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Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt admits it's a little daunting taking over a side featuring many players he's never met before moving to Australia from New Zealand.

Justina Kitchen overcame a ruptured ACL and will compete in Paris as the sailing class features in the Games for the first time

The announcement comes after a major biodiversity restoration bill in the European Union was shelved amid protests by farmers all over the continent.

Player-of-the-match Dean finished with four for 38 off nine overs.

Tammy Beaumont and Maia Bouchier led England to a thumping victory in Chester-le-Street.

England ran rampant at Durham in their opening ODI, bowling New Zealand out for 156 within 34 overs before reaching the target with nine wickets and 172 balls to spare

England were supreme as they romped to victory in the first one-day international at Chester-le-Street. James Wallace has the reaction

Ardie Savea, the world player of the year, says the All Blacks want to settle a few old scores when they meet England next week

Minister of Resources and of Regional Development Shane Jones has been busy boosting the prospects of an expanded mining and oil industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. A new mining policy is “long overdue”, he has said, and will counter the country’s “excessive levels of environmental protection”.