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Fiji aiming for fourth straight win as World Rugby Sevens Series heads to London

  • Rugby Sevens

Olympic champions Fiji will aim for a fourth consecutive victory on the World Rugby Sevens Series circuit when London hosts the penultimate event of the season this weekend.

Stadium, which begins tomorrow and concludes on Sunday (June 3).The top four teams - Fiji, South Africa, New

Zealand and Australia - are separated by just 37 points.The destination of the overall title is likely

 Fiji have been placed in Pool A along with New Zealand, Argentina and Scotland, who have won the

capital.Fiji will be aiming to secure their fourth consecutive victory in London ©Getty Images"We're a new


South Africa overcome tough Georgia challenge to open World Rugby Under-20 Championship

  • Rugby Sevens

South Africa overcame a half-time deficit to beat Georgia 33-27 to open the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in France.

Getty ImagesAustralia suffered a 26-21 defeat to Wales in Béziers in Group A while defending champions New

Zealand thrashed Japan 67-0 in Narbonne.The 2018 World Rugby Under-20 Championship will take place across




Alan Hubbard: How drugs-infested rugby has become a dirty word in British sport

  • Inside the Blogs

A recent headline in the Sunday Times informed us: "Rugby has soared to the top of the doping charts".

Olympic sport and doping is acknowledged to be endemic among most major rugby-playing nations, not least New

Zealand, Australia, France and Wales.While it is true that comparatively few big-name international


Tickets for 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup go on sale

  • Hockey

Tickets for preliminary round matches and quarter-finals at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar have gone on sale.

China.Reigning Olympic gold medallists Argentina will contest Pool A and face matches against Spain, New

Zealand and France.Pool D features Olympic bronze medallists Germany, 2014 World Cup runners-up The


Germany enjoy K4 success as Fuksa wins again at ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup

  • Canoeing

Germany claimed victory in the new Olympic K4 500 metres men's event on the final day of the International

New Zealand had slumped to a disappointing third in the corresponding women's event at the World Championships

Brendel was awarded third in 1:47.979.Carrington and Fisher also won the women's K2 200m today for New

Zealand in 37.251.They beat Karolina Markiewicz and Helena Wisniewska of Poland, second in 38.028, and


Schurter wins photo finish after thrilling cross-country sprint at Mountain Bike World Cup

  • Cycling

Nino Schurter won a stunning sprint finish over Anton Cooper today to continue his dominant streak at the third International Cycling Union Mountain Bike World Cup in Nové Město.

Swiss reigning world and Olympic champion entered the Nové Město Stadium locked alongside his New

Zealand rival in the men's cross-country race today and both crossed the line in 1 hour 21min 31sec


Squash line-up for Buenos Aires 2018 confirmed

  • Buenos Aires 2018

Thirty-six players have been selected for squash's appearance as a "showcase" sport at the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

Anguiano Gomez from Mexico, Fleur Maas from The Netherlands, Matthew Lucente and Kaitlyn Watts from New

Zealand, Lujan Palacios from Paraguay, Rafael Gálvez from Peru, Georgia Adderley from Scotland and Ambre


ICC confirm schedule for Women's World Twenty20 qualifier

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Defending champions Ireland will take on Thailand in the opening match of the Women's World Twenty20 qualifier after the schedule for the tournament in The Netherlands was unveiled by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Scotland and Uganda in Group B.Group A includes Bangladesh, the highest-ranked team at the event, Papua New

 "New conditions and different oppositions provide great exposure for participating teams, and with

the event in The Netherlands will join the hosts and defending champions, Australia, England, India, New

Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.


Tongan Government sued after 2019 Pacific Games withdrawal

  • Samoa 2019

Legal action has been launched by the Pacific Games Council (PGC) and the Tonga Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee (TASANOC) against the country's Government after the nation withdrew from hosting the 2019 Pacific Games.

the Supreme Court ©Getty ImagesThe event was then awarded to Samoa in September.Minogue told Radio New

Zealand that the PGC were seeking damages for the losses that the organisation has suffered "as a result


France and Argentina women to meet in first game of FIBA 3x3 World Cup

  • Basketball

A full schedule has been announced for the International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup taking place in The Philippines from June 8 to 12.

or female teams from the Philippines.Defending men's champions Serbia join The Netherlands, Romania, New

Zealand and Kyrgyzstan in Pool A.Serbia won the men's World Cup event last year ©Getty ImagesSlovenia


Schurter and Neff seeking another Swiss double at Mountain Bike World Cup

  • Cycling

Swiss duo Nino Schurter and Jolanda Neff are leading the entries at the third International Cycling Union Mountain Bike World Cup of the season taking place in Nové Město from tomorrow.

country events in recent years.He began the World Cup series with a surprise defeat to Sam Gaze of New

Zealand in the opening leg in Stellenbosch in March before bouncing back with a victory last week in


New Zealand select Buenos Aires 2018 triathletes

  • Buenos Aires 2018

New Zealand have selected two triathletes for this year's Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.

have been chosen after impressing at the Oceania Youth Olympic Games qualification event, which New

Zealand hosted in New Plymouth.McCullough won the event with Roderick second."

Both Brea and Dylan have shown significant improvements over the New Zealand summer to cement their nominations

to represent New Zealand," said Triathlon New Zealand high performance director Mark Elliott.Dylan McCullough

Zealand Youth Olympic Games team with distinction at this event."


Gold Coast 2018 equipment to be gifted across Queensland

  • Gold Coast 2018

Millions of dollars worth of Gold Coast 2018 equipment will be given to local sporting clubs, schools, councils and community organisations in Queensland as part of Commonwealth Games legacy plans.

The cost of purchasing new or second-hand equipment would be a real struggle for many of these groups

programme ©Getty ImagesCommonwealth Games Minister Kate Jones added that she hoped the idea would inspire a new

The hockey nets that our brilliant Kookaburras used in their gold medal match with New Zealand will be