Seven Network have been awarded the Australian broadcast rights to show the 2017 Women’s Rugby League World Cup, it has been confirmed.

Zealand and Papua New Guinea are due to contest the competition.Hosts Australia are the defending champions

after they beat New Zealand 22-12 in the 2013 final in England.SKY Sport (NZ) will show the tournament

in New Zealand ©Getty ImagesSeven Network already have coverage of the men’s Rugby League World Cup

“We will cover it all.”It has also been confirmed that SKY Sport (NZ) have been given New Zealand broadcast

rights for the women’s tournament, while EMTV will cover the event in Papua New Guinea.

A proposal to expedite the approval of new sanctioning rules was approved at the World Anti-Doping Agency

backing, however, from WADA Athlete Committee chairperson Beckie Scott and Government Ministers, such as New

Zealand Sports Minister Jonathan Coleman.WADA vice-president Linda Helleland, the Norwegian Minister

Reigning champions Australia will head into the 2017 Rugby League World Cup as the best ranked team in the world.

scheduled to take place between October 26 and December 2.Australia are co-hosts for the tournament with New

Zealand, who are second in the rankings, and Papua New Guinea, who are 15th in the latest standings.Completing

the top five places are England, Scotland and Samoa.New Zealand are second in the rankings ©Getty ImagesThere

are two new teams featuring in the world rankings for the first time with Uruguay and Thailand taking

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has signed up Guinness Golden Ale and Pimm's as drinks partners for this year's Champions Trophy in England and Wales.

 Competition will take place between June 1 and 18.Hosts England will clash with Australia, New

Zealand and Bangladesh in Group A.India, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka will contest Group B.The

Gold Coast 2018 chairman, Peter Beattie, has urged people from New Zealand to buy tickets for next year's

Australia beat New Zealand 58-40 in the netball gold medal match at Glasgow 2014 ©Getty ImagesBeattie

continued: "On the men's side both Australia and New Zealand will be determined to break into the top

On the netball court the Gold Coast Games will offer New Zealand the opportunity to even the ledger at

three golds apiece, with both Australia and New Zealand featuring in each of the five finals since netball's

We are anticipating a high volume of ticket purchases and we encourage all of our New Zealand friends

A team from Chinese Taipei finished top of the Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) Open medal table in Auckland

Dominik Dörr, a member of the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) Medical Committee, has given a presentation about transgender inclusion.

forwarded to the IOC" in order to assist with updates to their guidelines.A transgender weightlifter from New

Zealand eased to victory in a women's competition in Australia in March.Laurel Hubbard destroyed the

until she transitioned, took the gold medal with ease which put her in line for possible selection to New

Zealand's 2018 Commonwealth Games squad.A transgender weightlifter from New Zealand sparked controversy

FIFA has signed an agreement with Russian company Megalicense Entertainment to manage the retail and licensing programme of the 2017 Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup.

used.Alongside Russia, defending World Cup champions Germany will be joined by Australia, Chile, Mexico, New

Zealand, Portugal and Cameroon in the competition.The World Cup is scheduled to take place between June

The winners of June's International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy will pocket $2.2 million (£1.7 million/€2 million), it has been announced.

tournament.Competition will take place between June 1 and 18.Hosts England will clash with Australia, New

Zealand and Bangladesh in Group A of the tournament.India, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka will

Tonga has withdrawn from hosting the 2019 Pacific Games amid concerns the country could face economic difficulties if it staged the event.

Government had agreed to pay more than TP$57 million (£19.6 million/$25.3 million/€23.1 million) for new

pools, netball and tennis courts and a lawn bowls field.Kaniva News reports that 2015 hosts Papua New

includes the Teufaiva National Stadium, which is being funded through a development initiative by the New

Zealand Government, as well as the Tonga High School Sports Complex, the Atele Indoor Stadium and the

Professional parkour group APEX School of Movement has ended its collaboration with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), which continues to face accusations of "encroachment and misappropriation" into the sport.

Last week, the FIG confirmed it had given its approval in principle for a new discipline in gymnastics

course competitions.FIG expects to include two formats of competitive obstacle course events in the new

skating.Representatives from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be present to observe the new

Zealand Parkour Association (NZPA).Citing a recent Vestnik Kavkaza interview with FIG secretary general

In their statement, APEX say: "The surfacing reality of new information and changing terms culminated

Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) chairman Nigel Wood said a nine-a-side World Cup could be held in 2019.

And in that form of the game you could play everyone against everyone else.Australia's women playing New

Zealand in a nines match ©Getty Images"That's not necessarily the case when you come to 13-a-side -

features shorter matches with other rules of the sport also differing.The Auckland Nines, ran in the New

Zealand city by Australasia's top organisation National Rugby League, is one major competition.Rugby

South Africa wrapped up the overall men's World Rugby Sevens Series title as they won the penultimate leg of the season in Paris.

The Blitzboks knew they could not be caught after they beat New Zealand in the semi-finals 26-5, with

tables in the showpiece game.They earlier saw off Samoa in the quarter-finals, 12-0, before the win over New

England 12-5 for third place.In other quarter-final matches, England beat the United States 26-12 and the New

Democratic. Progressive. Transparent. During the FIFA Congress held last week in Bahrain, football's world governing body amply demonstrated that it is none of these things. Meanwhile its President, Gianni Infantino, is demonstrating with uncomfortable frequency the tell-tale signs of an autocrat. 

Zealand, whose group contains France, Honduras and Vietnam, another team making their debut in this

The squad had spent a large period of time together in New Zealand before their departure to Singapore

He spent time during his schooling playing football in New Zealand and last year was playing professionally

Zealand as a member of the Wellington Phoenix Academy and attending Stotts College.Vanuatu's team captain

Zealand 2015, beating them 8-1.

Scotland topped their pool for the second time this season as they shocked South Africa on the opening day of the penultimate World Rugby Sevens Series event in Paris today.

sight to finish 31-14 in favour of the Olympic champions, which saw them advance to the next round.New Zealand

eight as well after recovering from their loss against England to beat the Spaniards and Kenyans.New Zealand

the second period from Tim Mikkelson and Sam Dickson saw the Kiwis ensure a second win of the day.New Zealand

quarter-finals and will see Scotland play Fiji, England take on the US, Samoa against South Africa while New

Zealand play the hosts.Elsewhere, Canada, Argentina and Scotland confirmed their place at next year’