In a 2022-23 season that will see the WHITE FERNS and the BLACKCAPS head offshore for their respective ICC T20 World Cups, cricket fans can look forward to a massive summer, including visits from the Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, England and Sri Lanka men’s teams, and Bangladesh women.
Read MoreSouth Island has witnessed one of the largest doubles badminton tournaments over the Queen’s birthday weekend. The tournament featured 96 players; 48 teams played over 6 divisions. A total of 112 matches with 245 games were conducted on Saturday, 4th June.
Read MoreTelugu Badminton Club of Canterbury entered 5th year of its operation and to celebrate this they organised an open badminton tournament on 11th & 12th June 2021. This tournament featured 90 players from various ethnic communities including Europeans, Asians, and Kiwis.
Read MoreCricket is arguably the second favourite sport in New Zealand. Like all sports, it transcends communities and binds them together. The Southern Premier League T20, an initiative by Flatbush Cricket Chairman Mr. Swaran Katal, is a premier T20 cricket tournament in Auckland.
Read MoreThe Indian cricket team under the captainship of stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane, gave Australia an utterly shocking and humiliating defeat by 3 wickets in Brisbane test on Tuesday, 19th January, wrapping the much-anticipated series 2-1. This was Australia’s first defeat at Gabba in 32 years.
Read MoreNew Zealand Rugby's welcomed the Government's announcement that Auckland will move to Alert Level 1 this week. It means the second Bledisloe Cup test will be played at Eden Park next Sunday, as fans will be allowed to attend.
Read MoreThe Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) announced India’s largest learning platform Unacademy as Official Partner for IPL beginning with the 2020 edition which will be held in the UAE from September 19th onwards. The partnership will cover three seasons of IPL.
Read MoreFor the first time in 22 years, and in an effort to boost the Indian indigenous games, former Indian women’s kho-kho captain Sarika Kale will be conferred with the Arjuna Award during a virtual ceremony on National Sports Day on August 29.
Read MoreAuckland Hockey CEO Manoj Daji updates on a return to hockey at Alert Level 2 incl new season end dates. All Club Hockey to begin again from Friday 11 September dependent on Level 2 Mass Gathering restrictions for AKL of 10 being lifted.
Read MoreA narrow but deserved 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain means Bayern are European champions for the sixth time and treble winners for the second time in the club's 120-year history.
Read MoreThe Steinlager North v South match is to be postponed for a week, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has announced.
Read MoreRohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma and Deepti Sharma added a feather in their cap after they were conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award respectively on Friday.
Read MoreAfter 16 years of fabulous international Cricket career, India’s world cup winning captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his mic-drop moment when he put out to the world “…from 1929 hours consider me as retired (sic)” on August 15, 2020. Whether he features in this year’s Indian Premier League T20 scheduled in the UAE later this year remains to be seen.
Read MoreOn August 9, Kiwi-Indian footballer, Sarpreet Singh announced on social media that he is “excited to have signed for FC Nürnberg for the upcoming season. Looking forward to getting started”. Notably, just last month, he had completed one-year at the German football giant Bayern Munich with a title win. Bayern has now loaned Singh to Nürnberg, where he can hope to gain more game time.
Read MoreSport NZ is encouraging all New Zealanders to remain physically active, but to follow the Government’s guidelines for their region’s alert levels.
Read MoreSport NZ will shortly launch major new initiatives to help sport and active recreation bodies at all levels of the sector strengthen the measures they have in place around integrity issues such as child safeguarding, member protection, organisational culture, anti-corruption and competition manipulation.
Read MoreThe dates for the second New Zealand Sikh Games were announced last week. These will be held on November 28 and 29, later this year.
Read MoreThis week, several news outlets including ESPN Cricinfo and Press Trust of India (PTI) have reported, quoting Brijesh Patel, the IPL Governing Council chairman, that the cash-rich Indian Premier League will be held in the United Arab Emirates from September if the Indian Government gives approval.
Read MoreThe International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed this week that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia 2020 has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe Telugu Badminton Club of Canterbury held their S V Ranga Rao Memorial Badminton Tournament on July 19. The community sports event was sponsored by Designer Homes, and co-sponsored by Dhaval Lamghare of Harcourts and Indian Paradise.
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