Parkour Earth, the new organisation claiming to be responsible for the running of the sport, have issued

limited by the fact that it only has six members.These are Parkour UK, France's Fédération de Parkour, New

Zealand Parkour, Australian Parkour Association, Parkour South Africa and the Polish Parkour And Freerunning

Italy built on their record breaking form to beat New Zealand to women's team pursuit gold at the International

Letizia Paternoster, Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini combined for a blistering 4min 21.554sec.New Zealand

01.675.It proved enough to comfortably defeat Denmark in the final.The Danes clocked 4:03.928 while New

Zealand managed 4:03.044 for silver.

 Gonov, Syritsa, Smirnov, Mukhomedirov (Rus) are the new Men's Team Pursuit World Champions!

Canada's Melanie McQuaid claimed home gold at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Cross-Triathlon World Championships in Penticton.

overtake him on the run, finishing in 2:09.25.The Spaniard clocked 2:09.35 for silver as bronze went to New

Zealand and Kyle Smith, in 2:10.16."

Defending champions England will face New Zealand in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final after beating

New Zealand proved too strong for the United States ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand beat the United States 45

strong performance in the first-half, which ended with them trailing by just eight points at 15-7.But New

Three Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallists will be among athletes from more than 60 countries competing at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.

the first World Championships of the Olympic cycle - which get underway tomorrow - to experiment with new

shared.After focusing most of her attention on the team boats at this year's opening two World Cups, New

Zealand's Lisa Carrington is set for a busy week in Racice.Lisa Carrington of New Zealand, pictured

Zealand women's K4 500m quartet, a crew that was undefeated at this year's opening two World Cups.Rio

Zealand, Hungary and France expected to fight out to the finish, while Germany's Franziska Weber and

Russian hacking group Fancy Bears have released documents alleging that 25 footballers received therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Kuyt, once of Liverpool, is another player to be named.Algeria, Chile, Ivory Coast, Greece, Italy, New

Zealand, Slovakia, Slovenia and the United States are other countries to have players listed."

Caitlin Bassett has been named as the new captain of Australia's netball team.

The Netball Quad Series features Australia, New Zealand, England and South Africa.The Australians will

Australia clinched the 2017 International Basketball Federation Asia Cup title this evening with a 79-56 win over Iran in Lebanon.

lowest margin of victory being 16 points.South Korea claimed the bronze medal with an 80-71 victory over New

Zealand ©FIBAIran's Hamed Haddadi, the tournament's Most Valuable Player, led hist country's scoring

was the first-ever Asia-Oceania joint Continental Championship with 16 teams, including Australia and New

Zealand.In the bronze medal match, South Korea beat New Zealand 80-71.China defeated hosts Lebanon 79

place in tomorrow's International Basketball Federation Asia Cup final after a 106-79 victory over New

Zealand in Lebanon.

the webbing on his hand and took no further part in the game.Mitchell Norton of Australia resists a New

Zealand challenge during his side's 106-79 win in the FIBA Asia Cup semi-final in Lebanon ©FIBADaniel

A week after the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in London, the season’s focus moves to Birmingham where a host of newly minted gold medallists will compete tomorrow in the 12th Diamond League meeting of the season.

her world 200 metres title, Greece’s Olympic pole vault champion Ekaterini Stefanidi, Tomas Walsh of New

Zealand, who won the shot put in the Olympic Stadium, and Qatar’s high jump star Mutaz Essa Barshim.But

World Cup Organising Committee has announced that fans will be able to attend games played in Papua New

The 15th staging of the event will be shared between Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between

October 26 and December 2.Papua New Guinea will host three pool games at the National Football Stadium

When setting the prices for the three Rugby League World Cup 2017 games to be contested in Papua New

“This year’s tournament is the most anticipated sporting event Papua New Guinea has ever hosted and we

Zealand and in Papua New Guinea.

Drinks products manufacturer Milo have become the latest partner in Papua New Guinea for the 2017 Rugby

League World Cup, which the country will co-host with Australia and New Zealand.

The company already have an association with the sport in Papua New Guinea as it supports the League

“It is great to see Milo’s continued support of rugby league in Papua New Guinea through this partnership

Guinea are co-hosting the tournament alongside Australia and New Zealand ©Getty ImagesAll of these will

feature Papua New Guinea in the opening round, with the hosts facing Wales and Ireland in Group C.They

will also play the United States in an inter-group clash on November 12.Papua New Guinea have played

The ceremonial baton containing the Queen’s message to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games athletes is visiting Liverpool and Birmingham this weekend. Both cities hope to be chosen as England’s candidate to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

his city to bid for the Commonwealth Games in 1982.The 1974 Games had been staged in Christchurch, New

Zealand, and were hailed as “the happiest Games of all”.To this day, many still remember the fabulous

1,500 metre final won by Tanzania’s Filbert Bayi from New Zealand’s future Olympic champion John Walker

at the time and were embarking on a programme to provide better sporting and facilities including a new

There had never been a cross-party agreement on a bid and many in the new regime felt that the grant

Australia have qualified for the semi-finals of the International Basketball Federation Asia Cup following a 97-71 victory over China in Lebanon today.

both got 16.Their opponents in the semis on Saturday (August 19) will be fellow tournament debutants New

Zealand, who beat Jordan 98-70 in the last quarter-final.Tohiraukura Smith-Milner and Shea Ili both

scored 19 points for the New Zealanders.The tournament’s final will be played on Sunday (August 20),

Defending champions England, New Zealand, France and the United States secured their place in the semi-finals

England swept aside the United States 47-26 at Billings Park in Dublin, while New Zealand thrashed Canada

48-5 at the same venue.The results saw England and New Zealand finish at the summit of Pool B and Pool

three teams finished the group stage unbeaten and their 100 per cent records never looked in doubt.New Zealand

bonus point.It helped the US progress as the best runner-up from the three pools.In the semi-finals, New

Zealand will play the US and England will take on France.Both matches are scheduled to be held at the