Australia's men's team pursuit squad broke the world record with a blistering ride on the opening night of the Commonwealth Games track cycling competition at the Anna Meares Velodrome here.

podium was completed by Canada, who saw off a Welsh team which competed in the bronze medal ride after New

Zealand were disqualified for using a bike which failed to meet International Cycling Union (UCI) regulations.Australia's

record level performance of their men’s squad, the Australian team stormed across the track to catch New

Zealand in the gold medal ride.Both teams would be joined on the podium by Canada, who overcame a scare

Zealand trio delivered in fine fashion.They defended the title they claimed at Glasgow 2014, clocking

Olympic champions the United States recovered from their opening day loss to Australia by thrashing hosts New

Zealand on day two of water polo's Intercontinental Cup at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre

Hong Kong is set to host the latest leg of the men's World Rugby Sevens Series, which will take place alongside two qualification tournaments.

Africa have 109 points at the top of the leaderboard with Fiji, the Hong Kong winners last year, on 101.New

Zealand are third on 92.As well as the top three, Australia and the United States have also won events

this year so competition will be fierce in Hong Kong.Fiji, New Zealand, Russia and Samoa will play in

programme.In the men's tournament, Japan, Uganda, Chile and Georgia will play in Pool A with Papua New

level.The women's event will also be a 12-team tournament under the same format.South Africa, Kenya, Papua New

The men who took weightlifting to unprecedented levels of popularity and success in the remote islands of the Pacific Ocean are predicting a record-breaking year for the region at the Commonwealth Games - and globally.

 "If we include our big brothers from Australia and New Zealand we may take home half of all the

for six golds for his team of his lifters from the Oceania Weightlifting Institute, which is based in New

Caledonia.At the recent Australian Open in Brisbane his lifters, from Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Kiribati

, were in top form.Morea Baru, the 62 kilograms lifter from Papua New Guinea, totalled 296kg to win in

for Commonwealth Games athletes from the Pacifc islands.Coffa has worked in Nauru, Fiji, Samoa and New

New Zealand will delay the arrival of their women's rugby sevens team into Gold Coast for the Commonwealth

Ruby Tui is reportedly suffering from the illness, according to Radio New Zealand, leading the team being

sevens competition is set to begin on April 13.Gold Coast 2018 chief executive Mark Peters has praised New

Can I give credit to Team New Zealand," Peters said."

New Zealand's squad are expected to arrive later to the Games than originally planned ©Getty ImagesCommonwealth

Athletics is always of a high standard at the Commonwealth Games but the programme at Christchurch 1974 was perhaps the best ever.

The meeting had burst into life on the opening day when Dick Tayler won gold for New Zealand in the 10,000

Zealand athletics, and Filbert Bayi, who at 20 was largely an unknown young runner from Tanzania but

Walker had beaten Dixon in the New Zealand trials for Christchurch 1974 and there was great hope that

In 2009, in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, Walker was appointed Knight Companion of the New Zealand

Zealand.

Is Toggenburg's loss set to be Erith’s gain?

transporting anti-doping samples collected at the inaugural Rugby World Cup, which was co-hosted by New

Zealand and Australia.As Anderson tells me, this was the first time the group had been called upon to

other organisations - two European, one in the United States - "at various stages of development of new

diversity of supplies, the British company appears well-placed at present to take advantage of the new

to come onto the market.It presented a prototype of the new kit to WADA at last month's meeting.

New Zealand have selected their squad for the World Junior Taekwondo Championships and the Buenos Aires

World Junior Championships will then follow in the African nation, between April 9 and 13.Taekwondo New

Zealand (TNZ) have confirmed that their participation at both events has been endorsed by World Taekwondo

73 kilograms for the Youth Olympic qualifier and under-68kg for the World Junior Championships.New Zealand

Buenos Aires and at under-59kg at the Junior Worlds.Stella Bismark and Jemesa Landers will compete for New

Zealand in women's events.Bismarck will enter the 55-63kg Youth Olympic event and will weigh in at under

The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) 2018 World Championship Qualification Tournament will begin in Nottwil tomorrow, with eight teams hoping to claim their places at the flagship event.

The competition will see Athens 2004 Paralympic champions New Zealand, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Ireland

Women's Olympic champions United States suffered defeat to Australia on the first day of competition at water polo's Intercontinental Cup at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland.

Australia's Morgan Baxter scored the winner for her side to give them a 9-8 victory.Elsewhere, hosts New

Zealand had a day to forget with their first team losing 9-7 to Japan in Group A after their second

taking place at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre ©Swimming NZIn the men's competition, New

Nine-time Paralympic swimming gold medallist Sophie Pascoe will carry the New Zealand flag at the Gold

The 25-year-old double Commonwealth Games champion, New Zealand's most successful Paralympian, said she

Zealand," said Pascoe, who has won a total of 15 medals at the Paralympic Games."

I wasn't considered as a Paralympic athlete, I was considered as just one of the athletes of the New

Zealand team so to lead that team out is very special and it'll be a moment to remember forever."

It was an honour to present Sophie with the New Zealand flag and name her as the New Zealand flagbearer

Injury and illness have forced changes to New Zealand's men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams on the eve

diagnosed with an appendicitis over the weekend and is undergoing surgery today before returning to New

Zealand.He is currently being supported by the New Zealand team’s medical staff and his family."

The NZOC (New Zealand Olympic Committee) and NZR (New Zealand Rugby) wish him well for his recovery,"

Zealand side named last month, has been confirmed as a replacement for McGarvey Black.A decision on

travelling reserve.Rugby sevens action at Gold Coast 2018 is due to take place from April 13 to 15.New

Ten men's and eight women's teams are set to contest the International Swimming Federation Intercontinental Cup in Auckland from tomorrow, where places at the World League Super Final will be up for grabs.

will join European qualifiers at the Super Final which is scheduled for June.In the men's event, hosts New

Zealand are fielding two teams, one in each group.Their second team has been drawn in Group A with Kazakhstan

, Argentina, Australia and Canada.Group B contains New Zealand's first team, China, Japan, United States

and Saudi Arabia.New Zealand are fielding two teams in both the men's and women's events ©Getty ImagesThe

decide who wins the tournament.Other classification matches will also be held.In the women's event, New

He was a champion of local farmers, a newspaper man who left school at 13 and worked his way up, a lover of athletics who founded a prestigious club and became Canada’s Olympic team manager, a man who would never take "No" for an answer, and who could not stand arrogant Americans. 

He guaranteed travel expenses would be paid by the host city, which was enough for Australia and New

Zealand to send teams.England were less keen.

Those in charge of the nation’s amateur sports did not want to enter into a new initiative that might

Zealand and South Africa had applied to be the hosts in 1934, and the future of the British Empire Games

Zealand, Canada and South Africa.By the middle of the 1920s such a suggestion would have been unthinkable

An Australian cricket scandal and discussions about future editions of the Commonwealth Games may have dominated the past week but it is just a few days before sporting action gets underway on the Gold Coast.

significant spotlight towards athletics.Following his retirement, it would be interesting to see whether any new

Championships earlier this year for focus on these Commonwealth Games, as well as strong Canadian and New

Zealand squads, track cycling in particular looks one of the stronger disciplines here.

the form of Olympic champions Fiji and regular World Sevens Series competitors Australia, England, New

Zealand and South Africa.