Australians enjoyed a successful opening day at the Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Auckland today.

with world champion Jess Fox following in fourth after picking up a penalty and finishing with 99.00.New

Tunka of the Czech Republic was fifth after picking up a two seconds penalty touch to finish in 86.64.New

the Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships at the Vector Wero Whitewater Park in Auckland ©Canoe Slalom New

Zealand"We did a lot of thinking about what could be going on because every run seemed to be the same

A competition has been launched to find six people to work as part of the wider New Zealand team at this

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) and ANZ, the major sponsor of the country's Commonwealth Games

looking for people in a variety of roles, including team assistants and social media support at ANZ New

Zealand House.Winners will get the chance to be a part of the New Zealand delegation at the Games in

also includes 15 nights paid accommodation and NZ$2,000 (£1,000/$1,400/€1,100).The winners will help New

Zealand as we support our athletes,” NZOC chief executive Kereyn Smith said."

Australia set-up a final with arch-rivals New Zealand at the Women's World Rugby Sevens Series event

-0 in the semi-final.This means that they have reached the final without conceding a single try.New Zealand

Argentina and Australia all negated the pool stages unbeaten in the corresponding men's competition.New Zealand

in the last-four and South Africa will take on Kenya.Australia are scheduled to play neighbours New

Zealand and Argentina will be up against old rivals England.

Australia claimed victory in the final of the Asia-Oceania Qualifying Tournament for the World Men's Floorball Championships in Jeju today.

opponents.Beaten semi-finalists South Korea were able to end on a high in front of a home crowd by beating New

Zealand 9-2 to finish in fifth place.The World Championships are due to take place in the Czech capital

fifth place finish at the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup by comfortably beating hosts New

Zealand today in Christchurch.

Hagley Oval.Matthew Breetzke scored 115 off 122 deliveries while Raynard van Tonder managed 117 off 129.New

Zealand never looked like mounting a serious challenge and, despite an 82-ball 74 from Dale Phillips

101.Namibia were then bowled out for 186.Kenya also won a much tighter 15th place playoff over Papua New

Canada, which won three medals in cycling at the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, has named a team of 18 riders for the Gold Coast 2018 Games in April - including 2014 mountain bike silver medallist Emily Batty.

national team, Batty said: "With the 2018 race season looming on the horizon, I come into the season with new

The team pursuit and team sprint are new additions to the Games programme for women and for the first

national road champion.The men's programme, while much newer, finished second to the world champion New

Zealand squad in World Cup competition this season.Chef de Mission Claire Carver-Dias added: "With three

Thailand and Japan both qualified for the World Men's Floorball Championships after winning their play-off matches at the Asia-Oceania Qualifying Tournament in Jeju Island today.

The Thai outfit thrashed New Zealand 11-2 while Japan defeated hosts South Korea 6-2 at the Hanrim Sports

Complex.New Zealand took the lead in their encounter but Thailand then scored six times without reply

play Japan for third-place at the tournament while Australia and Singapore will meet in the final.New Zealand

India claimed a comfortable victory over Bangladesh in Queenstown to book their place in the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup semi-finals.

of the Indian bowlers as he took three wickets for just 18 runs, as his side won by 166 runs at the New

Zealand venue.Ishan Porel also proved highly effective, with his eight overs going for a mere five runs

Hosts Australia stormed into the quarter-finals of the Women's World Rugby Sevens Series event in Sydney with three straight victories.

try.Australia opened their Pool A campaign with a 29-0 victory over Spain, before brushing aside Papua New

will meet Spain again in the quarter-finals, after they finished third in the pool by beating Papua New

5 success against Russia.Canada concluded their pool matches with a 19-5 triumph against Russia.New Zealand

Zealand eased past Russia in their first match of the men's event ©World RugbyA dominant performance

Zealand securing a 61-0 win over Russia in Pool A, with Fiji then beating Samoa 31-5.France secured

New Zealand's Olympic silver medallist Luuka Jones will be among the paddlers trying to impress at the

There's healthy competition between New Zealand and Australia for our summer races but add a few Czechs

number one Matej Benus, the Olympic silver medallist.Ben Gibb and Patrick Washer will fly the flag for New

Zealand in this event.In the men's K1, Olympic champion Joe Clarke of Great Britain will be among those

Defending singles champion Jo Edwards is among the 10 players named on Bowls New Zealand's squad for

of each colour.Ali Forsyth has also been named on the team for this year's Commonwealth Games ©Bowls New

ZealandThe team was named by Bowls New Zealand in conjunction with the New Zealand Olympic Committee

Mark Cameron, chief executive of Bowls New Zealand, said he was confident the team will deliver success

We have a wealth of Commonwealth Games experience within this bunch and the athletes who are new to this

I'm excited to see this team compete and I'm sure we'll be delivering results which will make New Zealand

New Zealand recovered from defeat to England with victory over South Africa as the Netball Quad Series

claimed a hard-fought 51-46 win in a tense encounter with the host nation at the Ellis Park Arena.New Zealand

extended their advantage to 25-21 at half-time.The gap had increased to five by the end of the third as New

Zealand went into the final stanza 39-34 to the good.SCORE UPDATE | FULL TIME #SilverFerns 51 - SPAR

chance to bounce back when they play England on the final day of the Quad Series on Sunday (January 28).New

Zealand will face arch-rivals Australia, the world and Commonwealth Games champions who have won two

Singapore secured their spot at the International Floorball Federation (IFF) Men's World Championships with an 11-1 victory over Malaysia on the final day of group stage action at the Asia-Oceania Qualifying Tournament in South Korea.

final.Thailand secured second place in Group A after beating hosts South Korea 12-0 and will now face New

Zealand in a semi-final.New Zealand lost 3-1 at the hands of Japan in a close game meaning they finish

semi-finals of the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup as they thrashed host nation New

Zealand by 202 runs in Christchurch.

ruthless form as they posted a total of 309-6 at the Hagley Oval.Chasing a difficult 310 for victory, New

Zealand collapsed to 107 all out as they fell to a disastrous defeat in front of their home crowd.Afghanistan

superb bowling performance ©ICCAfghanistan's total was always going to provide a tough ask for New

bowlers with 4-14, while leg-spinner Qais Ahmad snaffled 4-33 as Afghanistan's bowlers ran riot on the New

Zealand batsmen."

Sydney will host 16 men's and 12 women's teams at the latest leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series.

2018The men's tournament in Sydney is likely to feature strong challenges from South Africa and New

Zealand, while Olympic champions Fiji will also hope for a strong display.Defending Series champions

the South African city of Cape Town in December.This result means 12-time overall Series champions New

Zealand currently top the standings on 41 points, two ahead of South Africa who won the first event

South Africa taking on Papua New Guinea.Fiji will be looking to lift their first trophy since their