Cycling: Shanks turns up the heat for home fans
Cycling: Shanks turns up the heat for home fans
Olympian Alison Shanks had to win the women's criterium in Dunedin yesterday because a group of family members had come to cheer her on.
Alistair McMurran
Rugby: Game time the thing now for Highlanders
Rugby: Game time the thing now for Highlanders
The result does not count for championship points, but the Highlanders still want to beat the Chiefs in the Super 14 warm-up game at Rotorua tomorrow night.
Athletics: Crumpton favoured to win another NZ 10,000m title
Athletics: Crumpton favoured to win another NZ 10,000m title
Dunedin runner Shireen Crumpton is poised to win her third New Zealand women's 10,000m title, at Inglewood tonight.
Mountain biking: MacLeod refusing to give up after serious injury
Mountain biking: MacLeod refusing to give up after serious injury
Sheryl MacLeod still wants to get back on her mountain bike but knows there is a chance her international career is over.
Cycling: No stopping Schofield after switch of sport
Cycling: No stopping Schofield after switch of sport
Dunedin physical education student Katie Schofield was a promising sprinter in athletics when a nagging knee injury forced her to change sports.
Bowls: Susilo dominant in open singles
Bowls: Susilo dominant in open singles
Joko Susilo completed the double for the Andersons Bay club when he won the Bowls Dunedin open singles on the Kaikorai green last night.
Youth Olympics: Greene bags silver at Sydney games
Youth Olympics: Greene bags silver at Sydney games
Rebekah Greene won a 3000m silver medal and was the best-performed Otago competitor at the Sydney Youth Olympic Festival.
Cycling: Recreational riding class aimed at breaking down barriers
Cycling: Recreational riding class aimed at breaking down barriers
Budding cyclists will have an opportunity to brush up on their riding skills when recreational cycling is added to the Cycling Otago racing programme at the end of the month.
Orienteering: Ryan follows in family's footsteps
Orienteering: Ryan follows in family's footsteps
Orienteering is the favourite sport of the Cambridge family and Ryan is the latest to excel at the sport.
Athletics: `Hare' proves too quick for `tortoise'
Athletics: `Hare' proves too quick for `tortoise'
It was a day when the traditional roles were reversed.
Cycling: Campaign starts with World Cup win
Cycling: Campaign starts with World Cup win
Dunedin international cyclist Alison Shanks started her 2009 racing campaign with a significant victory in the 3000m individual pursuit at the World Cup in Beijing at the weekend.
Surf life-saving: McMillan thrown a lifeline
Surf life-saving: McMillan thrown a lifeline
Pool swimming has been put on the backburner by former Dunedin swimmer Andrew McMillan since he missed selection for the Beijing Olympics.
Softball: Player-coach key to Southern success
Softball: Player-coach key to Southern success
Player-coach Marty Gray will play a key role in the Southern Pride team that is keen to stamp its mark on the national men's league in Auckland at the weekend.
Triathlon: Bayfield boys take up challenge
Triathlon: Bayfield boys take up challenge
The Bayfield Boys took up the challenge and entered a team for today's Wanaka Challenge over the ironman distance.
Athletics: Aitken sets sights high after Hamilton medal haul
Athletics: Aitken sets sights high after Hamilton medal haul
A new life opened up for intellectually disabled athlete Matt Aitken when he dipped into athletics three years ago.
Softball: Southern Pride sets sights on national finals
Softball: Southern Pride sets sights on national finals
The Southern Pride women's softball team has one simple goal this season - to make the national finals.
Athletics: Record mile in prospect
Athletics: Record mile in prospect
The magical 3min 50sec mile barrier could be broken on March 13 when Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Nick Willis and British runner Andrew Baddeley go head to head in Christchurch.
Curling: Juniors third in Pacific event
Curling: Juniors third in Pacific event
It was close, but no cigar for the New Zealand junior men's curling team in China yesterday.
Bowls: Milestone for Leeden at indoor champs
Bowls: Milestone for Leeden at indoor champs
Dunedin bowler Dennis Leeden achieved a rare milestone when he won his first-round singles game at the world indoor singles championships in England on Monday.
Youth Olympics: Flett most promising of contingent
Youth Olympics: Flett most promising of contingent
Promising Otago sprinter Toby Flett (Otago Boys High School) looks the most talented of the eight Otago competitors competing in the Australian Youth Olympics in Sydney this week.