New Zealand

Players from the touring British and Irish Lions squad will take part in a game to raise money to help tsunami relief efforts.

The format of the 2005 Tri-Nations tournament has been agreed.

World In Motion has agreed a deal between Penguin Ireland and rugby union star Brian O’Driscoll for his diary of the 2005 rugby season.

World In Motion has agreed a deal between Penguin Ireland and rugby union star Brian O’Driscoll for his diary of the 2005 rugby season.

The SANZAR rugby union nations of South Africa, New Zealand and Australia have agreed a new five-year $323million broadcasting deal with News Limited and South Africa's Supersport.

Japan Rugby Union chairman Noburo Mashimo has ruled out a joint bid with New Zealand to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

A study of 17 countries shows a cumulated TV audience of more than 1.8 billion for the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, up on Sydney 2000.

Rugby league chiefs in Britain have been toasting another successful year that brought profits of £750,000 in 2004.

The Unilever brand, ‘Sure for Men’, has joined Diageo’s Guinness as a commercial partner to the much anticipated British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand next year.

New Zealand Rugby Union chairman Jock Hobbs has confirmed that the Union has had talks with their Japanese counterparts about co-hosting the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup.

Alastair Campbell will be hired as a consultant to advise on media and communications for next year's British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand.

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

Samsung will sponsor the 26th edition of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament to be held at Lahore, Pakistan from December 4.

Authorities at Sydney’s Telstra Stadium, the AFL and the ARU, have resolved a scheduling clash between the codes.

Alastair Campbell, the former UK government chief spin doctor has been appointed media relations advisor the British Lions rugby team to tour New Zealand next year.

The Oceania Nations Cup, which determines the top team in FIFA's smallest and least powerful region, could be shelved in favour of a four-nation tournament designed to attract top Asian, European and South American teams.