Hosts Australia have set their sights on winning both the men's and women's Rugby League World Cup titles in Brisbane tomorrow.

Stadium.Australia, the holders of both titles, will battle England for the men's crown after taking on New

Zealand for the women's.The men's match is a repeat of the opening game of the tournament, which saw

quarter and semi-finals.England have had a trickier time of it in the knock-out stages, beating Papua New

Zealand team which shocked the Kangaroos to win the title.England captain Sean O'Loughlin has been ruled

Zealand roaring past England 52-4.The Kiwis had won all three editions of the tournament before Australia

Defending champions England advanced to the World Squash Federation Men's World Team Championship quarter-finals after beating Switzerland in Marseille.

2-1 win over the United States.Australia beat Canada 3-0 to set up a last eight meeting with rivals New

Zealand, who progressed courtesy of a 2-0 success against Spain.The second match of their tie came to

Favourites New Zealand started from where they left with some explosive rugby on the opening day of the

sweat.Allan Bunting's side cruised into the last eight through Pool A and now face the United States.New Zealand

Katarina Whata-Simpkins added another conversion.Against the US, Blyde took just 40 seconds to put New

Zealand on the road to victory and it was plain-sailing from thereon-in with Woodman scoring two tries.Broughton

Lynne Seymour was 35 when she first picked up a bowl in anger and nowadays can face opponents who are younger than her 32 years in the sport.

 She has competed internationally in South Africa and New Zealand with considerable success.And

Australia captain Cameron Smith has been awarded the international rugby league player of the year for the second time, three days before the Kangaroos play England in the World Cup final.

Johns,1999 and 2001, Darren Lockyer, 2003 and 2006 and Johnathan Thurston 2011, 2013 and 2015.New

Zealand Kiwi Ferns forward Teuila Fotu-Moala won the women's player of the year title.Fotu-Moala will

lead New Zealand against Australia in the women's World Cup final, which precedes the men's title match

Zealand, seen here in action against Canada in Sydney, picked up the female Golden Boot award ©Getty

Zealand Women’s Player of the Year in 2017, establishing her as one of the top female players in the

The New Zealand women's and South African men's Rugby Sevens teams enter the new campaign as favourites

series kicks off tomorrow (November 30) under the Dubai sun as reigning series and tournament champions New

Zealand look to begin their campaign in winning fashion.Head coach Allan Bunting's side lost just one

cloud nine and really stoked which is great for them but also I think inspires the young players in New

Zealand who can see a real pathway.

 "You could be a normal school girl in New Zealand and go on to represent your country on the world

The favourites once again came on top of the second day of the World Squash Federation Men's World Team Championship in Marseille as most of them secured passage through to the next round of the tournament.

did not go to plan as they all lost their opening matches of the tournament to Germany, Australia and New

Zealand respectively.Following his side’s victory against Wales, Australia coach Paul Price said: "We

Australian football star Tim Cahill is just one of the sport's big names who will soon be able to "feel the force".

to attract a younger audience.They have created a Star Wars Round where the sport locks horns with a new

We are constantly looking to engage with new audiences and expand the football family, and this partnership

Kylie Watson-Wheeler, managing director of The Walt Disney Company, Australia and New Zealand, added:

An idea to make visitors from overseas countries feel at home during next year's Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast has been launched by the Southport Chamber of Commerce. 

establish meeting places for their fans throughout the city, with Jamaica, Scotland, England, Australia, New

Zealand, Canada and several others traditionally setting up ‘houses’."

Bren Dorman has been confirmed as the chief medical official at the Oceania Taekwondo Union (OTU).

The New Zealander has been re-appointed as the organisation's anti-doping and medical chairman.He was

works as a service clinical director at the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery in New

Auckland.He also serves as the medical director for the country's governing body for the sport, Taekwondo New

Zealand.Bren Dorman also serves with Taekwondo New Zealand ©OTU"OTU would like to congratulate Dr Bren

Second seed Wang Tzu-wei of Chinese Taipei crashed out of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Korea Masters at the first round stage after he suffered a shock defeat to Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand in Gwangju.

21-12 victory against Hsueh.South Korea's Kwang Hee-heo, a 21-8, 21-17 victor over Andrew Rouse of New

Zealand in his first match, awaits for compatriot Son in the next round.Third seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk

Defending champions Australia will face rivals New Zealand in both the men's and women's hockey events

The host nation, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Scotland comprise Pool A of the men's event.Pool

women, who also clinched the gold medal at Glasgow 2014, will face reigning bronze medallists New

Zealand, Scotland, Ghana and Canada in Pool B the women's competition.England, winners of the 

Wales.There are six games scheduled on the opening day.In the women's competition, Scotland entertain New

Zealand and England play South Africa, before Australia make their entrance against Canada.The men's

Squash's big-hitters all came through unscathed in a routine first day of the World Squash Federation (WSF) Men's World Team Championship in Marseille.

in tribute to the 305 victims of the attack at the Bir el-Abed mosque last Friday ©Ali FaragGermany, New

Zealand, Hong Kong and India, seeded seventh, sixth, fifth and eighth respectively, also managed to

The 2017 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships are set to begin here tomorrow as hosts the United States look to make their mark on the men’s medal standings for the first time in 20 years.

successful with his second application.Another name to look out for is transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard of New

Zealand as she competes in the women's over 90kg division.Her entry total is 280kg, the second highest

half of the 377 weightlifters at the World Championships will be drug tested as the sport begins a new

no notice out-of-competition testing in high-risk countriesAmong the others is the implementation of new

Jamaica will make their debut appearance in Commonwealth Games rugby sevens at Gold Coast 2018 after becoming the final nation to qualify.

confirmed the list of qualifiers for Gold Coast 2018, where they will join Oceania qualifier Papua New

qualifiers last month, while Sri Lanka and Malaysia advanced from Asia.South Africa, England, Fiji, New

Zealand, Scotland, Canada, Wales, Kenya and Samoa automatically qualified due to their world rankings

, while Australia were assured of a place as hosts.The women’s event will feature Australia, New Zealand