Robert van Royen

The St Kilda Saints and the Bombers will battle it out for the men's A grade championship for the second straight year this afternoon.

Dunedin coach Deb Tasi-Cordtz has named a 12-strong squad to contest the national championships in Wellington next month.

Keen runners and walkers have a few more days to enter the Dunedin marathon before they are hit with a late entry fee.

Tiarn Collins ''couldn't be happier'' with his first taste of competing in a major event.

The Southern Stampede's season is on the brink.

Top athletes from around the world are gathering in Central Otago for the fourth biennial Winter Games and chief executive Arthur Klap cannot wait for the action to begin, he tells Robert Van Royen.

Injuries have forced Otago Spirit coach Duncan McEwan to name a 28-strong squad for the forthcoming women's NPC.

Four more years. The Silver Ferns finished second at the World Cup in Sydney at the weekend, the eighth time they have had to settle for silver in 14 tournaments. With a bunch of players nearing the end of their careers, netball writer Robert van Royen looks ahead at what team New Zealand might send to England in 2019.

Kate Godfrey shattered four Otago open records at the national short course championships in Auckland last week.

The Southern Stampede is in do or die territory.

Southern Stampede captain Bert Haines says his team is rested and raring to go for game one of the national league finals against Canterbury in Christchurch this afternoon.

The Silver Ferns are just two wins away from winning the World Cup in Sydney. Netball writer Robert van Royen looks at the short but tough road the Ferns face to win a fifth title.

Otago swimmers made a splash in the form of three gold medals during the first two days of the national short-course championships in Auckland.

Dunedin Thunder and Ice Blacks coach Janos Kaszala wants the national league to change its rules around imports.