Gold Coast 2018 have confirmed the pool stage line-up for the men’s and women’s basketball competitions at next year’s Commonwealth Games.

will be based in Cairns as they contest Pool A competition.They will meet fellow top seeds Nigeria, New

Zealand and Canada in the Cairns Convention Centre, while the lowest ranked four nations feature in

, Canada, England and Mozambique the top ranked teams.They will meet in Pool A in Townsville, while New

Zealand, Jamaica, India and Malaysia will contest Pool B in Cairns.Australia are the top seeds in both

Katie Sadleir, appointed as World Rugby's first general manager for women's rugby in November, has defended the Rugby Football Union's (RFU) commitment to the women's game. 

their defence against Spain in Dublin on Wednesday (August 9).Following a successful three-game tour in New

Zealand, where England beat Australia, Canada and the host nation, the side go into the competition

The reaction to the draw for the eighth Women's Rugby World Cup - due to start in Ireland on Wednesday (August 9) - appeared to offer clear evidence of how the women's game has progressed, even in the space of the last three years. 

Now Sadleir, who has previously held directorships with Sport New Zealand and High Performance Sport

New Zealand, as well as being a director with the International Association of Elite Sport Training Centres

, a Board member at the New Zealand Swimming Federation and a New Zealand Olympic Committee Athletes'

I moved to Dublin from Wellington, New Zealand, and began working with World Rugby in January this year

In 1997 the first Hong Kong Sevens tournament for women was held, and the following year New Zealand

New Zealand and Australian pairs dominated finals day at the World Squash Federation World Doubles Championships

the mixed doubles, this time alongside Daryl Selby.Once again the match lasted three sets, before the New

ominous form in cruising into their respective singles finals at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) New

Zealand Open in Auckland today.

The International Parkour Federation (IPF) have said their application to be recognised as parkour's official International Federation (IF) is still pending following the launch of another organisation - Parkour Earth - within the sport.

six founding National Federations of Parkour Earth are Parkour UK, France's Fédération de Parkour, New

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

England's Alison Waters and New Zealand's Joelle King each enjoyed a superb day in reaching two finals

pic.twitter.com/EqwpnbvkVv— WSF World Doubles (@WSFworlddoubles) August 4, 2017Neither England nor New

Zealand gained a place in the men's final.Australian second seeds Cameron Pilley and Ryan Cuskelly

Intanon survived a scare before battling into the semi-finals at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) New

Zealand Open in Auckland today.

Parkour Earth has today been officially established as the International Federation for the sport as the ongoing row with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) continues.

August 4, 2017The six founding National Federations are Parkour UK, France's Fédération de Parkour, New

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

 The Transitional Board consists of four elected directors - Damien Puddle of New Zealand Parkour

Serbia will bid to use home advantage to help them defend their title when the 2017 World Men's Junior Water Polo Championships get underway in Belgrade tomorrow.

will be hoping to lift the trophy once again on August 13.Serbia have been drawn in Group C along with New

Zealand, Australia, Argentina and China.They will open their campaign against Argentina in the last

Men's top seed Wang Tzu-wei continued his progression at the Badminton World Federation New Zealand Open

win over Canada's five-time Pan-American champion Brittney Tam.Home interest was ended as the last New

Zealand player in either singles draw, Christine Zhang, was knocked out 21-14, 21-7 by Dinar Dyah Ayustine

to book her place in the second round of the women’s singles event at the Badminton World Federation New

Zealand Open in Auckland.

Second seed Ajay Jayaram of India has been eliminated from the Badminton World Federation New Zealand

Wang, the top seed, is safely through to the second round thanks to a comfortable 21-5, 21-12 win over New

Peiris.Awaiting him in the second round is India’s Pratul Joshi, a 21-10, 21-13 victor over Daxxon Vong of New

Zealand.

competition is due to take place tomorrow.Four players qualified for the first round today, including New

New Zealander Graeme Steel has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Institute of National

improve their programmes and to adopt best practices.Steel resigned as chief executive of Drug-Free Sport New

Zealand in February having been in charge of anti-doping in the country since 1988 after being appointed

The anti-doping community, and our membership in particular, will benefit greatly with him as our new

Olympics in Seoul ©Getty ImagesThe 61-year-old Steel is a former international volleyball player for New

Zealand.

Thailand's former world number one Ratchanok Intanon leads the entries for the Badminton World Federation New

Zealand Open, starting tomorrow in Auckland.

Indonesia.World leading stars from China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Australia and Japan will clash with 64 New

intriguing contest comes in the mixed doubles.There, Malaysia's Olympic silver medallist Chan Peng Soon and new