Florencia Bonsegundo scored the crucial goal that secured Argentina's qualification to the Copa América Femenina semi-finals to join Brazil who were also in action in Colombia.

three finishers in the tournament will qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand.

This week, details emerged of the Queen’s Baton's grand entry into Birmingham City Centre for the 2022 Commonwealth Games next Wednesday (July 27).

surprising if a woman was again chosen as the final Bearer.It was at the 1974 Games in Christchurch, New

Zealand that a woman was first chosen as the last runner, and when her name was announced, it nearly

runner had always been chosen from the sport of athletics.All that changed when the Games returned to New

Zealand in 1990.Darkness had already fallen by the time double Olympic eventing gold medallist Sir Mark

Kumar handed the Baton to Prince Charles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi ©Getty ImagesAt the New

Birmingham 2022 organisers insist they are ready to welcome athletes here despite being faced with a "quick turnaround" to get accommodation in place for the Commonwealth Games.

In the past, you have seen New Zealand respond with the Haka so we hope they do the same here."

Birmingham 2022 has unveiled the schedule for the artistic and rhythmic gymnastics individual qualification team competitions for the Commonwealth Games here.

gymnastics running from July 29 to August 2, followed by rhythmic gymnastics from August 4 to 6.The new

medals in the team competition at Gold Coast 2018, have been named in the third subdivision along with New

Zealand, Australia and Cyprus.The women's competition, featuring four subdivisions with four teams in

with Canada and Wales.Hosts England have been placed in subdivision one where they are set to face New

Zealand, Gibraltar, South Africa, India, Singapore, Scotland and Sri Lanka.The team competition is set

Sydney as part of celebrations to mark one year until the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand.

shows across the nine host cities for the tournament.Earlier in the day at Hamilton Kirikiriroa in New

the nine host cities in the next 12 months.FIFA will also give a Unity Pitch to both Australia and New

Zealand "as part of FIFA’s commitment to leaving a lasting legacy in the region".Meanwhile, the online

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Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi has been named in the island's Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games team.

Giovanni Toimata in the team.Fourteen officials will accompany the squad, which is currently training in New

Zealand before their planned departure for Birmingham on Friday (July 22).

 Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi, left, with New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern, twice competed

Hosts Morocco beat defending champions Nigeria on penalties to set up a Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final versus South Africa.

day in Rabat.These four teams have all qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand by reaching the semi-finals.

Reigning world champions the United States have defended their Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) W Championship title and booked a place at Paris 2024, sealing a 1-0 win over Olympic champions Canada in the final at Monterrey's Estadio BBVA.

the Olympics.The final four teams all qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand by reaching the semi-finals of the CONCACAF W Championship in Mexico.

New Zealand’s Chef de Mission Nigel Avery has expressed his displeasure over Birmingham 2022's COVID-

once Birmingham 2022 officials have assessed the risk of that positive case, according to a report by New

Zealand publication Newshub.Avery has urged members of his delegation to take necessary actions should

Zealand athletes are set to compete in 19 sports at Birmingham 2022 scheduled to be held from July 28

to August 8.At 75, Sue Curran is poised to become New Zealand’s oldest Commonwealth Games athletes in

history when she competes in the lawn bowls.Driver Maggie Squire is the youngest member of the New Zealand

England have named two uncapped teenagers in their T20 squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. 

scheduled to be in Group B against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston Cricket Ground on July 30.South Africa and New

Zealand are in the same qualifying pool as England.

In many ways the Commonwealth Games are summed up by the participation of Niue, a coral island in the South Pacific which locals like to call "The Rock".

bowlers, with 10 players selected.The island, which is a self-governing state in free association with New

Zealand, has also named four boxers and a weightlifter.As the amount of people at home is so small,

The delegation left for New Zealand on July 12 for training, and are due to leave for the Games on July

Our weightlifter is from New Zealand and so has access to proper facilities and proper coaching."

Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern, twice competed at the Commonwealth Games in bowls and will return

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a World Championship record of 10.67sec to retain her women’s 100 metres world title in Eugene, leading a Jamaican clean sweep of medals the day after the hosts had won gold, silver and bronze in the men’s race.

place last year.Allen was a disconsolate spectator of a race today that saw Holloway - whom he beat in New

22.89m, with Awotunde throwing a personal best of 22.29m to beat 2017 world champion Thomas Walsh of New

Zealand, who reached 22.08m, to bronze.There was further field glory for the US in the women’s pole

Stead Park in Geelong has been confirmed as the host of the hockey tournaments at the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Lumpur 1998.Australia has won all six men's tournaments and four of the women's events as India and New

Zealand triumphed in 2002 and 2018, respectively.

The children of Year 4 at Raddlebarn Primary School in Selly Oak, Birmingham will never forget the show they worked on this year.

to win four straight gold medals at the Commonwealth Games way back in 1978, has lived in Auckland, New

Zealand for nearly 50 years.He is in Britain visiting family and old friends, and is hoping to present

when he lifted Muhammad Ali on his shoulders at a charity dinner in London.McKenzie was so popular in New

Zealand, where he won his third Commonwealth gold in 1974, that he moved there, and in 1978 he was competing

back injuries, and even now he intends to lead an exercise class for the over-80s on his return to New