Sweden’s national wheelchair rugby head coach Benoit Labrecque is to assist Finland’s bid to join them at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

berth in the six-team event.It coincided with the employment of Jussi Immonen and Osku Kuutamo as the new

wheelchair rugby, I will try my best to help Finland in the qualification tournament and give the new

Finnish team will face the challenge of London 2012 bronze medallists United States, Denmark, Germany, New

Zealand and hosts France in the qualification event.The final two Paralympic berths will be decided

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has signed up with one of its partners to help send the family

Brook Robertson was a member of the New Zealand men's eight at the World Rowing Championships in France

Virat Kohli was in phenomenal form as hosts India booked their place in the semi-finals of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 at the expense of Australia today.

Afghans with the biggest victory in the country's history.The first semi-final will see England play New

Zealand in Delhi on March 30.In the women's competition, England went through as Group B winners with

managed 114-8 and then restricted the home side to 111-9.England will meet Australia in the last four in New

Delhi, on March 30, while New Zealand will play West Indies in Mumbai on March 31.

Five-time world champion Mary Kom of India survived a scare on her way to booking a place in the last 16 of the flyweight division at the AIBA Asian/Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event as she overcame Kazakhstan's Nazym Kyzaibay in Qian’an in China.

enjoyed a largely successful day.Kori's team-mate Harry Garside proved too strong for Chad Milnes of New

Zealand at middleweight, before Shelley Watts, seeded third in the women's lightweight competition,

Glasgow 2014, in the super heavyweight division as he suffered a third-round knockout at the hands of New

Games silver medallist Joseph Goodall is out after suffering a third-round knock-out at the hands of New

Zealand's Patrick Mailata ©Getty ImagesMailata was one of four victors from New Zealand on day two as

Anton Cooper boosted his hopes of being selected to represent New Zealand in mountain biking at the

at the opening two International Cycling Union (UCI) World Cup events in Lourdes and Cairns, with New

defend her women’s title after she completed the course in a time of 1:28.44.A strong performance from New

number 19, in 1:29.48.Peta Mullens narrowly claimed bronze for Australia by finishing in 1:35.10, with New

China’s Huang Yuxiang secured the men’s singles crown at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) New Zealand

“Riichi has won in New Zealand twice before in competitions so to win here gives me a lot of confidence

Sayaka Hirota sprung the biggest surprise on the final day as they won the women’s doubles tournament ©New

Zealand OpenPerhaps affected by their marathon semi-final success yesterday, the South Korean pair

17 triumph.Following’s Sung’s success, her team-mates Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol were crowned New

Zealand Open champions in the men’s doubles as they defeated Indonesia’s Angga Pratama and Ricky Suwardi

Council (ICC) World Twenty20 as they beat Sri Lanka by 10 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New

with a series of perfectly executed deliveries in the 20th.Morgan’s side are set to go up against New

Zealand at the same ground on Wednesday (March 30), providing Afghanistan do not record a shock win

over the West Indies tomorrow.New Zealand thrashed Bangladesh to finish the group stage with a 100

per cent record ©Getty ImagesIn the other men’s match to take place today, New Zealand ensured they finished

a helping hand from Group A counterparts New Zealand to progress to the last four.The Black Caps were

New Zealand’s Alanna Columb triumphed in front of her home crowd on the opening day of the Oceania Mountain

Hill-Wright was narrowly adrift of her time, crossing the line in 4:50.79 to win the silver medal.An all-New

Zealand podium was completed by Victoria Armstrong after she finished in 5:13.48.

he had to settle for second in 3:54.37.Australia’s Sean McCarroll claimed bronze in 3:56.87, with New

contested, with the event expected to be crucial to the chances of Sam Gaze and Anton Cooper representing New

Zealand at Rio 2016.With the country likely to only receive one berth for the Olympics, the duo will

Riichi Takeshita of Japan maintained his pursuit of a second Badminton World Federation (BWF) New Zealand

Yeon Ju out of the competition by virtue of a 21-16, 21-17 triumph.The two will clash for the BWF New

Zealand Open crown tomorrow.South Korean top seed Sung Ji-hyun made light work of Chiang Mei Hui of

The crowd at New Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium witnessed an occurrence which may become a rarity

after they took three wickets in an over against England ©Getty ImagesTheir displays in Australia and New

Zealand got everyone talking, though this was for good and bad reasons.Afghanistan’s clash with Scotland

will have been impressed by what they faced out in the middle and will hope their epic meeting in New

Australia produced a superb performance with bat and ball to eliminate Pakistan from the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 as they claimed a 21-run victory at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali.

competition at the first hurdle.Australia’s victory, their second in a row following defeat to rivals New

Zealand in their opener, sets up a vital match with India in the final group match.The winner of the

tournament continues tomorrow as England face Sri Lanka in Delhi Group 1 at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New

Delhi and New Zealand entertain Bangladesh in a dead rubber at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.The women’s

competition resumes as Australia clash with Ireland in New Delhi before New Zealand take on South Africa

nbsp;of South Korea to reach the men’s singles semi-final at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) New

Zealand Open at the North Shore Events Centre in Auckland today.

Riichi Takeshita.Women's singles top seed Sung Ji-hyun of South Korea is through to the last four of the New

Zealand Open in Auckland after she beat China’s Chen Yufei ©Getty ImagesSouth Korea’s Sung Ji-hyun,

doubles champions Huang Kaixiang and Zheng Siwei of China continued their pursuit of a second successive New

Zealand Open crown by booking their place in the semi-finals by defeating South Korean duo Kim Gi

Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has launched their world ranking system for softball, with New

Zealand and Japan topping the men's and women's standings respectively.

construct and evaluate their strategic and development plans, but they also give the players and fans a new

to have the discipline and women’s softball added to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics' sport programme.New Zealand

Canada and Chinese Taipei have scored 1,280 and 1,080 points respectively to complete the top five.New Zealand

The Netherlands booked their place in the quarter-finals of the women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in style as they thrashed Germany at Groenhovenbad in Gouda today.

comfortable victories.The Russians prove too strong for France, emerging with a 10-2 win, and Italy thrashed New

Zealand 12-3.World and Olympic champions the United States picked up their fourth straight win by beating

British-based company BT Sport has been chosen as the host broadcaster for the men’s and women’s Champions Trophies after striking a deal with the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

winners and Hockey World League champions Argentina, London 2012 gold medallists The Netherlands, New

Zealand and the United States.The men's and women's Champions Trophies are both due to be held at the