victories without dropping a match as the mixed team event began at the Oceania Badminton Championships in New

Zealand.

Stadium.It leaves them top of the round-robin table with two days of mixed team competition to go.Hosts New

Zealand also began with a perfect record but they played just twice - seeing off Tonga and Cook Islands

5-0.It was a good day for New Caledonia, too, as they won 5-0 against Northern Marianas and Tonga in

round-robin will win the gold medal.This is highly likely to be decided by the match between Australia and New

Zealand, scheduled for the final day of the Championships on Sunday (February 19).The home team has

Australia won their third consecutive match at the 2023 International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's T20 World Cup, crushing Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in Gqeberha.

half-century for Healy, meaning she has overtaken Stafanie Taylor of the West Indies and Suzie Bates of New

Zealand for the number of 50s at the Women's T20 World Cup.Meg Lanning opted to bowl after winning the

A campaigner for sheep dog trialling to be included in the Olympic programme at the 2032 Brisbane Games is renewing her efforts despite official indications that she is barking up the wrong tree.

ImagesStrath Gordon, Head of Public Affairs for the Australian Olympic Committee, told Sheep Central that any new

containing costs and complexity, as well as being relevant to young people and capable of attracting new

stage, the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee is not yet ready to begin assessing any applications for new

trialling is a popular, international sport, where men and women compete equally, and it is attracting new

It would be better off to be a three-sheep trial, whether it is a combination of UK, New Zealand and

FIFA will have a trophy tour with the theme "Going Beyond" for the 2023 Women's World Cup, as it is set to visit all the nations participating in the tournament.

A total of 32 nations will be competing in New Zealand and Australia from July 20 to August 20, which

in Japan on February 25, passing through participating nations and the host cities with Wellington, New

Zealand as the final destination from July 12 to 14.The schedule is subject to change, with the dates

competing against Chile for a spot on February 22.Group C has Chinese Taipei playing Paraguay and Papua New

Zealand and Norway at the Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.

Vitality has been confirmed as the official sponsor of the 2023 Netball World Cup, which is set to take place from July 28 to August 6, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

qualified, including hosts South Africa, Australia, England, Jamaica, Uganda, and reigning champions New

The tournament will have 16 countries participating, with New Zealand trying to defend their title after

The Turkish women's national team will no longer be participating in the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship Division II Group B (WWIIB) as the country is still suffering from the aftermath of the two earthquakes hitting their country.

 The WWIIB is set to be held from February 20 to 26, featuring South Africa, Australia, New Zealand

, Belgium and Croatia, with a new schedule created after Turkey's withdrawal.The IIHF sent their condolences

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has begun the search for two new Board members which are set

The NZOC have charged Amy Tea Consulting in Auckland with leading the search for the new members."

 "We would like at least one of the new appointees to support our bicultural development as part

New Zealand's dominance has shone through at the Oceania Badminton Championships in Auckland as the host

The men's singles gold medal-match will be an all-New Zealand affair between Edward Lau and Abhinav Manota.Defending

Shaunna Li was the other victorious New Zealander, this time in the women's singles semi-finals, as she

Holders Australia won their second successive match at the Women’s T20 World Cup cricket tournament in South Africa as they beat Bangladesh by eight wickets.

Australia home and took them to the top of the Group One table, following a comfortable victory over New

Zealand in their opening match on Saturday (February 11).Two matches are due to take place in Group

Australian Ricky Tang was involved in two upsets today at the Oceania Badminton Championships as he progressed in all three competitions he played in Auckland.

doubles tournament where he took major scalps in Adam Jeffrey and Justine Villegas.The second seed New

Finally, he teamed up with Huaidong Tang to defeat Abhinav Manota and Jack Wang of New Zealand in the

upsets to be had in the women's singles as the top three seeds all advanced.Australian Tiffany Ho beat New

-7, 21-10, while fellow Australian Louisa Ma was awarded a walkover victory over Courtney Trillo of New

Zealand.Kai Qi Teof, also of Australia, downed Dgenyva Matauli of New Caledonia 21-9, 21-12.The action

Africa earned their first win of the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup after a comfortable victory against New

Zealand in Paarl.

South Africa bounced back from an opening day loss to Sri Lanka to win by 65 runs against a New Zealand

Nonkululeko Mlaba, who finished with three wickets for 10 runs.Only three batters made double figures as New

Zealand were bundled out for 67, with the highest partnership of the innings just 16 for the sixth wicket.Alice

The Oceania Badminton Championships got underway with the opening men’s singles matches taking centre stage in Auckland.

There was plenty of success for the hosts on the first day of action with 10 New Zealanders making it

clash with top seed Nathan Tang of Australia after beating Tahiti’s Heiva Yvonet 21-13, 21-13.The other New

Zealand winners were Andrew Rouse, Avinash Shastri, Niccolo Tagle, Tony Fang, Tony Chen, Ephraim van

der Ley and Oscar Guo.Australia also enjoyed success with Keith Mark Edison seeing off New Zealand’s

Zealand opposition.There was a walkover for Leonard Manuel of the Northern Mariana Islands, while Tahiti

India and Sri Lanka claimed seven-wicket victories against Pakistan and Bangladesh respectively on the third day of matches at the International Cricket Council Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa.

tomorrow at Boland Park in Paarl, with England set to take on Ireland before hosts South Africa face New

Zealand.

World Lacrosse has announced the schedule for the World Men’s Championship, due to be held in San Diego, California, from June 21 to July 1.

Pool C featuring Israel, Philippines, Czech Republic, Sweden and Puerto Rico.In Pool D are Germany, New

Zealand, Switzerland, Poland and Jamaica, while Pool E features Scotland, Hong Kong, Italy, Austria

Players from Canada's Olympic gold medal-winning women's football team have returned to training despite their dispute over cuts to the national programme after they were threatened with legal action by governing body Canada Soccer.

in the final at Tokyo 2020, and have qualified their eighth consecutive World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand later this year.Canada is a co-host for the 2026 Men's World Cup with the US and Mexico.