Robin Mitchell was confirmed for a third term as President of the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) as the organisation’s membership voted for their first female vice-president here today.

Olympic Committee President Hugh Graham.Tributes were paid to outgoing board members Craig Phillips of Australia

of ONOC's Commissions, as well as an NOC relations representation by the IOC's Pere Miro.The Oceania Australia

New Zealand have announced their 2017 squad as the world number one ranked nation build towards competing at this year’s Word Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Men’s Softball World Championships.

Mexico, the United States and Venezuela represent the Americas.Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan and Australia

China claimed gold medals in all four synchronised events at the 2017 International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Series in Kazan's Aquatics Palace.

by Russian duo Nadezhda Bazhina and Kristina Ilinykh, with 309.00.Esther Qin and Maddison Keeney of Australia

American Chris Corning and Tess Coady of Australia won the men's and women's slopestyle titles respectively

Ellen Ryan of Australia won section two of the women's singles event at the World Youth Bowls Championships

guarantee victory in section two.His day began with a hard-fought 21-20 triumph over Billy Johnson of Australia

A Nines World Cup is expected to be introduced in 2019 as the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) aim to grow the sport internationally.

after their latest meeting, with the World Cup aimed at complementing the November tours by England to Australia

Vanuatu 2017 organisers have stated that around 1,832 athletes are on course to attend this year’s Pacific Mini Games.

498 team officials are also earmarked to attend, while participation could be further increased as Australia

Russian city Kazan is set to host the penultimate leg of the 2017 International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Series as 68 athletes from 12 countries compete for honours at the Aquatics Palace.

 The dozen nations represented are Australia, Canada, China, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Malaysia

of section-one mixed pairs action took place at the World Youth Bowls Championships in Gold Coast in Australia

Wales’ Ysie White and Daniel Salmon who beat Guernsey’s Emma Snell and Connor Rabey 30-8 today.Hosts Australia

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) President Robin Mitchell has expressed his hope sporting standards will increase across the region over the next four-year cycle leading up to Tokyo 2020. 

Rio 2016 is being viewed as inspiration for fellow Pacific nations ©Getty ImagesONOC's largest NOCs Australia

Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) members weighed up the pros and cons of participating at Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) events in a productive open forum here today. 

 Both Australia and New Zealand competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo in February,

Australia and New Zealand both competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo ©Getty ImagesConcerns

at the forum was the potential for Pacific nations to take part in the Southeast Asian Games, while Australia

A potential bid from Toronto for the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been dealt a blow after the City Council voted against accelerating discussions on the the idea of stepping in to replace Durban as hosts of the event.

opposing a possible Toronto bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.A host of cities in Australia

Špindlerův Mlýn in the Czech Republic is set to play host to the 2017 International Ski Federation (FIS) Junior Snowboard World Championships.

Špindlerův Mlýn last Saturday (March 25).Coady extended her stay in the Czech Republic to represent Australia

World number one Sir Andy Murray will not be part of Great Britain's Davis Cup team when they take on France in next month's quarter-finals.

Bolelli for the match.The other quarter-final is being staged at the Pat Rafter Arena in Brisbane between Australia

to remain as the leaders in their sections at the World Youth Bowls Championships in Gold Coast in Australia