals at stake.Argentina are scheduled to face next face New

Zealand in an eagerly-anticipated clash between the Champions Trophy holders and Commonwealth Games

Croatia will defend their men’s Beach Handball World Championships title against Brazil tomorrow evening - but their counterparts in the women’s tournament, Spain, suffered defeat in their semi-final today at the hands of an inspired Greek team.

quarter-final match.Denmark and Iran will contest men’s seventh place tomorrow, while 2-0 victories over New

Zealand and the United States earned Qatar a place in the ninth place play-off, where they will face

Two teenagers will become the first athletes from New Zealand to compete in archery and karate at the

I'm pretty amped and really excited to represent New Zealand at the Youth Olympic Games," said Jefferies

are often trialled at youth level before they debut at the Summer or Winter Olympic Games and New Zealand

“We look forward to working with New Zealand karate athletes into the future and congratulate Raukawa

Karen Moffatt-McLeod from Archery New Zealand has publicly congratulated Jones on her achievement."

 "She will represent New Zealand extremely well at the Youth Olympic Games."

The United States won four golds on the first day of finals at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Poznan in Poland – with two coming in women’s boat classes introduced this year.

The new boat classes, introduced as part of the gender equality rulings that have been introduced at

The US crew of Sarah Maietta and Caroline O’Brien in the second new women’s category, the lightweight

US maintained the gold standard in the men’s coxed four after a monumental struggle with Italy and New

Zealand and Germany contesting bronze.The Italians went to 41, but still made no impact on the leaders

, and New Zealand, who had made the final through repechage, took silver at the last, also rating at

Canada's Katie Vincent and Sophia Jensen each won their second individual gold medals of the competition at the International Canoe Federation Under-23 and Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships in Bulgaria today. 

It’s always a new game every weekend, so to come out and execute the plan the way I wanted to and go

upset of the day came in the women’s under-23 K1 200m, where the defending champion Aimee Fisher from New

Zealand could finish only seventh.Anna Lucz from Hungary took gold instead."

Number one seeds and strong favourites Egypt have thrashed the Czech Republic without losing a set, to make the final of the team competition for the eighth consecutive time, at the World Squash Federation (WSF) World Junior Championships in Chennai.

knocked out yesterday and Malaysia won that match 2-0.Also on today Switzerland beat Argentina 2-1, New

Zealand beat the hosts India by the same score line, Colombia beat Ireland 2-1 and Australia beat Germany

Defending champions Croatia maintained their 100 per cent record at the Beach Handball World Championships in the Russian city of Kazan as they inflicted a first defeat on Spain to confirm they will meet Denmark in the men's quarter-finals.

States defeated Australia 2-0 to finish top.Australia finished second ahead of Argentina, who defeated New

Zealand 2-0.Meanwhile in the women’s competition, defending champions Spain maintained their perfect

The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) has welcomed a Government commitment which will double the funding for sport.

We have seen what competitor nations like New Zealand, Denmark or The Netherlands have achieved with

Tributes have poured in from across sport and beyond after British snowboarder Ellie Soutter died on her 18th birthday.

in Beijing.She was recently selected to represent her country at the Junior World Championships in New

Zealand, which begin next month.Big love to Ellie Soutter's family and friends.

Romanian and Russian crews progressed to the women’s four final at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Poznan.

The Romanian team were forced to battle hard against British and New Zealand crews in their heat, with

Milena Viana clinched top two places in the second heat, while Emily Kallfelz of the United States and New