The 2016 World Sailing World Cup series is set to begin tomorrow  in Melbourne where close to 1,000 competitors are due to launch off the historic seaside suburb of St Kilda for the opening round of Olympic, Paralympic and invited class racing.

regatta I'll be targeting a few key areas where I made some mistakes at the Finn World Championship in New

Zealand a fortnight ago."

Working your way through the 240-page “superseding indictment” unveiled last week by United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch by way of a powerful aftershock to the earthquake that laid waste to the FIFA Congress in May, it would be all too easy to form the view that we should disband FIFA and start all over again with governance of the world’s most popular sport.

to the Americas, makes this latest oeuvre by the United States District Court Eastern District of New

Pound report into allegations of widespread doping in Russia.To that extent, it is tempting to see the new

me despairing that the old men responsible for administering this great game will ever embrace the new

Zealand, would have no fewer than three Council members; CONMEBOL, the South American Confederation

Perhaps it is a job for the new football stakeholders’ committee.

keirin gold on the final day of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup in Cambridge, New

Zealand.

World and Olympic champions The Netherlands produced a ruthless exhibition of top quality hockey today as the Women's World League final opened in Rosario, sweeping aside Germany 5-1. 

New Zealand, Australia and hosts Argentina all also enjoyed victories on the tournament's opening day

With the defending champions including several new players in their squad, there was some thought that

they were using this event as a means to test new talent ahead of Rio 2016.Any fears that this may hinder

beat South Korea 3-1 in the other Pool A clash today ©FIHNew Zealand were not as clinical in the other

Zealand advantage.Ella Gunson set-up a third for Gemma Flynn before a late consolation strike from Seo

Fiji began the defence of their HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title in ominous fashion as they beat England 28-17 in the final to claim victory at the opening event of the season in Dubai today.

©World RugbyThe United States, the tournament’s surprise package, claimed third place as they beat New

Zealand for the second time at the event, running in five tries in a dominant 31-12 success.The Americans

scored a late try to break American hearts and send England through to face Fiji, who had overcome New

Zealand 19-5 in their last four match.On an enthralling final day, Francois Hougaard went over in extra-time

2016 London Sevens tournament controversially cut by RFU - as fancy dress bannedJuly 2015: HSBC sign new

The official logo of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup has been revealed to mark two years to go until the final of the competition.

Michael Brown, the chief executive of the event which will be co-hosted by Australia, New Zealand and

stars at a South Sydney Rabbitohs community clinic.Meanwhile in New Zealand, Kiwi stars joined players

The logo was designed in consultation with cultural leaders from Australia, New Zealand and Papua New

Zealand and Papua New Guinea - but it also represents the speed and movement of the game."

and New Zealand to host 2017 Rugby League World Cup

opening International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup as they both triumphed again in Cambridge, New

Zealand.

world record holders produced a time of 4min 18.213sec to clinch gold ahead of their rivals, while New

Zealand defeated the United States to win bronze in 4.23.011.Australia won both team pursuit titles

At around 2:00pm local time last Friday (November 27) in front of a packed Adelaide crowd, Australian Mitchell Starc made history by bowling the first-ever delivery with a pink ball in the inaugural international day-night Test match.

credit’s due.The move, which came as a result of prolonged discussions between Cricket Australia and New

Zealand Cricket, at least shows they are addressing the difficulties and they will no doubt he satisfied

Zealand ©Getty ImagesBy starting later and finishing later, the door has been to a whole new audience

Zealand, played at Eden Park in Auckland, and today, domestic leagues all over the world form a major

Zealand, including the likes of Ireland and Afghanistan.What a ridiculous change this really is.

HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series champions Fiji reached the quarter-finals of the first event of the new

Blitzboks entertain the United States and England take on Argentina.The other quarter-final contest sees New

Zealand, third on the overall 2014-2015 standings, clash with Samoa.The Pacific Islanders began the

reach the last eight of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai with their first-ever victory over New

Zealand ©World RugbySouth Africa, the reigning Dubai Sevens champions, also began well as they hammered

Zealand with a dramatic 14-12 win, their first-ever over the All Blacks.Trailing 12-7 in the dying

Australia got their HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series campaign off to the perfect start as they claimed victory at the opening event of the season in Dubai with a comfortable 31-12 win over Russia today.

an unbeaten record.They came up against a confident Russian side, who stunned defending champions New

Zealand with a shock win yesterday, in the final but were able to run in five tries to secure the title

broke through and crossed over to hand her side a late success.The plate final between Canada and New

Zealand, two teams who many thought might be contesting the main prize, also went to golden points

Zealand in the last eight as they emerged with a 15-12 victory, before they swept aside France 26-0

Russia stunned defending champions New Zealand on their way to starting the HSBC World Rugby Women’s

Alena Mikhaltsova crossed over twice against New Zealand as her side established a dominant 19-0 lead

day with a 100 per cent record as they also picked up three wins to set up a meeting with arch-rivals New

Zealand tomorrow.The Australians were rarely troubled by the Spaniards in their first match, sweeping

Britain’s John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Steve Thomas held off the home challenge on the final day of the Para World Sailing Championships to claim gold in the sonar class in Melbourne.

Australian crews were joined on the podium by Norway, who sealed bronze, while Ireland, Israel, Italy, New

Zealand, Spain and the United States earned Rio 2016 quota places.France's Damien Seguin claimed gold

Zealand, Sweden and Spain joining nations who had already booked their spots at Rio 2016. 

Italy’s Marco Gualandris and Marta Zanetti completed the podium positions on 45.The Netherlands, New

Zealand, Poland, Singapore and Spain earned Rio 2016 spots as a result of their performances throughout

World Rugby have claimed the 2015-16 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is set to reach more fans than ever ahead of this season’s opening round in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

will be stepped up for the season, World Rugby's official highlights programme is set to air on some new

defend their overall title.Meanwhile, the first women’s event will begin tomorrow (December 3) with New

Zealand the reigning champions.Related storiesNovember 2015: World Rugby release schedule for opening

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The 2017 edition of the World Masters Games will feature the biggest ever Para-sport programme in the history of the event, it has been announced.

a classification system in place to ensure fair competition.This will be developed with Paralympics New

Zealand, who will represent the International Paralympic Committee, a key partner of the World Masters

Games.Fiona Allan, chief executive of Paralympics New Zealand, said: "There is no doubt Para-sport has

attract 25,000 competitors across 28 sports and 45 disciplines in all.It will be the largest event New

Zealand has hosted since the Rugby World Cup in 2011 and will be the biggest the country will see in

No positive doping results were recorded from more than 450 tests conducted during the England 2015 Rugby World Cup, the sport's governing body have announced today. 

KeepRugbyClean Day on September 26.Not a single positive doping test was recorded at the Rugby World Cup won by New

Zealand in October ©Getty Images"Doping is a major threat to the integrity of sport and World Rugby

bans.Related storiesNovember 2015: Rugby World Cup 2015 declared biggest and best tournament everOctober 2015: New

Zealand become first team to retain Rugby World Cup after defeating Australia in the finalOctober 2015