France's Marie Martinod and China's Kexin Zhang topped the women's halfpipe qualification at the latest International Ski Federation World Cup event in Copper Mountain, Colorado.

Canada ended behind Yater-Wallace in the first heat on a score of 86.40, followed by Beau-James Wells of New

Zealand and France's Benoit Valentin.Torin Yater-Wallace impressed in men's qualifying ©Getty ImagesThe

Brazilian striker Romarinho scored the only goal as Al-Jazira knocked out Oceania champions Auckland City to begin the FIFA Club World Cup.

which Al-Jazira, who are based in Abu Dhabi, were awarded after winning the UAE Pro League in 2016-2017.New

Zealand side Auckland were making a record ninth appearance in the competition but were made to regret

Hosts Vanuatu won both team table tennis titles as the Pacific Mini Games continued in Port Vila.

The home crowd saw their country beat New Caledonia in both finals - 3-1 in the men's and 3-0 in the

Fiji beat Papua New Guinea 3-1 for the men's bronze medal."

said Vanuatu's women's player Liopa Santhy.In the women's bronze medal contest, Fiji again beat Papua New

Zealand triumphed in the women's 69 kilograms class, edging Maria Liku from Fiji into silver medal position

havoc with outdoor sports but the beach volleyball and golf did get underway.Kristine Seko of Papua New

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Championships in Anaheim ©IWFThe overall silver medallist was transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard of New

Zealand ©IWFRounding out the overall podium was Egypt’s Shaimaa Ahmed Khalaf Haridy ©IWFRobles punches

Copper Mountain will stage the second event of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Halfpipe World Cup season.

Olympic gold medallist builds towards Pyeongchang 2018.She opened this season by winning at Cardrona in New

Zealand during September, where she finished clear of her team-mates Kelly Clark and Maddie Mastro.Switzerland

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have stated they are committed to working with rights holding and non-rights holding broadcasters to ensure maximum coverage of the multi-sport event.

the use of video back in October.Fairfax Media, one of the largest media companies in Australia and New

Zealand, were among those yet to commit to covering the Games, along with the Australian Associated

News Corporation have announced their intention to boycott next year's Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympic Games in the Gold Coast and Pyeongchang respectively due to a dispute about news access rules.

was revealed in October that Fairfax Media, one of the largest media companies in Australia and New

Zealand, were among those yet to commit to covering the Games, along with News Corporation and Australian

Three-time champions and top seeds Egypt thrashed holders and second-seeds England to reclaim their crown.

following their losses at the semi-final stage.Hosts France finished fifth following a 2-1 victory against New

Zealand, despite having a haka directed at them beforehand.Iraq’s first visit to the WSF Men’s

Harrie Lavreysen won gold in the Keirin on the second day of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup in Milton, Canada.

Pruszków, Poland.The men's medal competition began with the Team Sprint, won by reigning world champions New

Zealand in a close final against Great Britain, with the Czech Republic beating France for bronze.New

©Getty ImagesIn the women's events, Canada took a very popular win in the Team Pursuit, pipping the New

de Ketele and Lindsay de Vylder scoring in all but two intermediate sprints to take the win ahead of New

Zealand and Great Britain.

Marcus Kleveland of Norway and Switzerland's Carla Somaini claimed the spoils at the International Ski Federation Big Air Snowboard World Cup in Mönchengladbach today.

2.5 points clear of Miyabi Onitsuka, who completed the set of Japanese silver medals.Christy Prior of New

Zealand finished third in 160.75.Onitsuka lies second in the World Cup standings on 1,960 points behind

Defending World Rugby Sevens series champions South Africa triumphed at the series opening event in Dubai.

Tuwai went over for a try, but South Africa held on to reach the final.They faced the challenge of New

Zealand, who followed a 14-12 quarter-final win over Kenya by then overcoming England 14-5 in the last

tries in the opening four minutes of the contest.Tries from Andrew Knewstubb and Scott Curry brought New

Zealand back into the match in the second period.Timothy Agaba came off the bench to seal the victory

Zealand fightback to triumph in the final ©World Rugby“We kind of let them back into the game,” said

Australia successfully defended their men's and women's crowns with hard-fought victories in the finals of the Rugby League World Cup in Brisbane.

Australia's women set the tone for a dominant day for the host nation as they overcame New Zealand 23

Australia's women also proved too strong for their opponents as they narrowly defeated New Zealand.Isabelle

Moran and Elianna Walton also going over for the home side.Honey Hireme was the star performer for New

Zealand with two tries, while Raecene McGregor also scored.It was not enough for New Zealand, however

Britain’s Katie Archibald and Denmark’s Niklas Larsen claimed gold medals on the opening day of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup in Milton in Canada.

competition, with Canada leading women’s qualification by finishing in a time of 4min 22.310sec.New Zealand

the competition after they clocked 4:25.129 to finish second.The men’s team pursuit qualification saw New

Zealand top the standings on 3:59.588, with Canada second on 4:01.245.New Zealand posted the fastest

curtain-raising World Rugby Women's Sevens Series leg in Dubai after the Americans had stunned holders New

Zealand in the quarter-finals.

perfect start to the season as they look to regain the overall Sevens Series title they surrendered to New

Zealand last term.The Kiwis won all but one of last season's tournaments with Australia's last success

After yesterday's group action the big result of the day came when New Zealand were pipped 14-12 by the

quarter-finals on the final day see South Africa play Samoa, Fiji meet Scotland, England play Australia and New

Zealand face Kenya.

Defending champions England and top seeds Egypt each reached the semi-finals of the World Squash Federation Men's World Team Championship today in Marseille.

decider 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-2 against Gregoire Marche.Australia were also pushed hard before defeating New

Zealand 2-1.Ryan Cuskelly lost to Paul Coll 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9 but then Zac Alexander won