Nine years on from an historic success over the All Blacks, Ireland return to Chicago to take on New Zealand again. Then coached by Joe Schmidt, Ireland secured their first ever victory over the world champions at Soldier Field in 2016,

The most recent meetings occurred in Jan. 2023, as part of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup prep, when the USWNT visited New Zealand before the global tournament. The Stars and Stripes dominated the Football Ferns over two games, a 4-0 win in Wellington and a 5-0 victory in Auckland.

The Chicago 'rematch' is set for Saturday with Ireland and New Zealand returning to the scene of their historic 2019 battle at Soldier Field. Head coaches Andy Farrell and Scott Robertson have named their squads for the match with Jack Crowley given the nod at fly-half for Ireland and Beauden Barrett named in the same position for the All Blacks.

Emma Sears scored three goals and Catarina Macario added two as the U.S. women’s national team routed New Zealand 6-0.

Kyle Jamieson was included in the New Zealand squad for the Twenty20 series against West Indies on Sunday despite missing the one-day series against England with a side injury, but his fellow paceman Matt Henry has been rested.

84 Runs scored by England's top four across the three ODIs in New Zealand - the fewest by any team's top four in a men's ODI series or tournament where they batted at least three times. The previous lowest was 89 by Bangladesh in the 1988 Asia Cup.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Saturday that its forces staged naval and air drills with counterparts from the United States, Australia and New Zealand from Thursday to Friday in the disputed South China Sea.

U.S. tariffs have acted as a negative demand shock for a small open economy like New Zealand's, Prasanna Gai, a member on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's rate setting committee, said on Friday. At an event in Melbourne,

West Indies have left out Gudakesh Motie from their T20I squad for the upcoming tour of New Zealand. The squad also sees the return of Matthew Forde, who had suffered a shoulder injury in August. With Ramon Simmons and Jediah Blades unavailable due to injuries,

India and New Zealand are likely to conclude negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement this week, the talks for which restarted this year in March after a hiatus of ten years. ET's Kirtika Suneja traces the timeline and framework of the proposed agreement.