Ukraine, due to have played the opening match against Ireland at the postponed International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women’s Junior World Cup in the South African town of Potchefstroom, have been unable to make the trip.

 The Junior Green Army was invited after other teams, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Belgium

New Zealand will compete in the inter-confederation playoffs for the FIFA World Cup after winning the

New Zealand met the Solomon Islands in the final of the OFC tournament, which was moved to Qatar’s capital

city Doha due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Goals from midfielder Bill Tuiloma and striker Chris Wood gave New

in the second half to extend the lead, with the effort his first goal for New Zealand.Tuiloma headed

New Zealand into a 4-0 lead in the 70th minute, before Matt Garbett’s maiden international goal came

Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Caledonia.New Zealand overcame Tahiti 1-0 in the semi-finals, while the

Fijian Olympians have taken part in an online cultural exchange programme with Japanese schoolchildren.

New Zealand-based Morgan is also preparing herself in advance of the next Olympics."

Peru will take their place in the FIFA World Cup Intercontinental qualifiers after first-half goals from Gianluca Lapadula and Yoshimar Yotún gave them a 2-0 victory over Paraguay at the the Estadio Nacional in Lima.

Giorgian de Arrascaeta scored the decisive goal.Peru reached the 2018 finals in Russia by defeating New

Zealand in an intercontinental playoff to qualify for their fifth appearance at the World Cup but their

World Cup final with an emphatic victory over the West Indies in a rain-reduced game in Wellington in New

Zealand.

Raphael Kandra sprung a major shock at the British Open, eliminating three-time winner and world number three Mohamed ElShorbagy in the second round of the British Open.

win.Women's top seed Nouran Gohar beat Sivasangari Subramaniam in four games ©PSASecond seed Paul Coll from New

Zealand beat Englishman Nathan Lake in three games, while seeded players Mostafa Asal and Tarek Momen

Barcelona has won the right to stage the 2024 America's Cup, seeing off competition from fellow Spanish city Malaga and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

Irish Government yesterday withdrew a bid for Cork to stage the iconic sailing race, while Auckland in New

Zealand could also not garner Government backing.The 2024 edition of the America's Cup will be the 37th

, with Emirates Team New Zealand defending champions.A first-ever Women's America's Cup and Youth America's

the ability to host the most recognised sailing event in the world is hugely exciting," Emirates Team New

Zealand chief executive Grant Dalton said."

The Allam British Open squash tournament began with an upset as world number 67 Nick Wall of England beat world number 21 Victor Crouin of France 11-3, 7-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8.

successive year by beating the Frenchman.A fortnight ago, Courin had beaten world number one Paul Coll of New

Zealand at the Canary Wharf Classic.However, the French player was not able to withstand pressure from

past Egypt’s Sana Ibrahim 11-8, 13-11, 11-3 to set up a mouth-watering fixture against Joelle King of New

after losing the final match of the league stage to South Africa on the last ball in Christchurch, New

Zealand.

New Zealand’s Anton Cooper earned his sixth consecutive title at the Oceania Cycling Championships cross-country

nearest challengers.Australia’s Daniel McConnell finished as the runner-up at 39 seconds down, with New

under-19 men’s race, with Joels Dodds and Ethan Weiss following their compatriot across the line.New Zealand

Gold Coast in Australia is set to stage the International Cycling Union Oceania Mountain Bike Cross-Country Championships.

tomorrow.Home rider Rebecca McConnell will be looking to defend the elite women’s title she secured in 2020.New

in Queensland hosted the two-day competitions with more than 100 riders taking part.Hayden Stead of New

Zealand and Ellie Smith of Australia claimed the respective elite men’s and women’s titles.There was

Russian triple world champion Ksenia Ovsyannikova is among a group of female wheelchair fencers, administrators and medical experts that are set to attend this year’s World Conference on Women and Sport in Auckland.

International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) has confirmed that the Russian is due to head to New

Zealand to participate in the conference, scheduled to be held from November 14 to 17.Britain’s triple

Suzie Bates produced a stunning century and Hannah Rowe generated a sublime five-wicket haul to lead New

Zealand to a dominant victory against Pakistan at the Women’s Cricket World Cup at the Hagley Oval in

her 12th in one-day international (ODI) cricket.She also surpassed 5,000 ODI runs in the process.New Zealand

wicket for 10.Pakistan’s tail-enders batted out the remaining overs and finished on a score of 194 for 9.New

Australia completed the group stage of the Women’s Cricket World Cup undefeated after beating Bangladesh by five wickets in a weather-affected match in Wellington.

join them in the last four between West Indies, India and holders England.In tomorrow’s match, hosts New

Zealand and Pakistan, meet at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.Pakistan are out of contention to qualify

for the last four, while New Zealand need to win and hope both England and India lose their last matches

Continental gold medallists have been tipped to shine at the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) World Championships here in Amsterdam.

winner of an Antipodean clash for the crown as Australia's Danielle Curtis and Mackenzie Vellenoweth of New

Zealand go head-to-head.Despite winning silver in Kyrgyzstan, India's Samata Sonavane does not receive

the World Championships that it will use throughout the venue and across its digital platforms.The new

It’s exciting for us to be able to unveil this new look for our World Championships," said GAMMA President