Ben Anderson wants the 800m and 1500m double at the Otago championships this weekend.
Everyone knows the Cricket World Cup starts in Christchurch today, but not many people would be able to tell you who is playing at Karori Park in Wellington tomorrow.
The Cricket World Cup is just two days away and excitement is nearing fever pitch. The Black Caps can win this thing, right? Robert van Royen has no doubt, but Adrian Seconi is worried the party may be spoiled.
Southern Steel defender Phoenix Karaka could be in doubt for the side's season-opener against the New South Wales Swifts next month.
It might be only pre season, but the Southern Steel did what no other New Zealand team managed to do at the weekend. Beat an Australian team.
Neil Wagner picked up five wickets to help dismiss the Central Stags for 289 in Queenstown yesterday, but a result looks as likely as Kim Dotcom getting into parliament, after a boggy outfield washed out much of the first two days.
The Ice Blacks are better prepared than ever ahead of the world championships (division two, group B) in South Africa in April, coach Janos Kaszala says.
Thirteen Otago swimmers have been picked to help the South Island Makos defend their national zonal titles in Auckland tomorrow.
Registrations for Otago netball's centenary celebrations will open at the end of next week.
Katarina Cooper is sacrificing plenty to play for the Southern Steel this year.
After 27 years of coaching athletics in her own time, Raylene Bates can finally say it is her job.
Netball South chief executive Sue Clarke has called it quits after two years in charge.
Promising midfielder Sio Tomkinson has fended off interest from outside the region and signed with Otago for two years.
The Seattle Seahawks are looking to become the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowl titles since the New England Patriots did it in 2005. Who else but the Patriots themselves will try to halt Seattle's quest and win a fourth Super Bowl since quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick teamed up in 2000. Sports reporter Robert van Royen identifies three reasons why each team can win Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona on Monday.
Oamaru's Maysie Scott and Sydney Telfer will look to make it three from three at the South Island championships at Lake Ruataniwha this weekend.
Three footballers with strong Southern links will not be thinking about exams come October.
The Southern Steel lost its annual pre-season match to the Canterbury men's team 63-38 at the Edgar Centre yesterday, but assistant coach Reinga Te Huia said it was a valuable hit-out for the team.
Rowing stalwart Fred Strachan never thought about giving up coaching after the powerboat he was driving collided with a rowing eight skiff in Otago Harbour, injuring three pupils last October.
Athletics royalty is coming to Dunedin to help launch a worldwide children's programme in March.
The Highlanders First XV competition is still without a major sponsor and a 16th team, but committee chairman Don McFarlane is not yet ''losing too much sleep over it''.