The United States’ David Wise produced a stunning final run to successfully defend his Olympic halfpipe title at Pyeongchang 2018.

 New Zealand had previously won only one Winter Olympic medal through Alpine skier Annelise Coberger

Austria’s Anna Gasser won the first-ever Olympic snowboarding big air gold medal today after coming out on top in the women’s event at Pyeongchang 2018.

New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski Synnott claimed the bronze medal with 157.50 points after managing 65.50 for

her first run and 92.00 for her second.The 16-year-old became only the second medallist from New Zealand

Japan clocked an Olympic record time to clinch the women's team pursuit gold medal as Norway ended South Korean hopes with a comfortable win in the men's event at Pyeongchang 2018 today.

Chung Jae-won and Kim Min-seok.The bronze medal went to The Netherlands, who proved far too strong for New

Zealand in the B final.

The schedule for the first-ever Commonwealth Games beach volleyball competition has been made, with 36 preliminary matches due to take place at Gold Coast 2018.

Kitts and Nevis and Fiji.Canada, Scotland, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka make up Pool B, while England, New

Zealand, Cyprus and Mozambique are in Pool C.The women's event will see the host nation take on Grenada

Cyprus in Pool A, with top seeds Canada joined by Fiji, England and Trinidad and Tobago in Pool B.New Zealand

Fiji's place at the upcoming Rugby League Commonwealth Championship is in doubt as a number of their players are still waiting for Australian visas to come through.

Coach Joe Rabele Dakuitoga told Radio New Zealand that the players' visa applications had been submitted

missing the Rugby League World Cup semi-final defeat to Australia in November after being stuck in New

Zealand due to an expired visa.Viliame Kikau, in white, nearly missed the Rugby League World Cup semi-final

there was no funds left for Fiji National Rugby League so they've been struggling for finance and the new

Papua New Guinea won the inaugural Rugby League Commonwealth Championship in 2014, which was run as an

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) and Swimming New Zealand have announced that Lewis Clareburt

I am really excited to be representing New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games," he said."

Swimming New Zealand chief executive Steve Johns added: "Lewis has demonstrated the ability to perform

with distinction at the Games and deserves the opportunity to represent New Zealand at this pinnacle

Lewis joins a strong New Zealand team and we look forward to seeing them all compete on the Gold Coast

Clareburt's inclusion brings the total number of swimmers set to represent New Zealand at Gold Coast

Sport for Para-athletes has existed for more than 100 years but it was not until after World War Two that it became widely introduced to help veterans injured in the conflict recover.

They were staged in Kingston in 1966 and Edinburgh in 1970 before being hosted in Dunedin in New Zealand

The World Squash Federation (WSF) have awarded Malaysia the rights to host the 2019 World Junior Championships.

Penang.The most recent Women's World Junior Team Championship, which is a biennial event, was held in New

Zealand last year with Egypt winning their sixth consecutive title by beating Malaysia in the final.The

A total of 14 nations will gather for the International Fistball Association (IFA) 2018 Women’s World Championship in Austria, making it the biggest World Championship in the sport's history.

and Switzerland.America will have Argentina, Brazil, Chile and the United States, while Australia and New

Zealand will represent Asia-Oceania.The last IFA Women's World Championship took place two years ago

New Zealand won the team event at the first International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Jumping Nations

Samantha McIntosh, riding 15-year-old Check In, clinched the victory for New Zealand as she won a jump-off

highlights from an incredible day at the @Longines @FEI_Global Jumping Nations Cup of the UAE that saw Team New

Zealand crowned champions!???

New Zealand have announced their largest ever cycling squad for a Commonwealth Games, with a 33-member

Cycling proved New Zealand’s most productive sport at Glasgow 2014 as the country ended with 15 medals

the reserve.Georgia Williams, Kate McIlroy and Sharlotte Lucas make up the women’s road race team.New Zealand

We know the hosts are going to be incredibly strong," Martin Barras, Cycling New Zealand high performance

Czech Softball President Gabriel Waage believes that the new men's Intercontinental Cup competition in

The new event, sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, will run between August 28 and

World number one side New Zealand will be joined by Japan, Argentina, United States, Denmark and Botswana

England have confirmed their netball squad for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, as they look to return to the podium at the multi-sport event.

understand that this will be no mean feat, with the Games being in Australia; with its close proximity to New

Zealand, both the number one and two ranked countries will have plenty of support on the ground."

Games on the back of some of the best results in the team's history.Victories over South Africa and New

Zealand helped them to their best ever finish in the prestigious Quad Series event.England have been

drawn in Pool B alongside New Zealand, Malawi, Wales, Scotland and Uganda.Hosts Australia are in Pool

Serbia and Croatia continued their dominant starts to the International Swimming Federation Men's Water Polo World League European qualifiers in the fourth round of fixtures.

the world due to join them through an Intercontinental Tournament.This will be held in Auckland in New

Zealand between April 3 and 8.

Netball New Zealand are the first organisation to announce that they will bid for the 2023 World Cup.

One of the things is wanting to maximise the visibility of the event for New Zealand, so it's about looking

city may come down to funding support whilst Wyllie has confirmed that Netball NZ have applied to the New

Zealand Major Events organisation for funding for the bid.New Zealand finished runners-up

in Sydney in 2015.The next World Cup, in 2019, will take place at the ACC Liverpool in England.New Zealand