By James CrookJune 25 - England women's sevens captain Michaela Staniford has spoken of her confidence in the team selected for the International Rugby Board (IRB) Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow this weekend, as they aim to improve on their fifth-place finish from 2009.

England finished second in the inaugural IRB Women's Sevens World Series to New Zealand this season,

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disappointment of narrowly losing to Argentina 2-1 in the semi-final, it was an amazing feeling to defeat New

Zealand 3-1 in the bronze medal match and receive that very special souvenir from the greatest show

By James CrookJune 23 - England under-20's came out on top in an all-British affair against Wales in the final of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Junior World Championship, winning by 23 points to 15 at the Stade de la Rabine in France.

ran in 109 unanswered points against the United States and came out on top against the All Blacks of New

Zealand on their way to the title.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]

By Mike RowbottomJune 23 - Britain's flagship men's boat - the eight - produced the result that the majority of a sell-out crowd at the 2012 Olympic course desired today as they added a Samsung World Cup win on choppy home waters to the one they secured in the season's first regatta at Sydney in March.

away serving in Afghanistan with the Army.Britain's Olympic champion Helen Glover (right) with her new

DorneyGlover, back at the scene of her London 2012 victory, and Swann fought off a late challenge from New

Zealand to win by a length, with Germany third."

women's double sculls for former Olympic silver medallist Fran Houghton and Victoria Meyer-Laker, the new

magical memories of last summer's Games gloriesFebruary 2013: Olympic champion to team up with new

By James CrookJune 21 - The International Softball Federation (ISF) have announced that all 73 of the games at next month's Junior Women's World Championships in the Canadian city of Brampton will be streamed live through the event's website.

Brazil, host nation Canada, China, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New

Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and Venezuela.The tournament is due to begin on July 1 and last until

By James CrookJune 19 - France have named a record number of 33 athletes and four guides to represent them at next month's International Paralympic Commitee (IPC) World Championships on home turf in Lyon, including reigning women's Paralympic and world T44 100 metres champion Marie-Amelie Le Fur.

nbsp;Australia pick 40-strong team for 2013 IPC Athletics World ChampionshipsMay 2013: Paralympic New

Zealand announce two-member squad for Lyon

By Emily GoddardJune 19 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships will be streamed live online allowing spectators the world over to watch the action as it happens in Lyon in a month's time.

At the last World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011, China topped the table with 58

By Emily GoddardJune 18 - Jonnie Peacock, Hannah Cockroft and Richard Whitehead are among the Paralympic champions named on the 48-strong British team heading to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships next month.

defend her crown, as well as bettering the 200m bronze she picked up two years ago in Christchurch, New

2013: Oliveira targets gold at Lyon 2013 World Athletics ChampionshipsMay 2013: Paralympic New

Zealand announce two-member squad for LyonMay 2013: Lyon's Stade de Parilly stages test event for

By Duncan Mackay at the Beau Rivage Palace in LausanneJune 17 - Singapore's $1.3 billion (£812 million/€1 billion) Sports Hub currently under construction in the Southeast Asian island city-state will provide it with the capacity to bid for a host the Commonwealth Games in the near future, International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Ng Ser Miang has claimed.

Hub began in September 2010 with the facility scheduled to open in April next year.It will include a new

Union has already announced it plans to launch a bid to host the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens at the new

Singapore's new National Stadium would be the centrepiece of a Commonwealth Games bid from the country

  IOC vice-president Ng Ser Miang believes the new Singapore Sports Hub in the island city-state

Zealand, although all those countries have been quiet in recent months despite having all expressed

By Mike RowbottomBritain's athletics and rowing teams, two of the highest profile achievers at the London 2012 Games, will feature sister acts next weekend which promise further Olympic glories.UK Athletics has selected 20-year-old Victoria Ohuruogu for the European Team Championships at Gateshead in the 400 metres relay squad, where she will join her big sister Christine, who at 29 has a medal collection which includes Olympic gold and silver, world gold and Commonwealth gold.And in the Rowing World Cup at Eton Dorney – the first international action on the Olympic course since the Games – 25-year-old Monica Relph and her younger...

Olympics.Angela won a bronze medal in the 1986 Commonwealth Games, 10,000m behind Anne Audain of New

Zealand and the popular home winner Liz Lynch – later to marry Peter McColgan.

By Duncan MackayJune 12 - Wales and Singapore have both launched early bids to host the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament.

women's event was added for the first time at Dubai in 2009, when Australia lifted the trophy, beating New

Zealand 15-10 in the final.

Rugby World Cup Sevens But Wales will face tough opposition from Singapore, who are proposing its new

futuristic Sports Hub, due for completion in 2014, as the venue.The development will include a new state-of-the-art

By Duncan MackayJune 6 - Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has appointed Hadleigh Pierson to the new role

athletes and supports them into Paralympic sport.The 33-year-old from Auckland represented New Zealand

Hadleigh will be based at the Apollo Projects Centre, the new High Performance Sports New Zealand (HPSNZ

There is so much undiscovered talent in New Zealand and it's exciting to think I can now focus full time

on finding new athletes," he said.

of New Zealand Paralympians."

By David OwenJune 2 - Could canoeing prove an unlikely source of medals for Brazil at their home Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016?

strongest nations in the event in Poznan.Each won four gold medals in all.A trio of countries - Russia, New

Zealand and hosts Poland - each won three golds.New Zealand athletes took three of the four women's

By Emily GoddardMay 30 - New Zealand Football audit chair Paula Kearns has withdrawn from the historic

By James CrookMay 29- Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) have confirmed javelin throwers Rory McSweeney and

Athletics New Zealand High Performance Director, Scott Goodman added: "Both Holly and Rory are experienced