By James CrookMarch 24 - Fiji have retained their Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens title in dramatic fashion after coming back from a 19-0 half-time deficit to win 26-19 against Wales, thanks in large part to a hat-trick of tries from substitute Osea Kolinisau.

closing the gap at the top of the HSBC Sevens World Series to 25 points between themselves and neighbours New

Zealand with three rounds to go.Elsewhere, Samoa defeated Canada to lift the Plate, England overcame

host Hong Kong to win the Bowl, and France won the shield after beating Argentina.Series leaders New

Zealand finished third after thrashing Kenya 36-5 in the third-placed game.Fiji match-winner Osea Kolinisau

defeat Wales 26-19 in the finalWith just three rounds to go, to be held in Japan, Scotland and England, New

By Duncan MackayMarch 23 - Details of the men's qualifying system to be employed for Rio 2016, when rugby sevens makes its Olympic debut, have been revealed.

the end of 2011-2012, the last IRB World Seven Series, the teams in the qualifying positions would be New

Zealand, Fiji, England and Samoa.But England compete under a Team GB banner in the Olympics and it remains

By Emily GoddardMarch 23 - Moya Dodd, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) vice-president seeking to represent female football on FIFA's ruling Executive Committee, has claimed it is time for women to be playing a bigger role in the decision making processes at global sport governing bodies.

alongside secretary general of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association Sonia Bien-Aime and New

Zealand Football audit chairwoman Paula Kearns.Asked what she can bring to world football's governing

By Tom DegunMarch 22 - The ANZ Championship, the biggest netball league in the world, has announced the most comprehensive Australian broadcast deal in the sport's history with every game of the competition to be broadcast live on Fox Sports.

television network.The event is played itself is contested by ten teams, five from Australia and five from New

Zealand."

We're thrilled the new broadcast deal will provide Australians with the ability to watch every game of

The new broadcast deal means every game of the 2013 ANZ Championship will now be broadcast live on either

side of the Tasman Sea via the event's existing partner Sky Network in New Zealand."

By James CrookMarch 22 - World records have been tumbling at the New Zealand Swimming Championships in

Mortimer at London 2012- taking two tenths of a second off the world record, clocking a time of 28.01.New

Zealand's Sophie Pascoe has broken three world records so far at the New Zealand Swimming Championships

By Tom DegunMarch 22 - Swansea has been chosen to host the 2014 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics European Championships, it was announced today.

After successfully hosting training camps for the Mexican and New Zealand Paralympic teams ahead of London

the conclusion of the Paralympics, it has been confirmed that Birmingham will host the finals of the new

By James CrookMarch 20 - With 100 days to go until the tournament kicks off, the match schedule for the 2013 International Rugby Board (IRB) World Cup Sevens in Moscow has been announced, pitting reigning champions Wales against Uruguay in their opening fixture.

spectacular fixtures, including Fiji v Wales, Australia v France, South Africa v Scotland, bookies favourites New

Zealand against the United States and England taking on 2009 runners-up Argentina.Day three will determine

PM.England will face 2009 runners-up Argentina in one of the most attractive-looking fixtures on Day TwoNew Zealand

FIFA World Cup.The opening women's matches will take place at nearby Gorodok on Saturday June 29, with New

Zealand taking on Tunisia in the Pool A opener, before Canada take on the Netherlands in the other Pool

By Tom DegunMarch 18 - London is set to launch a bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, according to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson's Olympic legacy adviser.

also almost certainly end any hopes that Cardiff has of staging the Commonwealth Games in 2026.Canada, New

Zealand, South Africa, Singapore and Sri Lanka are other countries currently considering bids for 2022

By Duncan MackayMarch 18 - England has been included on the shortlist to host the 2018 women's hockey World Cup but still have to decide whether to proceed with a bid or not. 

then they will go head-to-head with old rivals Australia, who are also bidding, along with Belgium and New

England will be the only country focussing exclusively on the female event, with Australia, Belgium and New

Zealand all offering to host both men and women's tournaments.

the World Cup, is extremely encouraging and we are very happy with the positive reaction to the FIH's new

CrookMarch 18 - London 2012 Paralympic gold medal-winning swimmer Mary Fisher has been named as one of The New

Zealand Herald's Future Stars after her impressive debut performance at last summer's Games.

, also taking silver in the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke, and bronze in the 50m freestyle.The New

Zealand Herald, which has the largest circulation of any newspaper in the country, has recognised the

nation's "Future Stars" since 1968, where a panel of esteemed figures in New Zealand sport identify

as New Zealand Herald sports editor Chris Allen and sports writer Terry Maddaford.Sophie Williamson

is among those chosen as a "Future Star" by the New Zealand HeraldAlong with Fisher, Sydney Roosters

By Emily GoddardMarch 17 - The 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens has secured three new major commercial partners

in the form of Bank Zenit, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) and Canterbury of New Zealand, the Rugby Union of

By Emily GoddardMarch 12 - The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has named the 16 teams heading to Rotterdam and London in June to compete at the last of the two women's Hockey World League semi-final tournaments.

Host Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany, Korea, Japan, India, Belgium and Chile will make their way to

event as the top team in the FIH world rankings after winning the Olympic gold medal at London 2012.New

Zealand, Germany and Korea were also automatically qualified for the competition, which is being held

League Round One and Round Two tournaments.Korea, Japan, the Netherlands and Chile form Group A, with New

Zealand, Germany, India and Belgium making up Group B for the tournament in Rotterdam.

By Emily GoddardMarch 9 - New Delhi has been named as the host of two of the International Hockey Federation's

, Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Spain, Egypt, France, Germany, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, New

Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa are confirmed for the event.Meanwhile, the inaugural Hero Hockey

New Delhi-based motorcycle and scooter manufacturer Hero MotoCorp has also been confirmed as the title

By Emily GoddardMarch 8 - Ian Rutledge has been named the new head coach of the Canadian women's national

The 40-year-old, who as head coach of New Zealand's women lead them to solid finishes at the Athens 2004

coaching career in 2001 when he coached the Australian men's team, before accepting his role with the New

Zealand women.He returned to his home nation in 2007 as the coaching manager for Hockey Australia and

CrookMarch 7 - Rowing Ireland have appointed head of rowing at London's Imperial College Boat Club, New

Zealander Don McLachlan, as their new lead coach.

McLachlan has represented at New Zealand under-23 level and the Olympic development squad, as well as