Otago will lose two of its elite distance runners when Kellie Palmer (Hill City) and Luke Hurring (Ariki) shift to Melbourne next month.
Fiona Hely (Hill City) has reaped the rewards of hard work last winter by being named in the New Zealand development team to compete on Queensland's Gold Coast in July.
Adam Thomson's chances of making the All Black squad this year are looking good, with the Otago and Highlanders loose forward attending a preliminary All Black camp in Auckland.
Lions coach Eugene Eloff is not confident of beating the Highlanders at Carisbrook tonight despite the home team's no-win record after six games.
Shall we we dance? No, coach Matt Dallow is not asking Beatrice Faumuina for a spin across the sports field. He is teaching her a few new training tricks.
The Fred Strachan-coached Otago Boys double sculls of Robbie Mears and Joe Latta won their under-16 heat at the Maadi Cup national secondary schools regatta yesterday to advance to the semifinals.
Some people might call it beginner's luck, but this is not strictly true because Dunedin's Nairn Smith has been playing croquet for the past 17 years.
Coach Robbie Deans has given a pat on the back to the Highlanders by picking 11 All Blacks in the Crusaders starting line-up for the Super 14 game at Christchurch tomorrow night.
Bill and Noeleen Scott, the only married couple to represent New Zealand at bowls, received their second test cap at the Cromwell Bowling Club on Saturday.
Alhambra-Union beat Harbour 30-5 in the the Gallaway Trophy game of the day in Dunedin premier rugby on Saturday.
World rowing champion Hamish Bond was last night named the Otago Sportsperson of the Year.
The New Zealand bobsleigh team will be looking for a podium finish in the Winter Olympics at Vancouver in 2010, project co-ordinator and three-times Olympian Dr Angus Ross says.
Dunedin runners Ron Esplin and Gavin Craw did not blast the London Marathon field apart, but they are the proud recipients of the centenary medals given to runners who finished the course.
Cromwell's Paul Allison will be broadcasting to 400 million viewers as part of the TVNZ commentary team covering the Beijing Olympic Games.
The University Rugby Club intends to fight to keep University B in the Dunedin premier competition in the face of criticism and calls for the team to be chucked out of the top ranks.
Stewart Elder's lifelong love of sailing began in 1935 when he joined the Port Chalmers Yacht Club.
Harbour flanker Eben Joubert is bringing a tough and uncompromising approach to Dunedin club rugby this winter.
It is a collector's item. The cricket ball used when the Otago Volts won the State Shield will be auctioned at next week's Otago Sports Awards dinner in the Dunedin Town Hall.
Paul Coffey's disappointment turned to joy when he was added to the New Zealand team for the Beijing Paralympics this week.
Alison Shanks' baggage included three bikes when she left Dunedin on Saturday on the first stage of her journey to the Olympic Games in Beijing.