Confirmation of North Korea’s presence in the Paris 2024 qualifying programme was described as "the worst thing that has happened in weightlifting for 20 or 30 years" by one of the sport’s most renowned coaches.

between August 2014 and April 2015.Despite Oceania’s clean record, weightlifters in Samoa, Australia and New

Zealand have been tested many times since Tokyo and one of them, Don Opeloge from Samoa, was once tested

 Australian cricketer and hockey player Brian Booth, who has died at the age of 89, was one of the few men to compete at an Olympics and also play Test cricket for his country.

playing field and as a leader are well documented and the fact he was able to captain Australia and New

well as play hockey for Australia at a home Olympics, shows just how special he was as an athlete," New

took part in the Opening Ceremony of the 1956 Olympic Games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and as a New

He played in a 2-2 draw against Belgium and a 1-0 victory over New Zealand as Australia finished fifth

club all his life.The club pavilion bears his name in tribute to this day.Booth played 93 matches for New

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has suspended the National Federations of New Zealand, Germany

sought to dismiss World Boxing as a "rogue" organisation.It filed a complaint to its BIIU against the New

Zealand Boxing Association, German Boxing Association, Swedish Boxing Federation and the Dutch Boxing

addition to the Irish Amateur Boxing Association.The IBA today announced it had found four of those - New

Zealand, Germany, Sweden and The Netherlands - guilty of "breaching the rules and regulations" and suspended

New Zealand was part of the Common Cause Alliance which backed van der Vorst's campaign last year, but

Poland has secured a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after winning the Group C International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Designated Olympic Qualifier for Eventing at Baborówko.

spot which means fierce competition is expected for the remaining spots.Germany, the United States, New

Zealand, Britain, Ireland, Sweden, and Switzerland qualified as the highest ranked teams at the 2022

Australia clinched the final Paris 2024 Olympics qualification place via the route of the men's World Rugby Sevens Series at the last stop in London, where Argentina earned a third win of the season.

New Zealand had already clinched the overall Series title, and were already assured of a Paris 2024 berth

some consolation by taking the bronze medal in London, recovering from 14-0 down to Series winners New

Zealand to triumph 24-19.New Zealand had been beaten 19-17 by Fiji in the semi-finals, having survived

Zealand finished fourth in London, but were presented with the overall World Rugby Sevens Series title

Zealand, Australia, the United States and Ireland in being assured of women's rugby sevens berths at

Olympic champions Ma Long and Chen Meng eased through to the second round on the opening day of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Durban.

medallist at the last two World Championships, is also safely through after beating Alfred Dela Pena of New

Zealand 11-8, 11-9, 11-2, 11-3.Maharu Yoshimura of Japan is set to be his next opponent after a comfortable

released for national team duty four weeks before the start of the Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand.

obviously in everyone’s best interests to establish a solution as quickly as possible, and we believe the new

The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) has appointed three new vice-presidents

for Cook Islands sport.Last year saw International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach visit the new

on August 8, the Cook Islands team did not return home until October after they became stranded in New

Zealand due to COVID-19 restrictions and a lack of repatriation flights.

The International School Sport Federation (ISF) President Laurent Petrynka has spoken of his pride in the continuing tradition of the organisation’s beach volleyball events.

Mediterranean coast until May 23 ©ISFAmong the school teams present are representatives from the United States, New

Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Chinese Taipei and Ukraine.The competition is being held across six different

New Zealand has announced a team of 12 swimmers to compete at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad

This is a team full of exciting young athletes who have all made excellent progress this year," Swim New

Zealand national development leader Alastair Johnson said."

Danielle Asiata, who won the New Zealand Age Group Championships at Hawkes Bay last month in both the

Zealand Olympic Committee chief executive Nicki Nicol said."

Zealand at the senior Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last year.Aquatics at Trinbago 2023 is set to

Qatar has emerged as a shock contender to replace France as host of the 2025 Rugby League World Cup.

Troy Grant revealed today that the Gulf nation had expressed interest in hosting the event alongside New

Zealand, South Africa and Fiji.This is despite Qatar not having a rugby league team or featuring in

pedigree.However, Grant said Qatar's location between the rugby league hotspots of England and Australia and New

Zealand would be a positive.The oil-rich country is also an enthusiastic host of sporting events and

excellent stadia having staged the 2022 FIFA World Cup last year.IRL has been left searching for a new

New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) has announced that it wants to be the replacement host for the 2025 World

 Greg Peters, the chief executive of NZRL, added to New Zealand media: "It's early days, but prior

that might look like at a high level, and we have some recent experience from 2017, when Australia and New

Zealand hosted it.New Zealand and Australia co-hosted the Rugby League World Cup in 2017 ©Getty Images"But

Peters added that he would like the tournament to remain in 2025, with the tight turnaround for the new

Britain's Sophie Coldwell claimed her maiden win on the World Triathlon Championship Series circuit in the pouring rain in Yokohama.

 "I am literally lost for words and this doesn't happen very much.Hayden Wilde of New Zealand won

In the men's race, Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Hayden Wilde of New Zealand came out on top in the wet

New Zealand claimed the men's and women's World Rugby Sevens Series titles in Toulouse, as more nations

New Zealand produced a stunning second-half performance to win the men’s title in Toulouse.Three tries

Black Sevens come from behind to defeat Argentina 24-19 at the Stade-Ernest Wallon.Regan Ware gave New

player of the match, plus a score from Jazmin Felix-Hotham helped New Zealand complete the turnaround.In

Zealand cruised past France 31-7.New Zealand secured a seventh overall women’s Series title during the

Zealand, Australia, the US and hosts France.

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has filed a complaint with the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit (BIIU) against all individuals involved with World Boxing.

The governing body has opened "formal proceedings" against the National Federations of Germany, New Zealand

Moreover, the Board opened formal proceedings against National Federations of Germany, New Zealand, Sweden

Boxing became the first and only National Federation to officially announce that it is joining the new

Executive Board, is set to resign as President of the Dutch Boxing Association to devote more time to the new