By Duncan MackaySeptember 7 - Canada's preparations for London 2012 have been rocked by the shock resignation of Alex Baumann as the chief executive of Own the Podium, which oversess the country's high performance programme.

double Olympic swimming champion is stepping down from October after taking the decision to relocate to New

Zealand, where he has agreed to become the chief executive of High Performance Sport New ZealandIt

Baumann claims that moving to New Zealand will put him closer to his extended family."

High Performance Sport New Zealand is a subsidary of Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC)."

By Emily GoddardSeptember 7 - A world-class field will be competing at this week's Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials as the event acts as the London 2012 team eventing qualifier for Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia and Oceania, with only one place available.

FEI Olympic Groups F and G.They will hope to join the host nation Great Britain, along with Canada, New

Zealand, United States, Germany and Belgium, who qualified at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

The best team from this year's Asia Pacific Eventing Championship, excluding New Zealand who have already

By Tom DegunSeptember 7 - Paralympics New Zealand have officially announced that their preparation camp

Zealand chief executive Fiona Pickering admitted that she is delighted to have secured the city as a

Paralympics New Zealand has a proud sporting history at the Paralympic Games and we are excited about

Several athletes and staff from Paralympics New Zealand have frequented Swansea and Wales already and

I am very confident Wales is the perfect place to base the Paralympics New Zealand team in the lead up

Paralympics New Zealand are set to host a special event to celebrate the partnership tomorrow to coincide

By Tom DegunSeptember 1 - Britain's top Paralympic shooters laid down a substantial marker for the London 2012 Paralympic Games next year as they dominated a major shooting event at Stoke Mandeville Stadium by capturing gold in five out of seven events.

saw total of 75 athletes from 15 countries in action, with the British team in rampant form, while New

Zealand and Hungary picked up the remaining two gold medals that the hosts missed out on.The standout

finish by winning gold in the air pistol P1 men's SH1 final, while Michael Johnson struck gold for New

Zealand with 705.7 in the R4 air rifle prone mixed SH1 event.Contact the writer of this story at tom.degun

By David GoldSeptember 4 - Britain finished top of the medal table at the World Rowing Championships on Lake Bled, Slovenia, as Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter clinched gold on the final day of the event, taking the team's haul to seven gold, three silver and four bronze.

It was Britain's best ever haul at a World Championship, with New Zealand coming second in the medal

haul.The lightweight double's first race together since May saw them come home ahead of New Zealand

By Duncan MackaySeptember 3 - New Zealand swimming finds itself in turmoil less than a year before the

Murray Coulter stood down as President and chairman of the Board of Swimming New Zealand (SNZ) yesterday

departure is as of next Friday (September 9) and I'm sad to be leaving pre-London, but I wish all of New

Zealand swimming's first recognised high performance structure, which produced several Olympians and

Zealand (SPARC) has criticised the system, claiming that the current structure is unsustainable

New Zealand have failed to win an Olympic medal in the pool since Atlanta in 1996 when Danyon Loader

By David GoldSeptember 3 - Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins took gold at the World Rowing Championships on Saturday, Britain's first in an Olympic class since the event began.

Another pair of reigning champions, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray of New Zealand, took gold ahead of British

Pete Reed in the pairs, whilst Alan Campbell had to settle for bronze in the single sculls behind New

By David GoldSeptember 2 - Fabiana Beltrame made history at Lake Bled in Slovenia today by becoming the first Brazilian rower to take a World Championship title.

lined up bidding to add to their medal collection.Germany set the pace with the world champions from New

Zealand and Olympic champions Australia in an amongst the front runners as six boats came to within

finish line with a realistic chance of glory.Slovenia, Australia and France pelted for the line but New

Zealand and Germany pulled away, with New Zealand pair Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan retaining

Denmark's Henrik Stephansen won the lightweight men's single scull, ahead of the Italians and New

By David GoldSeptember 1 - Kieren Emery and Peter Chambers got Britain off to a great start at the World Rowing Championships on Lake Bled in Slovenia with a gold medal in the lightweight men's pair, with the women's pair and men's eight taking silver medals.

Emery and Chambers overhauled a New Zealand pair who were fast out of the blocks, but they coul not

their pace and eventually missed out on a podium place.The British pair were just one second shy of a new

New Zealand took off quickly," said Emery."

At 600 metres gone I looked around for New Zealand and saw that they were about three-quarters of

Zealand before missing out at the end.With the line in sight they had held a lead and as they crossed

By Tom DegunAugust 31 - The world's best young players are heading out to Rimini in Italy for the start of the inaugural International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Invitational 3x3 Youth World Championships in the city from September 9-11. 

, England, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Guam, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Nepal, New

Zealand, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, South Africa, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Serbia, Spain, South

DegunAugust 31 - Ford Motor Company have announced they will become the official vehicle partner of Hockey New

Zealand with immediate effect with the deal set to run right through to the London 2012 Olympics next

The New Zealand men's and women's hockey teams, who are referred to as the Black Sticks, are both outside

Ford is such an iconic brand and we are thrilled to have them as our partner," said Hockey New Zealand's

Hockey is a growing sport in New Zealand and this commercial support allows us to deliver top quality

The three-year contract also sees Ford support New Zealand's next generation of hockey players through

Zealand

MackayAugust 30 - Cadbury are to launch Olympic mascot chocolates and Bassett jellies as part of a new

, the Official Treat Provider of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, are to make the new

popular Wispa Gold, whose pack will include a limited edition design emphasising the word GOLD.The new

Retailers are advised to utilise POS (point of sale) material and stock the new products and promotions

of this story at [email protected] storiesSeptember 2010: Cadbury launch new

TV advertJanuary 2010: Cadbury to sponsor New Zealand for London 2012September 2009: Cadbury to sponsor

chairman Lieutenant Colonel Mosese Tikoitoga has been banned from attending the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New

Zealand after officials in Wellington refused to give him a visa to enter the country.

The competition is due to get underway on September 9 and the Fiji team have already arrived in New

Zealand ahead of the competition but Tikoitoga, who is commander of the Fiji military's land forces,

was not allowed to travel with the squad.New Zealand has barred Fijian soldiers from entering the country

Commonwealth, a move that prevented the country from competing in last year's Commonwealth Games in New

 Tikoitoga went to Nadi Airport to wish the Fiji team well ahead of their flight to New Zealand

By Duncan MackayAugust 29 - Australia's and New Zealand women's hockey teams have both qualified

As both the Hockeyroos and New Zealand are the top two ranked teams in the Oceania Federation, they will

the team not competing in the Champions Trophy, they would relish a chance to play the competitive New

The reality is that New Zealand are currently ranked ahead of us," he said"We aren't competing at the

compete in the men's Oceania Cup from October 5 to 9, taking on the world top-ranked Kookaburras and New

By Tom DegunAugust 28 - Paralympic wheelchair racing stars Shelly Woods and Mickey Bushell have celebrated the One Year to Go milestone to London 2012 at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu – where they will compete later this week.

medal table with 38 medals and UK Athletic Paralympic head coach Peter Eriksson believes the result in New

Zealand will is a good sign for the team ahead of London 2012, which is due to start on August 29 next