India and New Zealand are set to strengthen their sports collaboration through joint training camps, coaching exchanges, and knowledge sharing in sports science, analytics, and athlete performance systems,

Team New Zealand performs a haka after New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won the silver medal in the women's snowboarding slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Credit: AP/Lindsey Wasson

New Zealand Centenary Sports Cooperation: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday chaired a high level ministerial meeting with New Zealand sports delegation to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation in sports and strengthening collaboration between the sporting ecosystems of the two countries.

South Africa has joined Fiji atop the World Rugby Sevens Series men’s standings after beating Spain 38-12 in the final of the Vancouver Sevens. Player of the Tournament Tristan Leyds provided

The year 2026 marks 100 years of sporting ties between India and New Zealand, tracing back to the historic 1926 Indian Army hockey tour to New Zealand, one of the earliest major sporting engagements between the two nations.