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Gate and Wollaston claim fourth titles at Oceania Track Cycling Championships

  • Cycling

New Zealand’s Aaron Gate and Ally Wollaston earned their fourth gold medals of the Oceania Track Cycling

triumphs in the women’s team pursuit, madison and scratch race competitions.Bryony Botha completed a New

Zealand one-two by finishing on 134 points, with Australia’s Sophie Edwards third with 125.New Zealand

dominant victory.The trio finished in a winning time of 42.629, ending with a 1.99 second cushion over New

Amanda Reid, Paige Greco and Meg Lemon triumphed in the women’s C2, C3 and C4 events respectively, while New


British Virgin Islands added to 3x3 basketball line-up at Birmingham 2022 as home nations prepare for qualifier

  • Birmingham 2022

British Virgin Islands will replace St Lucia in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Smithfield in the city centre.British Virgin Islands will join confirmed qualifiers England, Australia, New

Zealand, Canada, Kenya and Sri Lanka in the women's tournament.The men's event so far features England

, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago.The final places in both tournaments


Australia dominate on day three of Oceania Track Cycling Championships

  • Cycling

Australia won the majority of titles on offer at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships by taking five of the seven senior able-bodied disciplines, three of the four Para gold medals and four of the six junior finals on day three.

Zealand pair Sexton and Aaron Gate, who scored 51 points.Agnoletto and Bleddyn achieved bronze after

Eather in third.Australia won all three golds in the elite men's events on day three ©Getty ImagesNew Zealand

sprint event to finish 9.90 in front of compatriots Mitchell Bails, Sharon Boyd and Luke Taylor.New Zealand

Zealand in the under-19 events with the country winning both the men’s and women’s team pursuit titles.Meg

Zealand success.


Colombia "devastated" by withdrawal from WSF World Doubles Championships

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Colombian Squash Federation said it had been left "absolutely devastated" over its withdrawal from the upcoming World Squash Federation (WSF) World Doubles Championships in Scotland due to its failure to secure visas.

of Arbitration for Sport if the WSF could not resolve the issue.Men's world number one Paul Coll of New

Zealand headlines the field at the WSF World Doubles Championships ©WSF"After having lost a significant

be able to attend the 2021 World Team Championship in Malaysia, this time our federation receives a new

notable absentee from the line-up in Glasgow, but no reason has been given for the nation's absence.New Zealand

withdrawal of Canada due to injury.King and Amanda Landers-Murphy will be hoping to win their third and New


Australia named preferred candidate for women's 2029 Rugby World Cup

  • Rugby Sevens

Australia is set to stage back-to-back Rugby World Cups after being named preferred candidate for the women's event in 2029.

a roadmap of Rugby World Cup hosting all the way through to 2033 which is supported by the exciting new

host the women's World Cup in 2033.Australia has never before staged a women's Rugby World Cup.New Zealand

Zealand shared hosting duties for the 1987 tournament.Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium hosted matches during

also due to host matches during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, which Australia is co-hosting with New

Zealand, and stage rugby sevens and football competition during the 2032 Olympics.


Samoa’s weightlifters target Commonwealth Games record - despite two years of lockdowns

  • Weightlifting

Two weightlifters from Samoa who missed the Olympic Games because of COVID-19 restrictions have won awards in the latest Oceania competition.

I have spoken to our new Prime Minister (Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa) and she is 100 per cent behind us."

Emily Campbell, who won Olympic silver for Britain in Tokyo.Laurel Hubbard, the transgender lifter from New

Zealand who was injured in Gold Coast four years ago before becoming a focus for global attention in


Gate and Moran win two golds each on day two of Oceania Track Cycling Championships

  • Cycling

New Zealand’s Aaron Gate and Australia’s Chloe Moran have won two golds apiece in the senior disciplines

than his finals competitor, Conor Leahy of Australia.In the bronze medal final, Jordan Kerby, another New

2022Thomas Cornish completed the hosts’ podium sweep after clocking in at 10.69 and 10.50 to defeat New

pic.twitter.com/LWD7QkEQzd— Cycling New Zealand (@CyclingNZL) April 3, 2022Dylan Proctor-Parker accomplished

the podium sweep after his time of 3:19.289 was 2.11 seconds superior to New Zealand’s Joel Douglas.Meg

compatriot Maxwell Liebeknecht in the men’s sprint gold medal match where he timed at 10.37 and 10.57.New


World number one spot up for grabs in men’s British Open squash final

  • Squash

The men’s world number one spot and the Allam British Open squash title will both be on the line in this year’s final, after Paul Coll and Ali Farag set up a repeat of the showpiece match from 12 months ago in Hull.

final place today after overcoming fellow Egyptian Mazen Hesham 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6.He will face New

Mostafa Asal 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 in the last four.Coll triumphed in four games last year, becoming the first New

the second women’s semi-final went the distance as Egyptian El Hammamy battled past Joelle King of New

Zealand 11-5, 5-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-3 in 71 minutes, coming from two games to one down to advance to


New Zealand dominate hosts Australia on opening day of Oceania Track Cycling Championships

  • Cycling

New Zealand have stormed into an early lead in the Oceania Track Cycling Championships winning four out

elite men's points race in a time of 45min 22.86sec with 160 points to take the victory and lead a New

Zealand podium sweep.Gate's compatriots Tom Sexton and George Jackson finished second and third, respectively

Zealand's Ella Wyllie bagged bronze.Bryony Botha of New Zealand beat Australia's Sophie Edwards in a

pic.twitter.com/yx0rX8d7HH— Cycling New Zealand (@CyclingNZL) April 2, 2022New Zealander Ellesse Andrews

Zealand cruised to victory in the under-19 men's points race with 61 points.Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist


Top seeds Farag and Gohar reach British Open semi-finals

  • Squash

Men’s and women’s top seeds Ali Farag and Nouran Gohar reached the semi-finals of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour’s Allam British Open after four-game wins at the University of Hull.

from a game down to defeat compatriot Tarek Momen 6-11, 11-9, 14-12, 11-5.Elsewhere in the men’s draw new

world number one and defending champion Paul Coll of New Zealand Diego Elias of Peru 11-7, 11-8, 11-

straight games winner, beating compatriot Olivia Fiechter 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.The remaining quarter-final saw New


England beat hosts to open FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup in South Africa with win

  • Hockey

England beat hosts South Africa 3-0 on the first day of matches at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's Junior World Cup at the North-West University in Potchefstroom.

withdraw from the competition following the ongoing conflict with Russia.Other teams including Australia, New

Zealand, Japan, Belgium and Spain also had to withdraw due to the coronavirus pandemic.


Oceania Track Cycling Championships on brink of return after two years

  • Cycling

Championships, after the event's two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, with the last edition held in Invercargill in New

Zealand in 2019.

what is expected to be a Trans-Tasman tussle for the top of the medals table between Australia and New

Zealand - as athletes take to the Anna Meares Velodrome in the Queensland capital, which was used for

Australia at the four-day event.Australian-born Kiwi Jordan Kerby is slated to form part of a strong New

Zealand squad, which also includes Olympic silver medallist Ellesse Andrews, Aaron Gate, Bryony Botha


Kupcho and Lee share lead after Chevron Championship first round, Tavatanakit in contention

  • Golf

Home favourite Jennifer Kupcho and Australian world number four Minjee Lee share the lead after the first day of the Chevron Championship in California, while Thailand's defending champion Patty Tavatanakit is only one shot back.

Masson, Thailand's Pajaree Anannarukarn, Australia's Gabriela Ruffels, world number three Lydia Ko of New

Zealand - the 2016 Chevron Championship winner - and England's Georgia Hall all scored rounds of 66.


Infantino to run for third term as FIFA President

  • Football

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed he will stand for re-election in 2023.

a location for the gathering have not yet been finalised.It could take place in either Australia or New

Zealand before the two countries host the Women's World Cup from July 20 to August 20."

beneficiary of a World Cup every two years".The South African billionaire was elected unopposed as the new