By Mike RowbottomLondon 2012 champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning got back onto the gold standard today in their first international race together since the Olympics as they helped Britain dominate the World Rowing Cup II at Lake Aiguebelette in France with victory in the women's pair.

Zealand, who collected five golds and a bronze, and the host nation, which earned three golds, a silver

and a bronze.The gold New Zealand would have most confidently predicted duly arrived in the men's pair

domination of this event by finishing ten seconds ahead of silver medallists Germany.There was gold too for New

Zealand in the women's single sculls, where Emma Twigg, who beat Australia's world champion Kim Crow

The reigning world champion had been beaten in the semi-finals by New Zealand's Olympic champion Mahe

By Gary AndersonEngland held onto the International Rugby Board (IRB) Junior World Championship crown after a superb defensive display in the final few minutes saw them overcome South Africa 21-20 in a pulsating affair at Eden Park in Auckland.

Africa ©Getty ImagesEngland had overcome neighbours Ireland in their semi-final and they took on hosts New

Zealand, who lost out to the Junior Boks in their semi-final clash, in the third place play-off.A penalty

World Rugby Trophy 2014May 2013: Temuco relishing Junior World Rugby Trophy hosting challengeJune 2011: New

Zealand takes IRB Junior World Championship 2011 title

By Gary AndersonMore than 300 members of the British Armed Forces will act as volunteers at the inaugural Invictus Games later this year, where they will be assisting teams from participating nations and undertaking stewarding duties.

Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Georgia, Iraq, Italy, The Netherlands, New

Zealand and the United States to take part.The British Armed Forces team will consist of 100 competitors

By Gary AndersonThe Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) has announced that Trusted Choice has been appointed the official presenting partner of this year's World Lacrosse Championships taking place in Denver in the United States.

Division contains Israel, South Korea, Slovakia and Sweden.The Plum Division is made up of Argentina, New

Zealand, Russia and Wales; Austria, Belgium, Germany and Hong Kong are in the Red Division with the

By Paul OsborneThe 2014 edition of the Canada Cup Wheelchair Rugby tournament is set to get underway at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Vancouver as eight of the world's best teams battle for one of the top prizes in the sport next week.

battling against world number two ranked team Australia, as well as Japan, Denmark, Great Britain, New

Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland.The hosts and Paralympic silver medallists will be looking to key men

I am always working on new ways to improve my game, by improving my physical fitness, analysing game

I just recently got a new rugby chair this season, I am always experimenting with my seating position

to try to get the most efficiency out of my chair, and tinkering with new strapping systems so that

By Paul OsborneA select number of visually impaired athletes have been invited to take part in a demonstration event at next month's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Championships in Suhl, Germany.

A select number of athletes have been invited to enter into this special event and to trial new prototype

IPC Shooting has been working to develop new prototype technology that is similar to that used in visually

for live firing at paper or electronic targets.The demonstration will not only be used to test the new

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

By Emily GoddardOlympic cyclist Karen Hanlen has been added to the New Zealand squad for the Glasgow

Zealand Olympic Committee."

Even with this issue, her results in New Zealand and the World Cup were sufficient to earn a nomination

, which has been supported by the New Zealand Olympic Committee."

Zealand at Glasgow 2014May 2014: World number four Joelle King heads New Zealand squash team for Glasgow

2014May 2014: More funding needed for NZOC ahead of Glasgow 2014 and Rio 2016April 2014: New Zealand

By Emily GoddardThe International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has awarded the hosting rights of the annual World Cup Final to Abu Dhabi through to 2017.

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By Paul OsborneParalympics New Zealand has today announced the appointment of Roly Crichton as a full-time

The four-time New Zealand swimming coach of the year is the long-serving coach of Paralympic superstar

I am thrilled to be a full time coach with Paralympics New Zealand and am really looking forward to being

Zealand high performance director, Malcolm Humm, has indicated that the new full-time role will not

With the announcement of Jon Shaw as the Paralympic New Zealand Para-swimming head performance coach

ZealandSeptember 2013: Unstoppable Pascoe breaks world records again at New Zealand ChampionshipsSeptember

By Mike RowbottomFriday's men's semi-final between England and the Netherlands in the Hockey World Cup in The Hague has been brought forward so as not to clash with the Dutch football team's first match at the World Cup finals in Brazil against the holders, Spain.

play-offs for final standings, with Germany and Belgium contesting fifth place in the men's event, and New

Zealand and China competing for fifth place in the women's event.While England's men have lived up to

By Paul OsborneThree-time Paralympic medallist Michael Johnson is set to lead New Zealand's three-strong

Paralympics New Zealand made the announcement with just 37 days to go until the Championships, which

event.Johnson will be joined by experienced shooters Greg Reid and Grant Philip who have both represented New

Zealand in the past, including at numerous IPC World Cup events.Philip is set to compete in the same

This is a small but high quality team and one that is full of experience," said Paralympics New Zealand

By Nick ButlerA historic attempt to produce the first British winner of the America's Cup has taken another step with the unveiling of a team headed by one of Great Britain's greatest ever sailors, Sir Ben Ainslie.

year-old duly played a crucial role in helping Oracle Team USA recover from 8-1 down to defeat Team New

Zealand 9-8 at the 2013 edition in San Francisco Bay. 

It has already been confirmed the team manager will be the highly experienced New Zealander and three-times

Carr and Nick Hutton, who both raced with Luna Rossa in the 34th America's Cup, as well as another New

By Mike RowbottomThe Netherlands, women's Olympic champions at London 2012, made sure of their advance to the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup in The Hague with a 3-0 win over South Korea.

It was,a result which also ensured Australia - who had drawn 0-0 with New Zealand earlier in the day

points clear of Argentina at the top, will go through even if they lose their final qualifier against New

By Paul OsborneNigeria has named a 30-strong wrestling team for next month's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as the nation looks to shake the world with an unprecedented medal haul at the Games.

wrestling team for Glasgow 2014May 2014: Oceania champion Tayla Ford among six wrestlers to represent New

Zealand at Glasgow 2014

New Zealand star Irene van Dyk, who announced her international retirement last week, is one top role-model

remains essentially a sport for the Commonwealth countries, with reigning Commonwealth Games champions New

Zealand and reigning world champions Australia occupying the top two places in the world rankings.

But huge effort is being made to bring the sport to new parts of the world.

Scotland, the fascinating unveiling yesterday of former Grand Slam champion Amélie Mauresmo as the new