Steve Hepburn

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.

Silence remains as to when and if a New Zealand-based Super Rugby competition will get under way but a mortal blow to its chances may have been fired on Saturday.

A Dunedin teenager playing football in Brazil has caught a flight home, but only after his father was forced to re-book him three times.

Olympic champion Yvette Williams’ family has donated all the memorabilia she acquired during her storied career to the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in Dunedin.

Southern United finished seventh in the national premiership but will be well satisfied with its efforts this season.

The Edgar Centre has gone from the biggest show in town to a bit of a ghost town.

Nirvana Hepi-Breen has a gift for throwing.