Mixed martial arts athlete Robert Whittaker has boosted his chances of competing at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games by winning a national wrestling title in Melbourne.

best.”A potential middleweight world title fight could take priority for Whittaker, who was born in New

Zealand but moved to Melbourne when he was a baby, in the coming months.A clash with Georges St

The pools and timetable for the 2018 Hockey Women’s World Cup, taking place at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, have been announced by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

three team Argentina, along with European rivals Germany and Spain.Pool D will contain Oceania rivals New

Zealand and Australia as well as 2017 Rabobank EuroHockey Championship runners-up Belgium and Japan.The

“Our opening game will be against a resurgent India side that recently won the Asia Cup under a new coach

New Zealand’s Beauden Barrett has been voted World Rugby’s Player of the Year for the second successive

New Zealand once again also took the World Team of the Year award – although this time it was their women

after their performances for England and the British and Irish Lions, who drew their series 1-1 with New

New Zealand's Black Ferns, pictured after their victory over England in the Women's World Cup final,

Zealand coach, to the award, he commented:"I think it’s great for the team, a reflection of our team

So I have a little bit of dirt from New Zealand travelling with me all around the world."

Norway’s Oystein Braaten earned a maiden International Ski Federation (FIS) Slopestyle World Cup after a fine performance in Stubai.

skier triumphing with a score of 80.00 points.The result added to her third place finish as Cardrona in New

Zealand during August.Britain’s Katie Summerhayes earned her first World Cup podium finish in four years

The inaugural Ab Initio International exhibition squash championship provided entertainment for two main reasons earlier this week. An excellent format to the team event ultimately led to a thrilling conclusion. A misunderstanding of the scoring then led to the amusing spectacle of both teams believing they had won.

ultimately led them to them finish outside the qualification places for the Super Six phase, allowing New

Zealand to progress with Sri Lanka and Kenya.Golf has also provided a number of examples of mathematical

Olympic silver medallists The Netherlands proved too strong for hosts New Zealand to win the Women's

Defending champions Australia will face three-time winners New Zealand in the final of the Women’s Rugby

New Zealand thrashed England 52-4 in the first of two matches at the Southern Cross Stadium in Sydney.Honey

never looked threatened as Ali Brigginshaw, Steph Hancock and Isabelle Kelly all scored two tries.New Zealand

League World Cup ©Getty ImagesThe two dominant teams will now meet for a third consecutive final.New Zealand

South Korea in the semi-finals of the Women's Hockey World League Final to set up a meeting with hosts New

Zealand in Auckland.

International Hockey Federation.The Netherlands will aim to seal their first title since 2013 when they take on New

Zealand, who beat England to book their spot in the final yesterday.The Dutch team started brightly

New Zealand will be very tough to play.

Hosts New Zealand have qualified for the gold medal match at the Women's Hockey World League Final after

Zealand began to exert their influence and created a number of chances in the fourth quarter.

Zealand the lead.Five minutes of tense hockey ensued but New Zealand held on to win 1-0 and reach their

Tonight we saw two good teams having a good fight and tussle," New Zealand coach Mark Hager said."

New Zealand are through to their second consecutive Women's Hockey World League Final ©FIHEngland had

Zealand goalkeeper Sally Rutherford was called on to block Hannah Martin's direct shot."

Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard has been selected to compete for New Zealand at Gold Coast 2018 

New Zealand will be represented by 12 weightlifters at the Games ©Getty ImagesIn a statement, the Commonwealth

Zealand at four Commonwealth Games.Patterson will hope to defend the men's under-85kg he claimed at

Zealand Olympic Committee's chief executive, said.

Zealand team."

New Zealand has won 39 weightlifting medals at the Commonwealth Games.They will seek further success

A strong England team takes on a mighty Rest of the World quartet in a mouthwatering clash of the biggest names in squash tomorrow night.

world number one who has won four out of five titles this season, world doubles champion Paul Coll, of New

Zealand, Australia’s top-ranked player Cameron Pilley and Hollie Naughton of Canada.

 “There is currently a lack of new referees coming through of a sufficient level,” he said.Nev Appleton

the event, added: "We will have about 12 cameras on the night, most of which are robotic and also a new

Olympic silver medallists The Netherlands sealed their place in the last four of the Women's Hockey World League Final after they comfortably beat China in Auckland.

take place today.The Netherlands will play South Korea in the last four, while England go up against New

Zealand after the host nation stunned defending champions Argentina yesterday.China set their stall

were unable to find an equaliser as England held on for a tense win.England's semi-final clash with New

Zealand is scheduled to take place tomorrow, while the Dutch face South Korea on Saturday (November

silver medallist Holly Robinson and seven Para lawn bowlers have become the latest additions to New

pair Para lawn bowls event.Wakefield, Noble and Wynks are set to compete in the B6/7/8 competition.The New

Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) and Athletics New Zealand confirmed Robinson would be a member

of the New Zealand team at Gold Coast 2018.The seven bowlers were chosen by the NZOC and Bowls New Zealand.Seven

bowlers have also been selected to represent New Zealand at Gold Coast 2018 ©Getty ImagesRobinson's

Zealand Championships."

New Zealand stunned defending champions Argentina with a shock 2-1 victory to reach the semi-finals of

the semi-finals by South Korea, who beat Germany in a shootout.Argentina came into their clash with New

Zealand as the favourites and the South American side made a fast start as Delfina Merino opened the

penalty corner to put the home side in front.Argentina went in search of an equaliser and peppered the New

FIH"We haven’t ever lost a quarter-final but it was heart failure watching the last ten minutes," said New

Zealand coach Mark Hager."

England's women scraped through to Sunday's World Cup semi-finals in Sydney but not before suffering a shock 22-16 defeat to the Cook Islands in their final group game.

The Cook Islands were given no chance after being heavily beaten 58-4 by Australia and 76-0 by New

Zealand in their opening two pool matches.But Te Amohaere Ngata-Aerengamate's last minute try pulled

Southern Cross Group Stadium ©Getty ImagesCanada Ravens had been thrashed 50-4 by three-time champions New

Zealand heading into the game.But there was no doubt the England result made all the headlines.England

remaining but Garner's sideline conversion fell short.England progress following a 36-8 win over Papua New