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Miller-Uibo faces Schippers and Ta Lou as she defends IAAF Diamond League 200 metres crown in Shanghai

  • Athletics

Shaunae Miller-Uibo will start the defence of her International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League 200 metres title in Shanghai tomorrow against a field that includes the world champion, Dafne Schippers, and silver medallist Marie-Jose Ta Lou.

win against a field that includes the four-times world and double Olympic champion Valerie Adams of New

Zealand, back in action after giving birth to a daughter in October.Meanwhile Miller-Uibo’s compatriot


New Zealand aiming to take step towards overall title defence at World Rugby Women's Sevens Series event

  • Rugby Sevens

New Zealand will hope to take a huge step towards defending their overall HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens

into top spot going into the final competition of the 2017 to 2018 campaign in Paris next month.New Zealand

dramatic final to be crowned the first Commonwealth Games women's rugby sevens champions in Gold Coast.New Zealand

in saying that, it’s game by game and for us we just need to focus and get through the pool stages.”New

Zealand have been drawn to face Fiji, England and Brazil in Pool A, while Australia will take on Spain


Tokyo 2020 golf course admits first female members after criticism

  • Tokyo 2020

The course due to host golf during the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo has granted women full membership for the first time since changing its gender discriminatory policy.

manager Hiroshi Imaizumi was reported as saying by Reuters.Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist Lydia Ko of New

Zealand had been among the top names to speak out against the rules at the Tokyo 2020 golf course.Yuriko


NZOC President calls for better system to combat doping as body presents its 2017 annual report

  • ONOC

New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) President Mike Stanley has called for ongoing commitment from all

Committee (ROC) from the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.He assured the NZOC membership that New

Zealand remains a world leader in sport.Stanley also acknowledged the needs of sport around resourcing

engage more strongly with athletes and ensure they are placed at the heart of the sporting movement in New

Zealand.As part of the New Zealand's commitment to diversity and inclusion, a new inclusion policy was

Additionally, she spoke about the NZOC winning the 2015 IOC Women and Sport World Trophy as well as New


Format changes announced for 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup as host selection process begins

  • Rugby Sevens

Format changes to the Women's Rugby World Cup have today been announced, coinciding with the launch of the host selection process for the 2021 edition of the event.

welfare, the review also concluded that squad size should increase by two from 28 to 30 players.New Zealand

Ireland.Last year’s edition was the best-attended, most-viewed and most socially-engaged ever, setting new

select the host of the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup on November 14, 2018.Australia, England, France and New

Zealand, the winners of the 2017 edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup, have all expressed interest


Groups announced for WBSC Women's Softball World Championship with Tokyo 2020 spot on offer

  • Baseball and Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have revealed the groups and schedule for this year's WBSC Women's Softball World Championship, which will take place in Japanese city Chiba from August 2 to 12.

champions the United States, along with fifth and sixth seeds Chinese Taipei and Puerto Rico.Mexico, New

Zealand, The Philippines and South Africa are also in Group A alongside The Netherlands, Europe's only


Mackinnon appointed chair of independent panel reviewing New Zealand's netball performance at Gold Coast

  • Non-Olympic Sports

has been appointed chairman of a three-person independent review panel tasked with looking into New

Netball New Zealand commissioned the review after the Silver Ferns failed to win a medal for the first

Zealand board chairperson Allison Ferguson said."

Mackinnon, a former Netball New Zealand director who also serves as a director of New Zealand Cricket

Zealand international who played 64 tests for the country."

Netball is an incredibly important part of the fabric of New Zealand sport and the sport should be applauded


IAAF organise 24:1 races for Global Running Day

  • Athletics

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have announced the organisation of IAAF Run 24:1, which will see 24 one-mile runs take place around the world on June 6 as part of Global Running Day.

time, creating a simultaneous run worldwide.The first run will begin at 5pm local time in Auckland, New

Zealand, before crossing to Sydney, Australia, and the Japanese capital Tokyo.In Europe, action will

attempt to spread awareness of the initiative in the local area.Michael Capiraso, President of the New


Lane-Wright triumphs again as opening Para-cycling Road World Cup of season concludes

  • Cycling News

Britain's Crystal Lane-Wright earned victory in the women's C5 road race as the opening International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-cycling Road World Cup of the season concluded in Ostend.

Japanese athlete finished more than nine minutes clear of her nearest challenger Sarah Ellington of New

Zealand, while Australia's Yvonne Marzinke was a further three minutes down.Sweden's Anna Beck added


New Zealand select World University Futsal Championship sides

  • Universiade

New Zealand have selected their men's and women's squads for this year's World University Futsal Championship

city Almaty, the host of the 2017 Winter Universiade, between August 19 and 26.For the first time, New

Zealand Football has picked the sides.In previous years the winners of the National University Futsal

Championship have represented New Zealand at the global event.Hamish Mitchell, Luke Maynard, Luc

Lee-Nicholson, Maxine Cooper, Shivy Anthony, Dayna Manak, Ella James and Teejay Lyne-Lewis.REVIEW | New

Zealand Football (@NZ_Football) April 17, 2018"We are realistic that it will be very challenging for



Mike Rowbottom: Say it ain’t so, Asbel…

  • Inside the Blogs

Once, and only once, a long, long time ago, I met an athlete who openly confessed that he had taken drugs. Not unknowingly. Not unwittingly. Had knowingly taken drugs because he thought he needed them to be competitive.

In covering the latest claim, for instance, the New Zealand Herald headline read: "Asbel Kiprop who beat

wondered if Kiprop, who had just run through a relatively uneventful "so how are you feeling about the new


Schedule for Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco announced

  • Rugby Sevens

The match schedule for the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco in July has been announced. 

head-to-head in another first round match, with the winners advancing to a match against defending champions New

Zealand.New Zealand will also look to defend their women’s title, with all the teams entering the competition

face Spain in the first match of the tournament, while Olympic champions Australia will take on Papua New


Marwan ElShorbagy rises into top three of men's PSA world rankings

  • Squash

Marwan ElShorbagy has risen to third in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) men’s world rankings for May.

place to continue Egypt’s domination.Newly crowned Commonwealth Games gold medallist Joelle King of New

Zealand is in fourth place.Nouran Gohar of Egypt rounds off the top five.