The United States sealed the successful defence of their women's title at the Inline Hockey World Championships after coming from behind to beat Czech Republic in today's final in Asiago.

Canada 7-1.The fifth-place play-off saw Finland overcome Argentina 9-2, while there were also wins for New

Zealand in the seventh-place play-off, beating Italy 2-1, and Switzerland in the ninth-place play-off

place in the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup Sevens men’s tournament with heavyweights Fiji and New

Zealand as Australia bowed out of the competition.

campaign as they beat Japan 35-10, with their reward a meeting with Argentina, who overcame Canada 28-0.New

Zealand were also untroubled as the defending champions claimed a 29-5 success against Russia.They would

tie against Scotland, who overcame Kenya 31-26 in a battle of the eighth and ninth seeded teams.New Zealand

they beat England 19-14 in the last 16 only to suffer a 45-0 quarter-final loss to defending champions New

Zealand.New Zealand are now scheduled to face US, the home team having beaten Russia 33-17 in their

The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) has announced that the recently published revision to the ball holder rule will be rescinded for its 2018 World Championship in Sydney, and replaced by the previous rule.

the world title they won in Odense in Denmark in 2014.They will play in Pool A with Japan, Sweden, New

Zealand, Denmark and Ireland.Pool B contains the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Colombia

Organisers of the upcoming Women's Hockey World Cup in London have been criticised in India before the tournament has started after an incorrect version of the country's flag was displayed at a promotional event.

first match tomorrow - as well as Argentina and Spain.Commonwealth Games champion Australia, Japan, New

Zealand and Belgium make up Pool D.

The United States claimed three gold medals at the Youth Sailing World Championships today on home water, each with one race to spare.

radial and boys' 420 at Corpus Christi Bay in Texas.The other golds went to Great Britain, Argentina and New

Zealand in the girls' RS:X , Nacra 15 and boys' laser radial respectively.In the boys' RS:X Geronimo

The Rugby World Cup Sevens begins in San Francisco tomorrow, featuring knock-out matches from the very beginning for the first time.

captains say they hope to inspire the home crowd, saying that despite the uncertainty created by the new

Hopefully we can do well, put in a good performance so those new to rugby can get really excited about

Cup on home soil" "It's huge to have an event like this in front of a US crowd," she added.New Zealand

captain Philip Snyman said everyone will have to be at their best "from the get go" because of the new

Guinea, New Zealand v Mexico and the US v China.

New Zealand's Tim Robertson and Hungary’s Virág Weiler won the respective men's and women's sprint-distance

The United States beat New Zealand on penalty shots today to book their place in the women’s semi-finals

New Zealand lead in two of the most hotly contested fields at the Youth Sailing World Championships after

A New Zealander also leads in the boys' laser radial class.Josh Armit was ahead at the start of

Edland.Norwegians do lead in the boys' 29er, though.In that class Mathias Berthet and Alexander Franks-Penty lead New

Nacra 15 class, where Argentina's Teresa Romairone and Dante Cittadini have a 20-point cushion over New

A couple of years before the Rio 2016 Olympics I asked British Rowing's head coach Jürgen Grobler, currently seeking to extend his extraordinary record of success to the Tokyo 2020 Games that will probably - but only probably - mark his last competitive challenge, a question which evoked a strange noise.

Triggs Hodge and Pete Reed, into the four after three gallant but vain years of attempting to beat the New

We gave the New Zealand pair some good races, we tried everything we could.

rower Hugh Matheson and journalist and sport historian Chris Dodd have produced a hugely knowledgeable new

Finland battled into the quarter-final stage of the women’s Inline Hockey World Championships in Asiago today.

for their playoff success will be a meeting with Pool A winners the Czech Republic.United States and New

Zealand are set to meet in the opening quarter-final tomorrow, followed by Canada taking on host

Argentina’s Teresa Romairone and Dante Cittadini have taken a comfortable lead in the Nacra 15 open multihull class at the 48 Youth Sailing World Championships in Texas today, winning all three races on the schedule.

finishing second, first and first in today’s races.They now have the low score of 11 points and lead the New

Zealand pair of Seb Lardies and Scott Mckenzie by five.In the girls’ 420 class the reigning champions

An ice hockey player from New Zealand is set to become the first man from his country to play in the

 Ratcliffe made his New Zealand Ice Blacks debut at 17 but has spent the much of his time at the

Getty ImagesAmong Westfield State University's most notable alumni is Peter Laviolette, who played for New

earned a Division I one ice hockey scholarship as a women's goalie at St Lawrence University in upstate New

Egyptians Marwan Tarek and Rowan Reda Araby have been confirmed as top seeds as they bid to defend their men's and women's titles respectively at the World Junior Individual Squash Championships in Chennai.

The two players are favourites to repeat their success from last year's event in Tauranga in New Zealand

Czech Republic overcame defending women's champions United States to top their pool at the Inline Hockey World Championships in Asiago today.

triumph against Canada.Canada still finished second in the pool to reach the quarter-finals, while New

Zealand thrashed Australia 9-2 to come third.United States saw their unbeaten record come to an end

these playoff matches, while the United States and Canada are poised to play matches against Italy and New