The 2015 Oceania Judo Open will be held at the WIN Stadium in Wollongong, Australia, the Oceania Judo Union has announced.

The New South Wales city had also hosted last year's event.

top judoka to take part in a major tournament following the Oceania Championships, which was held in New

next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and featured eight Commonwealth Games medallists from New

is one of only two Oceaniac judoka to win an Olympic medal, a bronze at Sydney 2000 ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand

improvement on London 2012, where Moira De Villiers was the country’s sole representative.A number of New

Para-rowers have become the latest participants in the Proud Paralympian pilot education programme which took place from May 8 to 10 at Gavirate, Italy.

.British Paralympic skier Anna Turney and Athens 2004 Paralympic gold medallist Tim Prendergast of New

Zealand led the group through activities, designed to help support the development of aspiring Paralympians

Baku 2015 have announced they have added to their growing list of broadcast partners for the inaugural European Games after they signed an agreement with Cuban television station Instituto Cubano de Radio y Television (ICRT).

marks another coup for Baku 2015 as Cuba joins the likes of the United States, Canada, Australia, New

Zealand, China, India and the Arab world in securing rights to broadcast the first-ever Continental

“I have no doubt that the Cuban public will enjoy following this new important sporting event,” ICRT

Male and female football matches at this year’s bumper Pacific Games will be held at the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium and Bisini Field, Port Moresby 2015 have announced.

matches, while the other 10 will be played at the 18,000 capacity stadium, purpose built for when Papua New

the continental Games for the first time in the event’s 52-year history, it has been confirmed that New

Zealand will participate in the men’s competition, which will offer teams the chance to earn qualification

league and the Closing Ceremony at the Games, which are due to  run from July 4 to 18 in the Papua New

Guinean capital.The event itself is set to be the biggest in Papua New Guinea’s history, with as many

This year's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships are “absolutely crucial” for Paralympic sport, the organisation's President Sir Philip Craven claimed today.

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand, American Jessica Long, as well as home

Tickets are now available by clicking here.Related storiesApril 2015: Pascoe set to head New Zealand

Chelyabinsk, the latest stop on the Olympic Movement's recent Russian tour, is a city in the Southern Urals most interesting for two rather unusual historical happenings. The first, over half a century ago in 1957, was a nuclear spillage at nearby Ozyorsk rated as history’s worst until Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011. This was followed in February 2013 by the falling of a meteor close to the city, the light of which was reportedly brighter than the sun.

Oceania, participating in a rugby sevens lineout in Fiji and a traditional powhiri welcome ceremony in New

Zealand.

usual”.IOC President Thomas Bach has been otherwise occupied on a tour of Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu and New

Zealand over the last two weeks ©IOCThe rest of us have been similarly sidetracked with such mundane

Series standings by claiming their maiden Glasgow sevens title with a pulsating 24-17 victory over New

Zealand at the Scotstoun Stadium today.

who secured their fourth title of an enthralling season.Despite the disappointing defeat in the final New

Zealand, who currently trail Fiji on the overall leaderboard by eight points, did manage to secure

comfortable 19-5 win over surprise package the United States, in which Semi Kunatani crossed over twice.New Zealand

managed to secure their Rio 2016 qualification spot despite defeat to Fiji in the final ©World RugbyNew Zealand

London wheelchair rugby club Storm claimed victory in the inaugural BT Wheelchair Rugby National Championships at the Copper Box Arena on London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

“This was the first event of our new partnership with BT, and we are all very excited about working

sport and one of the driving forces behind the Paralympic Movement in the UK, we’re excited about our new

sport and one of the driving forces behind the Paralympic Movement in the UK, we’re excited about our new

Australia, silver medallists Canada, bronze medallists the United States as well as hosts Great Britain, New

Zealand, South Africa, Japan and France.Related storiesApril 2015: First ever Wheelchair Rugby National

Fiji and South Africa both secured qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by reaching the quarter-finals of the eighth HSBC Sevens World Series event of the season at the Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow.

the overall Series, could only finish second in their pool following a pulsating 24-19 defeat to New

Zealand.

the most dramatic finales in the history of the sport.The top three teams - South Africa, Fiji and New

Zealand - are all separated by just nine points, meaning the Glasgow event could have a big say in

Great Britain’s Nigel Murray has been rewarded for his impressive performance at the 2015 Boccia European Continental Cup by being named the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month for April.

who broke both the 100 metres freestyle and 100m butterfly marks in the women’s S10 at the Swimming New

Zealand Open Championships, and the United States’ wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden, winner of both

It being general election week here in the United Kingdom, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the two high-profile electoral battles currently being waged in the world of sport, via the medium of the candidates’ Twitter feeds.Not because I judge this likely to offer great insights into the identity of the eventual winners: the sports officials in whose hands the outcomes lie are assuredly far too high-minded to be swayed by anything as trivial as social media.

But for the lessons such an exercise can teach about how such new-fangled tools can most effectively

itineraries of the two candidates for the IAAF job since January 1 have been as follows:Coe - Brazil, Dubai, New

Zealand, Australia, Jamaica, France, Ethiopia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Trinidad and Tobago, China

has two separate Twitter accounts ©Getty ImagesCoeHighlight: photograph with John Walker, the great New

Zealand miler (February 4); I also love the fact that his first Tweet of the year (January 7) was

Valerie Adams, New Zealand’s double Olympic and four-times world shot put champion, revealed today that

Foundation Gala.But as she discussed the aftermath of the operations on September 26 back in her native New

Zealand it emerged that the figure on stage in Monaco had only just started to believe she could maintain

New Zealand's Valerie Adams, pictured after retaining her Commonwealth title in Glasgow last summer -

never forgive drug cheat Ostapchuk for her crocodile tears, says Olympic shot put championAugust 2012: New

Zealand Sports Minister demands answers on Adams shamblesAugust 2012: Appeal by disgraced Belarus shot

Cycling New Zealand has appointed Brendon Cameron as its women’s endurance track coach following the

two-time Olympian’s departure from his role as head performance coach at Paralympics New Zealand (

Cameron has agreed to take on the full-time position until 2021, succeeding Cycling New Zealand sports

New Zealand won gold in the men's 4,000m team pursuit event at this year's UCI Track World Championships

Zealand during his tenure at Paralympics New Zealand.

Zealand appoints new cycling development coordinatorMay 2013: Paralympics New Zealand announces road

camp in in New PlymouthDecember 2012: Paralympics New Zealand secure Cameron through to Rio 2016

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hailed International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach’s visit and said it has brought new

The IOC leader embarked on a tour of the Pacific area last week, which included stops in Australia, New

Zealand, Vanuatu and Fiji where he attended the ONOC General Assembly at the Grand Pacific Hotel in

Oceania and praised the “great efforts” made to promote sport in the region and yesterday challenged New

Zealand to put together a future Olympic Games bid that the IOC "cannot say no to".Bach also said he

Zealand visitMay 2015: Vanuatu has shown "true Olympic spirit" since Cyclone Pam, praises Bach during