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England and New Zealand face very different paths on the way to 3/3

ALTHOUGH Group B’s top sides England and New Zealand both kept their undefeated runs in tact overnight, they faced very different challenges to do so. ENGLAND 18 | 20 | 15 | 18 (71)NORTHERN IRELAND 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 (27)              England did not face too much of a challenge to keep their undefeated run […]

Malawi and Uganda get on the board

DAY 3 for Group B saw two different countries get their first wins on the board for these Commonwealth Games. After pushing their opponents the previous day, both Malawi and Uganda got on the winner’s list overnight, defeating Northern Ireland and Trinidad and Tobago respectively. MALAWI                            12 | 13 | 17 | 12 (54)NORTHERN IRELAND       […]

2022 Commonwealth Games Preview: Malawi

THE 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England are just around the corner. To celebrate, we are previewing each of the competing netball nations and predicting how they might fare in the tournament. Today it is Malawi, who came seventh in the most recent Commonwealth Games, and sixth in the 2019 Netball World Cup. Malawi is […]

NWC19: Day 11 – Silver Ferns claim remarkable one-goal victory over Diamonds

NEW Zealand has turned around a one-goal defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Australia to inflict that exact result on the Diamonds in the Netball World Cup final. The Silver Ferns had a shaky first few minutes, but once they settled into the game, were clearly the dominant team, maintaining possession and forcing turnovers. Australia […]

NWC19 – Day 9: Sunshine Girls to meet Queens in battle for fifth

SRI LANKA (78) defeated SINGAPORE (57) Sri Lanka has handed Singapore the sixteenth placed spot in the Netball World Cup, with Tharjini Sivalingam again wrecking havoc for the opposition. The towering Sri Lankan shooter fired off 77 goals from 85 attempts to beat the highest individual goals record at the tournament – one she set […]

Raining success down in Africa – 2019 Netball World Cup an overwhelming achievement

IS the 2019 Netball World Cup the beginning of a new frontier for African sport? For the first time in recent history, and possibly since international sports received the attention they deserved, the African continent has four teams filling out places in the top eight spots at the Netball World Cup. Whilst the final finishing […]

NWC19: Day 8 – Diamonds and Roses top groups as Calypso Girls split points with Thistles

NORTHERN IRELAND (46) defeated BARBADOS (43) Northern Ireland has secured a top 10 place at the Netball World Cup after seeing off Barbados in a three-goal thriller on the final day of the Preliminary Stage Two. It means the Warriors finish above rivals Scotland, and face Trinidad and Tobago for ninth place. In the game, […]

NWC 2019 Day 4: Samoa, Uganda and Malawi all prevail in tight tussle

ZIMBABWE (36) defeated by NEW ZEALAND (79) The Silver Ferns continued their dominant form with a 43 goal victory over Zimbabwe. New Zealand showcased their class, composure and netball smarts to work the ball down the court and exploit the weaknesses in their opposition line-up. They used every inch of the court to create strong […]

NWC19 reviews: Day 1 – Favourites cruise through as Barbados and Zimbabwe produce magical wins

NEW ZEALAND (64) defeated MALAWI (45) New Zealand has exorcised any past demons from its shock loss to Malawi at last year’s Commonwealth Games, downing the Queens by 19 points on the opening day of the Netball World Cup. In the first completed match of the tournament, the Silver Ferns took control early with a […]

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