Scotland won a World Rugby Sevens Series title for the first time in their history after an incredible finish in the London Sevens final against South Africa today.

defending champions, came through their quarter-final clash with a surprisingly easy 42-14 win over New

Zealand.

Fiji secured their second consecutive overall World Rugby Sevens Series title by qualifying for the quarter-finals in the concluding event of the season at Twickenham Stadium today.

between them to start.The French boasted the better points difference to win the group.In Group D, New

Zealand topped the group on points difference from Argentina after both countries beat Russia and Brazil

A new rugby league tournament featuring the United States, Canada and Jamaica has been unveiled.

Cup.Last year, all three countries played in regional qualifying for the 2017 World Cup in Australia, New

Zealand and Papua New Guinea, with the Americans, coached by Leeds Rhinos boss Brian McDermott, gaining

New Zealand superstar and home hope Sebastian Brendel were among defending champions to successfully

Anna Thea Madsen won a tense final rubber to book Denmark's place in the quarter-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Uber Cup.

thrashing Germany 5-0.In the men's Thomas Cup, there was further good news for Denmark as they routed New

Zealand 5-0 to book their place in the last eight in Group D.Chinese Taipei, 5-0 winners over South

The journey of the Olympic flame around Brazil was always likely to turn into one giant carnival, and it has certainly been so in the first 14 days.

Hanan Khaled Daqqah carried the flame.A refugee from the fighting in Syria, her family have made a new

will be one of the first cities to witness Olympic competition in 2016, when the United States meet New

Zealand in women’s football on August 3.In the 300-year-old town of San Joao del Rei, bells chimed

The Bank of South Pacific Group (BSP) has donated $50,000 (£35,000/€44,000) to the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) to help with their Rio 2016 preparations.

addition, Fiji have also qualified for the men's football tournament after an ineligible player row saw New

Zealand kicked out.The team sports mean the country will send its biggest ever squad of athletes to

organisation's commitment to sport after they were the major sponsor at last year's Pacific Games in Papua New

New Zealand have added 16-year-old Hamish McLean to their swimming squad for the Rio 2016 Paralympics

NZ Swim Opens in April ©Paralympics NZ "I am overwhelmed by the support I have had from Paralympics New

Zealand and all the people around me that have helped to make my dream of representing New Zealand a

New Zealand at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

"Hamish has consistently demonstrated outstanding results, including meeting the Swimming New Zealand

nomination and the Paralympics New Zealand selection criteria after setting a minimum qualifying time

Defending champions Fiji, South Africa and New Zealand all progressed to the quarter-finals of the Paris

claim their third straight success.South Africa will go up against Samoa in the quarter-finals.New Zealand

Kenya produced the performance of the opening day of the World Rugby Sevens Series event in Paris as they fought back from 14-0 down to secure a dramatic 29-14 success against Portugal at the Stade Jean Bouin.

Humphrey Kayange completed the turnaround for Kenya in the Pool A clash.Elsewhere in their group, New

Zealand were also made to work hard for their victory as they rallied from behind to beat Russia 34

“We have a great side, a few players in the wider squad and some up our sleeve too, but our new boys

United States' Second Lady Jill Biden told 500 servicemen and women that they have the "world behind you and are not alone" as the curtain was brought down on the Invictus Games at the Closing Ceremony in Orlando.

House.Denmark beat The Netherlands 20-9 to win bronze.Britain did gain some glory, however, with a victory over New

Zealand in the wheelchair tennis final by a 6-1 margin at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Tennis Complex.The

The logo for the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup has been unveiled here in Ireland’s capital, which is jointly-hosting the event with Belfast.

the sport.Former Ireland captain Fiona Coghlan, who led her team to a memorable group phase win over New

Zealand at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup in France, said: "There has been a lot of work done to date

(CSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Winter Games NZ Trust which will see it use New

Zealand and the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ as their training and competition base during the northern

executive Arthur Klap signed the agreement with CSA vice-president Liu Chengliang in Beijing, where New

 "This is a momentous step for snow sports in New Zealand," said Klap."

Chinese snow sports officials will be invited to shadow Winter Games NZ officials and we will facilitate New

Zealand expertise in ski-field management, snow management, grooming and technology to assist the CSA

Sport New Zealand chief executive Peter Miskimmin paid tribute to the biennial Audi quattro Winter Games

The pool allocation draw for the 2019 Rugby World Cup will take place in host nation Japan in May 2017, it has been announced here today.

Rugby World Cup, including Argentina, Australia, England, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New

Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales."

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) have announced the appointments of Melissa Wilson and Kieran Wall to their

“Together, I am confident we will find New Zealand’s Paralympic medallists of the future.”Wall has also

Kieran Wall will be tasked with helping ensure PNZ's pathways can develop Paralympic medallists for New

Zealand ©Getty ImagesIt is hoped that para-athletes would then be able to continue to develop and progress

Zealand, both among potential Para-athletes and the public.

“These newly-created roles will ensure new Para-athletes have a seamless progression through Para-sport