The world's best players and reigning champions Nouran Gohar and Ali Farag will start as top seeds at the CIB Egyptian Open.

world champion, will see second seed and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Paul Coll of New

Zealand as the main rival.The 21-year-old third seed Mostafa Asal of Egypt, meanwhile, will look to

Individual time trial events took place at Wollongong today. They mark the start of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships; but also something much bigger. Namely Australia's "Decade of Sport".

which annually holds the Open tennis and Formula One, is set to co-host the women's equivalent with New

Zealand in 2023 as well as staging men's and women's Rugby World Cups in 2027 and 2029, respectively.A

consecutive men's road race title after his victories in Imola and Flanders.The 268.3km men’s route through New

major funding boost, a relocation (a move to Queensland to coincide with 2032 has been mooted) or a new

The United States and Italy boast the biggest squads as the best rowers in the world are heading to the Czech Republic for the 2022 World Rowing Championships.

always, the men's eight is expected to be a hotly contested affair with reigning Olympic champions New

Zealand tipped for gold.Defending champions Germany, despite having a new team except for 2019 winner

Three-time Olympic swimming medallist Mark Tewksbury is to appear at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday (September 19) as part of the delegation being sent by Canada.

state for 15 Commonwealth nations at the time of her death including the United Kingdom, Australia, New

Zealand and Canada.

Anne-Marie Parsons has replaced Nicola Clayden as the chair of University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand

student experience and wellbeing, and her desire to make a meaningful difference make her an exceptional new

in sport and recreation has the ability to change the lives of our students - it helps them to meet new

people and make new friends, it keeps students active and healthy, it provides leadership opportunities

and new experiences including seeing different parts of Aotearoa and the world - for many students,

University," she said.Meanwhile, the UTSNZ thanked Clayden, who was the inaugural chairperson for the new

New Zealand sport has celebrated the life of Jeffrey Robson, who played both Thomas Cup badminton and

Zealand beat Norway, but was then defeated by the great Jaroslav Drobný as New Zealand lost heavily

Zealand singles, seven doubles and two mixed doubles titles.Robson was also captain of the Davis Cup

Zealand singles titles, seven doubles and five mixed doubles titles.Robson won three events at the 1950

Zealand in the Thomas Cup on five occasions.After his playing career was over, Robson became a referee

Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990 and became patron of New Zealand Badminton in 1995.He had been recognised

New Zealand's double Commonwealth Games swimming champion Lewis Clareburt will be unable to compete at

skateboard while on holiday in Gold Coast.An x-ray did not show a break in Australia, but an MRI scan in New

Zealand confirmed the injury.Clareburt is one of New Zealand's major medal hopes for the Paris 2024

Rangers will start the ball rolling again in the Scottish Women's Premier League 1 (SWPL1) on Wednesday as elite domestic football in Britain resumes following the weekend postponements imposed as a mark of respect to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Chelsea playing RB Salzburg at Stamford Bridge in what will be the first match under the charge of new

, which recorded the largest attendance of the weekend of 66,438.In cricket, the first Test between New

Zealand and the West Indies - both in the Commonwealth - still went ahead from February 8.But other

Sikandar Raza has become the first player from Zimbabwe to win the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's Player of the Month award, after impressive centuries against Bangladesh and India in August.

took seven wickets during the month.He defeated fellow nominees and all-rounders Mitchell Santner of New

Zealand and England's Ben Stokes to the accolade."

Women's football clubs are to feature in FIFA 23, the final EA Sports edition of the football video game, following a boost to the sport this year with the 2022 Women's European Football Championship.

in 2016, but this has since been expanded to 18 teams with the addition of Belgium, The Netherlands, New

Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Scotland.New #FIFA23 Cover Athlete: Confirmed ⭐️@chelseafcw striker. ?

football governing body.This means FIFA are still looking for developers, while EA Sports is to release a new

Continental representatives from Argentina, Austria, Kenya, South Korea and New Zealand were welcomed

International Federation of American Football's (IFAF) first Board meeting following the election of new

The meeting was held online and coincided with the start of the new American football season, described

Australia and Fiji both shocked defending champions New Zealand in the respective women's and men's tournaments

celebrations to commence.The match was a replay of the Birmingham 2022 semi-final, a tournament in which New

Zealand won bronze.Third place in the World Cup was comfortably claimed by France as they beat the United

States 29-7.Fiji ended New Zealand's nine-year reign as men's champions with a 29-12 victory in South

0 lead courtesy of tries from Joseva Talacolo and Kaminielo Rasaku inside the first two minutes.New Zealand

sufficient ground on their opponents and Fiji secured their third Rugby World Cup Sevens victory to equal New

New Zealand strutted into the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup Sevens as the men's and women's sides

additional two points though as he squandered the resulting conversion.It took just two minutes for New

Zealand to level the score as Scott Curry put up five points before Akuila Rokolisoa made it 7-5 with

as he gathered a loose ball before exhibiting his blistering pace to evade four defenders and score New

matter as his side held firm in defence to secure a semi-final place.It was a much simpler task for New

World Netball has deepened its partnership with CSM, meaning the marketing agency will take the lead on sponsorship sales for the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town.

deal.It builds on the strategic work CSM completed for World Netball last year, including creating a new

We worked closely with CSM on our new commercial strategy, marketing strategy and rebrand, and we know

New Zealand defeated Australia in the 2019 Netball World Cup final ©Getty ImagesCharlie McEwen, the chief

New Zealand steamrollered through the round of 16 in the men's and women's tournaments at the Rugby World

pic.twitter.com/1rLmpHSCl3— Rugby World Cup 7s 2022 (@WorldRugby7s) September 9, 2022In the men's draw, New

Zealand played with style against Scotland eventually running out as 43-5 victors.The defending champions

tomorrow's quarter-finals.France and Australia are also due to meet while Ireland play South Africa, and New

Zealand against Argentina makes up the rest of the bracket.Australia face England in the first match