Latest - Second test man of the match Tom Latham has risen five places to now be number eight in the latest ICC Test cricket batting rankings.
Tom Latham Photo: Photosport
Second test man of the match Tom Latham has risen five places to now be number eight in the latest ICC Test cricket batting rankings.
Latham scored 154 in the Black Caps innings victory over Sri Lanka in Colombo on Monday.
Skipper Kane Williamson is ranked third behind Virat Kohli and Steve Smith, while Henry Nicholls is fifth.
England's batting hero from Leeds, Ben Stokes has jumped 13 places to number 13.
Trent Boult has risen two spots to number five in the bowling rankings with Neil Wagner at six.
Australian Pat Cummins remains the top ranked bowler.
Venus named top seed at US Open
The New Zealand tennis player Michael Venus and his Chinese Taipei partner Chan Hao-Ching have been named as top seeds for the mixed doubles at the US Open tennis tournament in New York.
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The pair made the final in 2017 playing on Arthur Ashe court but lost to Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray.
It's believed to be the first time a New Zealander has been a top seed in senior play at a Grand Slam.
The other Kiwi in the mixed doubles draw is Artem Sitak and the Czech Republic's Luci Hrdecka
Venus and South African Raven Klaasen are third seeds for the men's doubles.
NZ eight straight through to final
New Zealand women's eight. Photo: Photosport
The New Zealand women's eight won their heat at the World Rowing Championships in Austria to directly qualify for the final.
The men's eight were fourth in their heat and will now go to a repechage.
The womens four and men's quad are into semi-finals and the women's quad a repechage.
The only crew out of contention for a medal is the men's four which will compete in the C/D semi-finals.
'Kiwis not taking over Aussie rugby'
Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle insists her organisation is committed to developing and promoting local coaches despite suggestions three of the nation's plum posts could next year be occupied by New Zealanders.
Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle in a news conference after Israel Folau's anti-gay comments in April last year. Photo: AFP
Brad Thorn will coach Queensland for a third straight Super Rugby campaign, while media speculation suggests fellow New Zealanders Dave Rennie and Rob Penney are favoured to take over at Wallabies and Waratahs respectively.
Daryl Gibson, a former All Black, resigned after four years as the Waratahs coach to open up a vacancy while Wallabies incumbent Michael Cheika has already indicated he will leave if Australia don't win the World Cup in Japan.
Castle said there wouldn't be discussions concerning the Wallabies top job until after the World Cup final on November 2, but admitted more had to be done to foster Australian-born coaching talent.
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New look for Paasi in 100th game
A new-look Agnatius Paasi will make his 100th career appearance in the Warriors' last NRL home game of the season against the South Sydney Rabbitohs on Friday night.
Agnatius Passi. Photo: Photosport
The 27-year-old front rower had gone four years without a haircut but will sport a sleek look after having it all cut off yesterday in support of the Shave for a Cure charity.
After making his NRL debut with the Warriors in 2014 - his sole appearance that season - he went on the play 54 times for the Gold Coast Titans from 2015-2017 before returning to Mount Smart Stadium last year.
Paasi started from the bench in last Saturday's loss against Cronulla-Sutherland but has been named in the starting line-up to take on the Rabbitohs with Lachlan Burr returning to the interchange.
There's a switch in the halves with Kiwi Kodi Nikorima back alongside Blake Green and rookie Chanel Harris-Tavita on the bench; Nikorima will be playing his 99th career game. In another change to the preferred four interchange players, middle forward Ligi Sao comes in for centre Blake Ayshford.
First up win for NZ sailors
Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox won the opening race at the World Cup Series regatta in Enoshima, Japan.
The pair endured a frustrating campaign at last week's Olympic test event, finishing 15th in the men's 470 as they struggled for speed, but have made some changes to the boat this week and it worked well on the opening race of the 2019/20 World Cup Series season.
Sam Meech had a disastrous start to the Laser, recording a 23rd and a 31st to be 27th overall.
UEFA recognising Eric
Former Manchester United forward Eric Cantona will be presented the 2019 UEFA President's Award in recognition of his playing career and commitment to charitable causes after it.
Eric Cantona will be recognised by UEFA. Photo: Photosport
The 53-year-old Frenchman will receive the award in Monaco on Thursday during the Champions League group stage draw.
Cantona won four Premier League titles in five years with United in the 1990s and scored 64 goals for the Old Trafford club in 143 appearances.
The former Auxerre, Marseille, Nimes and Leeds United player won 45 caps with France and tried his hand at acting and beach soccer following his retirement in 1997.
Cantona supports the Common Goal initiative, which funds football charities worldwide, and contributes 1% of his annual salary to the project co-founded by United's Juan Mata.
Former England captain David Beckham won the award in 2018.
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