She is talking about her bowls.Wins for New Zealand and Australia in the field21:51 New Zealand's Valerie

Australia beat New Zealand there and at Manchester 2002.

New Zealand beat Australia at Melbourne 2006 and Delhi 2010.

They will certainly be hoping that is the case against New Zealand in three days time.

New Zealand are the 'Silver Ferns', Australia the 'Diamonds' and Jamaica the 'Sunshine Girls'.

By Gary Anderson at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in GlasgowA dramatic finish to the Commonwealth Games swimming programme here saw England secure gold in a pulsating men's 4x100 metres medley relay.

It came on a night that saw two golds apiece for the English, New Zealand and Australia.After six days

ImagesSix-time Paralympic and world champion Sophie Pascoe claimed her second gold medal of the Games - and New

still well outside her world record of 2:25:65 set on her way to gold at London 2012.Sophie Pascoe of New

Zealand emerged as the top Para-swimmer at Glasgow 2014 winning two gold medals ©Getty Images An awesome

By Gary AndersonThe International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) is set to run an anti-doping campaign at its World Championships which get underway in Odense, Denmark on Friday (August 1).

in 2002.The United States reclaimed the Championships in 2006 when they were held in Christchurch, New

Zealand, before retaining the title in 2010.The US will headline Group B where their toughest challenge

is likely to come from Japan, along with European champions Sweden, France, Germany and New Zealand.Australia

Malawi had lost to New Zealand and Jamaica but built up a strong advantage in the first two periods of

Could they have upset the New Zealand v South Africa party if they had played here at Ibrox, I wonder

Scotland are still third, but Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa are chasing fast.

It also marked the first ever gold for New Zealand in Commonwealth Games mountain-biking. 

It's Anton Cooper of New Zealand from Daniel McConnell of Australia and Samuel Gaze of New Zealand, all

By Nick Butler at Hampden Park in GlasgowKemar Bailey-Cole of Jamaica and Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria won the respective 100 metres finals in front of a packed crowd tonight to crown a pulsating second day of athletics action here.

shot putter O'Dayne Richards who won the shot put with a best mark of 20.94m, ahead of Tom Walsh of New

Zealand and Tim Nedow of Canada.One of the loudest cheers of the night came courtesy of Scottish Para-sprinter

New Zealand beat South Africa 2-1 in the women's competition.Bailey-Cole reaction"I would say it was

I'm stoked to join the New Zealand weightlifting elite.

But a quick update on the hockey, where New Zealand lead South Africa in the first half of their women's

Tom Walsh of New Zealand is second with Tim Nedow of Canada taking bronze"The situation here at a packed

Zealand wins gold in the women's 50m rifle prone event at Barry Buddon.The New Zealander took the gold

By Nick ButlerAustralia won two more gold medals on the final day of action in the Velodrome today, although perhaps the most surprising aspect was the fact five-time Commonwealth champion Anna Meares did not win the individual sprint.

Australia'w second gold medal of the day came in the keirin, when Matthew Glaetzer finished ahead of New

At times it appeared as if their greatest challenge came from New Zealand, who scooped four of the other

snatch gold after both riders were tied on 37 points.Scotland's Katie Archibald claimed bronze.New Zealand

Stadium in GlasgowAnother major boost was provided for rugby sevens here today as South Africa shocked New

Zealand in a pulsating Commonwealth Games final in front of a world record audience.

that no British team reached the last four, they certainly enjoyed the fact that South Africa ended New

Zealand territory, eventually enabling Senatla to cross for a second.Afrika himself scored a third minutes

final ©Getty ImagesSouth Africa, who have only won one World Series title in comparison with 12 for New

Zealand, had shone throughout the competition, knocking-out hosts Scotland in the quarter-final before

Zealand in their semi-final.But while the tournament offered an opportunity for the big guns to shine

By Emily GoddardNew Zealand has topped the medal table at the 2014 World Rowing Under 23 Championships

At the end of the two days of finals, New Zealand finished the competition with three gold medals, two

silver and a bronze, and Italy came overall third with two golds, three silvers and two bronze.For New

Zealand, there are now under 23 world champions in the lightweight women's double sculls, men's eight

and women's pair, where Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler completely dominated their final and set a new

By Gary Anderson at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in GlasgowAustralia continue to hoover up the swimming medals at this year's Commonwealth Games, picking up 11 more here tonight, but it was English teenage star Siobhan-Marie O'Connor who put in the most impressive performance with victory in the 200 metres individual medley. 

The 18-year-old obliterated the rest of the field to set a new Games record, finishing more than two

in the 50m backstroke saw him follow in his father Mark's footsteps after he won gold representing New

Zealand in the 400m individual medley at Christchurch 1974.The younger Treffers was donning the green

Para-sport 100m breaststroke SB9 race as six-time Paralympic and world champion Sophie Pascoe registered New

As a country we have a lot of chances to win medals but as a New Zealand rugby player it is disappointing

Zealand and Australia is up next.Kiwis in the Zone18:34 Talking of them semi-finals, the New Zealand

It followed earlier 16-0 and 14-0 defeats against South Africa and New Zealand respectively.

"New Zealand have assumed the role of party poopers at Kelvingrove as they secure a 21-16 win to take

The Scots were looking good until a superb final bowl by New Zealand skip Mandy Boyd cleared out the

mascot for the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, has begun his tour of every province across Papua New

These Games belong to all Papua New Guineans and we want the Games to touch everyone across this country

," Clint Flood, the chief executive of Papua New Guinea 2015, said.Organising Committee marketing executive

next year's Pacific Games.Tura the Kokomo is spreading the message of the 2015 Pacific Games ©Papua New

stop off, during which he will also visit the Manus Provincial Games.The mascot will then travel to New

Zealand to take part in 2015 Pacific Games

the completion of the group stages here that almost included an historic win for hosts Scotland over New

Zealand.

went 17 points up in the first half.But, a combination of a Scottish rally and indiscipline, which saw New

New Zealand had earlier kicked off their campaign for a fifth straight Commonwealth Games gold medal

Zealand in the first of tomorrow's matches.England lost out to Australia in their Pool D clash which

also met in a winner-takes-all clash in the final match in Pool C following routine wins over Papua New

Zealand as Glasgow 2014 rugby sevens draw made

secured cycling gold medals for Australia on the third day of action here today, while Tom Scully of New

Zealand and the Scottish tandem pairing of Neil Fachie and Craig MacLean also tasted victory.

The 26-year-old broke the Commonwealth Games record when finishing ahead of New Zealand pair Simon van

After their near miss in the time trial, New Zealand also enjoyed a strong day as Tom Scully dominated

at last year's Tour de France, came second to win the first Manx medal of the Games, while another New

By Gary Anderson at Ibrox Stadium in GlasgowRugby sevens needs to ensure it captures the public's imagination and "gets it right" at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in order to secure its future beyond 2020, it was claimed here today. 

tickets have been sold over four sessions and which features many of the world's leading teams, including New

Zealand, Australia and South Africa. 

Deodoro Park for Rio 2016March 2013: Rio 2016 qualifying system for rugby sevens revealedFebruary 2013: New