An historic annual rugby union match between the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge has been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame.

winners and captains of their country.David Kirk triumphed with Oxford just a year before captaining New

Zealand to Rugby World Cup glory in 1987, while Scotland great Gavin Hastings and Canadian legend Gareth

Double World Cup winner Mo'onia Gerrard has been appointed by Netball Australia as the athlete director, it has announced.

of family life, be active and feel improvement in their self," the 42-year-old, born in Bathurst in New

had a successful club career that lasted 14 years in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy and Australia and New

Zealand Championship league.She played for Sydney Sandpipers, Sydney Swifts, Adelaide Thunderbirds and

New South Wales Swifts, accumulating four championships as well as an Australian International Player

GAMMA) has revealed that its first international competition of the year will take place in Auckland in New

Zealand, which will stage the 2023 Oceania Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Championships.

More than 200 competitors are expected to participate from Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand

We are very pleased that our member in New Zealand and GAMMA Oceania have been working so well together

The 2023 World Men's Curling Championship is set to start tomorrow, with four-time defending champions Sweden preparing to defend their title in Ottawa.

skipped by Gushue.The other teams competing in the competition are Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, New

Zealand, Norway, Scotland, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States.The opening match

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld a lifetime ban against former Haitian Football Federation (FHF) vice-president Rosnick Grant for acts of harassment and sexual abuse.

overseen the FHF since December 2020.Haiti last month qualified for the Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand later this year for the first time.

Russian Football Union (RFU) President Alexander Dyukov has targeted featuring in qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup as "the main task", but revealed there is no update to provide on the progress of talks with UEFA over a return to European football.

England.It was also removed from qualifying for this year's FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand, and did not enter the draw for men's UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers.The men's national team has

The International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship period standings have been finalised for 2021-2023, which sees a final between Australia and India closing off the schedule at The Oval in London.

The second Test in Wellington earlier this month, which saw the hosts New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by an

 New Zealand moved from eighth to sixth in the standings, as they jumped Pakistan and the West indies

, who each went down one position.But it was not enough for New Zealand to qualify to defend the title

two nations will battle for the coveted title.The last final at the Rose Bowl in Southampton had seen New

Zealand beat India by eight wickets with Kyle Jamieson being voted player of the match.

KOJO has been named as the production service provider for three major stadiums in Queensland, as the state prepares for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics.

in Perth and the Adelaide Oval.Stephen Lord, the chief executive of KOJO, expressed delight over the new

side Brisbane Lions and cricket's Brisbane Heat.This adds to the long list of teams in Australia and New

Zealand that KOJO is in collaboration with, including six AFL sides as well as the New Zealand men's

Thailand had two debut winners on day five of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Youth Championships and one of them, Thanaporn Saetia, is hoping to step straight up to senior level by lifting at the Asian Championships in Jinju, South Korea next month.

world title at this weight, was way below her best in third place on 86-108-194.Olivia Selemaia of New

Zealand had her country's best ever result at the World Youth Championships when she finished fourth

FIFA says it is committed to "ongoing dialogue" with teams and players over rules which would ban "OneLove" or rainbow armbands at this year's Women's World Cup.

workshop, with the organisation wanting to avoid the censure of players at the tournament in Australia and New

Zealand in July and August.The matter was also discussed by the game's lawmakers at the International

New Zealand’s record breaking single sculler Robbie Manson has been named in the Rowing New Zealand national

the national championships, has also been named to attend the trials in June which will decide the New

Zealand squad for the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade this September.Earlier in his career, Manson

Cook Islands Rugby League (CIRL) held an open trial to help select its women's nines squad for this year's Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.

will take the reins again at the Pacific Games ©Getty ImagesThey lost to powerhouses Australia and New

Zealand as they exited in the group stage, but beat France 26-18.The team have already qualified for

Tokyo 2020 rowing champion Emma Twigg is aiming to retain her women's single sculls crown at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

lightweight women's pair, have also been selected for the Lucerne event and World Championships.Rowing New

Zealand is expected to select further boats after its national trials in June.Among the trialists is

New Zealand's Max Watene has said he will refuse to compete at this year's World Taekwondo Championships

It’s unsafe, but also it goes against my moral code," Watene said, as reported by the New Zealand Herald.Taekwondo

New Zealand confirmed Watene's withdrawal, and expressed its support for his decision."

Max Watene is a talented Taekwondo athlete who has certainly earned his place amongst the top New Zealand

 "Taekwondo New Zealand support all of its athletes and the decisions they make regarding their

Zealand added that Cole Watene, Alex Ryder, Honestly Watene and Shauna Jull-Edwards are set to represent

  2017 Summer Universiade, Taipei and 2019 Summer Universiade, Naples: men's high jump.

Universiade has propelled many an athlete to continental and global success, and such has been the case for New

Zealand high jumper Hamish Kerr - even though he did not reach the podium on either of his two appearances.The

2022 as he earned bronze at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade as he surpassed the 39-year-old New

Zealand indoor record of 2.16m, set by Roger Te Puni, with a clearance of 2.31m, sharing third place