The Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games will now take place in 2023, it has been confirmed.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to be postponed by 12 months.COVID-19 concerns have remained, however, with New

Zealand, Canada and Britain having already announced that they would not compete in Chengdu this year.The

Games and the Shantou 2021 Asian Youth Games, but the former has also been postponed today with no new

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games in Chengdu is expected to be postponed for the second time, insidethegames understands.

Sport (BUCS) announcing in March that it would not be sending athletes to Chengdu.The decision followed New

Zealand and Canada also withdrawing from the event.Health and safety concerns with regards to the COVID

Olympic bronze medallist Aidan Walsh has been named in Northern Ireland's 13-member boxing team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

will finish with a massive international training camp in Belfast, with teams from Australia, India, New

Zealand, GB, Canada and many of the smaller nations."

England head coach Jess Thirlby has said the team selection for the Commonwealth Games will be left as late as possible to assess players’ form.

are currently third in the world rankings heading into the Commonwealth Games, behind Australia and New

Zealand.England will join New Zealand, Malawi, Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago and Northern Ireland in Group

the Women’s World Cup will create a legacy in Brisbane when Australia co-hosts the tournament with New

Zealand next year.

are set to include Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth in Australia and Dunedin, Hamilton and Wellington in New

The ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup will be innovative, creative, with new people, new fans

Australia clinched the overall World Rugby Women's Sevens Series title with a dramatic victory over New

Zealand in the final in Langford.

fourth win from five events this season, and secured their first title since 2018.Trailing 17-14 to New

Zealand in the closing minutes of the tournament at Starlight Stadium in the Canadian city, the player

scoresheet for Australia, with all three of their tries converted compared to only one for Olympic champions New

Zealand, who were making their first appearance of the season due to the impact of COVID-19.Earlier

Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu won a seventh straight women’s singles title at the Oceania Badminton Championships as she beat fellow Australian Louisa Ma in straight games in Melbourne.

In the men’s singles New Zealand’s Edward Lau, the seventh seed, was also a straight games winner, overcoming

In the doubles competitions, the men’s title went to fourth seeds Abhinav Manota and Jack Wang of New

Zealand, after they defeated Kenneth Zhe Hooi Choo and Ming Chuen Lim of Australia 21-14, 23-21.In the

consecutive women's doubles title.In the mixed event, top seeds Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona Pak of New

Zealand were defeated by Australians Choo and Somerville 21-18, 19-21, 21-12.After the first two games

perfect start to the penultimate event of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Langford, while New

Zealand opened their tournament with a strong win over England.

 Meanwhile, in Pool C, New Zealand comfortably beat England 38-5 on their season debut, while the

worldrugby7s)They were champions of the inaugural season back in 2009 and claimed gold after beating New

Zealand 24–17 in the 2016 Olympic final in Rio de Janeiro, but went out at the quarter-final stage at

Tokyo 2020.New Zealand, who won Olympic gold last year, are making their first appearance of 2022, while

 The knockout games are set to be played tomorrow, with France facing Fiji and New Zealand playing

Louisa Ma came from a game down to defeat Tiffany Ho and set up a showdown with reigning champion Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu in the women's singles final at the Oceania Badminton Championships in Melbourne in Australia.

men's singles final where he will meet compatriot Edward Lau.Tang stunned top seed Abhinav Manota of New

Zealand with a 21-16, 21-23, 21-16 triumph in the quarter-finals before overcoming Australia's Ying

The World Masters Games in Kansai has been postponed again due to continued concerns over COVID-19.

Although the decision has been made together with the Kansai Organising Committee to postpone the event, new

the community as soon we have evaluated the different opportunities and a decision has been made on new

Kansai edition of the Games is set to be the first time that it has taken place in Asia.Auckland in New

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

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has confirmed that its athletes will not be competing at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

"We don't have any athletes going," an AOC spokesman was quoted as saying by Reuters.The New Zealand

members of an ambassador programme in the build-up to next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New

Zealand.

ambassadors will be announced in the build-up up to the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which is being co-hosted with New

been targeted as well as boosting tourism, trade and international relations to help Australia and New

Zealand recover from the coronavirus pandemic.Nine cities and 10 stadiums across Australia and New Zealand

Home favourite Anthony Joe was stunned by New Zealand's Oscar Guo in the last-16 of the men's singles

-21, 21-11 in an all-Australian encounter.On the other side of the draw, top seed Abhinav Manota of New

Zealand advanced to the quarter-finals after seeing off Australian Emphraim Sam Stephen 21-13, 21-7.

Zealand overcame Kai Chen Teoh of Australia 21-10, 21-15 to seal a last-eight with another Australian

meeting with fourth seed Jacob Schueler of Australia who led Abhilash Sharma 21-3, 18-7 before the New

Zealand withdrew.Tjonadi will take on sister Sydney Tjonadi who downed Australian Maureen Wijaya 21-

The next outing for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series is due to be in Langford in Canada this weekend.

, Brazil and Japan face off.Pool C featuring England, Fiji, the United States and Olympic champions New

Zealand has been described by World Rugby as possibly the most competitive pool in competition history

the line-up as invitational teams, having not competed in the rest of this year's Sevens Series.New Zealand

 New Zealand, who are currently ranked last place in the Sevens Series, will also be looking for

success this weekend.New Zealand captain Sarah Hirini said: "The girls are going to be happy to be there

Representing your country in one sport is a fantastic achievement, but Nigel Avery has done so in three.

 "New Zealand had a very loose sort of programme, and whoever was on the team was asked 'who else

 "I'd always wanted to make a big New Zealand team and I'd never quite got there when I was a triple

 New Zealand won 15 gold medals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games ©Getty Images"In this

 "From a New Zealand standpoint it really is seen as a pretty important event.

 "New Zealand is very strong and getting stronger on getting the athlete voice out there.