Seems like there is always a Cachopa in the headlines lately.
Otago all-rounder Sam Wells has made a speedier-than-expected recovery and will join the Volts for their top-of-the-table Plunket Shield match against Central Districts in Napier today.
The Barron brothers, Ken and Clark, unseated the Butchers to win the annual Brothers in Arms title at the Oamaru Harness Racing Club's meeting on Saturday.
Oamaru Harness Racing Club president David Heffernan was the happiest man at the track on Saturday.
Cricket fans in the South will get first dibs on tickets for the test between New Zealand and England at the University Oval in March.
The Otago Sparks made an excellent start to the summer with a comprehensive win against Auckland in the opening game of the twenty/20 tournament in Invercargill last night.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White was as disappointed as anyone following the Black Caps' humiliating 10-wicket loss to Sri Lanka earlier this week.
Is it time the ANZ Championship introduced a system to spread the talent more evenly? Netball writer Adrian Seconi thinks so. He uses the Australian National Basketball League's "points cap" system to rate the five New Zealand franchises.
Otago Sparks coach Warren Lees has probably seen it all in cricket.
Netball South chairman Paul Buckner says the organisation will not be rushed into appointing a chief executive.
Back-up Black Sticks goalkeeper Hamish McGregor became a Southern Dog by technicality.
You've left it too late if you're in the market for about eight tonnes of what is effectively green carpet.
Former Otago opening batsman Craig Cumming has switched his bat for a mike this summer.
Molyneux Park's warrant of fitness has been reinstated by New Zealand Cricket.
Otago Sparks coach Warren Lees sprang a surprise when he named his team for the series of matches against Auckland in Invercargill next week.
Nothing gets in the way of a thrilling finish like the fear of losing.
It did not feel right when Glenn Turner was sidelined last summer.
There is a lot of talk about combinations in netball. You would not get the ball from one end of the court to the other without all the players working together. The same is true for the game's administrators.
Poor old Will Williams.
Good things come to those who wait.