World Masters Games 2017 has appointed London-based agency Red Torch to deliver international marketing services for the multi-sport event in Auckland.

marketing programme that aims to attract more than 6,000 international athletes to the North Island of New

ranges between 25 and 35 years depending on the sport.The 2017 Games are regarded as the largest event New

Zealand will host in at least the next decade, and follow on from the 2013 edition held in Turin. 

Judo’s Oceania Championships, winning 10 gold medals as the seniors took centre stage in Nouméa, New

of silver medallist Cedric Delanne of French Polynesia, and bronze medallists Alexander Bishop of New

Zealand and Pierre Charlier of New Caledonia.Jake Bensted was another Australian male winner in the

New Zealand’s Ivica Pavlinic.Jake Andrewartha took victory in the over 100kg, ahead of New Zealand’

57kg, ahead of New Zealand’s Darcina Manuel and New Caledonia’s Cindy Rival.

Miranda Giambelli prevailed in the under 78kg, ahead of New Caledonia’s Marie Genevieve Atuvaha.New Zealand

earning eight of the 10 gold medals on offer, as the junior and cadet events took place in Nouméa, New

the Championships.Their success continued with Joshua and Nathan Katz seeing off competition from New

Zealand’s Antoine Rahier and New Caledonia’s Pierre Charlier to win their respective under 60kg and

added to the Australia’s gold medal haul by triumphing in the under 73 and 81 kg divisions, however New

Zealand earned a solitary gold on the opening day of competition after Matthew Rowley won his under

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Ukrainian table tennis world number one Maksym Nikolenko has been named the Allianz Athlete of the Month for March, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

27 per cent, and also nominated was French Alpine skier Marie Bochet, Dutch cyclist Alyda Norbruis, New

Zealand alpine skier Corey Peters and British swimmer Bethany Firth.Powerlifter Sherif Othman of Egypt

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori has announced his intention to stand down from his role as head of the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) to concentrate on organising the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

“[The new President] will be a person who from the standpoint of organising a World Cup is well versed

also preparing to take its place in the Southern Hemisphere’s Super Rugby competition.South Africa, New

Zealand and Australia Rugby (SANZAR) confirmed in November that Super Rugby would be expanded to 18

Judo’s Oceania Championships are scheduled to get underway tomorrow in Nouméa, New Caledonia, where

Much is expected of New Zealand at the Oceania Championships, where the country has a total of 34 judokas

57kg, and Ryan Dill-Russell, in the men’s under 90kg, also feature.Moira De Villiers (right) is among New

New Zealand is aiming to send up to five judokas to the Rio 2016, which would mark a significant improvement

A number of New Zealanders are currently ranked in the top 30 of their respective weight classes, with

Tubby Reddy, chief executive of the Durban 2022 Bid Committee, has hit back at claims that no proper financial impact assessment has been carried out on the South African city’s campaign to host the Commonwealth Games and said such a report has been available on its website since the beginning of March.

final decision is due to be made at the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly in Auckland, New

Zealand, on September 2.Read the Economic Impact, 2022 Commonwealth Games, South Africa: Durban Host

Competitors from Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Samoa are preparing for this week’s

home athletes will be hoping for a repeat of the 2013 edition of the Championships, where they beat New

Caledonia and New Zealand to top the medals table with three gold, two silver and one bronze.Australia

she made the switch to the sport from wheelchair tennis, in which she won two Paralympic medals.New Zealand

World Rugby has announced the 12 referees who will officiate matches at this year’s Rugby World Cup, due to take place in England from September 18 to October 31.

Zealand, Ireland, England and South Africa will all provide two referees each, and veteran Nigel Owens

Wayne Barnes are the English referees who will officiate on home soil, and they will be joined by New

in rugby, with 361 tests between them, and seven of them officiated at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New

of assistant referees will feature Argentina's Federico Anselmi, Stuart Berry of South Africa, New

Zealand and South African Shaun Veldsman.Veteran official Nigel Owens has been chosen as one of the