December 3 - Rugby sevens is set to surpass the 15-a-side game as the number one version of the sport after it was voted onto the Olympic programme, former All Blacks captain John Kirwan (pictured) has predicted.

America and sevens will be the vehicle to do that.”Kirwan, one of the greatest players ever produced by New

Zealand who scored a record 67 tries in 96 appearances and is now the coach of Japan, said: "In

introduced to rugby through sevens and not 15's.”Hastings said: "Sevens is bringing rugby to a new

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By Mike Rowbottom   When Michael McCreadie was 10 months old he caught polio, which meant he had to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life.   "When I look back on it now," McCreadie reflects, "it's one of the greatest gifts I've ever had. It has opened up so many experiences to me."  

  Four years later he returned to the Commonwealth arena in New Zealand, where he added a third

McCreadie took the new sport up in 2001, and a year later he was part of the British – Scottish

  Four years later he returned to the Commonwealth arena in New Zealand, where he added a third

McCreadie took the new sport up in 2001, and a year later he was part of the British – Scottish

November 30 - A new era for rugby sevens will open in Dubai on Friday when the International Rugby

Our first game will be the first time the new team gets to run out together, but I'm excited."

to the top the list of teams able to win is very long, whether it's South Africa, Fiji, ourselves, New

Zealand, Argentina, Samoa, Kenya - they're all capable of rolling you over and that list gets longer

By Duncan Mackay   November 30 - Fiji are threatening to take the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the ban on their athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games next year.

Governments Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain decided yesterday not to allow Fiji to take part in New

the ban not prevent Fiji from taking part in the Commonwealth Games received little support after the New

Zealand Prime Minister John Key spoke against it because he claimed it would "undermine the Pacific

  Fiji's biggest hopes for a medal in New Delhi next year would be its rugby sevens team.

upset over Commonwealth Games suspension October 2009: Fiji given hope that they can still compete in New

By Duncan Mackay November 30 - Fiji are threatening to take the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the ban on their athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games next year.

Governments Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain decided yesterday not to allow Fiji to take part in New

the ban not prevent Fiji from taking part in the Commonwealth Games received little support after the New

Zealand Prime Minister John Key spoke against it because he claimed it would "undermine the Pacific

of this story at [email protected] storiesNovember 2009: Fiji set to miss New

upset over Commonwealth Games suspensionOctober 2009: Fiji given hope that they can still compete in New

By Duncan Mackay   November 27 - An attempt to get a ban on Fiji's athletes competing at the Commonwealth Games next year overturned at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, is set to be defeated.

  The proposal from Malaysia is that Fiji should not be excluded from the Games in New Delhi

  But New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has warned that Malaysia's bid was unlikely to get much

  He said: "New Zealand's opposed to Fiji being allowed re-entry into the Commonwealth

upset over Commonwealth Games suspension October 2009: Fiji given hope that they can still compete in New

Delhi 2010 September 2009: Commonwealth Ministers want Fiji banned from New Delhi September 2009:

By Duncan Mackay November 27 - An attempt to get a ban on Fiji's athletes competing at the Commonwealth Games next year overturned at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, is set to be defeated.

The proposal from Malaysia is that Fiji should not be excluded from the Games in New Delhi just

they are currently suspended from the Commonwealth following its failure to schedule elections.But New

Zealand Prime Minister John Key has warned that Malaysia's bid was unlikely to get much support.He said

: "New Zealand's opposed to Fiji being allowed re-entry into the Commonwealth Games."

Delhi 2010September 2009: Commonwealth Ministers want Fiji banned from New DelhiSeptember 2009: Fiji

By Tom Degun in London   November 23 - Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe today officially launched the Women’s 2010 Rugby World Cup at the home of English Rugby, Twickenham.

place from August 20 until September 5 and will be the sixth women’s World Cup with holders New

Zealand, who beat England 25-17 in the 2006 World Cup final in Edmonton, looking to retain their

2012 Olympics, will be responsible for officiating tickets for the tournament in an innovative new

tournament against Ireland on Friday August 20, 2010, and having beaten the defending World Champions New

Zealand 10-3 for the first time in eight years over the weekend, will be feeling confident.

By Tom Degun in London   November 23 - Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe today officially launched the Women’s 2010 Rugby World Cup at the home of English Rugby, Twickenham.

place from August 20 until September 5 and will be the sixth women’s World Cup with holders New

Zealand, who beat England 25-17 in the 2006 World Cup final in Edmonton, looking to retain their

2012 Olympics, will be responsible for officiating tickets for the tournament in an innovative new

tournament against Ireland on Friday August 20, 2010, and having beaten the defending World Champions New

Zealand 10-3 for the first time in eight years over the weekend, will be feeling confident.

By Tom Degun in London   November 23 - Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe today officially launched the Women’s 2010 Rugby World Cup at the home of English Rugby, Twickenham.

place from August 20 until September 5 and will be the sixth women’s World Cup with holders New

Zealand, who beat England 25-17 in the 2006 World Cup final in Edmonton, looking to retain their

2012 Olympics, will be responsible for officiating tickets for the tournament in an innovative new

tournament against Ireland on Friday August 20, 2010, and having beaten the defending World Champions New

Zealand 10-3 for the first time in eight years over the weekend, will be feeling confident.

November 23 - Lars Humer (pictured) has opted to move from his position as head coach of Britain's disability team to become assistant coach at the Intensive Training Centre (ITC) in Stockport, it was announced today.

Paralympic athletes and coaches in my career and I am looking forward to bringing that experience to my new

"   Humer has been involved in aquatic sports since he was a child in New Zealand and his

Paralympic athletes and coaches in my career and I am looking forward to bringing that experience to my new

November 23 - Lars Humer (pictured) has opted to move from his position as head coach of Britain's disability team to become assistant coach at the Intensive Training Centre (ITC) in Stockport, it was announced today.

Paralympic athletes and coaches in my career and I am looking forward to bringing that experience to my new

"   Humer has been involved in aquatic sports since he was a child in New Zealand and his

Paralympic athletes and coaches in my career and I am looking forward to bringing that experience to my new

The sheer incongruity of a sporting body relaxing its policy on certain drugs is bound to attract headlines, but there  was always a strange inevitability about the way the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) torpedoed  its  own clean sport campaign. The FEI has just spent Euros 1.8 million (£1.6 million) and a year on formulating  measures to kick doping into touch after excruciating positive cases at the Olympic Games and crass revelations by German riders that damaged  the sport’s already dwindling stock with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 

  Significant global players - Germany, Ireland, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and

control has always struggled to stay a hoofprint ahead of the pharmacists whose impossible-to-detect new

The FEI’s use of new media is both imaginative and exceptional.

  Significant global players - Germany, Ireland, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and

control has always struggled to stay a hoofprint ahead of the pharmacists whose impossible-to-detect new

The FEI’s use of new media is both imaginative and exceptional.