Adrian Seconi

You can add tennis and golf to the list of club sports in Dunedin which are struggling.

Clubs are still the backbone of our sports system but Sport Otago chief executive John Brimble believes they will have to adapt if they are going to flourish in the future. Adrian Seconi reports.

Club sport still takes place in most towns and cities around New Zealand every day. Clubs once stitched the community together but are they fraying around the edges?In the opening part of a short series, reporter Adrian Seconi checks the pulse of some Dunedin clubs and finds times are achanging at a very rapid rate.

When it comes to awkward dismissals, Angelo Mathews nailed it yesterday.

Our series has plotted the decline in local club sport since the mid-1980s and asked what clubs can do to remain relevant in the future. Adrian Seconi offers his final thoughts on the issue.

New Zealand cricket great Glenn Turner has given Black Caps batsman Kane Williamson a glowing report card after Williamson climbed to the top of the ICC test batting rankings following his undefeated 108 against Sri Lanka yesterday.

Otago is 0-3 in the Plunket Shield this season after suffering a 92-run loss to Wellington at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

Kaikorai continues to play a positive brand of cricket and it paid off with an impressive 55-run win against Green Island at Bishopscourt in the weekend.

The $2.247 million price tag for the University Oval's upgrade is set to rise.

Poor weather has ruined what was shaping as an intriguing day at the Basin Reserve.

If Clyde is representative of what is happening to our rural sporting hubs, then there is a crisis brewing in the regions.

Black Caps all-rounder Jimmy Neesham and impressive pace bowler Warren Barnes will sit out Otago's Plunket Shield match against Wellington beginning at the Basin Reserve today.

Basketball Otago's financial salvation cost the community $163,843.

Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum and Sri Lankan counterpart Angelo Mathews are both a little bit in the dark about the processes surrounding the Decision Review System.

Basketball Otago (BBO) has a new boss.

Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne obstinately defied New Zealand's bowlers for much of the second day of the first test at University Oval in Dunedin, but the hosts still have the upper hand.

Distractions, distractions, distractions.

Brendon McCullum stands by the evidence he gave in the Chris Cairns perjury trial and says it is time to move on.

New Zealand has beaten Sri Lanka by 122 runs in the opening test in Dunedin.