Martin Toomey has been appointed as the new chief executive of Winter Games NZ.

from his current position as chief executive of Snow Sports NZ.Held over 19 days in Central Otago in New

Zealand, the Winter Games have become a key date on the snowsports calendar.International Ski Federation

Lanka each enjoyed victories today at the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup in New

Zealand.

India must convert their weaknesses into strengths if they are to win the men's hockey gold medal at this year's Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, team captain Manpreet Singh has warned.

compete in Pool B along with England, Malaysia and Wales.Pool A includes defending champions Australia, New

Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Scotland.

New Zealand caused a shock with a crushing eight-wicket win over defending champions the West Indies

reduced to 20 overs per side owing to rain.Bangladesh defeated Namibia by 87 runs and Zimbabwe beat Papua New

Zealand coasted home with more than 10 overs to spare with Jakob Bhula also knocking up 83, leaving

 "I also thought we did not use the new ball well enough because we needed some early wickets".Finn

the maiden century of the 2018 ICC U19 CWC ©ICCFor Afghanistan, captain Naveen-ul-Haq struck with the new

of a huge target even though all-rounder Eben van Wyk got a half-century.Zimbabwe restricted Papua New

are among teams in action on opening day as the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup kicks off tomorrow in New

Zealand.

The best of the next generation will be on view over the next 22 days with the West Indies facing New

Zealand in a day-night fixture in Tauranga while Pakistan take on Afghanistan in Whangarei.

 In other matches on the opening day Bangladesh take on Namibia and Papua New Guinea play Zimbabwe

 The captains line up ahead of the start of the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand ©ICCIndia

 New Zealand coach, Paul Wiseman, said: “We are just preparing to play quality sides.

Women's beach volleyball pair Kelsie Wills and Shaunna Polley have been named on New Zealand's team for

at Gold Coast 2018 and 24-year-old Polley has expressed her excitement at becoming one of the first New

trying to meet criteria, it's such a great feeling to be named to the team and to get to represent New

Zealand and wear the fern."

Shaunna Polley has previous experience of competing in the Gold Coast ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand Olympic

Snowboarder Hiroaki Kunitake of Japan recorded the highest score in a weather-affected men's slopestyle qualification at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle World Cup in Snowmass.

and Chandler Hunt, Emil Andre Ulsletten of Norway, Finland's Rene Rinnekangas and Tiarn Collins of New

joined in the final by Reira Iwabuchi of Japan, who qualified second on 85.00 points, Christy Prior of New

Zealand, Russian Sofya Fedorova, American Ty Walker, Tess Coady of Australia, Klaudia Medlova of Slovakia

Raneem El Welily came through a closely fought match to reach the semi-finals at the Professional Squash Association Saudi Women's Masters.

semi-final clash, after she beat Joelle King.Gohar delivered an impressive display to beat the ninth seeded New

Zealand player by an 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 score.The competition is the first professional women's squash

Rugby Football League (RFL) and Super League chief executive Nigel Wood has been appointed as their new

the RLIF board was taken following successful Rugby League men’s and women’s World Cups in Australia, New

Zealand and Papua New Guinea.Wood will replace inaugural chief executive David Collier later this year

New countries and investors are attracted to our sport and I look forward to working with all parties

The RLIF board determined that the board’s Nominations Committee from Australia, New Zealand and Europe

EFM Global Logistics has been unveiled as a national supplier for the 2018 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

World Para Athletics Championships in London, and last year’s Rugby League World Cup in Australia, New

Zealand and Papua New Guinea.EFM's role will include customs clearance, baggage and equipment handling

Former international rugby players Zoe Berry and Glen Robertson are among the four latest New Zealanders

and 21-months respectively.Charges were brought against the four athletes by Drugs Free Sport New

Zealand (DFSNZ) amid an ongoing probe into the purchase of banned drugs on website Clenbuterol NZ.The

Zealand have confirmed the four athletes have been sanctioned as part of the investigation ©DFSNZAll

that there is a lot of ignorance in our community game on the issue of performance-enhancing drugs," New

Zealand Rugby general manager Neil Sorensen said, according to Agence France-Presse."

This is the time of year when we scribes make fools of ourselves by predicting what may - or may not - happen in the next 12 months.

Joshua is expected to face WBO champion Parker in late March, with the New Zealand fighter's promoter

Chile and Uruguay lead the race to qualify for the Rugby World Cup (RWC) Sevens 2018 after good performances during the first round of the Sudamerica Rugby Sevens Series.

Vina del Mar, Chile, this weekend.All eight quarter-finalists from RWC Sevens 2013 in Moscow, namely New

Zealand, England, Fiji, Kenya, South Africa, Wales, Australia and France have qualified automatically

Fiji Netball President Wainikiti Bogirdau has said the organisation are set to invest around FJD$180,000 (£65,000/$88,000/€74,000) to boost their team’s efforts at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

due to face hosts Australia, Barbados, Jamaica, South Africa and Northern Ireland in Pool A.England, New

Zealand, Malawi, Scotland, Wales and Uganda will compete in Pool B.The team have begun a training camp

Their friendly matches will be against New Zealand, Jamaica and Malawi in March, with the Games taking

Official supporter tour packages are now on sale for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan in markets around the world.

Travel agents have begun their ticket programmes in countries including Argentina, Australia, France and New

Zealand to kick-off the public sales process for the tournament.In all, 21 travel agents will eventually

guarantee fans a place at all of their country's matches at the World Cup.Details can now be found at a new

tournament with a week of meetings in Tokyo.Competition is scheduled for between September 20 and November 2.New

Zealand are the defending champions.