Australian coach Lisa Alexander is calling for more from her players after losing the first Test of netball’s Constellation Cup 53-52 to New Zealand in Christchurch.

World Cup-winning captain Laura Langman and outstanding goal shooter Maria Folau have signed on for another Silver Ferns campaign.

Twenty-five teachers from various schools in Labasa are now Oceania Netball Foundation accredited coaches.

To develop netball in Fiji, there needs to be more facilities such as netball courts.

Finishing as runners ups in the U12 grade in the Central and Eastern Zone Primary Schools Netball competition is a big achievement for the Wainikeli District School.

The Silver Ferns’ World Cup-winning squad will each receive a payment of $25,000 as a bonus for their achievement earlier this week.

The Silver Ferns aren’t fazed by their lack of prize money for winning netball’s World Cup despite fourth-placed South Africa receiving $130,000.

Different styles of training and over eleven months of hard work has paid off for the Silver Ferns.

New Zealand have ended Australia’s dominance of the Netball World Cup by knocking off the Diamonds 52-51 in an absorbing final in Liverpool.

England booked a semi-final meeting with New Zealand at the Netball World Cup by beating South Africa 58-47 in their final group match.

The Fiji Pearls beat Sri Lanka 59-44 to claim their second win of the Preliminaries stage two at the Vitality Netball World Cup.

There is a high chance the Fiji Pearls will meet Samoa again at the Netball World Cup.