Namibia's Frankie Fredericks has been named chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission that will oversee the bids for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, it was announced today. 

President of the Nigerian Olympic Committee. are the final IOC members on the Commission.There are two New

He is joined by Kereyn Smith, chief executive of the New Zealand Olympic Committee. 

Australia secured back-to-back HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series victories after cruising past Canada in the final of the Brazilian leg of the competition in São Paulo.

Australia’s semi-final opponents the United States, comfortably brushed aside 28-0.It appeared as though New

Zealand would face their rivals, with the world number one ranked team looking to make up for a below

Alicia Quirk scored early tries to give their team a comfortable half-time advantage.Canada surprised New

Zealand in the semi-finals of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in São Paulo but proved unable

Canada and New Zealand, who finished third by beating the United States 28-0, are best placed to stop

Jussi Immonen has been appointed as the new head coach of Finland's wheelchair rugby team.

seventh place finish at last year's home European Championships in Pajulahti.First on the agenda for the new

qualification tournament in Paris between April 16 and 22.The United States, France, Denmark, Germany and New

Zealand will also be competing with two spots at Rio 2016 available.Finland finished seventh out of

home European Championships last year ©IWRFThe VAU are hoping to appoint consultant help to aid the new

China lived up to their position of top seeds in the women’s competition at the Badminton Asia Team Championships by staging a dramatic fightback to beat Japan in the gold medal match in Hyderabad.

medal match 14-21, 21-19, 21-13 against Kenta Nishimoto to help his team to a 3-2 win over Japan.Hosts New

Zealand were hoping for double success over Australia at the Oceania Championships in Auckland, with

advanced to both finals.Singles victories for Dylan Soedjasa, James Eunson and Michael Fowke gave New

Zealand the men’s title before the doubles matches were played, with the final score ending 4-1 in

Olympic champion Jamie Anderson won the women's International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboarding Slopestyle World Cup competition at the Bokwang Phoenix Park - the latest test event for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

out.Twenty-five-year-old Anderson, who won the first of the four slopestyle World Cup events in Cardrona in New

Zealand in August, continued with a backside air over hip, gap to lipslide to tailtap over barrel to

I always feel pressure, especially coming to a new mountain and having a really big course," she said

still happy to let it all come together.”Anderson's team-mate Karly Shorr was second with 70.10 while New

Olympic champions United States earned the right to defend their title later this year after advancing to the final of the North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Women's Rio 2016 qualifier, alongside London 2012 bronze medallist Canada.

begin their preparations for Rio 2016, where they will joinColombia, France, Germany, South Africa, New

Zealand and tournament debutants Zimbabwe.Two Asian and one remaining European country will book their

United States' Chloe Kim and Jake Pates each claimed a second gold of the Games on a busy day of slopestyle action here at the Winter Youth Olympics, which also included a home win for freestyle skier Birk Ruud.

American silver, courtesy of Alexander Hall in 87.40, while Finn Bilous took bronze for New

Zealand in 86.00.Lana Prusakova clinched the women's slopestyle skiing title with a score of 77.00

Badminton Championships after Choo and Gronya Somerville won the decisive women’s doubles match against New

Zealand at the X-TRM North Harbour Centre in Auckland.

Middleton and Leanne Choo won their mixed doubles match 19-21, 21-12, 21-15.A men’s singles win for New

win.The Somerville pairing completed the turnaround by Australia as they triumphed 21-10, 21-16 over New

“After that it was such a scrap with New Zealand but the Aussies fought really well and we came out

clinching the bronze medal for the first time at the Championships, earning a dominant 5-0 win over New

Marathon runner Allison Roe and Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games netball champion Anna Stanley have been named among the first 10 competitors for the 2017 World Masters Games.

Roe, who won the Boston and New York marathons in 1981, has opted to take on the challenge of single

a medal in front of a home crowd.The athlete with the number one participant number will be former New

Zealand cricketer Martin Snedden, with the 47-year-old due to take part in golf at the Games.Snedden

, who was the chief executive of New Zealand’s successful staging of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, believes

“Right now, not many New Zealanders know about the World Masters Games because we haven’t hosted one

Jill Hatchwell has been appointed to the board of Netball New Zealand (NNZ).

New Zealand are one of the world's best netball sides, having won the World Championships on four occasions.The

country also won the Commonwealth Games in 2006 in Melbourne and 2010 in New Delhi, but were second

Becky James and Mark Cavendish have been named among Britain’s 21-rider squad for the 2016 International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Championships in London.

surgeries.The 24-year-old has been able to step up her comeback by competing at the Track World Cups in New

Zealand and Hong Kong to secure her place on the team, as the sprinter targets the Rio 2016 Olympic

The 2019 Rugby World Cup broadcast rights tender process has been launched for the United Kingdom and Ireland.

audience for the tournament in England increased by a factor of 48 per cent over the previous edition in New

Zealand, with live viewership through 106 broadcasters reaching nearly 724 million homes worldwide.In

reached 11.5 million for England's pool matches against Fiji, Wales and Australia and the final, which New

Zealand won 34-17 against the Aussies.It is claimed the total UK three-minute reach was 40.2 million

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has signed up leading real estate company Barfoot & Thompson

They are a proud New Zealand company and I know they are going to get behind our athletes this August

Barfoot & Thompson managing director Peter Thompson added: "We are thrilled to be backing the New Zealand

Zealand.

Billed as a "powerful representation of the athletes' journey from New Zealand to the Olympic Games in

rare footage and video clips of some of the country's best Olympic successes throughout history.New Zealand

London 2012 Olympians Steve Bird and Jesse Phillips dedicated their K2 200 metres final victory at the Oceania Sprint Canoe Championships in Adelaide to the late Susan Quick, who tragically passed away last month following a boating accident on the Blackwood River in Western Australia.

secured their country two Olympic quotas after coming second in their K2 200m heat ahead of boats from New

Zealand and the Cook Islands.Jo Brigden-Jones topped the K1 500m podium ©Canoeing Australia/TwitterIn

A multi-million dollar expansion of Gold Coast Airport has been approved by the Australian Government to help cope with the extra traffic expected to travel there for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Surfers Paradise, the heart of the Gold Coast, straddles the state boundary between Queensland and New

The Airport currently receives flights from all over Australia and New Zealand and several destinations

the terminal, expand the apron to accommodate five additional aircraft stands and incorporate four new