Former All Blacks first-five Lima Sopoaga suggests Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph's people skills make him the best option to take over the national team job from Scott Robertson

India have beaten New Zealand by 48 runs in the opening T20 cricket international of their five-match World Cup build-up series at Nagpur.



To second round Australian Tennis Open results from Melbourne Park.

In the women's draw, Coco Gauff, Jasmine Paolini and Mirra Andreeva, the third, seventh and eighth seeds, have advanced.

In the men's tournament, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev and Alex de Minaur, the top, third and sixth seeds, are through.



The 38th America's Cup match will be contested from July 10 next year in Naples.



Josh Burnett will don the race leader's orange jersey on the fifth stage of cycling's Tour of Southland.



In Adelaide, Laurence Pithie sits fifth after the first stage of the Tour Down Under.



The New Zealand women's hockey team have lost 2-1 to the United States in cold, wet and windy conditions at Dunedin.



The second-ranked South East Melbourne Phoenix have beaten the seventh-placed Breakers 123-116 in ANBL basketball.