Steve Hepburn

That Tajikistan basketball — it can be quite eye-catching.

Let there be lights — new flash lights so we can all see in the dark.

After a week of cuts and talk of doom there is finally something to smile about in the sporting landscape.

Highlanders staff have taken a pay cut of 30%, but no-one has been laid off.

Otago sporting organisations are not sitting on their hands during the Covid-19 outbreak, and are looking at ways to manage the sporting landscape when sport eventually returns.

There will be no glamorous night out, but the ASB Otago sports awards will live on.

Horse trainers are being forced to put their top talent out into the paddock and have had to turn their backs on training on the beach.

There is still a taste for sport on radio, but whether there is the financial means to get it back on air is the big question, a couple of Dunedin sports broadcasters say.

New Zealand Rugby has cut a swath through its domestic competitions, saving upwards of $20 million in the process, but not guaranteeing any first-class fixture will go ahead this season.

Former Highlanders and Otago first five-eighth Hayden Parker has gone from one extreme to the other.

From one lockdown to another. The Highlanders will move from one period of self-isolation to a national lockdown as the season continues along its rollercoaster ride.

Netball New Zealand hit pause last week.

Not hosting a test and more expenses from defending the Ranfurly Shield have contributed to the Otago Rugby Football Union posting a loss.

The Otago Rugby Football Union’s annual meeting has been postponed though the union will continue to operate.

Double Olympic champion Hamish Bond has not given any thought to the Tokyo Olympics next year but says some real progress has been made in the eight.

James Lentjes has a head start on all of us.

The A-League looks like it will be the last pin to fall.

No Maadi Cup.

All  rugby training has been suspended across the country until April 18.

Getting the ball in the hole will still be the same.