New Zealand

New Zealand has followed Scotland and Canada in delaying the arrival of its athletes into New Delhi for next month’s Commonwealth Games over allegations that accommodation fails to meet hygiene or safety standards.
Events

Organisers of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand said today that 40 per cent of matches will have late kick-offs in a move to maximise the tournament's global television audiences. Under the plans, 19 of the 48 matches will begin at 8pm (0900GMT) or later, so they will take place between 8am and 10am in Britain, France, Italy and South Africa.
Business

The addition of Argentina to rugby union's Tri Nations competition from 2012 is set to increase the value of the tournament to $213.1 million.
Business

DHL, the world's leading express and logistics company, was today announced as the official Logistics Partner for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
Business

New Zealand Football (NZF) has agreed a multi-million-dollar, five-year sponsorship deal with the ASB bank described as the biggest in the history of the sport in the country.
Business

New Zealand Cricket chairman Alan Isaac will be the next head of world cricket after Australia and New Zealand finally had their candidate for the vice-presidency of the International Cricket Council approved by the sport’s world governing body.
Media

Discussions are taking place between the International Rugby Board, New Zealand pay-operator Sky Television and UK commercial broadcaster ITV to determine whether the 2011 Rugby World Cup will be broadcast in 3D.
Events

New Zealand will set up a NZ$9.5 million (£4.5 million) lottery fund to support arts and entertainment for next year's rugby World Cup, organisers said yesterday.
Business

Bank and asset manager Investec extended its sponsorship of the Tri Nations in New Zealand for a further five years and additionally took the New Zealand naming rights for SANZAR’s domestic rugby competition, the expanded Super Rugby 15 competition, from 2011.
Events

Auckland, New Zealand will host the 2012 International Triathlon Union World Championship Series Grand Finals after beating bids from Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Business

Wine brand Brancott Estate will be an official sponsor of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Business

Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) has appointed professional services provider KPMG as its Official Tournament Supplier of accounting and tax advisory services for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.

The Sri Lanka cricket board has said it will not support the nomination of John Howard, former Australian Prime Minister, for the vice-presidency of the International Cricket Council.

Jock Hobbs, the chairman of both New Zealand Rugby Union and Rugby New Zealand 2011 Ltd, has left both his posts after being diagnosed with a form of leukaemia.
Events

New Zealand tourism companies should expect extra income from an estimated 85,000 visitors when the country hosts the Rugby World Cup next year, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
Events

Twenty20 cricket comes to Florida next month when New Zealand takes on Sri Lanka in an international match.
Stadia

Tour packages for the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand continue to sell at record levels as organisers of English travel packages report a 37 per cent increase in sales compared with the same stage of the 2007 tournament in France.
Events

German sportswear company Puma will enter a team in the next Volvo Ocean Race, in 2011-12, after finishing second in the 2008-09 competition.