Double Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale's hopes of a Tokyo swansong have been crushed after missing out on the men's national rowing squad for 2021

Jordan Parry will done the black singlet in his place.

Elsewhere, the governing body has opted to send an eight but not a quad to the last chance regatta at Lucerne in May.

The country's incumbent pair Tom Murray and Michael Brake have bolstered the ranks alongside Hamish Bond.



After a slow start Bangladesh are working towards a strong total in the second one day cricket international against the Black Caps in Christchurch.

A short time ago the Tigers were 213 for 4 in the 45th over.



Rieko Ioane's vowing to use Sevu Reece's mimicry of his try celebration as motivation when they next play.

The Blues centre's taken to folding his arms and staring at the crowd in defiance after scoring this season.

Reece lit up social media with a spoof of it after he scored the winning try for the Crusaders in their Super Rugby Aotearoa match on Sunday.