The long-awaited Pacific Mini Games are set to return for the first time in five years tomorrow, with nine sports featuring on the programme in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Committees recognised by the International Olympic Committee.The others are the Northern Mariana Islands, New

Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Tahiti and Wallis and Futuna.New Zealand has opted to miss the Games to focus

feature in two sports.The Pacific Mini Games were last held in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila in 2017.New

Australia's journey to qualifying for its fifth consecutive FIFA World Cup appearance, when they beat Peru on penalties in an inter-continental playoff in Doha, will long live in the memory of anyone who saw it thanks to the unique dancing display put on by substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne.

to take part, Australia prevailed from the first stage of qualifying, winning a group that included New

Zealand, Indonesia and Iraq.Australia then faced Iran home and away, winning the first leg in Sydney

Details of a new new scoring format for the Nations Cup Squash competition in New Zealand this November

style of tournament in New Zealand," PSA chief executive and Squash media and marketing Director Alex

Zealand to deliver a new experience to players, spectators and viewers."

PSA Chief Executive Alex Gough believes the Nations Cup in New Zealand will be a "new style of tournament

new scoring format and use of 'power plays' will be fully embraced by the home crowd," Squash New Zealand

Everyone in New Zealand is so excited to have some of the world’s best players compete in New Zealand

New Zealand's bowler Gary Lawson has been ruled out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after

in May 2021 at a competition held in Christchurch, and Lawson's appeal has been dismissed by a Bowls New

Zealand judicial panel, led by the lawyer Mike Heron.The panel, which also included former lawyer Keith

Berman and former sports law lecturer Feona Sayles, ruled in a majority decision against Lawson.New Zealand

abuse and threatening behaviour from across a 25-year period on the part of Lawson, and that Bowls New

international competition until 2019.Lawson is a 14-time national champion in bowls, and has represented New

Costa Rica earned the last place at this year's FIFA World Cup with a smash-and-grab victory against New

Zealand.

how the match at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan in Qatar finished, but not before plenty of New

ball into the bottom corner following a flowing move.It was to prove a high point for Los Ticos as New

of the break, reacting first to convert a deflected cross, but a VAR review spotted an offence by a New

Zealand player earlier in the move.???

pic.twitter.com/SqEcoEcxPc— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 14, 2022The VAR came back to haunt New

New Zealand has announced a six-strong team for this year’s Para Cycling Road World Championships, due

Three members of the team won medals for New Zealand at this event three years ago, including Eltje Malzbender

Para athletes, with both strong past results and extremely promising current form," said Paralympics New

Zealand chief executive Fiona Allan."

We’re delighted they will represent New Zealand in just under two months."

At the previous edition in 2019, New Zealand finished seventh on the overall medals table, with a haul

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that Boris van der Vorst should have been eligible to stand in the International Boxing Association (IBA) Presidential election which took place last month.

Congress.Four others - USA Boxing chief executive Mike McAtee, Steve Hartley, the President of Boxing New

Zealand, Per-Axel Sjöholm, head of the Swedish Boxing Federation, and Danish Boxing Association President

Australia qualified for the FIFA World Cup thanks to a penalty shootout win versus Peru, with dancing goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne saving the decisive spot kick.

at international men's football's flagship event is due to be decided tomorrow, when Costa Rica and New

Zealand meet at the same venue.

New Zealand’s Zoe Hobbs and Australia’s Jake Doran both broke records to win the respective women’s and

Recreation Complex, beating Australian Melissa Breen's Oceania record of 11.11 that had stood since 2014.The New

in 20.90.Alex Beck earned another gold for Australia, winning the men’s 400m crown in 46.71, while New

Zealand won the women’s 200 metres title in 23.45, seeing off the Australian challenge of Ella Connolly

and Masters who clocked 23.82 and 23.87 for the other podium spots.There was a New Zealand one-two in

Zealand won the respective women’s 4x100m relay and women’s 4x400m relay titles in championship-record

British Weight Lifting (BWL) will use funding from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to promote its sport in schools and encourage inactive women to take up strength training.

and I am hoping that investment into equipment, coaching and development at existing clubs and maybe new

era and after moving to Britain he won three golds for England in 1966, 1970 and 1974, and one for New

Zealand in 1978.He has lived in New Zealand for many years but he may meet Campbell for the first time

Athletes and sporting organisations are being urged to implement six "guiding principles" in a bid to strengthen efforts for doping-free sport.

National Anti Doping Agency of Germany, Sport Ireland, Doping Authority Netherlands, Drug Free Sport New

Zealand, Anti-Doping Norway and Anti-Doping Sweden.Under the first guiding principle, the athletes'

Former men's omnium world champion Aaron Gate has been included in New Zealand's cycling squad for the

Games, are joined by Ben Oliver to round off the squad.View this post on InstagramA post shared by The New

Zealand Team (@thenzteam)"With Tokyo pushing out a further year, this has been a tight timeframe for

rebuilding, and like many, we have had illness and injury though these COVID times," said Cycling New

Zealand chief executive Monica Robbers."

Zealand at the Games.The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to take place from July 28

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) is to hold shot put sessions across the country prior to the

The initiative is to be run in partnership with Sport New Zealand and High Performance Sport NZ.The first

Come along and give it your best Shot while supporting our New Zealand Team."

Double Olympic bronze medallist Tom Walsh is set to represent New Zealand at Birmingham 2022 ©Getty ImagesThe

being launched with the upcoming Commonwealth Games in mind.Three shot putters have been picked for New

Zealand so far in the form of two-time Olympic bronze medallist Tom Walsh, ex-under-18 world champion

The final two teams competing at the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be confirmed this week as Qatar plays host to two inter-confederation playoff matches. 

Australia will face Peru tomorrow, before Costa Rica take on New Zealand on Tuesday (June 14) in a test

North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) final qualifying group, while New

Zealand overcame the Solomon Islands with an emphatic 5-0 victory to top Oceania Football Confederation

 It would be three World Cups in a row for Costa Rica should the Ticos qualify, while New Zealand

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is due to announce its verdict on the appeal of Boris van der Vorst on Tuesday (June 14), after the Dutch Boxing Federation President was ruled ineligible to stand for Presidency a day before the International Boxing Association (IBA) elections.

Congress.Four others - USA Boxing chief executive Mike McAtee, Steve Hartley, the President of Boxing New

Zealand, Per-Axel Sjöholm, head of the Swedish Boxing Federation and Danish Boxing Association President