New Zealand

Scottish Land Rover Dealers have renewed their long-standing sponsorship of Scottish Rugby and the Scotland Rugby Supporters’ Club (SRSC) for a further two years.

Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews issues from the past seven days.

Departing Welsh Rugby Union CEO David Moffett predicts troubled times ahead for professional rugby union in Europe.

Rugby World Cup Ltd and Rugby Travel and Hospitality ’07 Ltd has appointed Official Travel Agents (OTAs) and Official Corporate Hospitality Agents (OCHAs) for Rugby World Cup 2007.

The International Rugby Board has broken its silence to defend its decision to award the 2011 Rugby World Cup to New Zealand.

Rugby League's Gillette Tri-Nations will be held in the southern hemisphere next year.

Japanese rugby chiefs have expressed disappointment and surprise after it lost out to New Zealand for the right to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

New Zealand will host the 2011 Rugby World Cup after beating Japan and South Africa in an International Rugby Board (IRB) secret ballot in Dublin.

Cricket Australia has recorded an A$11million loss for the past financial year and is predicting another significant loss next year.

International Rugby Board chiefs will decide today (Thursday) which of Japan, New Zealand and South Africa will host the 2011 World Cup.

Auckland Rugby CEO David White will take over from John Portch at the helm of Guinness Premiership club Bristol next year.

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has struck a deal with Invesco Perpetual to sponsor Wales’ four autumn international matches to be held at the Millennium Stadium in November.

ESPNsoccernet has awarded the rights to manage its Australia and New Zealand online media advertising and sponsorship sales to Ansearch.

The Volvo Ocean Race, which starts from Galicia in Spain next month, looks set to achieve record numbers of television viewers.

TWI has secured the services of the Nine Network's former head of entertainment Glenn Pallister, to grow its production business in Australia and New Zealand.

The British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand earlier this year ploughed more than $NZ130million into the economy.