Defending champions Argentina claimed a comfortable 4-1 win over Germany as the quarter-final line-up was confirmed at the Women's Hockey World League Final in Auckland.

win of the tournament as they beat China 4-1 in the other match held today.Argentina will face hosts New

Zealand in the last eight tomorrow, while Germany play South Korea.England will go up against the United

 "Now we play New Zealand who are a really strong team, but we are improving with each game so are

World Rugby has denied a claim by the Samoan Rugby Union (SRU) that they are bankrupt and have promised to continue to back development of the sport in the Pacific Islands.

country.There are concerns globally that while the top tier sides - Australia, England, Ireland, France, New

Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales - continue to flourish financially, the smaller nations are

Rugby has invested about £1.5 million ($2million/€1.7million) in Samoan rugby in 2017, and part of the new

Peru became the last team to secure a spot at next year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia last week. They qualified for their first Finals since 1982 despite suffering the ignominy of their captain and leading scorer Paolo Guerrero failing a drugs test shortly beforehand.

International coverage of their playoff victory over New Zealand has been dominated, however, by reports

Zealand Football chief executive Andy Martin told NZME.

Zealand were, arguably, the victims of the most famous case of a visiting team being sabotaged when

But the New Zealand Herald was perfectly comfortably with caricaturing the opposing - Kiwi - coach Warren

Zealand Herald during the Lions tour this year ©New Zealand HeraldHome crowd advantage has long been

The Netherlands maintained their 100 per cent record at the Women's Hockey World League Final in Auckland.

which should provide them with a more straightforward quarter-final tie.The United States met hosts New

Zealand in the late match, with both teams seeking to claim their first victory of the competition.Despite

the support of a home crowd, New Zealand fell behind when Jill Witmer flicked a penalty corner into

Australia thrashed England 38-0 at the Women's Rugby League World Cup, while Jillaroos centre Isabelle Kelly was cleared of a biting allegation made during the game.

New Zealand enjoyed a comprehensive 76-0 victory over the Cook Islands in Sydney, while Canada defeated

Papa New Guinea 22-8 in the day's most closely contested fixture which boosts their hopes of a semi-final

Zealand scores a try during the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup match between New Zealand and Cook

Islands at Southern Cross Group Stadium ©Getty ImagesCanada beat Papua New Guinea 22-8 in the day's

Zealand take on Papua New Guinea.

Defending champions Argentina claimed a narrow victory over England in their second match of the Women's Hockey World League Final in Auckland.

they would hope to give themselves an easier quarter-final tie.Pool A will resume tomorrow with hosts New

Zealand seeking to claim their first win when they face the United States.The Netherlands could seal

Hayley Nixon led a South African one-two in today’s open event at the International Canoe Federation Ocean Racing World Championships in Hong Kong.

from team-mate Michelle Burn, who came second in 1:55:41.Defending world champion Teneale Hatton of New

Zealand rounded out the podium in 1:56:16."

New Zealand’s Teneale Hatton ranked third in the open event ©ICFThe under-23 title went to Sweden’s Linnea

The Netherlands made it two victories from two at the Women's Hockey World League Final in Auckland as they saw off the United States 2-0.

After victory over hosts New Zealand on day one yesterday at the Harbour Hockey Stadium, the Dutch doubled

recorded their first victory as they inflicted a second defeat on the host nation with a 2-1 success.New Zealand

Fiji secured their progression through to the semi-finals of the Rugby League World Cup after beating New

Zealand 4-2 in only the second try-less game in the tournament's history today.

re-start.But it was Milne who ultimately brought an end to a disappointing campaign for 2008 winners New

Zealand, one of the tournament’s three host nations.The Kiwis also suffered a surprise Group B defeat

the semi-finals after surviving a major scare to defeat Lebanon 24-22 at the Christchurch Stadium in New

while Doueihi and James Elias also went over for Lebanon.Tonga will next play either England or Papua New

Beauden Barrett of New Zealand could claim the World Rugby men's award for the second year in a row after

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

Kiwi player in a row to clinch the men's award if he is announced as the winner in Monte Carlo.New Zealand

Agustín Pichot of France.Fans, international captains, coaches and media will have their say as part of a new

Valentine Holmes scored a record-breaking five tries as Australia thrashed Samoa 46-0 today to reach the semi-finals of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Victory for Australia sets up a semi-final with either New Zealand or Fiji, who will contest the second

New Zealand Paralympians Sophie Pascoe, Mary Fisher and Kate Horan, as well as fellow athlete Libby Leikis

 They were also able to connect with organisations such as the New Zealand Artificial Limb

with each of the three New Zealand Paralympians, as well as Leikis.

Fiona Allan, the chief executive of Paralympics New Zealand, added: "It is fantastic to see such a great

 New Zealand Paralympic star Sophie Pascoe was among those who took part in the open day at Wellington's

It is so exciting to see that the success the New Zealand Paralympic teams have had has inspired other

their pursuit of the Women's Hockey World League Final title with a comfortable 4-0 victory over hosts New

Zealand in Auckland.

New Zealand were the better team in the first quarter," said Jonker.

 New Zealand face South Korea and the US entertain The Netherlands in Pool A.

Argentina will aim to defend their Women's Hockey World League title when the final competition begins tomorrow in Auckland.

emerged as the winners of the last edition of the event back in 2015, when they won the final 5-1 against New

Zealand in front of home crowd in Rosario.They edged into this season’s finals tournament by finishing

Zealand will be hoping to go one better than they managed in 2015 and claim gold in front of a home

also been placed in Pool B for the tournament.They will contest the opening match tomorrow, before New

Zealand take on The Netherlands in the late match of the day.Pool A action will then begin on Saturday

Paralympic gold medal-winning cyclist Karen Darke is set to receive an honorary degree from Abertay University in Dundee.

same year, she won TRI-1 gold at the International Triathlon Union World Championships in Auckland in New

Zealand.