Italy ended Switzerland's unbeaten run to secure a playoff position at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship 2018 in Östersund today.

were among other teams to guarantee their progression after a sixth straight victory today.They beat New

Zealand 12-4 today after other results earlier in the day ensured their progression.China, Scotland

Issues facing the sports of judo, sailing and triathlon have been cited as unsolved challenges for Tokyo 2020 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following a Project Review inspection.

the preparations, so we are getting more confident," Tokyo 2020 spokesperson Masa Takaya told Stuff New

Zealand."

A new Athletes' Commission is being formed by the International Surfing Association (ISA) as part

The ISA say that the new commission will ensure that “athletes’ opinions are heard at the highest level

international athletes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the sport.Additionally, the new

Committees Athletes' Commission Barbara Kendall, who won three Olympic sailing medals representing New

Zealand, has been appointed ex officio of the commission.South Africa's Dylan Lightfoot, Japan's Masatoshi

Ohno, Denmark's Casper Steinfath, Peru's Miguel Tudela, New Zealand's Ella Williams and Alana Nichols

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has had successful surgery on her elbow following her horrifying

The first women’s European Rowing Championships were staged on the Bosbaan course in Amsterdam in August 1954. Yet it took quite some time once he became International Rowing Federation (FISA) President in 1958 for it to occur to Thomi Keller that women’s rowing ought to be part of the major expansion in their activities he was overseeing.

colleagues were putting FISA’s house in order, preparing a restructuring designed to equip it for a new

a specialist commission in their designated area.Nineteen seventy was a year for getting this new

machinery tuned up and functioning effectively.In April, Keller and members of the new sub-commission

and 1965 European Championships, joining Gambon and Dieterle.In terms of concrete progress towards new

Zealand, who powered to victory in the eights.

New Zealand built on their triumph at the recent Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast as they overcame

Late scores from Portia Woodman and Tyla Nathan-Wong gave New Zealand a 24-12 victory over France at

Black Ferns Sevens claimed the title in the Japanese city for the second year in a row.The triumph for New

in the semi-final, the same scoreline as in the Gold Coast 2018 final.France set up a meeting with New

scored a late try in New Zealand's win over France in the final ©World RugbyAustralia were able to cap

There were some massive plays there, the girls really stepped up," New Zealand captain Sarah Goss said

Samoa overturned the world rankings as they defeated Fiji 54-43 to finish top of the Oceania Netball World Cup 2019 Regional Qualifier in Auckland - although both teams had already secured the two places for next year’s grand finale in Liverpool.

The young Samoan side, mainly comprised of players based in Australia or New Zealand, get together irregularly

New Zealand progressed to the quarter-finals with an unbeaten record as arch-rivals Australia stumbled

Fresh from their dramatic extra-time triumph at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, New Zealand

38-5 in their opening match before they beat the United States 31-12.A 38-7 triumph over France saw New

Zealand clinch their third consecutive win to qualify for tomorrow's quarter-finals with a 100 per cent

record.New Zealand, whose victory against Australia in the Gold Coast 2018 final saw them become the

An "extensive" review of the governance structure of the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) will be launched by the body in an attempt to strengthen its position as a "world leading sports organisation", it has been announced.

includes officials from all regions, as well as athlete and sport representatives, and will be led by New

Zealand-based sports lawyer Maria Clarke, who has worked extensively with the International Association

New Zealand's Kale added the review would ""go beyond matters of structures, integrity and ethical standards

New Zealand will aim to build on their dramatic Commonwealth Games gold medal triumph when the HSBC World

match-winning try in extra time to seal the first Commonwealth Games women's rugby sevens title.New Zealand

New Zealand have been drawn alongside the United States, France and Japan in Pool B.The HSBC World Rugby

World RugbyAustralia, who arrive in the Japanese city keen to banish the disappointment of losing to New

disappointed but extremely proud of the silver medal and the spectacle of women's rugby that Australia and New

Zealand were able to put on in that final was fantastic," Australia captain Shannon Parry said."

Maria Komarova and Daniil Goriachev will aim to repair the reputation of Russian curling when they compete at the World Mixed Doubles Championship in Östersund this week.

Östersund Arena.They have been drawn in Group C along with Estonia, Finland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, New

Zealand and Poland.The mixed doubles format made its Olympic debut at Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty ImagesAustralia

Fan packages for the Netball World Cup 2019 in Liverpool are now on general sale.

21 next year.There are a range of fan packages available tailored to following England, Australia, New

Zealand or other teams.There are four England fan packages, with the least expensive being the opening

next year's Netball World Cup in Liverpool to unprecedented levels ©nwc2019Packages for Australia, New

Zealand and other competing nations are specially tailored and include travel deals.Tickets for individual

successful nation in this quadrennial competition that began in 1963, with 11 titles, seven more than New

A five-member Interim Board has been established at Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) following an investigation

provide an arbitrator to have the final say on any deadlock within the decision-making process.Taekwondo New

Zealand has insisted the row has not affected its events and competitions ©TNZ"Further, the Interim

Board will be expected to produce a plan to fully normalise the organisation and hold new elections as

Samoa and the Cook Islands picked up opening victories as the Oceania Qualifier for next year’s Netball World Cup got underway in Auckland.

-41.The young Samoan team, whose players are based in two of the sport’s powerhouses, Australia and New

Zealand, took a 17-9 quarter-time lead at the HighWire Trust venue in Papakura.By half-time the lead

play the fifth team involved in these qualiifiers, Fiji,  tomorrow, while Samoa take on a Papua New

Islands started to pull away in the third quarter and led by six going into the final stanza.Papua New

Guinea cut the deficit to three but ran out of time to complete the comeback.The last time Papua New

the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Jneiro, were the dominant force in the Oceania Judo Championships in New

victory in the men’s under-60 kilograms class, defeating home judoka Gensric Skaiman n the final, with New

Caledonia’s David Put, with bronze going to Jason Koster of New Zealand.Elsewhere in the men’s events

compatriot Joe Mahit to the bronze medal.Calvin Knoester won the under-73kg category, beating Papua New

Zealand’s Emma Rouse.The under-57g class went to New Zealand’s Qona Christie, who defeated Florence

Caledonia in their first match before overcoming New Zealand in the final.The runners-up had beaten