Fifteen-year-old Nico Porteus is set to become New Zealand's youngest Winter Olympian after being named

The youngster was among the first batch of names confirmed for the Games by New Zealand, with the freestyle

Zealand, at a ceremony on the shores of Lake Wanaka.They all met both the Snow Sports NZ nomination

criteria and the selection standards set by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC).Among the selected

Zealand"."

With just over 100 days to go, we are very pleased to welcome the first athletes to the New Zealand Olympic

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has selected the first four athletes that will represent the country at

Zealand winter training base in Wanaka.Between them, the team of four hold nine World Championships

Zealand winter and summer Paralympians who have competed at four Games.Most recently, Hall showed great

The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games was a huge turning point in New Zealand as Kiwi’s watched the Team free-to-air

will win New Zealand’s 30th Paralympic Winter Games medal and New Zealand’s 220th medal across both

New Zealand."

Defending champions Australia and runners-up Iran each enjoyed huge victories today in the men's draw on the second day of the 2017 International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Asia Oceania Championships.

2015 final, romped past Chinese Taipei 91-13 in Group A.Iran were similarly comfortable in thrashing New

Zealand 91-15 in Group C.Hosts China scored even more points in a 106-24 Group D success over United

Martin Gibbs has officially left his role as director general of the International Cycling Union (UCI).

the United States' Bob Stapleton, Amarjit Singh Gill Darshan Singh of Malaysia and Tony Mitchell of New

Zealand also feature on the Committee.Last month, Di Rocco, Egypt’s Mohamed Wagih Azzam and José Manuel

The Italian Rugby League Federation (FIRL) is set to be nominated as a full member of the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) at its Annual General Meeting in Sydney on November 1.

 It will begin six weeks of competition with Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea co-hosting

Netball Australia has announced Kate Moloney as captain of the Australian team that will compete at the Fast5 Netball World Series this weekend.

It’s such a young, up and coming group and I can’t wait for everyone to see some new names on the world

“Our eyes are on the prize, we’d love to take out the title in front of the home crowd.”New Zealand won

quarters, multiple point shots and double point power plays.Moloney will lead Australia as they take on New

Zealand, England, Jamaica, Malawi and South Africa.

have this team out there representing Australia, bringing flair to the court with some old and new

The 2017 International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Asia Oceania Championships are due to begin tomorrow in Beijing, where qualification for places at next year’s World Championships will be up for grabs.

will play in Group B with Hong Kong and Kuwait.Iran will lock horns with Thailand, Saudi Arabia and New

Zealand in Group C.Hosts China will meet South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan in Group

action on court one is due to see China face Afghanistan, Australia meet Iraq and Thailand go up against New

Olympic bronze medallist Anne-Marie Rindom claimed gold in the laser radial class in a dramatic finale to the Sailing World Cup event in Gamagori.

Zealand held off the challenge of world champion Pavlos Kontides of Cyrpus to secure the men's laser

also take place, however, in the men's laser and women's 470.Rio 2016 bronze medallist Sam Meech of New

Zealand held off the challenge of world champion Pavlos Kontides of Cyrpus to secure the men's laser

manage seventh, ending his chances of replacing Meech at the top of the leaderboard.The sailor from New

Zealand sealed gold with a total of 46 points, nine in front of his Cypriot rival.The bronze medal went

Captains and coaches of all 14 nations set to compete at this year’s Rugby League World Cup have gathered in Australian city Brisbane today to officially launch the tournament.

Zealand and Papua New Guinea.Tournament chief executive Andrew Hill and chairman Dr George Peponis were

Zealand, Samoa, Scotland and Tonga, while Pool C comprises Ireland, Papua New Guinea and Wales.Fiji,

Zealand and EMTV in Papua New Guinea.Australia captain Cameron Smith, left, and England counterpart

We don’t have fond memories of the last World Cup in Australia in 2008 [when they lost 34-20 to New Zealand

won seven of the last eight tournaments, including four years ago when they beat New Zealand 34-2 in

South Africa batsman AB de Villiers and Pakistan bowler Hasan Ali have assumed the top positions in the International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day international rankings.

against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi helps him become the fifth bowler of the year to hold the top spot after New

are each tied on 120 points in the team standings.Australia and England are next, both on 114, with New

Zealand fifth on 111 and Pakistan sixth on 98.Bangladesh and Sri Lanka complete the top eight on respective

Eversheds Sutherland has been appointed as “Official Legal Services Partner of the Rugby League World Cup 2021” , the first partner to sign up for the event in England. 

tournament will see 16 nations taking part from all over the globe, including England, Australia and New

England ©RFLKaren Moorhouse, director of operations and legal at the Rugby Football League, hailed the new

to select venues for the tournament.This year's Rugby League World Cup is due to start in Australia, New

Zealand and Papua New Guinea between next Thursday (October 26) and continue until December 2.

Establishing an Organising Committee for the 2019 Pacific Games at the earliest possible date is the key priority for Samoa after the country officially replaced Tonga as hosts of the event, the head of the nation's Olympic Committee has warned.

Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (SASNOC) President Patrick Fepuleai told Radio New

Zealand that they needed to appoint an Organising Committee and a chief executive as soon as possible.Fepuleai

we used for the Commonwealth Youth Games but the good thing about it is we do not need to build any new

Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus moved clear of the rest of the field in the laser event as he finished third and second in the two races held in the fleet at the Sailing World Cup in Gamagori today.

sixth today and is second on 14 points.Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Tom Burton of Australia and New

they beat to claim the world title in Matasinhos in Portugal last month.Logan Beck and Oscar Gunn of New

Zealand are third on 19 points.Current world champions as Great Britain's Dylan Fletcher and Stu Bithell

Former champions Italy will play Sweden for a place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia after the European play-off draw took place in Zurich earlier today.

Getty ImagesAs well as European play-offs, there will also be two inter-continental ties.Peru will play New

Zealand with the first leg due to be held at the Wellington Regional Stadium on November 11 before

FIFA has revealed the seven nations who will join hosts Russia among the top-seeded countries for the draw for next year's World Cup.

countries in the world, moving two places from 12th, after setting up an inter-continental play-off against New

Zealand for a place at the World Cup.Spain will be among the second seeds for the 2018 World Cup draw