Tauranga News

The announcement of the venues for ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2021 was made at Auckland’s Kohimarama Beach. The announcement ceremony was followed by a game of beach cricket featuring Indian cricketer superstar Mithali Raj; newly appointed New Zealand women's captain Sophie Devine and teammates Suzie Bates and Amelia Kerr, and New Zealand men's team players Tom Latham and Henry Nicholls.

India went down fighting to Belgium 1-2 in a thrilling final of the first leg of the Four Nations Invitational tournament at the Blake Park here on Sunday. Tom Boon (4th minute) and Sebastien Dockier (36th) found the target for Belgium while Mandeep Singh (19th) was India's lone goal-scorer.

A structured defence and clinical attack saw the Indian men's hockey team beat hosts New Zealand 3-1 in the final round robin match in the double-leg Four Nations Invitational Tournament here at Blake Park on Saturday.

The Indian men's hockey team failed to convert any of the four penalty corners and ended up losing 0-2 to Belgium at the Four Nations Invitational tournament at the Blake Park here on Thursday.

India's under-19 cricket team competing in the ongoing ICC World Cup on Wednesday attended the national men's hockey team's clash, along with coach Rahul Dravid, against Japan in an invitational tournament.

A scintillating double-century stand between New Zealand openers Jakob Bhula and Rachin Ravindra lit up the Hagley Oval as several records were broken during the Group A match against Kenya that the hosts won by 243 runs in the ICC U-19 World Cup.