June 19 - Representatives of national committees for the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures today identified the 2012 Olympics in London as the best occasion for Britain and the British Museum to return them to Greece.

members of committees representing 15 countries, who are currently in Athens for the inauguration of the New

"The new Acropolis Museum gives the British Museum the opportunity of righting one of history's great

committee for the return of the Parthenon sculptures that are in Athens for the inauguration of the New

represent the committees of Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Switzerland, Cyprus, Germany, Canada, Finland, New

Zealand, Italy, the United States, Serbia, Spain and Sweden.

June 18 - New British women's head coach, Tom Maher (pictured), said he is pleased with what he has seen

so far after a week of training with his new squad.

The former Australian and New Zealand coach said: "When you are not ranked in the top 100 you have some

June 18 - New Zealand's Andrew Nicholson (pictured) is hopiing to finally win a gold medal if he makes

"It has definitely given me a new lease of life and I can imagine once it is over, I will call it a day

With the New Zealand team having nine rails in hand to win the gold medal his horse knocked down nine

Swimwear brand blueseventy, whose clients include Britain's Olympic silver medallist David Davies (pictured), is set to take legal action against swimming’s world governing body FINA in the row over swimsuits.

FINA introduced the new standards last month after they had been criticised for failing to act more quickly

line at swimmers wearing a suit of such body shaping success that has over 100 world records, yet my New

Zealand designed blueseventy with a history of only five world records is deemed illegal.  

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced a new format for its flagship age grade tournament,

“The new format for the IRB Junior World Championship will optimise the opportunity for competitive pools

The new tournament structure will comprise three pools of four teams with the winner of each progressing

The reigning world champions are New Zealand.  

Olympic 1500 metres champion and world mile record-holder, has been awarded a knighthood in a list of New

Zealand civil honours commemorating the birthday of Queen Elizabeth.

He received the OBE in the 1976 New Year's honours and the CBE in the 1992 Queen's Birthday honours.

Walker is the third prominent New Zealand track athlete to be honoured after Olympic 5,000mchampion Murray

The Gold Coast will have the exclusive right to be Australia's nominee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Premier Anna Bligh has told Queensland's State Parliament.  

"Under the stewardship of Queensland Events new chair, Mr Geoff Dixon, that study is now well advanced

Bligh said she was considering travelling to New Delhi for next year's Games with Gold Coast mayor Ron

its intention to bid for 2018 while candidates are also expected to emerge from Durban, Nairobi and New

Zealand.

  By John Goodbody - 2 June 2009     The last time that rugby union was part of the Olympics was at the "Chariots of Fire" Games in 1924. It was an unseemly event, as the United States defeated France 17-3 in the final.

from the eight founding members, namely the four nations in the British Isles, France, South Africa, New

Zealand and Australia.

countries and the recent World Squash Day saw cooperation between squash players in Iran, Egypt, Ireland, New

Zealand, South Africa, Iraq, Pakistan, Malaysia, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, USA etc. etc. etc.

from the eight founding members, namely the four nations in the British Isles, France, South Africa, New

Zealand and Australia.

countries and the recent World Squash Day saw cooperation between squash players in Iran, Egypt, Ireland, New

Zealand, South Africa, Iraq, Pakistan, Malaysia, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, USA etc. etc. etc.

Argentina has been chosen to host the 2010 World Junior Rugby Championships, it was announced today.

"The Unión Argentina de Rugby (UAR) has successfully implemented a new high performance strategy which

world class training and playing facilities, the Littoral region is ideally situated to reach out to new

the Argentinean public, will be a great success, delivering Rugby to a wide audience and attracting new

The reigning world champions are New Zealand.

May 31 - Britain’s Alistair Brownlee (pictured) today beat Spain's world champion Javier Gomez to win the Dextro Energy Triathlon, part of the ITU World Championship Series

17th.Stuart Hayes was 32nd whilst Tim Don pulled out after the bike ride.The women’s race was won by New

Zealand ’s Andrea Hewitt in a sprint finish with Lisa Norden from Sweden.Jess Harrison from France was

May 30 - New Delhi is ahead of schedule to complete the facilities necessary for next year's Commonwealth

Some countries, notably Australia and New Zealand, have raised the prospect of missing the Games if they

May 30 - Billionaire Frank Lowy (pictured) has taken his luxury yacht to the Bahamas to lobby for support from FIFA's ruling Executive Committee for Australia's bid to stage the 2018 or 2022 World Cups.

involvement with The Westfield Group, a retail giant that owns dozens of shopping centres in Australia, New

Zealand, the United States and Britain.

May 29 - The campaign for inclusion in the Olympics has taken up a step up when Squash 2016 Day produced a resounding rallying cry all over the globe to support the sport's bid to be included in the Games.

Phil Buscke of The Datsuns performing a bungee jump live on television from Auckland Harbour Bridge in New

Zealand and continued with an amazing array of events as Squash 2016 Day moved through the various time-zones

The biggest event of the day was held in the United States at the Apawamis Club in Rye, New York, where

By Adrian Hill in Auckland

  May 21 - New Zealand’s Commonwealth Games team is prepared to pull out of New Delhi 2010 if