Switzerland and defending champions Sweden edged into the two automatic semi-final qualifying places on the penultimate day of round robin competition at the World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa.

Sweden, whose unbeaten run had been ended the previous day by an 8-7 loss to Norway, beat Italy 8-2 and New

Zealand 7-1 to go second with nine wins and one defeat, with Switzerland, who have played a game more

Defending champions Sweden saw their unbeaten run of six wins ended as Norway defeated them 8-7 in a tight battle at the World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, despite a sensational shot by skip Niklas Edin described as one of the best in the sport's history.

standings at TD Place Arena, although they have played a game more.They claimed a 7-5 victory over New

Zealand and beat Turkey 8-2 to sit on a record of eight wins, one defeat.Sweden and Norway, who also

edged past Germany 5-3, are second with both boasting seven wins and one defeat.New Zealand did record

Sweden continued their streak of victories and made it six games undefeated after a win against Japan at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa.

standings at TD Place Arena.Japan slipped to a record of four wins and two losses as they also beat New

Zealand earlier in the day 10-5.New Zealand lost a second game, this time to Italy with a scoreline

Asia has been granted the final wildcard for the new two-stage Women’s Softball World Cup, it has been

to travel to Buttrio and Castions di Strada in Italy.They will be joined by their hosts and Canada, New

Zealand and  Venezuela, in a group set to begin on July 22.The United States lifted the last WBSC

Part of the medal design for next year's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon has been revealed - with the winning effort called "a sparkling future".

Designers from 120 countries entered the medal competition.Zakea Page of New Zealand was involved in

World and Olympic champions Sweden preserved their unbeaten record at the World Men's Curling Championship with two emphatic wins on a busy day of competition at TD Place Arena in Ottawa.

 They beat New Zealand 9-2 earlier in the day but lost to Switzerland in the final session.Yannick

play tomorrow.Switzerland are scheduled to meet South Korea, while Scotland play the US and Japan meet New

University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand (UTSNZ) has announced that it will hold an inaugural New Zealand

The awards will be run in conjunction with the New Zealand Tertiary Recreation Conference at Lincoln

impact on the well-being of the tertiary student community, while the Innovation Award will honour a new

Zealand Tertiary Recreation Awards came from our members," said UTSNZ executive director Sarah Anderson

nbsp;"It's time to celebrate and recognise their hard work and achievements as they inspire and enable New

Zealand tertiary student well-being through recreation activities, some of whom are doing incredible

The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kabojja International School in the capital Kampala to promote Olympic values.

except for Montreal 1976 when it boycotted because the International Olympic Committee refused to ban New

Zealand after the country's rugby union team held a tour in apartheid South Africa, despite the United

Football Australia (FA) has initiated plans to develop a high-performance inclusion policy, aiming to "support the inclusion of transgender and gender-diverse people in football".

to FA with a policy and recommendations before the country co-hosts the FIFA Women's World Cup with New

Zealand from July 20 to August 20 this year.This includes representation from FA, Professional Footballers

and encouraged to participate in the world game".The announcement follows reports of controversy in New

parents had raised concerns over a trans woman being the top goalscorer in a women's football league in New

players were injured by her in matches.Public broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, citing New

The New Zealand men's and women's teams both won their respective tournaments in the latest round of

In the women's tournament, New Zealand extended their winning run to 30 matches as they took gold, while

Hong Kong, scoring once in each half to increase her touchdown total for the competition to eight, as New

It’s pretty amazing to be here in Hong Kong for the first time - the home of sevens," said New Zealand

The New Zealand women's team have extended their winning run to 30 games ©World RugbyIn the third place

Zealand could secure their place.

Mongolia defeated defending champions Australia in the final of the men's International Basketball Federation 3x3 Asia Cup in Singapore, while the Australian women won their tournament.

Australia were looking to secure a fourth straight men's title in a row, but came up short.In third was New

Zealand, who defeated China 21-13 in the bronze-medal match.The Australia women's 3x3 team won every

comprehensively beat all before them, winning all their games by a margin of at least 10 points.They beat New

Zealand in the final 21-11 to secure their third women's ever title.New Zealand also dominated on their

European Champions Scotland began their campaign with a 7-4 victory over the number three ranked team in the world Italy on the opening day of the World Men's Curling Championships in Ottawa.

in comfortable fashion 8-2.The Czech Republic moved atop the standing as they were dominant against New

Zealand, winning 8-1.New Zealand had a poor showing, also losing to South Korea 8-2 as they sit at the

In the last few days, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have insisted that the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics was not discussed at this week's Executive Board meeting.

due to widespread doping ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand's small contingent marched behind the flag of the New

Zealand Olympic Committee, a very striking black banner on which were mounted the Olympic Rings and

told insidethegames during the International Boxing Association Women's World Championships in New

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has announced the launch of a new initiative to enhance participation in

Regional Community Para Sport Pilots" have been created by the PNZ and are set to benefit six regions of New

Athletics New Zealand is very excited to be a recipient of the Paralympics New Zealand Regional Community

Zealand."

It is the strategy of Table Tennis New Zealand to be inclusive - to provide opportunities for everyone

Zealand."

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned Ukraine against boycotting qualifying events for next year’s Olympics in Paris due to the presence of Russians and Belarusians, claiming it will "only hurt" Ukrainian athletes and "in no way impact the war that the world wants to stop".

Canada, New Zealand - completely against."80 per cent of the other representatives were in favour of

New Ukrainian Fencing Federation President Mykhailo Ilyashev said he supported a collective boycott of

that shunned the recent International Boxing Association Women's World Championships in Indian capital New