Shaun White claimed his third halfpipe snowboarding title at Pyeongchang 2018 today to secure the United States’ 100th gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games. 

appearance at Pyeongchang 2018 had been thrown into doubt in October when he suffered a facial injury in New

I had this crazy injury in New Zealand where I busted my face open."

The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay reached the halfway stage of its journey around Australia by travelling around Werribee and Ballarat.

to the semi-finals, where they will meet the qualifiers from Pool B, which includes England, Malawi, New

Zealand, Scotland, Uganda and Wales.Six-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Pam Kilborn-Ryan also

Legend has it that the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were late for an official engagement at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch because she wanted to watch Precious McKenzie win his third consecutive gold medal in weightlifting.

 "I was offered employment while I was in New Zealand in 1974," he said.

I did love New Zealand, though. The people were so friendly and I had a great time."

Later in 1974 I came back to compete in a Commonwealth v New Zealand weightlifting competition at the

It was not very long before they thought of themselves as New Zealanders.

 After emigrating to New Zealand in 1975, Precious McKenzie won a Commonwealth Games gold for his

The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) have announced the schedule for April's 2018 World Championship Qualification Tournament at the Swiss Paraplegic Centre in Nottwil.

two pools.Pool A will contain hosts Switzerland, Germany, Colombia and Poland whilst Pool B will see New

Zealand, Brazil, South Korea and Ireland face off.The event will start on April 4 with an Opening Ceremony

five pool matches take place on each day.On day two, Brazil will play South Korea, Ireland will meet New

Zealand and Germany will collide with Colombia.Switzerland and Poland and New Zealand and South Korea

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) have released their first-ever disc golf world rankings in cooperation with the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA).

events in future.The United States have the honour of topping the first ranking table with Canada, New

Zealand, Finland and Estonia completing the top five.Sweden, the Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany

place in Colchester ©WTDGCWFDF Disc Golf Committee chairman Charlie Mead said he was pleased with the new

The Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) have released the draw for the upcoming 2018 Commonwealth Championship at Dolphin Stadium in Moreton Bay.

men's event contains hosts Australia, Fiji, Scotland and Wales whilst Pool B consists of England, Papua New

Pool B containing Canada, Cook Islands and Tonga.The one physical disability pool contains Australia, New

Zealand and a Commonwealth All-Star team.The men's under-23 match between Tonga and Samoa is scheduled

competing in three matches across all three divisions.Firstly, the physical disability team take on New

Zealand before both the women's and men's side face Fiji in the closing games.Day one's pool matches

New Zealand’s Sam Blenkinsop secured his first Oceania Mountain Bike Championship downhill win with victory

an earlier crash.Blenkinsop’s compatriot Guy Gibbs claimed the silver medal in 3:19.82 with fellow New

The men’s under-19 event was another New Zealand clean sweep as Sam Robbie took first prize thanks to

Home hopes of success at the Badminton Asia Team Championships were ended as Malaysia suffered semi-final defeat in Alor Setar.

women's national teams.The Oceania Badminton Championships also continued in the city of Hamilton in New

12 against Australia’s Peter Yan to progress to the gold medal match.He will face Abhinav Manota of New

Zealand, who overcame his compatriot Oscar Guo 20-22, 21-16, 21-17 in his semi-final.Louisa Ma beat

Setyana Mapasa and Gronya Somerville won 21-9, 21-18, 21-10 against Anona Pak and Danielle Tahuri of New

Zealand.The top seeds will now face Leanne Choo and Renuga Veeran as the Australian thrashed New Zealand

Hosts New Zealand proved the dominant force at Oceania Mountain Bike Championships in Dunedin.

New Zealand's Samara Sheppard defended her women's elite title ©Cycling New ZealandSheppard made it back-to-back

win.She came across the line in a time of 1:24:28, with Australia’s Holly Harris and Kate Fluker of New

Zealand rounding off the medal places in 1:27:56 and 1:29:35 respectively.The women’s under-23 title

 New Zealand swept the podium in the men’s under-23 race, Eden Cruise crossing the line in a winning

Zealand clocked 1:00:10 for the bronze medal.The Championships are due to conclude tomorrow with downhill

Twins Jake and Zane Robertson have been selected for New Zealand's athletics team for the this year's

competed at Glasgow 2014, where Zane won a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres race.Zane also represented New

Zealand at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, setting a New Zealand record in the 10,000m with

winning the Houston Half-Marathon in a time of 60:01.The 28-year-olds are considered to be among New

Zealand on the Gold Coast in April."

The addition of the Robertson brothers increases the number of New Zealand athletes to 113 in all sports.Gold

Freestyle skier Beau-James Wells has been named New Zealand’s flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony of

The 22-year-old was today presented with Te Mahutonga - the New Zealand team’s cloak, or kakahu as it

2012, was selected to represent New Zealand at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck

a world-class field at the 2017 Winter Games New Zealand and ranked sixth at the World Cup in Copper

Beau-James is an inspiring athlete who has been at the forefront of freeskiing in New Zealand."

The New Zealand team did a haka for us and it was pretty emotional."

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) and Netball New Zealand have named the players in the 12-strong

Zealand in 2016 before taking a break from the game to start a family.Laura Langman was unavailable

for selection due to taking a break away from the sport in 2018.Netball New Zealand coach Janine Southby

New Zealand will be looking to reclaim the netball title at Gold Coast 2018 after last winning at Delhi

Zealand competing in Pool B alongside England, Malawi, Wales, Scotland and Uganda.The Kiwis have won

Zealand for the Commonwealth Games to 111.

Chinese Taipei earned a narrow victory in the men's team event to secure progression to the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia.

Badminton OceaniaThe Oceania Badminton Team Championships also continued in the city of Hamilton in New

their teams went head-to-head to decide the competition winners today.Australia claimed a 3-2 win over New

Zealand in the men's competition to win gold, while Tahiti secured a 4-1 success against Fiji.Australia

replicated their success against New Zealand in the women's event with another 3-2 win, while Fiji gained

Australia's Joany Badenhorst clinched snowboard cross gold in the women's lower limb two category on day one of the Para Snowboard World Cup Finals in Big White.

in the men's cross lower limb two category in front of Alex Massie of Canada whilst Carl Murphy of New

Zealand took bronze.The competition continues tomorrow with the banked slalom events.This event in Big

India survived a scare on the opening day of the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia.

Philippines in the other tie.The Oceania Badminton Championships also began in the city of Hamilton in New

securing the latter's only victory at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium.He also claimed a win against New

Zealand, but could not prevent his team from falling to a 3-1 loss.Both New Zealand and Australia claimed

matches, putting themselves at the top of the standings.It leaves two matches between Australia and New

Zealand as pivotal to deciding the tournament winners.Both the Asian and Oceania competitions are acting