When the Commonwealth Games open in the Gold Coast next April, reconciliation with the Aboriginal people of Australia will be the buzz word. The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) have a Reconciliation Action Plan aimed at offering opportunities to first nation Australians.

carrying the Australian flag at the Brisbane 1982 Opening Ceremony ©Getty ImagesContact was made with New

Zealand Maori groups to join the protests and a group was said to be flying to Africa to enlist support

Defending champions China have been drawn against Iraq, 2015 runners-up The Philippines and Qatar in Group B for this year’s International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup.

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

Zealand, battling it out for top honours.The official draw ceremony was held at Le Royal Hotel Dbayeh

Syria and India in Group A and hosts Lebanon put into Group C alongside Kazakhstan, South Korea and New

groups; E and F.The tournament will be played in a knockout format from the quarter-finals onwards.The new

An unbeaten 133 from Joe Root saw England begin their International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy campaign with a comfortable eight wicket win over Bangladesh today.

England over the line.Tomorrow will see a repeat of the 2015 ICC World Cup final as Australia face New

Zealand at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

Italy secured their place in the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup after a narrow 2-1 victory in South Korea over 2013 winners France at the Cheonan Sports Complex.

thrilling extra-time triumph over Germany yesterday.The United States were in fine form as they hammered New

Zealand 6-0 ©Getty ImagesThe United States booked their quarter-final berth in style as they thrashed

New Zealand 6-0 at the Incheon Stadium.Josh Sargent opened the scoring for the American outfit on the

Denmark have become the latest country to complain the supposed hijacking of parkour by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), writing a letter to President Morinari Watanabe supporting the stance taken by their counterparts led by the United Kingdom.

freerunning.Similar moves have also been made by other parkour national governing bodies in France, Australia and New

Zealand, South Africa.The German, Swiss, Finnish and Swedish communities have also thrown their support

support the stance taken by Parkour UK, Federation de Parkour, Australian Parkour Association and the New

Zealand Parkour Association along with numerous other open letters issued by communities within countries

parkour.It followed the apparent breaking of a promise not to use the phrase "parkour" while promoting the new

England got their World Rugby Under-20 Championship title defence off to a fantastic start today as they thrashed Samoa 74-17 at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi.

Stadium in Kutaisi, Pool B got under way with last year’s runners-up Ireland losing 22-21 to Italy while New

Zealand eased to a 42-20 victory over Scotland.Back in Tbilisi, the matches in Pool C saw France and

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has hailed its inaugural Obstacle Course Cup in Montpellier as a "huge success" but is continuing to face claims from the parkour community it has hijacked the sport. 

FIG has proposed parkour as a new discipline hoping for it to be added to the Olympic programme, possibly

President Morinari Watanabe, following similar moves by other national governing bodies in France, New

Zealand and Australia."

parkour.It followed the apparent breaking of a promise not to use the phrase "parkour" while promoting the new

Thomas Weikert has defeated Jean-Michel Saive to be elected President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) here today.

Sweden, Masahiro Maehara of Japan, Nestor Tenca of Argentina, Bruce Burton of Canada, James Morris of New

Zealand, Alaa Meshref of Egypt and Khalil Al-Mohannadi of Qatar.It took four hours for the votes to

 "I promise to keep giving my best to push the sport to new heights and achieve all my goals stated

I really I hope can be your new ITTF President and that we can do it together," he concluded.Belgium's

ITTF Executive Committee is due to take place on Monday (June 5).The new panel are all going out for

India finished their International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy warm-up campaign in style as they thrashed Bangladesh by 240 runs at The Oval in London today.

instead chose to hand the responsibility to Karthik, who made a nine-ball duck in the victory over New

Zealand on Sunday (May 28).It proved to be the right call as Karthik inspired India to a comprehensive

on Sunday (June 4).In the other match to take place today, Martin Guptill's unbeaten century helped New

Zealand claim a four-wicket victory in a high-scoring encounter against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston.Guptill

retired out on 116 as New Zealand successfully chased down their target of 357.Kane Williamson also

Two-time winners Portugal are through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup after beating hosts South Korea 3-1 at the Cheonan Sports Complex today.

period.Next up for Venezuela is a meeting with the winner of the match between the United States and New

Zealand, which is set to take place at the Incheon Stadium on Thursday (June 1).Both Portugal and Venezuela

The 2017 World Rugby Under-20 Championship is set to begin in Georgia tomorrow as England attempt to retain the title they won on home soil last year.

as runners-up in 2015.Pool B, which will be based in Kutaisi, will see 2016 runners-up Ireland play New

Zealand, Scotland and Italy.Hosts Georgia will compete in Group C against Argentina, France and South

have featured at the tournament include winger Julian Savea, a member of the 2015 World Cup winning New

Zealand side, England fly-half George Ford and Welsh back-row forward Taulupe Faletau.Along with England

, two other teams have lifted the trophy with New Zealand winning it on five occasions between 2008 and

I was planning to write a column today assessing the candidates to become the President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at elections scheduled for Wednesday (May 31) in Düsseldorf.

Carrick-Fellaini midfield there," tweeted one hack.The arrival of sat-navs in cars has brought with it new

Most bizarrely of all, New Zealand Para-athlete Kate Horan arrived in Assen for the 2006 World Championships

Rain caused the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy warm-up match between Australia and Pakistan to be abandoned with just 10.2 overs played today.

by the time play was halted.Tomorrow will see the last couple of warm-up matches contested between New

Zealand and Sri Lanka at Edgbaston while India take on Bangladesh at The Oval in London.This year’s

Australia's Steven Currie defended his men's K42 75 kilogram title at the Oceania Para Taekwondo Open in Auckland.

Currie was given a stern test by Japan's Kentaro Takahashi in the gold medal match in the New Zealand

New Zealand moved to the brink of clinching the overall title as they won the Women's World Rugby Sevens

narrow defeat.Michaella Blyde and Tyla Nathan-Wong scored two early tries for a supposedly weakened New

Zealand team, who were without several key players due to their commitments with the 15s side, to set

part of my job if it wasn’t the whole team," player of the final Rubi Tui said.Two early tries from New

Zealand paved the way for a 17-7 triumph over Canada in the final ©World Rugby"There were a few girls

 "I know they’ll have been following us and they’ll be so pleased.”New Zealand had reached the final