The official pools have been decided for the rugby sevens tournament at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, following a draw at Robina Stadium.

Pool B of the men's tournament, with Jamaica and Samoa also involved.South Africa, Scotland, Papua New

Guinea and Malaysia will play in Pool A with New Zealand, Canada, Kenya and Zambia in Pool C.Olympic

rugby sevens competition in Gold Coast ©Gold Coast 2018The women's draw saw the top two ranked teams, New

Zealand and Australia, allocated the top spot in each pool with the remaining teams drawn in the same

form as the men's.Australia, the Olympic champions, will meet Fiji, England and Wales.New Zealand, Canada

Australian city Shepparton is set to host the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour for the second time in under a year this week.

on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour - this is a one star event - will also see a trial for the new

only having a World Tour-best finish of fourth, which they achieved at the 2016 Fortaleza Open.New Zealand

South Africa secured a fifth place finish at the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup by beating Bangladesh convincingly in Queenstown.

Bangladesh were hoping to end their participation at the tournament in New Zealand on a high, with their

Oliver and Susannah Leydon-Davis have been selected by New Zealand this year's Commonwealth Games in

We both progressed through the junior squads here at Waikato, before representing the New Zealand team

To have the opportunity to compete for New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games is something I dreamed about

of the Leydon-Davis siblings on the team takes the current number of athletes selected to represent New

Zealand at the Commonwealth Games to 75.

India booked their place in the final of the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup as they thrashed Pakistan by 203 runs in Christchurch.

duly took it, bowling Pakistan out for their lowest-ever Under-19 World Cup total.England beat hosts New

Zealand by 32 runs at the John Davies Oval in Queenstown to finish seventh.

overwhelm Afghanistan in the first semi-final of the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup in New

Zealand.

Australia took double gold on the third and final day of the 2018 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Auckland, with Olympians Jessica Fox and Lucien Delfour winning the women's C1 and men's K1 respectively at Vector Wero Whitewater Park.

Home New Zealand paddler Luuka Jones finished 2.71sec behind Fox for silver, with bronze going to Australia's

The group stage draw for the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation's World Championship qualifier has been made before the tournament takes place in April.

Sydney up for grabs.They have been initially drawn into two groups of four, with world number eight New

Zealand the highest ranked country set to compete.The Kiwis have been placed in Pool B and will play

Britain's Alison Young, racing in the laser radial class, had her work cut out to secure gold on the final day of the 2018 Sailing World Cup in Miami.

Nick Thompson and Philipp Buhl of Germany were effectively tied going into the race.And Sam Meech of New

Zealand, the bronze medallist from Rio 2016, was lurking just three points back.Buhl took silver, with

International competitors won both finals at the Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Auckland today.

Wero Whitewater Park, finishing ahead of Olympic medalists Jess Fox of Australia and Luuka Jones of New

Zealand after both missed gates.

Foulon was the winner of the men's C1 race after a conservative round but which was clean ©Canoe Slalom New

Commonwealth Games gold medal at the Gold Coast in April with a 67-48 victory today over neighbours New

Zealand at Ellis Park in Johannesburg to clinch the Quad Series title.

The win fell narrowly short of Australia’s highest ever total against New Zealand, when they scored 68

Australia celebrate winning the Quad Series in Johannesburg with a 67-48 victory over New Zealand ©TwitterAustralia

 Australia ran into an early 17-9 lead as New Zealand struggled.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to protect the "autonomy" of parkour has been signed between the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and the International Parkour Federation (IPF) in a move set to reignite the power-struggle within the sport.

of "encroachment and misappropriation" of the sport after they attempted to integrate parkour as a new

with the Global Association of International Sports Federations for official recognition pending.The New

has seven members.These are the Australian Parkour Association, France's Fédération de Parkour, New

Zealand Parkour, the Polish Parkour And Freerunning Federation, Parkour South Africa, Parkour UK and

three wickets to secure the plate title at the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup in New

Zealand.

A mixed gender and class 4x100 metres relay in athletics and two mixed gender swimming relays have been added to the Tokyo 2020 programme as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirmed the medal events for the two sports.

of athletes with 620.The cuts to both sports were not universally popular, however, with Paralympics New

Zealand chief executive Fiona Allan among those to question the timing of the announcement.The IPC were

final at Allianz Stadium in Sydney after their female counterparts had won their final 31-0 against New

Zealand.

since Tokyo in 2012 and moves them up to third in the Seven Series standings behind South Africa and New

Zealand, while Argentina continued their improvement with a win over England.In semi-finals Australia

Zealand beat Fiji 31-7 and France beat Wales 29-12 in the Trophy final.Australia’s women went through

Zealand, Canada and Russia.Australia had lost their five previous meetings against New Zealand and Charlotte

Zealand are so tough to beat."