Ice hockey: Iceland has lesson for NZ
Ice hockey: Iceland has lesson for NZ
Iceland gave New Zealand an ice hockey lesson with a commanding 7-1 win at the Dunedin Ice Stadium last night.
Alistair McMurran
New Zealand 'blows out cobwebs' in win over Bulgaria
New Zealand 'blows out cobwebs' in win over Bulgaria
New Zealand beat Bulgaria 3-1 but it will need to lift its game when it faces top seed Iceland in the under 20 world third division ice hockey championships tonight.
Ice Hockey: Courageous Bulgaria gives China fright before losing
Ice Hockey: Courageous Bulgaria gives China fright before losing
Bulgaria gave China an unexpected fright with its aggressive play in Dunedin yesterday.
Mountain Biking: Success in NZ delights MacDonald
Mountain Biking: Success in NZ delights MacDonald
Napier rider Brook MacDonald handled the slippery conditions well to win the elite men's downhill in the Dunedin round of the national series on Saturday.
Mountain Biking: Teenager classy in cross-country race
Mountain Biking: Teenager classy in cross-country race
North Canterbury mountain biker Anton Cooper (17) moved up to a new level in Dunedin yesterday.
Mountain Biking: Atkin shows up elite rivals on slippery downhill course
Mountain Biking: Atkin shows up elite rivals on slippery downhill course
Sarah Atkin (Lower Hutt) continued her domination of New Zealand women's downhill mountain biking in Dunedin on Saturday.
Rowing: Another Bond making name in pairs
Rowing: Another Bond making name in pairs
North End rower Alistair Bond is moving up the ranks of New Zealand rowing and it will probably not be long before he joins his older brother in international crews.
Mountain biking: Leading riders to put new track to test
Mountain biking: Leading riders to put new track to test
A new era will start for Dunedin mountain biking this weekend with the downhill and cross-country events being held at the same venue on Signal Hill for the first time.
Mountain biking: Mountain biking focus for former Olympian
Mountain biking: Mountain biking focus for former Olympian
Australian Jared Graves has turned his back on the Olympics and is now concentrating on being a professional downhill mountain biker.
Masters manager's last Games
Masters manager's last Games
Aaron Joy, the face of the New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin for the past nine years, is calling it quits and returning to his home town of Christchurch.
Multisport: Iconic race 30 this year and still running hot
Multisport: Iconic race 30 this year and still running hot
In the first of a series of articles leading up to the 30th annual Speight's Coast to Coast race on February 10-11, Alistair McMurran talks to race director Robin Judkins.
Bowls: Active interclub player at 97
Bowls: Active interclub player at 97
Tom Galway is a youthful 97-year-old. He plays interclub bowls, drives a car and learnt to use an iPad 12 months ago.
Bowls: Junior team named for transtasman
Bowls: Junior team named for transtasman
Age restrictions have been lifted, indicating the national selectors are looking closely at the form of players named in the New Zealand junior development team to play Australia in Invercargill in March.
Best of the rest: Graeme Lawless - Four NZ decathlon titles
Best of the rest: Graeme Lawless - Four NZ decathlon titles
Graeme Lawless won four New Zealand decathlon titles in a row and was one of the stars of the Leith Athletics Club in the early 1950s.
Bowls: Three standouts at national champs
Bowls: Three standouts at national champs
There were three standout players at the just completed New Zealand championships in Auckland - Mandy Boyd (Johnsonville), Andrew Kelly (Canterbury) and Blake Signal (Wellington).
Bowls: Kelly youngest to skip winner of national fours title
Bowls: Kelly youngest to skip winner of national fours title
It was Andrew Kelly's day. He skipped his Composite team to win his first national championship title in the fours in Auckland.
Swimming: Dominant ocean swimmer for a decade
Swimming: Dominant ocean swimmer for a decade
Former Dunedin swimmer Philip Rush, New Zealand's greatest ocean swimmer, was inducted into the NZ Sports Hall of Fame. He talks with sports writer Alistair McMurran about his deeds in the ocean.
Bowls: Second Festival Fours for Munro
Bowls: Second Festival Fours for Munro
The annual Dunedin Festival Fours is a special event for Forbury Park bowler Ross Munro, who was in the winning team for the second time yesterday.
Bowls: Lawson four bows out in quarter-final
Bowls: Lawson four bows out in quarter-final
Gary Lawson failed in his bid to win his 11th New Zealand open bowls championship title at Auckland and claim the national record for most titles.
Bowls: Callon delighted to be taking orders from son
Bowls: Callon delighted to be taking orders from son
This weekend's Festival Fours holds special significance for former Otago rugby representative Dave Callon because he is playing with his 81-year-old father.