The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have said there will be no additional selection events to determine the full number of qualifiers for the Gold Coast 2018 basketball tournaments.

are currently ranked fourth among Commonwealth nations in the men’s FIBA rankings, behind Australia, New

Zealand and Nigeria.They lie third in the women’s standings, behind Australia and Canada.Australia won

gold medals when the sport was last contested at the Commonwealth Games back at Melbourne 2006, with New

Zealand taking the silver medals.England won bronze in both events.

Argentina and Spain will meet in fifth-place play-off at the Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup in Lucknow after overcoming the respective challenges of England and The Netherlands today.

not enough to save them from defeat.In the ninth-place play-off, South Africa were defeated 4-1 by New

Zealand, with man of the match Mark Wilcox scoring two early goals to help his team on their way to

Cricket Ireland have appointed Elaine Nolan to the role of participation director.

In the job, Nolan, currently employed as New Zealand Cricket’s game development manager, will be responsible

failed to progress to the quarter-finals in India.At the 2015 World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New

Zealand, the Irish team won three games, including a victory against the West Indies, but again failed

Scotland will next year play host to a joint European and American qualifying event on the road to the 2018 International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Twenty20.

Cricket World Cup provides the opportunity for one team to progress directly through to the tournament in New

Zealand in two years’ time.Hosts Jersey will be participating along with Denmark, Ireland and Scotland

Russia will play Spain for the gold medal at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women’s Youth Water Polo Championships after both teams successfully came through their semi-final encounters at the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland today.

held off a fight-back from Germany to secure 11th place with a 13-10 win, while Australia defeated New

Zealand 11-5 for ninth place.Prior to tomorrow’s final, China are due to meet Hungary in the seventh-place

Belgium claimed a dramatic win over defending champions Germany today to reach the final of the Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup in Lucknow, where they will face hosts India.

scheduled to take place on Sunday (December 18) prior to the final.Tomorrow’s action sees South Africa meet New

Zealand in the ninth-place play-off and Austria go up against Malaysia in the 11th-place play-off.There

New Zealander Suzie Bates has become the first cricketer to win both the International Cricket Council

“It was a bit of a surprise to find out that I had won both these awards,” Bates, who captained the New

Zealand side which reached the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 in India earlier this year, said

Russia beat holders United States 16-15 in a sudden-death penalty shootout to earn their place in the semi-finals of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships at the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland.

classification matches held today as Australia beat Germany 21-1 to set up a ninth-place play-off with New

Zealand, 12-10 winners against Canada.Germany and Canada will subsequently contest the 11th-place play-off.Meanwhile

Defending champions United States eased into the quarter-finals of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships in Auckland after claiming an emphatic 21-0 victory over Germany at the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre.

yesterday ahead of the US.Italy booked their place in the quarter-finals with a 15-9 win over hosts New

Zealand ©Russell McKinnon/FINAChina and Italy complete the line-up thanks to win over Canada and hosts

New Zealand respectively.Sanfeng Nong top scored for China with three goals in a 12-9 victory over Canada

, while Elena Altamura's hat-trick helped Italy defeat New Zealand 15-9.Next up for China are Group B

to the ninth to 12th-place classification round matches between Germany and Australia and Canada and New

South Africa and New Zealand both recorded victories to set up a meeting in the 9-10 positions classification

Ntuli put the result beyond all doubt.South Africa’s opponents in the 9-10 classification match will be New

Zealand, who claimed a 3-1 win over Malaysia to force their opponents into the 11-12 play-off game with

the Austrians.Oliver Logan’s opener for New Zealand was cancelled out by a penalty corner rocket from

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson said he is "optimistic" that how the sport is administered in the United States will be improved soon.

Advisory Group and members of the USA Cricket Association (USACA) in Dallas, Texas, to discuss a proposed new

top level international cricket tournament, the 2004 Champions Trophy in England, where they lost to New

Zealand and Australia ©Getty Images"We recognise that it has been, and continues to be, a difficult

competitions, reaching the 2004 Champions Trophy held in England.They were comprehensively beaten by New

Zealand and Australia in both games they played.

Greece topped Group C in front of defending champions United States as the opening round of matches concluded at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships in Auckland.

summit.They duly obliged with a rampant 27-9 victory at the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre in the New

Zealand city.It means the US will have to play-off to reach the last eight, with all second and third

progress.In Group A, Russia topped the pile with a 100 per cent record.They recorded a 16-6 win over New

good enough for the play-offs, which will take place tomorrow.The US will meet Germany, with hosts New

Zealand playing Italy.Spain face Australia and China play Canada.The US beat Canada 5-4 in the final

Twin sisters Courtney and Brianna Reynolds-Smith will be competing alongside each other in the 420 class at the 2016 Youth Sailing World Championships due to be held in Torbay in Auckland between December 14 to 20.

The sisters, who are from New Zealand, will be competing for their country in the two person dinghy event

It's awesome to have the Youth Worlds here in New Zealand," said Courtney."

the summer Games and so did last year's Youth world champion, Hungary's Maria Erdi.There will be a new

won in 2015.World Sailing awarded the championships to Auckland following the withdrawal of Oman.A new

Oman's sudden withdrawal in February -  with speculation suggesting the country could not meet new

Five African countries have received financial support from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in order to avoid missing loan repayments after Rio 2016 failed to meet a second deadline for travel grants.

more likely it is that other NPCs come forward asking for financial support from the IPC.”Paralympics New

Zealand (PNZ) have revealed how they are owed NZD$38,000 (£22,000/$27,000/€26,000)."

accordingly, and or seek other investment options," the body's chief executive Fiona Allan told Stuff New

Zealand."

Russia continued their dominant start to the World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships as they thrashed South Africa to record their second victory in Auckland.

star performers for Russia as they each scored six goals in the rout.In the other match in the group, New

Zealand were not able to build on their win yesterday as they fell to a 15-3 loss to Spain.The Spanish