Andrea Hansen, 40, has been named in New Zealand’s triathlon squad for Birmingham 2022 so is set for

Zealand at the Commonwealth Games," Thorpe said."

I have just turned 21 and the Commonwealth Games is something that most New Zealand school kids learn

doing a project on the Commonwealth Games in primary school, so to get the opportunity to represent New

Zealand now in Birmingham is a very special feeling."

New Zealand Olympic Committee chief executive Nicki Nicol added: "New Zealand has a proud legacy in triathlon

Registration has opened for the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Oceania Championships, due to take place in Brisbane. 

deadline of June 8.It is expected to attract 80 athletes from the continent.IMMAF's members are Australia, New

Zealand and French Polynesia.Brisbane is to host the IMMAF Oceania Championships in July ©IMMAF"On behalf

New Zealand's middleweight world champion Michelle Montague will miss the IMMAF Oceania Championships

after turning professional ©IMMAFNew Zealand will hope for success in the form of Fergus Jenkins, who

France's Jean-Baptiste Bernaz has taken the lead after the second day of competition at the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) 7 Men's World Championship, followed by two British sailors at Riviera Nayarit in Mexico.

with his worst performance so far in race four - eighth.Defending world champion Thomas Saunders of New

Zealand slid down from ninth to 17th after finishing 12th and 19th today.Ireland's Finn Lynch, who claimed

Tom Walsh, in the men’s shot put, and Julia Ratcliffe, in the women’s hammer throw, head an 18-strong New

Zealand athletics team named for Birmingham 2022.

how long I’ve been throwing and how far I’ve come," Ratcliffe said.Also featuring in Birmingham for New

Zealand will be world indoor high jump bronze medallist Hamish Kerr and pole vaulter Olivia McTaggart

For the first time in Commonwealth Games history, New Zealand will have three women’s throwers in the

Zealand winners of the title - Val Young and Dame Valerie Adams.Completing the selected throwers for

The latest announcement takes the total number of New Zealand competitors selected for Birmingham 2022

Olympic champion Matt Wearn is out of the ILCA 7 Men's World Championship in Mexico, having picked up an illness.

next regatta," Wearn said, per the Australian sailing team.Defending world champion Tom Saunders of New

Zealand made a solid start, coming fourth and 10th in the yellow fleet's two races.That puts Saunders

France and Brazil have concluded the International School Sport Federation (ISF) Gymnasiade level at the top of the medals table on golds and total medals won.

there is no better way to do that than through sport," Bryon Kelleher, event ambassador and former New

Zealand player, commented after taking the inaugural kick-off of the rugby sevens."

during the ISG General Assembly, which was staged between May 16 and 17, following the appoint of the new

ISF Executive Committee.The new Executive Committee is mandated to operate until 2026.

In 1974, Tanzania won its first Commonwealth Games gold medal in truly spectacular style.

everybody's lips after he stormed to gold in 3min 32.2sec, a world record time.Bayi ran from the front at the New

Zealand city's Queen Elizabeth II Park, and crossed the line nearly a second quicker than American Jim

 "We still hold the Commonwealth record for the 1500 metres set in Christchurch in New Zealand in

New Zealand came from behind to defeat Australia at the women’s World Rugby Sevens Series in Toulouse

season as they led 14-7 at half-time thanks to converted tries from Demi Hayes and Faith Nathan before New

Zealand pulled off a superb fightback at the Stade Ernest-Wallon in the French city.Alena Saili and

Pouri-Lane added to her converted try with two more successful kicks to secure a 21-14 victory for New

World number one Nouran Gohar of Egypt secured a place in the final of the World Squash Championships in Cairo after a 3-1 win over world number four Amanda Sobhy of the United States.

mouth-watering clash against Gohar.Among men, Mohamed El Shorbagy shocked world number one Paul Coll of New

Zealand 3-2 to reach the final.El Shorbagy was more composed than Coll at the start as he rightly took

Five-time Olympic champion Lisa Carrington of New Zealand cruised to victory in the women’s K1 500 in

quality C2 500 women’s field to finish first in 1:53.64.Poland’s Tokyo 2020 bronze medallists with two new

We were a little bit surprised, because this is a new team, so we didn’t know what we could do, but now

Defending champions South Africa have experienced a mixed opening day of the men's World Rugby Sevens Series leg at the Stade Ernest-Wallon in Toulouse.

Japan to put themselves in pole position to progress to the next round.Rugby World Cup Sevens victors New

Zealand also impressed in pool C with successive wins versus Scotland and the US.New Zealand cruised

Scotland closed the round robin phase of the men’s World Junior Curling Championships as the top seed for tomorrow's semi-finals in Jönköping in Sweden.

win over Sweden.Other results included South Korea beating Italy 9-3 and the United States dominating New

Zealand 10-1.New Zealand were the only team to lose every match.The standings mean Germany are set to

Australia and New Zealand are set to compete at the upcoming Asian Sambo Championships in Lebanon.

due to restrictions on movement between countries.The SUA has confirmed athletes from Australia and New

Zealand will be able to compete at the continental event for the first time next month.Australia is

a member of the International Sambo Federation, while New Zealand is currently a candidate for membership.The

New Zealand Sambo Federation is in its second year of operation, after being founded last year.The organisation

Australia have named an unchanged squad from their Women’s Cricket World Cup triumph for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

50-over World Cup winners for the seventh time in April, when they overcame England in the final in New

with athletes from badminton, squash, lawn bowls and a host of other sports is going to be a wonderful new

Alyssa Healy was player of the tournament at the Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand ©Getty ImagesAustralia

, India and Pakistan in Group A of the women’s tournament in Birmingham, with hosts England playing New

Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka in Group B.The top two nations in each group will advance to the

World Wheelchair Rugby has chosen Japan to stage its first Asia-Oceania Championship in four years and first since the COVID-19 crisis began.

which Australia won, beating Japan in the final.That was also the outcome in 2017, when Auckland in New

Zealand was the destination for the event.Japan were last victorious when they staged the competition

Tokyo.Australia - runners-up at the 2018 World Championship won by Japan - qualified there, while third-placed New

Zealand picked up the berth from the 2019 Asia-Oceania Championship.