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Experienced Football Ferns return from injury for Football World Cup warm up games.

Football Ferns great Maia Jackman says Saudi sponsorship of the Women's World Cup would be in "complete opposition" to female empowerment.

Sports minister Grant Robertson believes FIFA needs to consider the "empowerment of women and girls" when making commercial arrangements amid reports Saudi Arabia's tourism arm is set to sponsor the…

Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have asked Fifa to "urgently clarify" reports that Saudi Arabia's tourism authority will sponsor this year's World Cup.

Fan interest forces FIFA to change first game of the Women's World Cup to bigger venue in Australia.

Experienced defender Anna Green has retired from Football Ferns duty, ruling herself out of this year's FIFA women's World Cup.

Organisers of this year's women's football World Cup in New Zealand and Australia are hoping to attract record viewership of up to two billion viewers.

Fans are describing Auckland Transport's plans to help them get to and from Elton John's concerts in the supercity this weekend as a fiasco with tonight's concert now cancelled due to the weather. Audio

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's latest film Pathaan, which releases next week, has been hitting the headlines in India for the past several weeks. Video

Fans watcing the FIFA World Cup games in New Zealand and Australia later this year should be able to hear referees explaining their VAR decisions.

Young fans were among those enjoying the spectacle of seeing the national team play the world champions, a world cup organiser says. Audio

Argentina features heavily in shortlists for FIFA's Best awards following their World Cup triumph.

Maria Salamasina of Samoa joins a select group of officials for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Cultural sensitivities around drug testing at this year's FIFA Women's Football World Cup are front of mind for Drug Free Sport New Zealand.

Cultural sensitivities around drug testing at this year's FIFA Women's Football World Cup are front of mind for Drug Free Sport New Zealand.

New Zealander Anna-Marie Keighley has been appointed as a referee for this year's Women's Football World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Football Ferns coach Jitka Klimková has named a largely inexperienced squad for the friendlies against world champions the USA in New Zealand later this month.

It's that of time of the year - the RNZ Sports crew look back of the sporting highlights, lowlights, and oddities of the sporting year that was.

Island nation wants to join Argentina at top table; players join Super W clubs; and French Polynesia hosts MMA tournament

Analysis - As the FIFA circus is racing to Hamad Airport to get out of Qatar, Coen Lammers reflects on 30 Days in Doha.

New high-performance athlete accommodation in Upper Hutt is ready to wow the Swedish women's football team.

The All Whites may not have qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but New Zealand is well represented in every other part of the biggest sporting event on the globe, writes Coen Lammers.