snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has become the first winter sport athlete to win the Lonsdale Cup, the New

Zealand Olympic Committee's (NZOC) top accolade for annual sporting achievements.

She is a leader in sport and inspires young New Zealanders, especially young women, to live healthier

The Lonsdale Cup has been awarded annually since 1961 to the New Zealand athlete or team who made the

The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill that ensures that men and women are to be compensated equally for their respective performances in sport, following on from a long campaign for this to be implemented in football.

discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation.Earlier this year, they signed a new

Brazil confirmed it would pay its teams equally at major tournaments too, joining Australia, Norway and New

Zealand in the initiative at the time.

Heinz Fellerhoff has been appointed as the University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand (UTSNZ) treasurer

Argentina has been re-allocated next year's World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-23 Men's Softball World Cup.

A new bidding process was opened by the WBSC Executive Board when the event faced another postponement

2022Japan and Singapore are set to compete from Asia, Czech Republic and Israel from Europe, Australia and New

Zealand from Oceania and South Africa from Africa.The WBSC had already confirmed an extension of the

England women's rugby captain Sarah Hunter has been awarded an honorary degree from Loughborough University.

in history during the recent Rugby World Cup as she made her 140th appearance in the final loss to New

Zealand in Auckland.The award recognises her "outstanding contribution to rugby and achievements at

the University, including great success at the Commonwealth Games and the Women's Rugby World Cup in New

Zealand."

International Testing Agency (ITA) agents have made presentations on anti-doping to players participating in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) WBSC U-12 Mixed Softball World Cup in Chinese Taipei.

occasion by Chinese Taipei, who beat the Czech Republic 3-2 in the final.Presentations were led by New

Zealand Olympian Nikki Hamblin, who is now an ITA educator after winning Commonwealth Games silver medals

at 800 and 1500 metres New Delhi 2010.Hamblin was recognised by the International Committee for Fair

Three Olympic champions, a silver medallist and four others who lifted in Tokyo last year, including a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refugee team, are among the 10 elected members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes Commission.

Meso Hassona (Fares El-bakh) from Qatar.Charron, who won at 64 kilograms in Tokyo and was third at her new

2020 Olympians are Yazmin Zammit Stevens from Malta, Marie Ranaivosoa from Mauritius, David Liti from New

Zealand and Cyrille Tchatchet, who began his international career for Cameroon, now represents Britain

keen supporter of the IWF's plans to create a refugee team said: "This is a historical election and a new

The IWF is proud to be setting a new standard for athlete representation in governance."

Series in Cape Town has been revealed, with the hosts South Africa due to open the tournament against New

Zealand next month.

opening day of competition.The following day, the home team come up against England, while Australia and New

Zealand face off in the late game.England play New Zealand and South Africa face Australia in the last

tournament as the Commonwealth Games champions too, claiming gold at Birmingham 2022 in August.New Zealand

Group line-ups and dates for next year's Women's Softball World Cup - the first to be played under a new

to 26 is the window for Group C matches in Castions di Strada and Buttrio.Italy, Canada, Venezuela, New

Zealand, a wildcard and an Asian team are due to be in action.The three Asian qualifiers are expected

Julian Widdowson, a renowned sports doctor who was the medical team leader for athletics at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has died at the age of 63.

He was class - he was a huge help to me when I broke my jaw playing for Wales under-20s against New Zealand

World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam has vowed to ensure aquatics equipment is distributed to developing nations in a bid to boost their hopes of producing successful athletes in the future.

was made to change the name of the International Swimming Federation to World Aquatics as part of a new

A world united by water for health, life and sport" was revealed as World Aquatics' new slogan as the

water swimming, diving, high diving and water polo looks to unite all six of its disciplines under the new

We are talking about reshaping Africa, rebuilding Oceania other than in New Zealand and Australia, rebuilding

Thailand secured the first gold medal of the 2022 Global Esports Games here in Istanbul as they clinched the women's DOTA 2 title before players from Chinese Taipei and Iran also ended the first day of competition victorious.

GhostChips of New Zealand made up the top three after he beat the United Arab Emirates' GTR to clinch

that he will seek an eight-year term as head of the organisation when he stands for election under the new

election is due to be held at a World Aquatics Congress in Japanese city Fukuoka in July next year after a new

passed at the organisation's Extraordinary General Congress (EGC) here earlier this week.Under the new

I cannot have an [new] executive director every four years," said Al-Musallam."

Can you imagine every four years a new management running the office?"Do you think that is good?"

We are talking about reshaping Africa, rebuilding Oceania other than in New Zealand and Australia, rebuilding

FIFA has held a workshop in Qatar featuring representatives from its six continental confederations to discuss to discuss the development of women's football.

Bareman led the workshop, which featured discussions on next year's Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand and how the global governing body and continental counterparts can work together to grow the

Next year's FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has expanded to 32 teams ©Getty ImagesThe

Former United Nations (UN) under-secretary-general Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has been appointed as chair of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Advisory Committee on Human Rights.

Nonthasoot are the other independent members.IOC members Ryu Seung-min of South Korea, Sarah Walker of New

Zealand, Luis Alberto Moreno of Colombia and Dagmawit Girmay Berhane of Ethiopia complete the composition