Vanuatu 2017 organisers have stated that around 1,832 athletes are on course to attend this year’s Pacific Mini Games.

officials are also earmarked to attend, while participation could be further increased as Australia and New

Zealand are now expected to compete in weightlifting.However, Flood requested that National Olympic

“New Caledonia have committed 15 technical officials and that is a huge support, which helps to offset

Paul MacKinnon has been appointed as Hockey New Zealand’s high performance director as the organisation

is currently the high performance manager at Auckland Cricket, having previously spent five years at New

Zealand Rugby Union, where he acted as their player development manager.He will lead New Zealand’s senior

Zealand have expressed their hope that their national teams will consistently win medals at major world

Zealand chief executive, believes the national governing body have found the ideal candidate for the

“We are thrilled to have Paul joining the team at Hockey New Zealand as we move on to the next phase

Chris Corning of the United States was the top qualifier in the men's slopestyle event at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Junior Snowboard World Championships in Špindlerův Mlýn in the Czech Republic.

gold.Fitzsimmons achieved the same total as Hosefros in the second heat.Other qualifiers included Tiarn Collins of New

Zealand, who scored 85.66, and Stef Vandeweyer of Belgium, who amassed 80.33.Italy's Davide Boggio's

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has announced that the 2017 World Team Disc Golf Championships have been sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA).

making as few throws as possible.The United States are the defending champions after they defeated New

Zealand in last year's final held in Vancouver."

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) President Robin Mitchell has expressed his hope sporting standards will increase across the region over the next four-year cycle leading up to Tokyo 2020. 

being viewed as inspiration for fellow Pacific nations ©Getty ImagesONOC's largest NOCs Australia and New

Zealand have strong Olympic pedigree, and Fiji made a major impact at Rio 2016.

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) members weighed up the pros and cons of participating at Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) events in a productive open forum here today. 

 Both Australia and New Zealand competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo in February,

It is a really good time for us to be looking at this as a region, as there are new opportunities on

Australia and New Zealand both competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo ©Getty ImagesConcerns

Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) President."

Zealand could explore participation at the full Asian Games.

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) executive director Dennis Miller believes Olympic Solidarity funding is crucial to helping to strengthen National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in the region.

values.Miller explained that while solidarity funding is often used by ONOC's larger NOCs, Australia and New

Zealand, to help support sports in countries which lack resources, it is used in a wide variety of others

Papua New Guinea won an IOC environmental award for their clean-up programmes, the NOCs often take over

Defending men's champions Serbia have been handed a difficult draw for the fourth edition of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup, which will be held in Nantes in France between June 17 and 21.

World Cup silver medallists, the US, will meet 2016 Europe Cup bronze medallists The Netherlands and New

Zealand in Pool D.Indonesia and South Korea have also been drawn in the pool.Defending champions Serbia

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) President Robin Mitchell is poised to be re-elected for a further four-year term after it was confirmed the Fijian will stand unopposed at the General Assembly here on Saturday (April 1).

Zealand's IOC member Barry Maister leaving the role.New Zealand Olympic Committee President Mike Stanley

Committee vice-president Helen Brownlee, the Federated States of Micronesia's James Tobin and Papua New

official Inoke Niubalavu, Palau judoka Jennifer Anson and former basketball player Karo Lelai of Papua New

Dawson have been nominated for the ONOC Women in Sport Commission.Carolyn Ngiraidis of Palau, Papua New

Zealand and Palau's Jason Nolan.Five nominees have been made for the ONOC Merit Award.Australia's Brownlee

Malaysia's Budriz Mustakim and home hope Corey Wedlock took early leads after the opening day of men's singles competition at the World Youth Bowls Championships at the Broadbeach Club in the Gold Coast in Australia.

youth champions Ellen Ryan, Kristina Krstic and Chloe Stewart ©World BowlsSheldon Bagrie-Howley of New

Zealand lies in second place following a 21-20 victory over Cook Islands' Taiki Paniani with a 21-17

success over Papua New Guinea's Kenneth Ikirima.Australia's Chloe Stewart and Tiffany Brodie lead the

two women's singles sections.Stewart enjoyed two easy 21-4 victories today, over Papua New Guinea's

and Guernsey's Emma Snell.Brodie beat Nicole LeBlanc of Canada 21-4 before a tougher 21-17 win over New

hosting the Commonwealth Games if the event was "drastically reduced in size", a leading official from New

Zealand has claimed.

CGF) because the South African city was unable to meet the financial demands.Bruce Ullrich, a former New

Zealand Olympic Committee vice-president, who served as deputy chairman of the Organising Committee

Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand's south island, was the centre of a devastating earthquake

played host to the 1974 edition of what was then the British Commonwealth Games.Auckland was the last New

Zealand city to host the Games in 1990.It appears very unlikely that the country will ultimately replace

Representatives from Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) member nations are arriving here as the organisation prepares to stage its Annual General Assembly.

Sheikh Ahmad raised the prospect at last month’s Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, where Australia and New

Zealand participated as guests.The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee are hosting

Disability Sports Australia (DSA) marked 500 days to go until the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) 2018 World Championship with the announcement of a corporate partnership and the appointment of the "Championship patron" at Government House in Sydney.

 David Hurley, the Governor of New South Wales, has been named as the tournament's patron ©Getty

before adding the Rio 2016 Paralympic title with a 59-58 win over the US.David Hurley, the Governor of New

Nottwil in Switzerland in 1995, Toronto in Canada in 1998, Gothenburg in Sweden in 2002, Christchurch in New

Zealand in 2006 and Vancouver in Canada in 2010.

The Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games held last month were "doping-free", according to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

Committees (NOCs) from Oceania were invited to enter guest athletes in individual sports only.Australia and New

Zealand both sent teams to the Japanese city, and the anti-doping programme included the testing of

The United States’ Chris Corning won the final International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Slopestyle race of the season in Czech town Spindleruv Mlyn today as compatriot Redmond Gerard clinched the discipline’s overall title.

followed by Canada’s Mark McMorris on 1,600.In today’s women’s event, 16-year-old Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New

Zealand dominated proceedings with 87.32 points.Canada’s Spencer O’Brien came second with 81.22 while