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Australia triumph in London to force title-deciding leg in World Rugby Sevens Series

  • Rugby Sevens

Australia forced the World Rugby Sevens Series title to go down to the final leg in Los Angeles following their first gold medal of the season in London.

Australians as a hattrick from Henry Patterson handed them their first cup final win over Oceania rivals New

Zealand in 20 years after running out 19-14 victors at Twickenham.Following Paterson’s first half try

, New Zealand rallied through Akuila Rokolisoa and Leroy Carter to flip the result.The All Black Sevens


Vadlejch and Peters to play it again in Ostrava after mighty Doha javelin contest

  • Athletics

Jakub Vadlejch, the Czech Republic’s Tokyo 2020 javelin silver medallist, will replay his recent monumental contest in Doha with Grenada’s world champion Anderson Peters on home ground tomorrow at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava.

where the winners of the past five outdoor world titles - Joe Kovacs of the United States, Tom Walsh of New

Zealand and Germany’s David Storl - will convene.Kovacs got gold in 2015 and then, with his last throw


Paralympic champion Johnson to lead PNZ Para shooting sport programme

  • Shooting News

Athens 2004 gold medallist Michael Johnson has been appointed as the Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) Para

strategy by engaging with stakeholders, including the possibility of integrating the sport into the New

Zealand Shooting Federation."

and specifically with Para athletes and coaches and we look forward to working with Michael in this new

Dale MacDonald is set to take over as PNZ Para sport pathway manager ©James Jubb/ Paralympics New Zealand

Zealand.Finally, former marketing and brand manager at Netball New Zealand Rachel Barr has been appointed


Bernaz crowned ILCA 7 men's world champion

  • Sailing

France’s Jean-Baptiste Bernaz has been crowned winner of the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) 7 Men's World Championship at Riviera Nayarit in Mexico.

Pavlos Kontides finished second at Riviera Nayarit ©Getty ImagesDefending champion Thomas Saunders of New

Zealand had his late assault at the top of the standings brought to a halt.Saunders began the day as


Women’s fourth seed Sobhy biggest casualty in second round of El Gouna Squash International

  • Squash

Women’s fourth seed Amanda Sobhy of the United States was the biggest casualty as second round matches took place at the El Gouna Squash International in Egypt.

t.co/rmjYOBC9Iz— Sivasangari (@sangari_99) May 28, 2022In the men’s second round top seed Paul Coll of New

Zealand was among the winners, overcoming Mazen Hesham of Egypt 11-7, 11-2, 11-4.Second seed and 2019


Bernaz maintains ILCA 7 Men's World Championship lead, but Saunders gains ground

  • Sailing

Leader Jean-Baptiste Bernaz endured a more difficult day at the International Laser Class Association 7 Men's World Championship at Riviera Nayarit in Mexico, but remains in pole position going into the final two races.

leaves him on 30 points going into the final day of competition.Defending champion Thomas Saunders of New

Zealand continued his charge up the standings, climbing to second with a 12th-place finish in the third

competition, winning the first race and finishing fifth in the second.Defending champion Thomas Saunders of New

Zealand moved up to second at the ILCA 7 Men's World Championship ©Getty ImagesKontides is third in


Parret hails "community spirit" at IMGA World Masters Games

  • Multi-Sport Games

Association (IMGA) World Masters Games to bring people together and offer athletes the chance to meet new

Together with my wife, we take a holiday, and we go to the Masters Games which is a great way of meeting new

it has been postponed for a second time due to COVID-19 restrictions on travel to Japan.Auckland in New

Zealand held the last event in 2017 with 28,578 athletes from 100 countries competing across 28 sports


Wiebes sprints to victory in RideLondon Classique opener

  • Cycling

Lorena Wiebes of The Netherlands outsprinted Italian Elisa Balsamo and Emma Norsgaard Bjerg of Denmark to seal an opening stage victory of the RideLondon Classique with a time of 3hr 30min 12sec in Maldon in Britain.

saw three AG Insurance-NXTG riders on the ground including their promising sprinter Ally Wollaston of New

Zealand as well as Uno-X's Danish rider Rebecca Koerner and Britain's Emily Meakin representing AWOL


Argentina lead standings as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series returns to London

  • Rugby Sevens

With more than 68,000 tickets sold, a huge crowd is set to welcome the 16 teams as the London leg of the men’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series is set to start tomorrow at the Twickenham Stadium.

Argentina and South Africa are paired in Pool B, along with Ireland and Kenya.Australia and New Zealand

where they won four golds, one silver and one bronze medal in six rounds.A mouth-watering clash between New

Zealand and Australia will start the proceedings tomorrow.


Brendel and Hecker prosper despite continued tough conditions at Canoe Sprint World Cup in Poznań

  • Canoeing

Weather conditions again caused difficulties at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Sprint World Cup in Poznań, although German pair Sebastian Brendel and Tim Hecker were among those who impressed in reaching the men's C2 1,000 metres final.

Antonín Hrabal and Jiří Zalubil on 3:45,17.Women's K2 500m Olympic champion Dame Lisa Carrington of New

Zealand was one of the star performers from the first day of competition.She finished second with Alicia


Arzachena gears up for Triathlon World Cup season opener

  • Triathlon

Arzachena in Italy is set for the 2022 Triathlon World Cup season opener, which will also kickstart the Paris 2024 qualification period.

May 25, 2022Birmingham-bound Dylan Mccullough, Hayden Wilde and Tayler Reid will be hoping to fly the New

Zealand flag high as Australian Max Stapley will be joined by teammates Luke Willian and Luke Bate.Among

Singapore, the 28-year-old Zsanett Bragmayer of Hungary could challenge for a podium spot.Ainsley Thorpe of New

Zealand and Charlotte McShane and Emma Jeffcoat from Australia are the triathletes hoping to create


Bernaz tops qualifying at ILCA 7 Men's World Championship at Riviera Nayarit

  • Sailing

France's Jean-Baptiste Bernaz topped qualifying at the International Laser Class Association 7 Men's World Championship after another consistent day of sailing at Riviera Nayarit in Mexico.

overall, was the winner of the sixth race in the blue fleet.Reigning world champion Thomas Saunders of New

Zealand in the yellow fleet finished 14th overall on 43 points, although finished strongly with a fourth-place


Carrington hunts more glory at Poznań Canoe Sprint World Cup

  • Canoeing

The second International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Cup of the season in Poznań is set to be the last big test before the World Championships in Nova Scotia.

New Zealand superstar Dame Lisa Carrington opened her season at Račice in the Czech Republic with victory

weekend when Ukraine’s Oleh Kukharyk and Ihor Trunov came across the line first in the men’s K2 500m, a new


Date set for van der Vorst CAS appeal against exclusion from IBA Presidential election

  • Boxing

Boris van der Vorst’s appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after he was not allowed to stand in the election for President the International Boxing Association (IBA) will take place on June 10, insidethegames understands.

supported by several National Federations.In addition to van der Vorst, candidates from the United States, New

Zealand, Denmark and Sweden due to stand for positions on the IBA Board were also told that they are

hours’ notice.Mike McAtee, the chief executive of USA Boxing, Steve Hartley, the President of Boxing New

Zealand, and Per-Axel Sjöholm, head of the Swedish Boxing Federation, have also filed CAS appeals."