Christchurch United have become the South Island’s first professional football club, beating out the Wellington Phoenix for a place in the upcoming Oceania Pro League.
One more win is all Coastal Spirit and Cashmere Technical need to confirm their places in the Southern League title race and secure National League qualification ahead of Sunday’s final round.
“How much do you want this?” That was the challenge from Technical A head coach Charlotte Drummond as her side staged a dramatic comeback to win the Christchurch Netball Premier 1 final.
A week ago, 23-year-old Christchurch sportsman Seamus Stack was in an induced coma after open-heart surgery to save his life.
You could be forgiven for thinking Marist fans had no fingernails left to chew after Saturday.
Christchurch Girls’ High School sealed its fifth straight Top 4 appearance with a commanding 75-12 win over St Hilda’s Collegiate in Saturday’s South Island final.
Despite sealing the Miles Toyota Premiership title, Christchurch Boys’ High have had to quickly refocus on Saturday's South Island first XV final against Southland Boys' High.
Family connections feature strongly in the Canterbury Bulls squad for their men’s national premiership campaign which kicks off in early September.
Despite sealing the Miles Toyota Premiership title with their biggest win over Christ’s College in a decade, Christchurch Boys’ High have had to quickly refocus on Saturday's South Island first XV final.
“You start turning up in December, all the Tuesday and Thursday trainings, so it’s always rewarding when you get what you’ve prepared for," says grand-final-winning Linwood Keas coach Andrew Auimatagi.
A massive preliminary final victory over Halswell Hornets has given Riccarton Knights their first grand final berth since 2004.
Mad Mondays are a traditional rite of passage for grand final-winning sports teams. But for try scoring hero Shun Miyake, he could not go overboard after his last-minute try won Marist Albion the Metro premier title.
The last time Christchurch United reached a Chatham Cup quarter-final, they went on to win the competition.
The rugby player who sucker-punched an opponent in a Christchurch club game has been banned for 28 matches - effectively ruling him out of the sport for two years.
The rugby player who sucker-punched an opponent in a Christchurch club game has been banned for 28 matches - effectively ruling him out of the sport for two years.
Forty years after their famous title-winning season in 1985, a Marist Albion team with deep ties to the club’s past will take on Linwood in the Metro premier final on Sunday.
Not many people involved in the Christchurch running scene can claim to be more well-known than The Frontrunner Colombo owner Oska Baynes.
The two frontrunners in the Miles Toyota Premiership will finally meet in the last match before the semi-finals.
Linwood are taking a novel build-up into the preliminary finals of the Metro premier competition on Saturday.
Rugby teams around the country will sport bright yellow shoelaces this weekend to remember a Christchurch boy who died from cancer five years ago.
