Reigning world junior champion Clyde Lewis of Australia breezed to a commanding win in the boy’s 200 metres individual medley to secure his fifth Commonwealth Youth Games gold as swimming action at Samoa drew to a close here this evening.

events, as they posted 3:46.33.Australia finished in an unfamiliar second place with England ousting New

Zealand in a tight race for bronze.Perennial individual bronze medallist Shayna Jack was able to finally

of the swimming competition at Samoa 2015, 50m world junior record holder Gabrielle Fa’amausili of New

Zealand and South African Erin Gallagher were each awarded silver as they couldn’t be separated, both

Maeu Nanai Livi claimed the host nation’s first gold of the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games as he captured the boy’s 85 kilograms title to send the crowd into raptures on the final day of weightlifting competition here.

Wijewickrama of Sri Lanka was 26kg adrift in second, with Albert Anderson sealing another medal for New

Zealand by taking bronze.The result delighted the home crowd inside the impressive weightlifting venue

podium as she earned bronze with a total of 169kg.In the other weight category to take place today, New

Zealand, comprised of Luke Jones and Abbie Palmer, enjoyed a similarly comfortable win in the bronze

Zealand 22-10.Related storiesSeptember 2015: England's Tiler produces outstanding display to bag

An additional 10,000 tickets for Rugby World Cup matches at the London 2012 Olympic Stadium have gone on sale today.

is the pick of the fixtures on offer while four pool games – France v Romania on September 23, New

Zealand versus  Namibia on September 24, Ireland against Italy on October 4 and South Africa's

than 50 days to goJuly 2015: Rugby World Cup 2015 set to be the biggest in history as 100,000 new

Rebekah Tiler of England's stunning clean and jerk of 122 kilograms guided her to Commonwealth Youth Games weightlifting glory in the girl’s 69kg category on the third day of competition in the Samoan capital.

competition due to a lack of entries, with a total of 164kg.That proved enough to beat Kaeley Elkington of New

Zealand as she was 19kg adrift in second, with Jeanne Eyenga Mboossi securing Cameroon’s first 2015

Zimbabwe will host next year's World Rugby U20 Trophy in its capital Harare - where a spot at the 2017 World Rugby U20 Championship will be secured by the winners.

promote rugby as a leading sport in the country.”A place at the World U20 Championship, won this year by New

Zealand, will be up for grabs in Zimbabwe ©Getty ImagesMore than 600 players have made the jump from

Test arena since 2008, highlighting the importance of tournaments such as the Trophy in developing new

Malaysian duo Sivasangari Subramaniam and Eain Yow Ng both lived up to their pre-tournament favourites tags to ensure their country swept the girl’s and boy’s singles squash 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games titles here today.

ranked 100th in the Professional Squash Association world rankings, cruised to a commanding win over New

England’s Chris Murray.In lawn bowls, Australia’s Jonathon David proved too strong for Seamus Curtain of New

Zealand as he secured boy’s gold with a 21-14 win.Northern Ireland added another bronze to their medal

tally thanks to Stephen Kirkwood.New Zealand did, however, manage to claim a lawn bowls title as Ashleigh

World junior record holder Gabrielle Fa’amausili of New Zealand avenged her defeat to compatriot Bobbi

with a time of 25.94, which was enough to beat Northern Ireland’s Connor Ferguson and Bayley Main of New

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) have marked the One Year To Go milestone until Rio 2016 by launching a

The campaign also has a secondary focus to invest in the development of Para-sport throughout New Zealand

their passion and hopefully win some more gold to bring home to New Zealand.”Following the photoshoot

Zealand’s athletes, with PNZ partners ACC, Sport New Zealand and legal firm Simpson Grierson among

managerDecember 2014: Paralympics New Zealand appoints Governor-General as new PatronNovember 2014: 

Paralympics New Zealand appoint first commercial and marketing directorNovember 2014: Paralympics New

International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Junior Championships bronze medallist Bobbi Gichard of New

Zealand struck 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games gold in the women’s 100 metres backstroke by edging compatriot

Northern Irish swimmer led for the majority of the race before finishing in 55.87.Bayley Main continued New

Australia’s Amy Harding-Delooze produced a superb display to snatch girl’s 1500 metres gold from under the nose of Ugandan Peruth Chemutai on a dramatic opening day of athletics at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games here today.

near-podium sweep for the African nation.Scotland’s Alisha Rees held off the challenge of Lucy Sheat of New

Zealand to seal bronze.England’s Emma Hamplett had the honour of being crowned the first gold medallist

Britain’s flagship men’s eight provided a thunderous finale to the World Rowing Championships on Lake Aiguebelette as it kept Germany’s Olympic champions at bay all the way down the course to earn a third consecutive title by 0.18sec., watched by, among others, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

strive to maintain in Olympic year.The victory left Britain top of the medals table here ahead of New

Zealand and Germany.The Netherlands snatched bronze by 0.13sec from a New Zealand crew that won the

slots we can now look forward to stepping on next year to a top performance in Rio at both Games”.New

faded to last place ©Getty ImagesBritain’s 39-year-old London 2012 champion Katherine Grainger and new

Zealand - with a crew that included the fours gold medallists of last year - took its first senior

Germany’s Michael Jung bounced back from a dramatic early mishap to take the cross-country lead on his second horse La Biosthetique Sam at the Burghley Horse Trials near Stamford, England.

New Zealand’s Tim Price had by far his best Burghley in five attempts and is now in second place on

Bill Levett climbed 13 places to sixth on Improvise and five-time Burghley winner Sir Mark Todd of New

Zealand moved up five places to seventh on Leonidas ll, despite a scary moment when the horse dived

The home crowd at Lake Aiguebelette came alive today as France’s Jeremie Azou and Stany Delayre earned the second gold of this year’s World Rowing Championships for the host nation.

“We will peak only next year.”Silver went to New Zealanders Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler, both

 Unbeaten for longer than three years now, New Zealand’s men’s pair of Eric Murray and Hamish

good improvements in our rhythm these last weeks.”The lightweight women’s double sculls final saw New

lead in the third 500m and holding on ahead of Britain’s London 2012 champion Kat Copeland and the new

Zealand missing out.Germany’s London 2012 champions took gold in the men’s quadruple sculls ahead of

Great Britain’s William Fox-Pitt equalled Olympic champion Michael Jung’s dressage score of 34.2 to take a share of the lead on day two of the Burghley Horse Trials near Stamford, England.

Townend and the 16-year-old Armada, who brought the afternoon to an exciting conclusion when scoring 38.7.New

ahead of a cluster of experienced antipodeans including five-time Burghley winner Sir Mark Todd of New

Zealand. 

Team kit choices and changing room allocation for the 40 matches that comprise the pool phase of the 2015 Rugby World Cup have been announced by World Rugby. 

classed as Team A in two of their four Pool A matches, while the same applies to reigning champions New

Zealand in Pool C.