Lake Bagsvaerd in Denmark and Slovakia’s capital Bratislava have been awarded the hosting rights to the respective International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint and Slalom World Championships in 2021.

23 Canoe Sprint World Championships during the ICF Board meeting.Polish city Kraków and Auckland in New

Zealand have been named as hosts of the equivalent slalom event for 2020 and 2021 respectively.Three

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has revealed the line-up for the 2017 Men’s Softball World Championship, which is scheduled to take place in Canadian city Whitehorse in Yukon.

two nations from both Africa, Botswana and South Africa, and Oceania, Australia and number one seeds New

Zealand.

the world title they won on home soil in Saskatoon in 2015, their first since 1992.Six-time winners New

Zealand took home the silver in 2015, while Venezuela claimed the bronze.Earlier this month, the WBSC

Zealand, Puerto Rico, South Africa, the US and Venezuela.The event will mark the first time Yukon has

Trinidad and Tobago are set to stage the final round two event of the Hockey World League (HWL) with the top two teams seeking to earn places in the semi-finals.

drawn alongside Argentina, Netherlands, India, South Korea and Pakistan.Australia, Germany, Belgium, New

Zealand and Spain were the automatic qualifiers for the second semi-final in South Africa.The semi-finals

The United States’ Chris Corning was the best performer in men's qualification as the final leg of this season’s International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup begun in Czech town Spindleruv Mlyn today.

85.50 and Norway’s Fridtjof Tischendorf third on 84.25.World silver medallist Zoi Sadowski Synnott of New

Zealand delivered the strongest display in qualifying for the equivalent women’s event, reaching the

Athletics New Zealand have announced the resignation of chief executive Linda Hamersley.

Pole vaulter Eliza McCartney won an Olympic bronze at Rio 2016, one of four won medals won by New Zealand

athletes at those Games in the Brazlian city ©Getty ImagesAthletics New Zealand to plan commence the

The Board acknowledges the hard work and success Linda has achieved since joining Athletics New Zealand

in June 2014," said Athletics New Zealand chair Annette Purvis."

Out of the 18 Olympic medals won by New Zealand at Rio 2016, four were in athletics.Double gold medallist

The Olympic Stadium in London is set to host matches at the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England and Wales.

have to deliver.”Steve Elworthy, managing director of the 2019 World Cup, has reportedly travelled to New

Zealand to study the best way of installing a cricket pitch into the stadium.The 2015 Rugby World Cup

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates has welcomed the decision of the Kasumigaseki Country Club, which will be used to host golf competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, to change its rules to make women eligible for full membership.

Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist Lydia Ko of New Zealand had been among the top names to speak out against

Two Oceania Taekwondo Union (OTU) courses will be held on the eve of the Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ)

During this year TNZ will make more of these courses available to members around the country under the new

head also said preparations for the event in May, the first WTF sanctioned competition to be held in New

Zealand, were "well underway".The TNZ Open is due to take place at the North Shore Events Centre in

Championships, the Oceania Cadet Championships and the Oceania Colour Belt Championships.New Zealand

Italy have been granted full member status of the Rugby League European Federation (RLEF) for the first time, it has been announced.

 "They overhauled its governance structure, including adoption of a new constitution based on CONI

teams set to compete at this year's Rugby League World Cup, which will be jointly hosted by Australia, New

Zealand and Papua New Guinea from October 26 to December 2.They have been drawn in Group D along with

The club that will be used to host golf competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has changed its rules to make women eligible for full membership.

Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist Lydia Ko of New Zealand had been among the top names to speak out against

the rules at the Kasumigaseki Country Club ©Getty ImagesRio 2016 Olympic silver medallist Lydia Ko of New

Zealand had been among the top names to speak out against the rules at the Tokyo 2020 golf course.Last

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has unveiled a new tournament and prize money structure which is

South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.Australia, Chinese Taipei, Germany, India, Korea, Macau, New

Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and the United States have all been awarded level five competitions

It is hoped the new structure "will strengthen brand awareness, thus helping to increase exposure and

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Louise Martin was all smiles and there was dancing at Freetown airport in Sierra Leone as the baton for the 2018 Gold Coast Games arrived to begin the global relay. But there’s no denying that celebrations have been overshadowed by the decision to strip Durban of the 2022 Games.

Canada and New Zealand have both staged them three times.Kingston in 1966, Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and Delhi

Home favourites Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann became Australia’s first International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour gold medallists since 2001 after beating compatriots Cole Durant and Zachery Schubert in today's final in Shepparton.

Brothers Ben and Sam O’Dea of New Zealand recovered from losing to Durant and Schubert 21-16, 17-21,

Scotland's Ronnie Duncan has claimed the overall lead in the men's section one at the World Cup Indoor Singles at the Warilla Bowls and Recreation Club in Shellharbour.

of competition in Australia.The Scot opened his account for the day with a 13-4, 12-4 win over Papua New

over night.In his second match of the day, Breitenbach defeated the previous leader, Ali Forsyth of New

Zealand 7-4, 7-5.

match against Australia's Natasha Scott, who also finds herself on 21 points overall, 8-10, 10-2, 6-0.New

There has been no confirmation yet that Nauru is ready to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games - but it can surely only be a matter of time.

The newly introduced rugby sevens, in which a New Zealand side including the late, great Jonah Lomu defeated

flexible than its towering Olympic brother.Whether any of the individual cities involved would buy that new