The President of the Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) Habu Gumel has called on potential sponsors to help Nigerian teams in their preparations for next year’s sporting events.

national sports federations whose sports are participating in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia

The final two International Ski Federation Freestyle Skiing Moguls World Cup competitions of 2017 are set to take place in Chinese resort Thaiwoo over the coming days.

 Australia also made a strong showing with Brodie Summers and Matt Graham completing the top three

Team Scotland have released images of the uniform the team will wear at the Opening Ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

“You can definitely see it’s Team Scotland and having the green line there to represent going to Australia

Australia’s bowls team's vice-captain Brett Wilkie has declared Gold Coast 2018 as Australia's best chance at securing Commonwealth Games gold medals in the sport since Melbourne 2006.

among those leading the contingent of senior squad members set to take up a prominent mentoring role as Australia

All the team have had a lot of experience playing with each other in many events, whether it be for Australia

members for Gold Coast 2018 ©Getty Images"[It's] always a great honour and a thrill to be selected for Australia

Commonwealth Games Australia announced a 17-member lawn bowls team for Gold Coast 2018 earlier this month

selected having become the country’s number one bowler.Wilkie, Rice and Aron Sherriff, four-time Bowls Australia

Sushil Kumar won the 74 kilogram men's freestyle category at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Johannesburg.

The Commonwealth Games will take place in Gold Coast, Australia, from April 4 to 15.

Twenty-five officials from 14 countries have been selected for next year's Hockey Women's World Cup in London.

officiated at over 100 international matches.The Netherlands will start as defending champions after beating Australia

World champions Caster Semenya and Luvo Manyonga are the leading names included in a preliminary South African athletics team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

also feature in a strong South African team.Two gold medal winners at the last Commonwealth Games in Australia

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) have announced they have appointed Strath Gordon as the new head of the communications department while Amie Wallis has been named head of people and culture.

(NSW) police and the Australian Rugby Union.Wallis is a former human resources manager at National Australia

New Zealand basketball player Gareth Dawson has been handed a four-year suspension after the second anti-doping rule violation of his career.

issued.The Tribunal noted that they had "significant difficulties contacting Mr Dawson who lives in Western Australia

Frenchman Julien Epaillard galloped to victory at the latest leg of the International Equestrian Federation World Cup Jumping season in London.

went to Edwina Tops-Alexander and Inca Boy van T Vianahof who clocked 41.05 second time around for Australia

China's Jia Zongyang claimed another gold medal on home snow on the second day of the International Ski Federation Freestyle Skiing Aerials World Cup event in Secret Garden.

gold in the women's event ©Getty ImagesToday also saw the season's only aerials team event with China, Australia

Shops in Gold Coast and Brisbane have been given a license to operate 24-hours-a-day during the Commonwealth Games next year.

place from April 4 to 15 next year.Borobi is the mascot for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia

Catherine Fettell has been elected to the Australian Olympic Committee's (AOC) Executive, filling the the casual vacancy left by Nicole Livingstone who stepped down in November.

Fettell, the President of Shooting Australia, was one of four nominations put forward to the AOC's Culture

to thank the AOC for the opportunity," said Fettell, who competed internationally as a shooter for Australia

The official opening of Queensland's largest ever event merchandise store - dedicated to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games - has taken place in Victoria Park in Broadbeach.

range will include t-shirts, sweatshirts, accessories, collectables, homewares, mascot toys, the team Australia

We're all aiming to do Australia proud."

Sixteen men's and 12 women's teams will compete at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Wheelchair Basketball World Championship at the Wilhelmsburger Inselparkarena in Hamburg next year, with the line-up now complete.

competing following the conclusion of all of the regional qualifying events.Reigning men's world champions Australia

to have qualified are Brazil and Argentina.The Asia-Oceania region sees three-time bronze medallists Australia