Women's Sevens World Series, where both sides will face-off in the so called "group of death" along with New

Zealand and the Netherlands.

New England head coach Simon Middleton will be in charge of the team for the first time in Atlanta, after

We've got a number of new caps going."

Ireland and New Zealand will square-up again in Pool B in Atlanta ©Getty Images Christine Arthurs, Claire

Zealand to take sevens season opener in DubaiNovember 2013: IRB Women's Sevens World Series to be streamed

Zealand at Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow

By Zjan ShirinianFebruary 3 - Tickets for the knockout stages of this year's Women's Rugby World Cup in France have gone on sale.

the tournament really 'comes to life' when tickets go on sale ©AFP/Getty ImagesDefending champions New

Zealand, who beat hosts England 13-10 in the 2010 final, are in the same pool as the United States,

By Paul OsborneFebruary 3 - Defending champions the United States will go head-to-head with Finland in their opening game of the 2014 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Basketball World Cup after the official draw today.

and Finland will be joined in group C by fellow wildcard Turkey, as well as the Dominican Republic, New

Zealand and Ukraine.

By Nick Butler at the Main Press Centre in SochiFebruary 2 - Athletes from Mongolia and New Zealand have

talent show Clash of the Choirs will be another highlight.Although neither are Olympic powerhouses, New

Cup slopestyle victory freestyle skier Josiah Wells, one of three Wells siblings in Sochi, is one of New

By Paul OsborneFebruary 1 - Brazil, Finland, Greece and Turkey have been awarded wild cards to participate in the 2014 International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) World Cup in Spain, it was announced following a decision by FIBA's Central Board in Barcelona today.

wild card following FIBA's decision to change the qualification process for their flagship event.The new

Argentina, Australia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Iran, South Korea, Lithuania, Mexico, New

Zealand, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine and USA in the 24-team

By Duncan MackayJanuary 30 - Mike Hooper is to leave his role as chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) after Glasgow 2014, it was announced today.

The New Zealander had been appointed as the CGF's first full-time chief executive in 2000 and since overseen

Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Melbourne and New Delhi. 

"We will now instigate a world-wide search for a new CEO.

"It is great timing for a new CEO to come in and build on Mike's legacy."

Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), where he had been secretary general, and was the driving force behind

By Emily GoddardJanuary 29 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded IMG Media the in-flight and in-ship media rights for the Sochi 2014 Olympics.

Bundesliga and the Giro d'Italia during 2014, and IMG Media senior vice-president Richard Wise welcomed the new

rights ahead of Sochi 2014October 2013: Sky Television wins Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 broadcast rights for New

Zealand and Pacific IslandsSeptember 2013: IOC broadcasting revenues set to top $4.1 billion in Sochi-Rio

By Danyal Khan January 29 - The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board today announced a new women's

The 50-over competition will involve Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa,

The ICC Women's World Cup last year set a new benchmark in terms of quality and public interest and with

Koreans were excluded from  the Tokyo Olympics because they attended the unsanctioned Games of the New

their respective Governments, the British Olympic Association and its counterparts in Australia and New

Zealand fought hard against political intervention and teams, albeit smaller than usual, took part in

Zealand teams.

New Zealander Lance Cross withdrew his candidacy before the vote.On the day before his 60th birthday

By Gary AndersonJanuary 28 - The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has announced the signing of a new

six-year kit deal with sportswear brand Canterbury of New Zealand which will take in the World Cups

to France and follow in the footsteps of out-half Jonathan Sexton, who joined Toulon last year.The new

agreement is due to begin on September 1 and the Irish team will wear the new Canterbury kits for the

official kit supplier to the IRFU from 2000 to 2009 and Ireland head coach, Joe Schmidt has welcomed the new

2014.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] StoriesOctober 2013: New

By Zjan ShirinianJanuary 27 - Emirates has been announced as a Worldwide Partner of the next two Rugby World Cups.

sponsored the Rugby World Cup 2007 in France, and became a Worldwide Partner for the tournament staged in New

Zealand in 2011RWCL chairman Bernard Lapasset said: "We are excited to be renewing our long-standing

By Gary AndersonJanuary 27 - Former world champion Tyler Mosher is one of three athletes named in the Canadian snowboarding team heading to Sochi 2014, where he will be joined by Ian Lockey and John Leslie, as the sport makes it debut in the Paralympics. 

Mosher won the 2009 World Championship crown at the Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand and a year

defended their USA Sevens title and moved atop the HSBC Sevens World Series standings with victory over New

Zealand in Las Vegas.

victory over the 2010 and 2012 champions Samoa in the semi-finals, South Africa dug deep to overcome New

Zealand 14-7 and secure their second successive tournament title this season.Scott Curry gave New Zealand

Canada, appearing in only their second Cup semi-final, 26-7.South Africa came back from 7-0 down to beat New

Zealand 14-7 in the USA Sevens Cup Final ©IRBFollowing the defeat, Canada went on to finish third, their

day win over Uruguay must have felt like a life-time ago.The teams will next travel to Wellington, New

decision to switch his two top men from the pair to the four after three vain years of trying to beat the New

Zealand gold medallists.Jürgen Gröbler, head coach of the GB Rowing men's team, pictured during the

"We gave the New Zealand pair some good races, we tried everything we could.

I think there is no question," he says, "that - with Britain - Germany, Australia and New Zealand are

New Zealand were very strong in the last Olympics, with three golds.Eric Murray (left) and Hamish Bond

Of course it is a big risk trying something new.

By Paul OsborneJanuary 25 - Canada have defied all the odds and progressed to just their second ever Cup semi-final in the HSBC Sevens World Series with victory over France in the quarter-finals in Las Vegas.

match to progress to the quarters and will now have a tough task against Sevens World Series leaders New

Zealand in the semi-finals following their 24-7 victory over England.South Africa conceded their first