Football: Last-minute strike costs Otago victory
Football: Last-minute strike costs Otago victory
Otago United yesterday discovered that sometimes luck can be in short supply at a time when you are struggling.
Hayden Meikle
League: Warriors skipper fronts up to rumours
League: Warriors skipper fronts up to rumours
Prices reveals his softer side in his new biography.
Softball: Otago teams battle at champs
Softball: Otago teams battle at champs
Otago teams found the going predictably tough at the South Island championships in Christchurch over the weekend.
Rugby: NZRU windfall for struggling provinces
Rugby: NZRU windfall for struggling provinces
Otago rugby will get an immediate cash boost of $150,000 following the New Zealand Rugby Union's unprecedented decision to prop up its battling unions.
Rugby: Remodelled prop raring to go
Rugby: Remodelled prop raring to go
Clint Newland has a new shoulder but the same straggly haircut and determination to drive a dominant Highlanders scrum next season.
Softball: Canterbury looms as daunting task
Softball: Canterbury looms as daunting task
Otago will have to break one of New Zealand sport's most daunting records if it is to win the Jefferies Cup in Christchurch this weekend.
Softball: Big step for Otago youngsters
Softball: Big step for Otago youngsters
Four pitchers, of varying levels of experience, will be the key to Otago's hopes of making the final of the Jubilee Cup women's softball tournament in Christchurch this weekend.
Like nothing you've ever played before
Like nothing you've ever played before
Is it everything it's cracked up to be? Yes. And then some.
Cricket: Nervous eyes look to skies
Cricket: Nervous eyes look to skies
It is too soon to be fretting about a repeat of 1998 but cricket fans can also not be certain bad weather will not affect the test between New Zealand and the West Indies in Dunedin.
Even more Locusts to liquefy
Even more Locusts to liquefy
Harder, better, faster, stronger...
Softball: Ellis Park first-round champion
Softball: Ellis Park first-round champion
The Dodgers' bats ran hot in a key double-header win against the Saints but Ellis Park held its cool as the final pre-Christmas round of Dunedin premier softball staged a thrilling finish on Saturday.
Cricket: Sparks share honours in double header
Cricket: Sparks share honours in double header
It was not quite the perfect weekend but the Otago Sparks were left smiling after a rare win against Auckland yesterday.
Rugby: ORFU not begging for handout
Rugby: ORFU not begging for handout
Richard Reid says Otago rugby would welcome financial assistance but will not be going cap in hand to the New Zealand Rugby Union.
Basketball: Marshall treasures memory
Basketball: Marshall treasures memory
Todd Marshall felt the sting of defeat plenty of times when he coached the Nuggets but he was hurting more yesterday.
Netball: Missing faces as Steel gathers in first camp
Netball: Missing faces as Steel gathers in first camp
A new baby and a still-ineligible Australian have prevented Southern Steel coach Robyn Broughton having all her players in camp this weekend.
Cricket: In-form Cumming leads Otago to solid 357
Cricket: In-form Cumming leads Otago to solid 357
Craig Cumming would probably rather be preparing for a game at the University Oval but he will have to be content with posting another century for Otago.
Fresh petrolhead madness
Fresh petrolhead madness
For those who really value the sensation of speed...
Time to take football back
Time to take football back
Pro Evolution v Fifa. The battles rage on.
Gun for hire battles foes and malaria
Gun for hire battles foes and malaria
Step into the shoes of an unlikely (anti) hero; a mercenary suffering from malaria...
A treat for fans of Marvel comics
A treat for fans of Marvel comics
Spiderman: Web of Shadows Activision Xbox 360 3 stars (out of 5) Review by Hayden Meikle The story: Our hero refuses to sit by and watch the symbiote substance (or being) turn...