New Zealand's Barry Maister is set to become our nation's eleventh IOC Member after IOC President Jacques Rogge nominated the Olympian yesterday.

The ICC Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) met in Dubai for its fourth and last meeting of the year to discuss a range of issues relating to the playing and the business of cricket, some of which will be considered by the ICC Board when it will hold its first of four meetings of 2010 in February i

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Tokyo, Oct 28 NZPA - The All Blacks were ready to roll out the red carpet, but it seems Sir Peter Snell isn't keen to retrace his gold medal-winning steps at the National Stadium here on Saturday.

The International Rugby Board will induct nine legends into the IRB Hall of Fame at a special ceremony celebrating the rich history of British & Irish Lions tours to South Africa at Rugby School in England on Tuesday, October 27.

There's one undeniable fact about professional sport: when the competition is doing the hard yards, your yards simply have to be harder.

And that's the situation facing New Zealand's equestrian community with the retirement of some for the sport's biggest eventing names.

Yachting New Zealand is delighted to announce a new partnership with SLAM Advanced Technology Sportswear which will see the New Zealand Sailing Team performing to their peak and looking their best in SLAM's high performance garments.

The pools and match schedule have been announced for the second leg of the 2009/10 IRB Sevens World Series, the Emirates Airline South Africa Sevens, in George.

After an absence of more than a century, golf will return as an Olympic sport in 2016 along with rugby sevens following their approval by the International Olympic Committee membership during the IOC's 121st Session.

The New Zealand Rugby Union has welcomed the International Olympic Committee's historic decision to re-admit rugby to the Olympic programme from 2016.

The IOC voted to support the inclusion of rugby sevens at the IOC Session being held in Copenhagen, Denmark.