New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) chairman Jock Hobbs offered to resign this week over the collapse of his former company Strategic Finance.

Captain Daniel Vettori again holds the New Zealand cricket team's fate in his hands after his batting fightback saved their blushes in the first test against Australia in Wellington today.

Otago United missed out on the play-offs but there was no doubt the team improved vastly under new coach Malcolm Fleming this season. Otago Daily Times soccer writer Rab Smith reviews the campaign.

If Steel captain Megan Dehn has learned anything in the past year, it is that you have to make the most of your opportunities when they come along.

Winger Manu Vatuvei's hot start to the new National Rugby League season continued tonight when he grabbed a hat-trick of tries to help the New Zealand Warriors beat Cronulla 30-16 in Auckland.