Australia and New Zealand have both named their Chef de Missions for the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games

of Nick Dean as their Chef de Mission while Ashley Light has been given the role by Paralympics New

Zealand (PNZ).The announcements coincided with today marking one year to go until the start of the Winter

Ashley Light has been named as New Zealand's Chef de Mission for Pyeongchang 2018 ©PNZLight, the high

performance director at Snow Sports New Zealand, also occupied the role at Sochi 2014, where the team

The outstanding results of the New Zealand Rio 2016 Paralympic Games team highlighted the importance

Australia emphatically won all six gold medals in the time trial races on the opening day of the Oceania Road Cycling Championships in Canberra today.

kilometres course.Another Australian, Ben Dyball, took second in 55:25.4 while the podium was completed by New

forced to settle for silver in 41:07.7 while she was joined on the podium by Madeline Park, also of New

Zealand, who took bronze in 41:45.1.Australia's Liam Magennis produced a stunning ride to win the under

medals at the Australian Track Championships last weekend in Brisbane.Silver went to Libby Arbuckle of New

Zealand in 21:55.4, 11sec behind Moroney-Plouffe, while Australia's Madeleine Fasnacht finished in third

Australia will begin their International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's World Cup defence against the West Indies on June 26 in Taunton in a repeat of the previous competition's final.

between June 24 and July 23.On the opening day of the competition, England will meet India in Derby while New

Zealand face Sri Lanka at Bristol.Australia defeated the West Indies by 114 runs in the 2013 final held

The 2017 Oceania Cycling Championships are set to continue tomorrow with the road version due to begin in Canberra.

 New Zealand’s Joseph Cooper will be aiming to reclaim the time trial title he won in 2014, while

national championship medallists Jason Christie of New Zealand and Australia’s Ben Dyball will also

category, but is likely to have strong competition from compatriots Lisen Hockings and Lucy Kennedy, and New

Zealand, Guam and Tahiti in under-19, under-23 and elite categories," Oceania Cycling Confederation

New Zealand's Anton Cooper is aiming to defend his title in the elite men’s cross-country event ©Getty

Taekwondo athletes from the Solomon Islands are being urged by the country's governing body to resume training to prepare for upcoming tournaments.

require prompt preparation for participation".The first major tournaments cited by the SITU are the New

Zealand Taekwondo Open and the Oceania Para Taekwondo Open, both of which are due to take place in Auckland

in New Zealand between May 13 and 14.The New Zealand Taekwondo Open and the Oceania Para Taekwondo Open

England's Nick Matthew cruised into the last eight of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Canary Wharf Classic in London.

as the number three seed by Simon Rösner of Germany.Rösner was eliminated by unseeded Paul Coll of New

Zealand, 3-2 in an epic match.Coll took the opening game 11-8 before the German replied by taking the

South Africa extended their advantage at the top of the World Rugby Sevens Series leaderboard as they won the latest event on the circuit with victory over Olympic champions Fiji in Las Vegas.

Series crown.Hosts the United States finished in third place thanks to an impressive 19-15 win against New

Zealand, much to the delight of the considerable crowd inside the stadium."

half rally saw them fight back to win 20-17.Fiji then joined South Africa in the final as they beat New

Zealand 19-14.Kenya took victory in the Challenge Trophy final, edging Samoa 21-14.

New Zealand surged to the summit of the Women's World Rugby Sevens Series standings as the Olympic silver

, Ruby Tui and Alena Saili all getting on the scoresheet at the Sam Boyd Stadium.The result for the New

Zealand side saw them partially avenge their loss at the hands of Australia in the first-ever women's

Olympic rugby sevens gold medal match in Rio de Janeiro last year.New Zealand now lead the race for

New Zealand reached the showpiece contest at the event in Las Vegas with a narrow 12-7 win against the

The other semi-final will be between Olympic gold medallists Fiji, who swept aside Canada 31-12, and New

The top seeds in both the men’s and women’s competitions have made it through to the semi-finals of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour event in Australian city Shepparton.

compatriots Tim Dickson and Garang Anyang 21-13, 21-9 before coming through a tough quarter-final against New

Zachery Schubert beat Austria’s Felix Friedl and Lucas Skrabal 21-10, 28-26 to set up a clash with New

Zealand brothers Ben and Sam O’Dea, 21-19, 21-9 victors at the expense of compatriots Mike Watson and

Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov has sought to play down concerns over security at next year's World Cup by claiming hooligans will not be permitted entry to stadiums at the tournament.

tournament, which runs from June 17 to July 2 and features hosts Russia, Germany, Australia, Chile, Mexico, New

Zealand, Portugal and Cameroon.Smith also addressed concerns over hooliganism at the Confederations

Canada and Olympic silver medallists New Zealand booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Women's

they will also play in the last eight of the tournament tomorrow.Landry also moved joint-level with New

Women's Sevens Series scorers list as a try in the win against France saw her move to 665 points.New Zealand

 "It’s going to be a challenge but we’ll be up for it.”New Zealand will take on Russia in the quarter-finals

tournament this season but looked in good form as they hammered Japan 41-0 and then ousted Scotland 24-12.New

Zealand, current leaders South Africa and the United States also secured two wins apiece.The event in

player Tania Tupu and swimmer Alison Fitch are among the athletes included in the first intake on the New

Zealand Olympic Committee's (NZOC) Women In Sport Leadership Academy (WLSA) programme.

including career strategies and and a better knowledge and understanding of the women and sport movement in New

Zealand and globally.The WLSA uses funds delivered to the NZOC after the organisation won the International

It is hugely exciting.”The New Zealand Olympians will become part of a network made up of graduates from

Hosts New Zealand and defending champions Egypt are among 14 countries confirmed to compete in July's

New Zealand are one of just six countries to have competed in all 16 editions of the showpiece junior

1985.Australia, the first champions, have also featured on every occasion along with England, Germany, New

Zealand and United States.Seven-time winners and 2015 gold medallists Egypt first competed in 1993.Canada

A procedure to find fresh winter sporting applicants for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission has been officially launched before elections next year.

exactly these are.It is expected that China, Britain and United States will be among those to propose new

Commission.These are France, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Russia, South Korea, Australia, New

Zealand and Canada.Canada's former ice hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser is the only other winter representative

Australia and New Zealand will meet for the first time in the pool stage of a Women's World Rugby Sevens

men's sides will participate, with 12 women's teams set to compete.The clash between Australia and New

Zealand, the current overall leaders, is a repeat of the first-ever women's rugby sevens Olympic Games

and Canada in Pool A.Pool B includes England, the US, Samoa and Chile, while Pool C is comprised of New

Zealand, Argentina, Russia and Kenya.Australia, Fiji, Japan and Scotland are in Pool D.