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New Para Sport Champions coming soon to New Zealand's primary schools

  • Summer Paralympics

Harvey Norman Para Sport Champions are Paralympians and Para athletes who challenge perceptions of disability by sharing their lived experiences and Para sport journeys, while highlighting the Paralympic values of courage, determination, inspiration and equality.

It was created by Paralympics New Zealand and is being piloted with the support of long-term PNZ partner

At Paralympics New Zealand we're so thrilled to be making this announcement, six months ahead of the

 The resources are aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum and are aimed at years 1-6.

Tamariki is a way of referring to children in the Maori, one of New Zealand's official languages.Para

athletes visit schools across New Zealand.


Laureus Award: Messi, Djokovic, Bonmatí and Biles among nominees

  • News

The nominees for the prestigious Laureus Awards, selected by the 1,300 members of the Laureus Global Media Panel, have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place on 22 April. Lionel Messi, Novak Djokovic, Noah Lyles, Simone Biles and Aitana Bonmatí are among the nominees.

-Nicole Murray (New Zealand), Para Cycling.


Opeloge moves up Olympic rankings at Oceania Championships

  • Weightlifting

2024 rankings when he won the 102 kg title for Samoa at the Oceania Championships held in Auckland, New

Zealand, from February 21 to 25, the IWF official website reports.

 New Zealand's Hayley Whiting won the women's 81 kg with a total of 197 kg, while the main contender

GETTY IMAGESDavid Liti of New Zealand won the men's super-heavyweight category with a total of 413 kg

 Sisters Dika and Thelma Toua of Papua New Guinea were crowned champions in the women's 49 and 45


Paris to host Olympic football draw on 20 March

  • Football

The draw for the Paris 2024 Olympic football tournaments will take place on 20 March at 20:00 local time at the Pulse building in the French capital, which will serve as the headquarters for the upcoming Games.

The reigning world champions will be joined by hosts France, the USA, Brazil, Colombia, Canada and New

Zealand.

hosts France, the United States, the Dominican Republic, Spain, Israel, Ukraine, Morocco, Egypt, Mali, New

Zealand, Paraguay and Argentina, who beat Brazil (winner of the last two editions) in the deciding match


Taekwondo athletes in New Zealand suffer again because of governance disputes

  • Taekwondo

New Zealand is in danger of being left without an Olympic quota in taekwondo.

On 30th January Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) announced the names of the four athletes selected to represent

New Zealand at the upcoming 2024 Oceania Olympic Qualifiers Tournament.

On 23 February, the Oceania Taekwondo Union (OTU) announced that the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC

New Zealand is not a member of the NZOC• Taekwondo New Zealand is not recognised by the NZOC• For an

as there is no organisation that is recognised for the sport of Taekwondo in New Zealand.

Later it changed the name to World Taekwondo New Zealand (WTNZ).

They changed the name to Taekwondo New Zealand, and in June 2021 the new TNZ was recognised officially


Nations Cup: Spain beats the Netherlands to book a place at Paris 2024

  • Football

The world champions defeated the Netherlands 3-0 in their semi-final in Seville on Friday. In the other semi-final, France (qualified for the Games as hosts), beat Germany, who will play the Netherlands for the remaining ticket.

After winning the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, they will continue to make history.


Olympic gold 'the Holy Grail' for French rugby star Antoine Dupont

  • Rugby Sevens

One of France's top players, the fifteens captain, has pulled out of the Six Nations to "train" in the reduced format ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Now the challenge will be to adapt to the new Olympic format. "It will be a bit different.

At Tokyo 2020, Cheslin Kolbe (South Africa) and Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand) were more fortunate


Sheikh Joaan meets World Aquatics Refugee Team athletes in Doha

  • Swimming

His Excellency (HE) Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani today met with World Aquatics Refugee Team athletes Mohamad Eyad Masoud and Alaa Maso and World Aquatics Championships - Doha 2024 Ambassador and former refugee athlete Yusra Mardini at the Qatar Olympic Committee.

Masoud currently lives and trains in New Zealand and Maso in Germany with both athletes supported by

and its position as a powerful tool to help refugees and other displaced people integrate into their new


Bay FC complete most expensive transfer in women's football with Kundananji

  • Football

The Zambian striker, on loan from Real Madrid, will play in the United States League for a new franchise

Bay FC, a new franchise in the US Women's Professional Soccer League, announced the signing of Zambian

She represented her country at the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and at the Tokyo


Groups announced for Men's Softball World Cup

  • Baseball and Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the groups for the XVIII Men's Softball World Cup, which will culminate in Canada in 2025, but will begin this year with a group stage featuring 18 teams.

Zealand 2022.

places in the group stage are Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Australia, New

Zealand, Canada, USA and Mexico.🏆🥎 Men's Softball World Cup groups unveiled; World No. 1 Australia

Zealand (winners of seven World Cups) and Singapore.

groups will not be known until the two remaining continental qualifiers have been completed.📊🌎🥎 New


Argentina leave Brazil out of Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

As a result, there will be a new gold medallist in the French capital.

-Mali-New Zealand-Asia 1.-Asia 2.-Asia 3.-Asia-Africa play-off (Asia 4 vs.


Paris 2024: Women's basketball now complete

  • Basketball

This weekend saw the end of the four pre-Olympic tournaments, with 10 of the 16 participants winning the last of the coveted tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games women's basketball competition, with USA the defending champions and gold medallists at the last seven Games.

in Xi'an, China, but managed to win their three games against Puerto Rico (40-88), China (82-50) and New

Zealand (39-94) with a total of 40 points from American-born Gabby Williams.

tough loss to the Asians (75-86), but responded perfectly by beating Canada (55-60) with 16 points from new


Australia, four-time U-19 Cricket World Cup champion

  • Cricket

The Aussies won the tournament for the fourth time in their history after beating India in a hard-fought final in Benoni, South Africa, on Sunday. India had a brilliant tournament but couldn't claim a sixth title.

Six years later, they also lost to the Indians by eight wickets in New Zealand.


India and Australia to battle for U-19 cricket world crown

  • Cricket

After defeating South Africa and Pakistan in two hard-fought semi-finals, the two teams will meet in the final of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2024 on Sunday. The match will be played at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni, South Africa.

additional live coverage on Willow (USA & Canada), ESPN Caribbean (Caribbean) and Sky Sport 2 in New

Zealand.


Bumrah becomes first Indian bowler to top ICC rankings

  • Cricket

Jasprit Bumrah achieved a historic feat on Wednesday when he became the first fast bowler from his country to top the ICC rankings. He unseated his teammate, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. Bumrah climbed three places.

South African bowler Kagiso Rabada remains second despite not playing in the ongoing Test series in New

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson continues to dominate the Test batting rankings.