New 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.

The 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.

For 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.

Auckland 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.

A 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.

The Steinlager North v South match is to be postponed for a week, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has announced.

Rohit 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.

After 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.

On 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.

Sport NZ is encouraging all New Zealanders to remain physically active, but to follow the Government’s guidelines for their region’s alert levels.

Sport 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.

The dates for the second New Zealand Sikh Games were announced last week. These will be held on November 28 and 29, later this year.

This 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.

The 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.

The 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.

On Tuesday, 30 black former international players issued a statement alleging racism remains a factor in the game, after current fast bowler Lungi Ngidi supported Black Lives Matter movement last week, and called on his home board Cricket South Africa (CSA) to so the same.

The President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and cricket legend Sourav Ganguly this week confirmed that the India tour of Australia scheduled later this year will go ahead. The Virat Kohli-led India are scheduled to play three ODIs, four Tests and three T20Is in Australia in December-January.

Kiwi-Indian footballer completes one-year at Bayern Munich, with a title win

Auckland Cricket is committing $870,000 to support their 16 community cricket clubs via the Club Support Package for 2020/21.

India's Nitin Menon, who gave up a playing career in his early twenties to focus on umpiring, said that the appointment to the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires is a dream come true.

For the first time in history, Australians and New Zealanders will be able to experience a tier one football tournament on home soil.

Recognizing its universal appeal, on 11 December 2014, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga by resolution 69/131. The International Day of Yoga aims to raise awareness worldwide of the many benefits of practicing yoga.

Investec Super Rugby Aotearoa will be the first professional rugby competition in the world to have fans return en-masse in the COVID-19 era when the competition kicks off in Dunedin on Saturday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed interim changes to its playing regulations, which include the ban on the use of saliva to shine the ball and allowing home umpires in international series.

Rugby Australia interim CEO Rob Clarke has confirmed that there are plans in place for a four-Test Bledisloe Cup series later this year, hoping for two Tests in Australia and two Tests in New Zealand.

Hockey India expressed their deepest condolences on the sad demise of Hockey Legend Balbir Singh Sr who breathed his last on Monday morning in Mohali. The triple Olympic Champion and World Cup-winning Team Manager had been battling for life since 8 May 2020 when he was hospitalised.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Director of Cricket Operations Mike Hesson has finally returned to his home country New Zealand. Hesson was stranded in India for over a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Zealand on Tuesday clinched the three-match One Day International (ODI) series 3-0 to hand India its first whitewash after 22 years.