By Gary AndersonOctober 9 - A new promotion and relegation system is to be introduced for this season's

separate competition to the main sevens event.Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Kenya, New

Zealand, Portugal, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, United States and Wales are the nations who

fairer, merit-based system for a wider range of countries to take part in top level sevens rugby.New Zealand

"This new system guarantees that a new nation will be rewarded with that opportunity in the 2014-2015

By Gary AndersonOctober 8 - The new England team home kit for the upcoming 2013-2014 season has been

The new kit retains the classic colour combination of white shirts, white shorts and midnight blue socks

completing a patriotic red, white and blue colour combination synonymous with England Rugby, and the new

Zealand at Twickenham, before next year's Six Nations Championship."

The new shirt continues to honour the proud traditions of England rugby while featuring a new and contemporary

rugby sevens kitsApril 2012: RFU and BMW sign new sponsorship deal

By Nick ButlerOctober 10 - Star Alliance Member Airlines have been appointed as Official Airline Network for the 2014 SportAccord International Convention, to be held in the Turkish city of Belek, it was announced today.  

to 20 per cent.Among the 28 participating in the partnership will be Air Canada, Air China, Air New

Zealand, Lufthansa, South African Airways and US Airways as well as Turkish Airlines.The partnership

Next years expected to attract more than 2,000 delegates and will take on the theme of "Sport's New Frontier

Para-snowboarder Carl Murphy has been recognised for a great 18 months on the slopes by being named Snow Sports New

Zealand 2013 Athlete of the Year at its annual awards night.

;Mentel and Strong set the standard for Sochi 2014 at Paralympic snowboard test eventMay 2012: New

Zealand Para-snowboarding star hails Sochi 2014 announcementMay 2012: Para-snowboarding to make

the baton "going out", but in 1974 it did go missing from an office before the Relay to Christchurch New

Zealand had even begun.

The Baton was divided and visited New Zealand's North and South Islands.

By Gary AndersonOctober 2 - The Agitos Foundation, the development arm of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has announced the allocation of more than £528,000 ($856,000/€630,000) of funding for more than 30 projects around the world to help boost participation in Para-sport.

available through the first ever Grant Support Programme launched this year, which is the result of a new

public awareness and understanding of Para-sport, a talent-spotting and pathway development programme in New

Zealand for swimmers with high support needs and a multi-sports camp in Serbia for young athletes which

By Mike RowbottomOctober 1 - Usain Bolt is on course to complete a hat-trick of World Athlete of the Year awards after being named on a shortlist which also includes Britain's world 5,000 and 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah.

includes Ethiopia's Meseret Defar, who added world 5,000m gold to her Olympic title, and Valerie Adams of New

Zealand, who claimed her fourth world title in the women's shot put.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is favourite

Aleksandr Menkov (Russia), LaShawn Merritt (USA), Teddy Tamgho (France).Women's shortlist: Valerie Adams (New

Zealand), Abeba Aregawi (Sweden), Meseret Defar (Ethiopa), Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopa), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

by breaking both the 100 metres freestyle S10 and 50 metres butterfly S10 world records during the New

Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships at Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre.

three golds and one silver that she won at Beijing 2008, where she became the youngest Paralympian from New

Zealand to take a gold medal.New Zealander Sophie Pascoe took three gold and three silver medals at

entertained and amazed" in Montreal says IPC chief August 2013: Pascoe and Fisher set to lead New

Zealand medal charge at IPC World Swimming Championships May 2013: Pascoe heads seven-strong New

Zealand team for IPC World Swimming ChampionshipsMarch 2013: New Zealand Paralympic stars Pascoe

By Gary AndersonSeptember 30 - Tickets have gone on sale today for the Emirates Dubai Rugby Sevens, the second of nine rounds on the International Rugby Board (IRB) HSBC Sevens World Series 2013-2014.

following a 26-15 victory over Rugby World Cup Sevens champions and HSBC Sevens World Series winners New

Zealand, whose women also won in 7he Sevens stadium.In 2009, Dubai hosted the Rugby World Cup Sevens

2012: Fiji claim victory in Gold Coast Sevens to lead HSBC Sevens World SeriesDecember 2011: New

Zealand clinch dramatic HSBC Sevens World Series victoryDecember 2011: England keep Dubai rugby

By James CrookSeptember 27 - England's netballers have made it three series whitewashes from three attempts this year with another impressive 53-41 victory over South Africa at the University of Worcester to end the series 3-0.

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next year, which will feature world number one side and Commonwealth champions New

Zealand, along with world number two side Australia, who England defeated 3-0 earlier this year, and

Since netball came onto the Commonwealth Games programme in 1998, Australia and New Zealand have contested

By Gary AndersonSeptember 27 - In an open letter to the defeated America's Cup crew of Team New Zealand

, President of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC), Mike Stanley has praised the "dignity and self-respect

USA on the final day of racing in San Francisco Bay on Wednesday (September 25).Team New Zealand, which

was financed to the tune of $36million (£18 million/€22 million) by the New Zealand Government, had

Team New Zealand let an 8-1 lead slip to lose out to Oracle Team USA in the America's Cup Team

They [Team New Zealand] have provided us all a great lesson, that while sport is about the pursuit of

In Team New Zealand we have much to celebrate and as a reflection of us as a nation, much for us all

at the Palazzo Vecchio in FlorenceSeptember 27 - Britain's Brian Cookson was today elected as new

I have said throughout my campaign that we must embrace a new style of governance and a collegiate way

of working so that a new era of growth and commercial success for the UCI and our sport can begin."

Rule 51 in the UCI Constitution, changing who could nominate a candidate to stand for President.New Zealand

Zealand and the United States, as they knew that "22" was the magic number needed to beat McQuaid.Pat

of this story at [email protected] storiesSeptember 2013: McQuaid hoping new

cat, bird, fox, rabbit, squirrel or pine marten has halted the action and re-focused attention on a new

reared up on its hind legs at him and his infernal passing machine.On such occasions, there occur two new

Lions on the pitch during the tour to New Zealand in 1971If you can find the clip on You Tube - it's

By Duncan MackaySeptember 26 - Ben Lucas has been appointed as Chef de Mission for New Zealand's team

Lucas, a former wheelchair racer, represented New Zealand at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, being chosen

at the Opening Ceremony in Sydney.He is now chief executive of New Zealand Spinal Trust, a Board member

I am very excited about taking on the challenge of leading the New Zealand Paralympic team to Rio 2016

The performance of the New Zealand team in London was outstanding and our Paralympians inspired the nation

Zealand seeking new Chef de Mission for Rio 2016 Paralympics after Kale steps down

By Gary AndersonSeptember 25 - On one of the most dramatic days in the competition's history, Oracle Team USA, inspired by Britain's master tactician Sir Ben Ainslie, retained their America's Cup title in San Francisco Bay by clinching the final race of the series to complete a remarkable comeback from 8-1 down to win 9-8 in the end.

Oracle, skippered by Australian James Spithill, crossed the line 44 seconds ahead of Team New Zealand

and reverse their fortunes.The man from Macclesfield could not make an immediate impression as the New

Zealand boat continued to dominate, racing into an 8-1 lead which left it needing only one more race

James Spithill lifts the America's Cup for the second time in succession following victory over Team New

Despite Team New Zealand coming within two minutes of clinching that crucial ninth point in race 13,