By David GoldJuly 11 - A total of $200 million (£104 million) has been generated from sales of tickets for the Rugby World Cup (RWC), which begins in September this year, it has been revealed.

This is a significant milestone," said Rugby New Zealand 2011 chief executive Martin Snedden."

Prior to RWC 2011, the highest revenue-generating event in New Zealand's history was the 2005 British

RWC 2011 is on track to be a successful Tournament that New Zealanders and the global Rugby family will

By Mike RowbottomJuly 10 - Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins laid down a marker for the retention of their world double sculls title next month as they held off their Australian rivals and dominated their World Cup race at the Lucerne Regatta in what was their first competitive outing together this season following the back injury which has kept Watkins out of action for much of the year.

of Andy Triggs Hodge and Peter Reed as they struggled after a poor start and were blown away by the New

Zealand pairing who have been unbeaten since they came together in 2009, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray.The

Britain's women's pair of Helen Glover and Heather Stanning defeated the New Zealand pair which had beaten

first World Cup gold in the single scull, while the Czech Republic's world champion Ondrej Synek beat New

By Duncan Mackay in DurbanJuly 9 - Sweden's Gunilla Lindberg returned to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) ruling Executive Board here today, becoming the second woman on the 15-member body.

vice-president for four years from 2004-08, only the second woman in history elected to that position.Three new

Olympic Committee and one of his country's most successful businessmen; and Barbara Kendall (pictured), a New

Zealand sailboarder who has won three Olympic medals, including gold at Barcelona in 1992.

re-elected as a member of the IOC as is required under the Olympic Charter.The election of the three new

I then had discussions with our head coach and strength/conditioning coach and we looked at a new bespoke

We play in the London Cup later this month - a four-nation tournament against Belgium, New Zealand and

 Book now to see England take on New Zealand, Korea and Belgium on home turf a year before London

By Emily GoddardJune 26 - New Zealand have won a fourth successive IRB Junior World Championship title

his teammates and ecstatic fans in the crowd.England came as close as anyone has ever come to beating New

Zealand in their 20 Junior World Championship matches, but for the third final in four years it was

final whistle.Both sides scored three tries in the final, Charles Piutau, Ben Tameifuna and Barrett for New

Zealand with a Christian Wade brace and Henry Thomas touchdown for England.However, it was the perfect

kicking record of New Zealand fly half and man of the match Gareth Anscombe which proved the difference

By Emily GoddardJune 22 - Mayor of London Boris Johnson and England Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood have joined forces to launch O2 Touch, a Rugby Football Union (RFU) initiative that aims to get England playing touch rugby this summer.

With the Rugby World Cup 2011 taking place in New Zealand this September the level of interest in rugby

I'm a big fan of rugby and fully support this new initiative to get people more active."

By Tom Degun in the Gold CoastJune 22 - The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) have pulled off a major coup in their bid for success at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games by securing the services of top alpine skiing coaches Maren Goll (pictured) and Alison Bombardier.

Vancouver.The pair will work closely with Steve Graham, the APC Winter Programme head coach, to lead a new

lookwinter squad brimming with new talent after the retirement of some established stars following Vancouver

We have a new look squad with massive potential, and I'm really looking forward to what lies ahead."

their Southern Hemisphere winter campaign in the coming weeks, with the season's headline event, the New

Zealand Winter Games, being staged in August.The squad will then depart home shores on November 15 for

By Tom DegunJune 20 - Britain's Richard Whitehead has admitted that winning gold at the London 2012 Paralympics in the 200 metres T42 event has now become his main focus but promised that he will not give up competing in marathons despite being barred from the event.

If you take away the marathon training I did in New Zealand then I probably wouldn't have become world

Zealand."

Obviously it was successful in New Zealand so there is no need to drastically change things but you don't

Media-wise, things have really ramped up for me since I won gold in New Zealand in January," he said.

Since New Zealand, I have also signed up with BP and Powerade which is great."

By Emily GoddardJune 20 - Vicky Strange, one of the key figures behind Scotland's medal success at last year's 2010 Commonwealth Games, has been appointed as the head of sport competition at Glasgow 2014, it has been announced.

performance and sport development roles in Scotland and is extensively travelled, including a cycle tour from New

Zealand back to Scotland.On starting her new role, Strange said: "I have had the great privilege of

In addition to her new role at Glasgow 2014, Strange will also continue to lead Scotland's team at the

By Tom DegunJune 14 - The International Rowing Federation (FISA) has expressed its disappointment at GB Rowing's decision to withdraw from the Samsung World Cup regatta in Germany over E. coli fears.

New Zealand are on their way and Germany have confirmed they will compete."

possible.All concerned will be mindful of the controversial 2011 World Championships Marathon in Christchurch, New

Zealand, this past January where the surprise announcement the night before the race that the marathon

By Duncan MackayJune 5 - Two New Zealand Paralympians Adam Hall and Michael Johnson have had their achievements

The two have been made Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit for their services to sport in the

is now aiming to compete at London 2012.He became a Paralympic shooter in 2001 and has represented New

Zealand since 2003.

MackayJune 5 - Triple Paralympic swimming champion Sophie Pascoe has become a member of Beef + Lamb New

Zealand Iron Maidens, it has been announced.

She joins a squad of sports ambassadors representing Beef + Lamb New Zealand Inc, taking her place

alongside the likes of Sarah Ulmer, the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold, and

diet, which includes lean beef and lamb," said Rod Slater, the chief executive of Beef + Lamb New

Zealand Inc.Pascoe, an 18-year-old from Canterbury, makes no secret of the fact she wants to see greater

I see the partnership with Beef + Lamb New Zealand Inc as a great demonstration of support for myself

By Mike RowbottomJune 3 - Mo Farah has demonstrated the success of his recent move to Oregon by smashing the European 10,000 metres record with a time of 26min 46.57sec as he won one of the races staged in Eugene on the eve of the Samsung Diamond League meeting there.

29:19 became the first African to hold the records which Japan's Toshihiko Seko set in Christchurch, New

Zealand, in March 1981 of 1 hour 13min 55.8sec and 1:29:18.8.Mosop who led from 18,000m went through

By Tom DegunMay 30 - British wheelchair racer Josie Pearson has received a boost in her bid to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games after Asda Hereford have named her as their Athlete of the Year.

looked back since.Within just three months of the switch, she was selected to be part of team going to New

Zealand for the Christchurch 2011 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Athletics Championships