Action at the World Mixed Curling Championship is set to begin tomorrow in Kazan after fears last month that it may need to move location from Russia. 

medallists China will be absent.Norway have been drawn in group A alongside Italy, Scotland, Japan, New

Zealand, Belarus and Romania.Meanwhile, Sweden will contest group B with Hungary, Finland, Slovakia,

New Zealand rugby legends Dan Carter and Joe Rokocoko have each attended a French Rugby Federation anti-doping

a corticoid for treatment of a calf injury, while Rokocoko was recovering from a knee injury.Former New

Zealand winger Joe Rokocoko is among other players implicated ©Getty Images"They were told they had

exemptions and declarations were in order so the boys have been pretty relaxed about it," Porter told the New

Zealand Herald."

hosting the Commonwealth Games "may have been zero" before abandoning their bid for the 2026 edition, a new

 Auckland in New Zealand and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea have also been mentioned as possible

Serbia avenged their 2014 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Championships final defeat to Qatar today as they beat the men's world champions on the opening day of the 2016 tournament in Guangzhou, China.

board as they defeated Italy 19-15.Elsewhere in Group A, which has been dubbed the "group of death", New

Zealand got off to a dreadful start as they first lost to Russia 22-12 before also being beaten by the

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has revealed the latest official women's softball world rankings, with Japan still on top.

Women's Softball World Championship and the Under-19 Women's Softball World Championship.Under the new

Netherlands 9-2 in the third placed play-off.Meanwhile, Australia have slipped one position to fourth and New

Zealand complete the top five, climbing three spots.Elsewhere, Puerto Rico have made it into the top

Qatar's men will be aiming to retain the title they won in true underdog fashion two years ago when the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Championships begin tomorrow in Guangzhou, China.

finalists at the 2016 European Championships, and two time FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships winners New

Zealand, are also in Group A.The 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships will be held in Guangzhou, China

England plan to select a city to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games by next July after Birmingham and Liverpool both put themselves forward.

 Auckland in New Zealand and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea have also been mentioned as possible

Stephanie Böhe sealed individual victory today at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Nations Cup Eventing competition in Boekelo in The Netherlands as her country Germany claimed the overall series title.

 New Zealand climbed up to the runners-up spot with a clear from Blyth Tait and Xanthus III, plus

Winter X Games slopestyle gold medallist Jossi Wells has been named Snow Sports NZ’s Overall Athlete of the Year.

Wells, who represented New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, received his prize at a

Male and female cyclists will have equal shares in two things at least at the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Road Championships that get underway today in the Qatari capital of Doha - pulverising heat and, for the first time, prize money.

Giorgia Bronzini of Italy are also among the favourites.There is no more passionate advocate of the new

we will strengthen the events platform, retaining the 2016 UCI Women’s WorldTour events and adding new

They will establish a new baseline for women’s professional teams including minimum qualifications of

In Doha, we will disclose the new calendar and it will live up to expectations."

Zealand."

Germany’s Stephanie Böhe moved to the top of the leaderboard at the last International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Nations Cup Eventing competition of the season after today’s cross-country session in Boekelo in The Netherlands.

nation now leads the team standings, however, on 146.60 points with The Netherlands second on 176.20 and New

Zealand third on 178.80.

New Zealand sprinter Liam Malone has been gifted the key to the city of Nelson having returned to the

I believe Liam is the most globally-recognised New Zealander of our time," she told Nelson Live.

The first-ever South African Adaptive Surfing Championships will take place at Muizenberg Pavilion Beach in Cape Town later this month, it has been announced.

 Smyth, Dries Millard and JP Veaudry, along with New Zealand-based Bruce Campbell, represented South

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced that the first day-night Test match in the country will be played at Edgbaston.

countries beginning to turn to the idea in a bid to revitalise the longest format of cricket.Australia beat New

Zealand by three wickets in the first day-night Test in Adelaide in November 2015, while Pakistan will

staging our first ever day-night Test match," said ECB chief executive Tom Harrison.Australia beat New

Zealand in the first day-night Test last year ©Getty Images"It’s a great opportunity to attract more

Alleged positive drugs tests produced by New Zealand rugby superstars Dan Carter and Joe Rokocoko have

exemptions and declarations were in order so the boys have been pretty relaxed about it," he told the New

Zealand Herald."