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Australian Olympic Committee sign Mondelēz as latest sponsor

  • ONOC

Mondelēz International have signed as the Official Chocolate, Candy, Biscuits and Spreads Partner for Australia's Olympic team, it has been announced. 

Olympic team - as a country and as a company,” said Amanda Banfield, managing director Australia and New

Zealand, Mondelēz International.


Australia edge rivals New Zealand to claim 11th Netball World Cup title

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Hosts Australia sealed their 11th Netball World Cup title with a narrow 58-55 victory over arch-rivals New

Zealand in front of a world record crowd at the Allphones Arena on the Olympic Park in Sydney.

The Australian Diamonds could not quite match their performance level from the opening stages as the New

Arena into raptures.Australia established a nine-goal lead early on in the Netball World Cup final and New

their second consecutive Netball World Cup bronze medal.Related storiesAugust 2015: Australia and New

Netball World Cup with crushing win over South AfricaAugust 2015: Australia bounce back from shock New

Zealand defeat to beat England at Netball World Cup


Australia gain male and female double over New Zealand to close in on Rio 2016 basketball qualification

  • Basketball

moved within one win of Rio 2016 Olympic qualification after a fiercely contested 71-59 victory over New

Zealand in the first match of a two-game series, which is doubling as the International Basketball Federation

a 16,000 strong crowd at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena, the team held on despite a 22-point effort by New

Zealand star Corey Webster.Matthew Dellavedova led the way for the hosts with 15 points, five rebounds

Qualifying Tournament.Australia have won the last two editions of the bey iennial two-team event, with New

Zealand having last emerged victorious in 2009.Meanwhile, Australia's female counterparts won 61-41


Six-leg World Cup calendar confirmed by IPC Alpine Skiing

  • Alpine Skiing News

A six-strong World Cup line-up for next season has been unveiled by International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing, with events due to take place in Austria, Italy, Swtzerland and France before two legs in United States.

month when slalom and giant slalom races are included in the Audi Quattro Winter Games in Queenstown, New

Zealand."

The 2015-16 calendar features some familiar destinations as well as some new venues, and more opportunities


Philip Barker: South Sudan the latest in a long-line of Olympic additions

  • Inside the Blogs

It was all smiles in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month when International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach welcomed South Sudan as the newest members of the Olympic family.

Europe though Canada and South Africa had now joined the Olympic party.At this time Australia and New

Zealand were styled “Australasia” a name which did not go down well either side of the Tasman Sea.

Recognition was eventually forthcoming for the German Democratic Republic's new NOC.

what politicians have failed to achieve so far," said a delighted IOC President Avery Brundage As new

New elections to that body satisfied the IOC and midway through the Games, the Indian flag was hoisted


Australia and New Zealand to contest Netball World Cup final in 2011 repeat

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Defending champions Australia will play New Zealand in a repeat of the 2011 Netball World Cup final

of a world record netball crowd of 16,244, Australia defeated fourth-ranked Jamaica 67-56, while New

Zealand overcame England 50-39 to maintain their unbeaten record.Australia’s vice-captain Kimberley

strong for England as they maintained their unbeaten record ©Getty ImagesIn the other semi-final, New

-10 to reduce the deficit to four before New Zealand hit back in the third to move 37-27 in front.  

Netball World Cup with crushing win over South AfricaAugust 2015: Australia bounce back from shock New


England advance to Netball World Cup semi-finals with win against South Africa

  • Non-Olympic Sports

England secured their place in the semi-finals of the Netball World Cup after claiming a hard-fought 62-46 win against South Africa at the Allphones Arena on the Olympic Park in Sydney.

goals from Helen Housby in the final few minutes to seal victory for England, who now go on to face New

Zealand in tomorrow’s semi-final showdown.New Zealand ensured their place at the top of Pool E with

Netball World Cup with crushing win over South AfricaAugust 2015: Australia bounce back from shock New

Zealand defeat to beat England at Netball World CupAugust 2015: Wales top Pool D after hard-fought win

over Uganda at Netball World CupAugust 2015: New Zealand shock hosts and favourites Australia with pulsating


Canberra to host 2016 Oceania Judo Championships

  • Judo

The 2016 Oceania Judo Championships will be held at the AIS Combat Centre in the Australian capital Canberra, it has been announced.

available in the junior and cadet competitions on the opening day at the Arena de Paita in Nouméa, New

International Judo Federation (IJF) Judo Educational Tour passed through four countries, Australia, Papua New

Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, last month.During the Tour, the IJF and Oceania Judo Union (OJU)

In Oceania we have three types of countries: Australia and New Zealand which are quite developed in

disappointment sport not part of Pacific GamesJune 2015: Wollongong to host Oceania Judo OpenApril 2015: Hosts New


Second Rio 2016 sailing test event to begin under cloud of Guanabara Bay pollution concerns

  • Sailing

Rio 2016 will face another major challenge as the months count down until next summer's Olympics and Paralympics when a second sailing test event is due to take place in Guanabara Bay on Saturday (August 15) amid continuing pollution concerns.

Olympic gold medallists Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia take their training partners, New

Blair Tuke.The 49FX category will pit Brazil's Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze against another strong New

Zealand pair, 2013 world champions Alex Maloney and Molly Meech, who have previously complained about


Jamaica claim comfortable victory over Uganda in Netball World Cup to keep pursuit of semi-final spot alive

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Jamaica boosted their chances of reaching the semi-finals of the Netball World Cup as they beat Uganda 59-47 at the Allphones Arena on the Olympic Park in Sydney.

The Sunshine Girls, beaten by New Zealand in their opening match of the second group phase, justified

set-up a semi-final qualification showdown with Malawi tomorrow.The winner of that match will follow New

Zealand into the last four and are likely to meet hosts and 10-times winners Australia.Jamaica began

a dramatic day as England take on South Africa for a place in the semi-finals, while Australia and New

over Uganda at Netball World CupAugust 2015: New Zealand shock hosts and favourites Australia with pulsating



UK Anti-Doping to deliver Rugby World Cup 2015 drug testing programme

  • Rugby Sevens

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has been appointed to deliver the 2015 Rugby World Cup anti-doping testing programme, it has been announced.

builds on the targeted testing that has operated across all teams since the last Rugby World Cup in New

Zealand four years ago.UKAD, a World Anti-Doping Code signatory, will work in partnership with World


Hosts Australia breeze into semi-finals of Netball World Cup with crushing win over South Africa

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Hosts Australia kept their pursuit of an 11th Netball World Cup title alive as they booked their place in the semi-finals of the event with a comfortable 66-31 victory over South Africa at the Allphones Arena on the Olympic Park in Sydney.

guarantees them the chance to play for a medal.The Australian side will be joined in the next round by New

and I thought there was a lot of advantage and we've got some bruises and things to show for it,” New

Zealand coach Waimarama Taumaunu said.

There was a lot of advantage we thought being played off the ball when we had people that were hurt.”New

over Uganda at Netball World CupAugust 2015: New Zealand shock hosts and favourites Australia with pulsating



Carrard takes FIFA hot seat

  • Football

the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Salt Lake City crisis has been brought in to chair the new

Selemani, Sarai Bareman, deputy secretary general of the Oceania Football Confederation, Mai Chen, a New

Zealand lawyer, Samir Gandhi, a New York-based lawyer, Victor Montagliani, President of the Canadian

of reform proposals to be put before the Extraordinary Elective FIFA Congress that will also elect a new