Nineteen teams will contest the 2016 World Squash Federation (WSF) Women's World Team Squash Championship, it has been announced after entries closed for the biennial event.

among those also due to compete.The list of participants is completed by Mexico, The Netherlands, New

Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Wales and the United States.

The Solomon Islands have beaten off competition from Tahiti to secure the hosting rights for the 2023 Pacific Games, it was announced today.

eighth Pacific country to stage the quadrennial competition, following in the footsteps of Fiji, New

Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Samoa, Guam and Tonga.The decision of the PGC represents

presentations to the PGC's members during the second and final day of their General Assembly.A brand-new

Government had promised to financially back their bid.They have also promised to construct a brand-new

Zealand at Port Moresby 2015.It was thought their early announcement might count in their favour among

Pacific Games Council (PGC) has unanimously approved extending the amount of sports Australia and New

Zealand compete in at the 2019 edition of the event in Tonga, executive director Andrew Minogue has

Zealand, considered the two Oceanian heavyweights, made their historic Pacific Games debut at last

Zealand have been granted entry into the football tournament at the Games in Tonga in three years’

Zealand at the events and claims it will help "take the Games to a new level”.

“The PGC is delighted that Australia and New Zealand were unanimously endorsed by the membership to

Zealand found themselves at the centre of several controversies.Their football team were thrown out

Sara Winther and Natalia Kosinska intend to appeal their non-nominations for the New Zealand Olympic

New Zealand qualified the classes for Rio 2016, but Yachting New Zealand (YNZ) deemed that neither Winther

Puerto Vallarta in Mexico met the published benchmark for selection in the NZL Sailing Team as one of "New

Zealand. 

The New Zealand Herald states it will centre around a lack of clarity and transparency in YNZ’s selection

Zealand will not have a representative in the board-sailing class for the first time since it was introduced

Horan will make her Para-cycling debut at a Paralympic Games after being named in a seven-strong New

Zealand squad for Rio 2016.

“It is a real honour to be selected to represent New Zealand at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Para-cycling

“To represent New Zealand at my first Paralympic Games and the pinnacle event for Para-athletes is

“I will be riding my heart out and will be aiming to thank our New Zealand supporters with great performances

Two-time Olympic long jumper Chantal Brunner has been appointed to the World Olympians Association’s (WOA) Executive Committee.

Brunner, who represented New Zealand at the Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, joins the Committee

important one and why I am looking forward to being a part of it.”Brunner is currently chair of the New

Zealand Olympians Commission and previously served as a board member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee

experience as a solicitor in international corporate and commercial law.Chantal Brunner represented New

Zealand Olympians Commission,” he said.

Discussions on the 2026 World Cup and governance reforms are high on the agenda for the first-ever FIFA Council meeting, due to be held tomorrow and Tuesday (May 10) here ahead of the corruption-plagued governing body’s annual Congress.

Confederations to elect their proposed members comes on September 30.The first full gathering of the new

while Canada, Mexico and Colombia could also enter the race.The meeting will be the first chaired by new

declaration of the sums of money earned by the top brass, have also come into effect, along with a new

granted entry into UEFA at the body's Congress in Budapest last week.The Council will also rule on New

Zealand-based Wellington Phoenix’s potential inclusion in the Australian A-League for the next 10 years

gold medallists Sophie Pascoe, Mary Fisher and Cameron Leslie are the headline competitors named in New

The trio were confirmed as being selected by Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) among a strong squad, which

team, along with rising stars Bryall McPherson and Jesse Reynolds.The swimming outfit are the second New

Zealand team for this year’s Paralympic Games to be announced following the confirmation of the sailing

“Paralympics New Zealand is thrilled to have the Para swimmers join our Para sailors on the New Zealand

Zealand chief executive Alex Baumann added.

New Zealand have surged to the summit of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 world rankings

five-time winners of the World Cup comes despite them losing two points and they lead arch-rivals New

Zealand, who co-hosted the 2015 tournament along with their rivals from across the Tasman Sea, by a

The Solomon Islands have entered the race for the 2023 Pacific Games after Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare confirmed the country's intention to launch a bid for the event in seven years’ time.

Tahiti would be “tough to beat”.The Australian has recently reiterated those claims, telling Radio New

Zealand that “they've got good facilities there” and “they have got some plans in place for some new

formerly expressed their intention to host the 2023 Games during July’s PGC General Assembly in the Papua New

Cricket Ireland are targeting reaching Test status by 2020 as part of a new five-year strategic plan

format this year.They earned widespread praise for their performances at the 2015 Cricket World Cup in New

Zealand and Australia after springing one of the surprises of the tournament by beating the West Indies.Their

Defending men’s champions New Zealand face a tough task if they are to repeat last year’s success after

tournament, will clash in Pool B.The Netherlands, Poland and Kazakhstan complete the group.Turkey, Spain, New

Zealand, Egypt and Guatemala will compete in Pool D.Matches at the event are scheduled to be held in

World Sailing has awarded the 2016 Youth Sailing World Championships to Auckland in New Zealand after

Zealand enjoys a rich sailing history, with Emirates Team New Zealand currently battling for an America's

Cup spot.Yachting New Zealand chief executive David Abercrombie said: "This announcement is very exciting

for Auckland and for New Zealand.

"The circumstances provided New Zealand with a unique opportunity to host the prestigious youth sailing

Zealand this December to represent their country will remember this experience for a lifetime.” 

Back in February 1976 when I edited the magazine Sportsworld, then the official publication of the British Olympic Association, I received a telephone call from a Melbourne radio station in the middle of the night following the British figure skater John Curry’s breathtakingly artistic gold medal-winning performance in the Innsbruck Winter Games.  

At the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games, he suggested New Zealand be considered the seventh and eighth

Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark claimed the women’s 470 victory at the Sailing World Cup leg in Hyères after overhauling overnight leaders Camille Lecointre and Helene Defrance of France today.

final day of the regatta to end three points ahead of Sam Meech, who boosted his claim to represent New

Zealand at Rio 2016.Zofia Noceti-Klepacka earned victory in the women's RS:X event ©World SailingJake