Robert van Royen

Dunedin parkrun is approaching a couple of milestones.

University of Otago professor of medicine Dave Gerrard sees similarities in the Russian doping scandal sweeping athletics and East Germany's performance-enhancing programme last century.

Southern United has been dealt a blow before its first game of the ASB Premiership on Sunday.

Two Otago secondary schoolboys have been picked in the men's Touch Blacks squad.

This year's Mahinerangi Madness event, near Outram, will cater for runners and walkers as well as mountain bikers.

The Steel is looking for a new coach after Janine Southby was this week named in charge of the Silver Ferns for the next four years. Netball writer Robert van Royen looks at the contenders for the job. 

Felix McDonald broke his own Otago record in the 300m hurdles at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.

They are back, and they have a little something they did not have when they left Dunedin more than five weeks ago.

The Otago Riot is preparing to play its first competitive game in Dunedin next Saturday.

Una Madden may have found her happy place up front.

Janine Southby had to keep it to herself for a week, but the new Silver Ferns coach can finally talk openly about her new role.

Southern United coach Mike Fridge is not yet ready to name his team's captain for the ASB Premiership.

Netball South has started advertising for a coach to guide its team in the national league next year.

Football South crashed to its second consecutive heavy loss in the women's national league at Tahuna Park yesterday.

Otago javelin throwers Rory McSweeney and Holly Robinson boosted New Zealand's medal tally to four as the International Paralympic Committee world championships wrapped up in Doha yesterday.

It is hard to imagine, but Mel Aitken ''hated'' athletics when she was younger.

There might be a few red-faced teenage boys in Dunedin at the moment - particularly those who play volleyball.

Sport can be cruel sometimes.