Indoor Championships, the 2004 Australia Open and the 2003 Asia Pacific Championships.Adams to carry New

Zealand flag16:50 No surprises as shot put legend Valerie Adams is chosen as the New Zealand Flagbearer

Zealand team, Chef de Mission Rob Waddell apparently draped the New Zealand flag around a beaming Adams

"- Christopher Clarey writing in the New York Times yesterday.

We tried to make a new one but she said that she would need two months to get used to it."

- Scottish cyclist Alistair Rutherford is settling in to his new home in the Athletes' Village.13:56

"No point crying over that," quipped an effortlessly amusing Philip Barker.New Zealand for netball glory

09:45 Reigning Commonwealth Games netball champions New Zealand have been fine tuning their preparations

"- Vice-captain Laura Langman, who was a member of the New Zealand team that trained in Bath ahead of

Opening Ceremony tomorrow evening.Glasgow 2014 dedicated section06:26 You can also check out our all new

AndersonArgentina won a second consecutive men's Under-19 Softball World Championship with a 9-0 thrashing of New

Zealand in the gold medal game in Whitehorse, Canada.

to hold on their crown and they duly obliged with a comprehensive display against the Black Sox.The New

Zealand early on before Lighuen Angiolillo quickly followed with another run to get the Argentineans

off to flying start.New Zealand were unable to find any rhythm and were really up against it when Gonzalo

New Zealand had no answer to the firepower of Argentina in the final in Whitehorse ©WBSCWorld Baseball

Zealand in Oceania competing at world-class levels."

By Gary AndersonSouth Korean Heejung Lee left it late to claim victorty in Suhl today over Russia's Sergey Malyshev with the final shot in a dramatic finish at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Championships.

World ChampionshipsJuly 2014: IPC Shooting World Championships open in Suhl with gun saluteJune 2014: New-look

demonstration event at IPC Shooting World ChampionshipsJune 2014: Three-time Paralympic medallist to lead New

Zealand team to IPC Shooting World Championships

By Nick Butler at Doulton Fountain on Glasgow GreenAfter 286 days and a 190,000-kilometre journey spanning 70 nations and territories, the Queen's Baton Relay made a triumphant arrival in Glasgow this morning just days before the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday (July 23).

aspiring actors from throughout the Commonwealth, including Australia, Canada, India, Jamaica, Malta and New

Zealand, as well as Great Britain.Entertainers came from as far afield as Ghana for the arrival of the

By Emily GoddardSwedish multiple Paralympic champion Jonas Jacobsson today secured his 18th world title at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Championships.

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesJuly 2014: IPC Shooting World Championships open in Suhl with gun saluteJune 2014: New-look

demonstration event at IPC Shooting World ChampionshipsJune 2014: Three-time Paralympic medallist to lead New

Zealand team to IPC Shooting World Championships

Zealand squad.

When the Games resumed in Antwerp in 1920 Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa all competed

Zealand authorities had invited them to tour that winter.

Zealand javelin star Stan Lay, the Americans again won the match.There was already a head of steam for

The new Games were here to stay.

By Nick ButlerA biggest ever edition of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Championships is underway in Suhl, after an official opened by IPC Governing Board member John Petersson.

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJune 2014: New-look

demonstration event at IPC Shooting World ChampionshipsJune 2014: Three-time Paralympic medallist to lead New

Zealand team to IPC Shooting World ChampionshipsMay 2014: Bilingual volunteers being called on for IPC

By Emily GoddardThe Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) has held its first ever Athletes' Commission Forum which featured Olympians Carl Probert and Barbara Kendall as speakers.

at this month's Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and next month's Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing.New Zealand

spoke of her experiences as an Olympic gold, silver and bronze medallist, four-time world champion, New

Zealand Sports Woman of the Year 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2002 and Inductee in the International Sailing

, with Sam Judd, a co-founder and chief executive of the Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust of New

Zealand, presenting the VOA's "Go Green" message.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]

By Gary AndersonViewers around the world will be able to watch live action from Glasgow 2014 online via an official YouTube channel for the first time in Commonwealth Games history.

confirmed deals with the BBC for the United Kingdom, Network Ten for Australia, Sky Network Television for New

Zealand and the Pacific Islands, the Dubai-based TAJ TV for the sub-continent of India, SuperSport throughout

insidethegames.bizRelated StoriesJuly 2014: Glasgow 2014 to reach global audience of 1.5 billion with new

By Zjan ShirinianBritish hope Jade Jones is going into next month's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics European Championships in Swansea knowing she will have to beat in-form Manuela Schaer to prevail in front of a home crowd.

next month, having made her international debut as a 15-year-old at the 2011 World Championships in New

Zealand."

By Nick Butler Cricket South Africa (CSA) has been set an ultimatum to remove the national flag from the emblem of the national cricket team kit because it contravenes strict legislation outlawing the use of unofficial logos for sporting teams. 

$75,000/€55,000).South Africa are due to take on Zimbabwe next month before encounters with Australia, New

Zealand and West Indies later this year.A CSA spokesman has told insidethegames that, at this stage,

By Mike RowbottomSix gold medals earned New Zealand the bragging rights at the World Rowing Cup III in

New Zealand's Olympic single sculls champion Mahe Drysdale earned a dramatic victory as he overhauled

New Zealand's Fiona Bourke and Zoe Stevenson beat Lithuania's world champions and Poland's European champions

which all three medallists finished within a second of each other ©Getty ImagesOther victories for New

Zealand came through Julia Edward in the lightweight women's single sculls, Emma Twigg in the women's

By Zjan ShirinianThe Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships will be held in Scotland for the first time with its capital city Edinburgh playing host to around 500 martial artists in November.

gone out to 64 Commonwealth federations and large national teams are expected from Canada, Australia, New

Zealand, Pakistan, India and Malaysia, as well as the Home Nations.Taekwondo Scotland chairman Dr William

By Zjan ShirinianThe International Rugby Board (IRB) has set its sights on growing the sport across Asia by appointing a rugby services manager for the continent.

Ridzal Saat will take up the new role, intended to oversee the development of rugby alongside the Asian

international level from 1993 to 2001.Japan, which came bottom of its pool at the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New

Zealand, is scheduled to host the 2019 edition from September 6 to October 20.