Some of the world’s best Alpine skiers have been named as the "Ones to Watch" by International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing ahead of the upcoming season.

changed her guide and now competes with Gary Smith.In the men's sitting discipline, Corey Peters of New

Zealand is the defending super-G and downhill world champion, while Japan's Taiki Morii is the reigning

A host of Olympic gold medallists have been nominated for the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Star Awards after the list for the various prizes was revealed at a glittering Hockey Revolution No Limits Ball and Award Ceremony here tonight.

for the Women’s Player of the Year prize, along with Argentina’s Carla Rebecchi, Stacey Michelsen of New

Zealand and Dutchwoman Naomi van As.Maddie Hinch of Britain, who produced a number of superb displays

Japan won a nervy encounter against defending champions and hosts South Korea to book their place in the men's final at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championship at the Uiseong Curling Training Center.

final will be between China and South Korea.The Chinese knocked out Japan 6-3, with the hosts thrashing New

Zealand 12-4.Both countries will play in the Women's World Championships in Beijing next year."

well, that was a great game, but we are grateful for our confidence and going to the final with our new

Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) chief executive David Collier has congratulated Italy after the country sealed the final qualification place at the 2017 World Cup.

England.It means they take their place in next year's showpiece competition, due to be held in Australia, New

Zealand and Papua New Guinea.They have been entered into Group D which features Fiji and the United

Group A - one of two pools which feature four teams - and will also meet France and Lebanon.In Group B, New

Zealand, another host nation, will meet Scotland, Samoa and Tonga.The third host, Papua New Guinea,

Chinese Taipei's men qualified for the semi-finals for the first time as round-robin play concluded at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships at the Uiseong Curling Training Center in South Korea.

New Zealand's women earned the final playoff spot at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships ©WCFJapan

Chinese Taipei with South Korea meeting Japan in tomorrow's semi-finals.In the women's tournament, New

Zealand secured the final semi-final place available by hammering Kazakhstan 11-1.South Korea fell to

round-robin campaign.They will play Japan in the last four tomorrow, with South Korea colliding with New

Zealand.

New Zealand's Paralympians celebrated their success at an event in the presence of the country's Prime

Zealand and the organisation's partner Adecco New Zealand, was held after the country won 21 medals

Para-athletes start their journey to qualification and hopefully selection to the New Zealand team at

successful for Para-sport in New Zealand.

 "The team performed exceptionally both on and off the field of play and the New Zealand public

 "There is no doubt that New Zealand Paralympians have inspired many and have whilst doing so increased

Hosts South Korea bounced back from their defeat yesterday to remain on top of the men's round-robin table at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.

yesterday to lose for the first time in the competition, but normal service resumed today as they beat New

Zealand 8-5 at the Uiseong Curling Training Centre.It was New Zealand who were in front, 5-4, after

6-4.Australia claimed their first victory as they thrashed winless tournament newcomers Qatar 17-2.New

Zealand kept their play-off hopes alive by beating Australia 6-5, with Hong Kong seeing off Kazakhstan

I feel a little bit relieved," said New Zealand skip Chelsea Farley."

Hosts Ireland will play Six Nations rivals France and Australia after the draw for next year's Women's Rugby World Cup was made today.

a two-leg play-off for the right to qualify for the competition.Pool A will see four-times winners New

Zealand play Wales, Canada and the runners-up from the Asia/Oceania qualifier, which will feature Fiji

The gift-giving season is fast approaching; so in the spirit of ‘news you can use’, I have put together a Top Dozen list of great sporting reads.

To be clear, these are not, on the whole, new books, but since the internet became ubiquitous, you can

Classic, extended account of the 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, so often pipped at the post by the New

The Meaning of Cricket by Jon Hotten (2016)This is a new book, in which Hotten, another team-mate, distils

E.J.Boyd-Wilson, says it was the first French book to have its first English-language publication in New

Zealand.

Japan handed South Korea their first defeat of the men's competition at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships at the Uiseong Curling Training Centre today.

New Zealand defeated Australia 8-2 today at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships ©WCF/FacebookChina

in the final end to record their first win of the championships.In the evening session’s final game, New

Zealand defeated Australia 8-2 to keep themselves in contention for a playoff position.They are now

by a score of five points in the third end and four points in the fifth, while South Korea defeated New

Zealand 9-2.China picked up their third win in a row after defeating Kazakhstan 20-1 and in the session

An official process for determining a potential bidding city from England for the 2026 Commonwealth Games is due to be launched in the coming weeks, it was revealed here today. 

Canada are also considering a bid and are due to make a decision by the end of the year.Auckland in New

Zealand and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea have also been mentioned as possible other bidders.

China, Japan and hosts South Korea all picked up two wins as action continued today in the women’s Pacific-Asia Curling Championships at the Uiseong Curling Training Center. 

I think this week there’s no pressure on us because we have qualified already, but this is a new team

at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships ©WCFJapan, meanwhile, backed up their narrow 8-7 win over New

Zealand by beating Kazakhstan 14-1 after six ends of play that included steals of two, four and three

points in the last three ends played.New Zealand recovered from their set-back to defeat newcomers Qatar

international governing body looks to establish "the route to successful commercialisation and growing new

research as the foundation of a commercial strategy, while David Abercrombie, chief executive of Yachting New

Zealand, will explain how to develop successful partnerships for World Sailing Member National Authority

 Furthermore, there will be a session on seizing new sports broadcast opportunities with Andrew

 World Sailing are keen to grow new audiences for the sport ©Getty ImagesThe Commercial Strategy

opposition from Denmark's Kim Andersen and Canada's Paul Henderson.Croce, whose manifesto is entitled A New

Japan and hosts South Korea both made it three victories from three in round-robin play on day two of the men’s Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.

matches.The Chinese played just one match today, beating winless Australia 7-5.Today was a good one for New

Zealand who recovered from an opening defeat yesterday to win twice, 16-3 against Qatar and 10-3 against

medallists Japan demolished Qatar 20-1 in their first game, with Australia easing past Kazakhstan 19-4.New

Zealand edged Hong Kong 8-7 in a tight affair."

The public vote for the 2016 Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards, considered the most prestigious award in sailing, is now open.

 Other contenders for the male award are New Zealand duo Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, who have