The dust has barely settled on the World Cup and now here comes the English Premier League. Sports editor Hayden Meikle casts his eye over the contenders, the pretenders, the minnows, the prima donnas, the stalwarts, the big deals and the probability that Liverpool will not win.
One Fleming will be on the Caversham sideline and one Fleming will be in the thick of the action at the Chatham Cup semifinal on Saturday. Sports editor Hayden Meikle meets rising midfielder Patrick Fleming. Tomorrow, Meikle profiles long-serving coach Steve Fleming.
Southland has beaten Otago 16-12 to retain the shield.
• Shield thoughts . . . So the big day has arrived.
Caversham is again just two wins away from claiming its maiden Chatham Cup, and will host Auckland side Bay Olympic at the end of next week in a semifinal. To begin the countdown, sports editor Hayden Meikle catches up with one of the club's former sons who now makes his name in another sport.
American media outlets have long produced "power rankings" to provide a timely judgement of who is hot in the sporting world. Can the same be done for New Zealand athletes? Sports editor Hayden Meikle can't see why not.
Dunedin-based fighters acquitted themselves well as part of the South Island team at the New Zealand Golden Gloves in Nelson at the weekend.
Ross Hay cradled one treasure in his arms but could not quite grasp the Ranfurly Shield last night.
• Me and the octoped What has 10 legs and an uncanny ability to predict the results of World Cup games?
Luke Herden has unfinished business - and he intends to do what he can to help his second spell with North Otago be as successful as his first.
Northland coach Bryce Woodward was a lone voice staking his claim to the top Highlanders job yesterday.
Arrowtown businessman Michael Hill may have to double his financial input if he wants to keep the New Zealand Open at his private club.
Dunedin premier assistant coach Ross Hanson has been given a sideline ban by his own club after going on to the field during a game and pushing a player.
Dunedin businessman Ian Taylor has made an impassioned plea for the New Zealand Open to stay at a course he rates among the best in the world.
Everything's All White... Don't be sad. Don't let yourself get down about the All Whites getting knocked out of the World Cup. Not even for a minute. What a ride they have taken...
An off-duty police officer called for back-up after witnessing a fight during the First XV match between King's High School and John McGlashan College in Dunedin on Saturday.
Otago Daily Times sports editor Hayden Meikle provided continuous rolling updates as the All Blacks took on Wales in their final test match at Carisbrook. 9.32pm: All right, folks, I am...
Firing the imagination Sometimes it is good to step back and view a sporting event through the eyes of the old and the young. My excitement at the All Whites' opening World Cup game...
Thirty-six All Black tests have been played at Carisbrook since the first in 1908. Sports editor Hayden Meikle looks back on a century of All Black highs and lows at Dunedin's famous ground.
Jerry Sigmund knows a thing or two about fighting against the odds.
