Dutch speed skater Kai Verbij and the Ukrainian Paralympic team have been named the respective winners of the Visa Award for the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal and Paralympic gold medallist Holly Robinson of New Zealand claimed

Six teams are undefeated after the first day of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup in Antwerp.

seed Serbia did a perfect job of living up to their pre-tournament favourites tag as they beat both New

Zealand and Puerto Rico 21-19 in pool A, although they will have been disappointed not be more convincing

England netball head coach Jess Thirlby believes her players will have the physical and mental robustness to secure a second successive Commonwealth Games crown after naming a 12-strong squad for Birmingham 2022.

netball competition from July 29 to August 7.England have been drawn in Group B alongside world champions New

Zealand, Malawi, Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago and Northern Ireland.

Reigning champions Brazil and Greece will be gunning for glory at the ninth edition of the Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships set to run from June 21 to 26 in Heraklion.

Brazil.Brazil occupy first seed in group D of the men's competition and will face Portugal, Qatar and New

Zealand in the opening stage, a challenge which they are relishing."

said New Zealand head coach Tim Rayner."They have won everything."

The International Ski Marathon Federation (Worldloppet) has banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from its competitions in response to the continued invasion of Ukraine.

France, Japan, Estonia, Canada, the United States, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Iceland, China, New

Zealand, and Argentina.The Demino marathon has been held annually since 2007 and in 2013 it was added

United States and China will finally get the chance to win back-to-back titles at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup, when the tournament begins tomorrow.

tournament, with hosts Belgium, Austria, Egypt and Slovenia.Serbia, France, Puerto Rico, Brazil and New

Zealand are in Pool A, with Lithuania, Germany, Mongolia, Chinese Taipei and Chile in Pool B.Olympic

Japan.Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallists the US are in Pool B alongside France, Austria, Brazil and New

The recent, much-mourned, death of Phil Bennett, the Welsh stand-off of legend, has occasioned many replays of that end-to-end try for the Barbarians of 1973. 

It was set in motion by his magical side-stepping, which sent giant men in the black jersey of New Zealand

Triple Paralympic medallist Stefanie Reid has retired from athletics after a career that saw her compete at four editions of the Paralympic Games.

Reid was born in New Zealand to British parents and grew up in Toronto.As a result, she represented Canada

I look forward to following her new career path and wish Stef the very best in all that she does."

The United States' Mary Jones was one of three gold medallists in the able-bodied events at the World Rowing Cup II on Lake Malta in Poznan in Poland.

32.08 secs to edge Australia’s Georgia Nesbitt and Germany’s Marie-Louise Drager.Matthew Dunham of New

Zealand bettered Ireland’s Fintan McCarthy and Uruguay's Felipe Kluver Ferreira in the men’s event after

Lambe and Aifric Keogh also led Ireland to the A-final in the semi-final A/B 2 alongside Beth Ross' New

Zealand and Avalon Wasteneys' and Sydeny Payne's Canada.The Netherlands' Karolien Florijn towered above

"We’ve finally been heard" was the reaction of two-time Olympian Becky Downie on social media following the long-awaited release of a report that uncovers the abusive culture that had become entrenched within British Gymnastics.

reports of abuse in the sport in countries through the world including Australia, The Netherlands, New

Zealand, Switzerland, Germany and Canada.Just two months ago, more than 300 gymnasts called for an independent

Whyte Review come only a few weeks after the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) published its new

While in some parts of the world, new generations of practitioners, coaches and executives developed

We will build a new culture and ensure the gymnasts voice is at the heart of all we do," said Powell,

Australia's men's four Olympic champions showed their appetite for more success by crushing their heat on day two of the World Rowing Cup.

by Olympic champions Lucy Stephen and Annabelle McIntyre, made it through heat two with Poland while New

Zealand and the United States progressed in heat three.

A group of students from Torrens University Australia have undertaken an intensive two-week course at Real Madrid as part of a residency programme. 

University Australia was founded in 2013, and has campuses across the country as well as in Auckland, New

Zealand and Suzhou, China.

Former champions Wales and the Netherlands impressed on the opening night of the World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt, Germany.

round matches, played in the doubles format over the best of nine legs, Denmark beat Singapore 5-2, New

Zealand defeated Switzerland 5-3, Republic of Ireland overcame Canada 5-2, Austria beat Finland 5-3,

Fifty years ago this week, Australian Bob Massie made his Test debut at Lord's Cricket Ground in London.

 Jamaican Lawrence Rowe struck a double century for the West Indies against New Zealand in the first

would be the brightest of all the shooting stars, but when it finally appeared, only astronauts on the new

Olympic champions Sydney Payne and Avalon Wasteneys will be hoping to replicate their title winning success when they compete in the fours discipline during the second stage of this year’s World Rowing Cup in Poznan in Poland.

men's single sculls ©Getty ImagesOlympic eight event champions Thomas Mackintosh and Matt Macdonald of New

Zealand headline the men’s pair while Dutch couple Ymkje Clevering and Veronique Meester are anticipated