Sport

Michael Rippon had a strong season for the Volts. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

Rippon ready and able to represent NZ

Otago all-rounder Michael Rippon is eligible to play for New Zealand and has been for more than a month.

rugby

Otago and Southern prop Hisa Sasagi keeps fit while in lockdown at home. PHOTO SUPPLIED

All systems go for training

Otago and Southern prop Hisa Sasagi should be in prime shape when rugby returns to a field near you soon ... ish?

Loyalty was key factor for Joseph

Loyalty was key factor for Joseph

Jamie Joseph says loyalty was in the end why he decided to stick with Japan and not contest the All Black coaching job last year.
Highlanders cut pay, but not jobs

Highlanders cut pay, but not jobs

Highlanders staff have taken a pay cut of 30%, but no-one has been laid off.
Some rugby players may need other jobs: Nichol

Some rugby players may need other jobs: Nichol

Some rugby players may be forced to get other jobs as the coronavirus pandemic continues to force a shutdown of professional sport.

cricket

Rippon ready and able to represent NZ

Otago all-rounder Michael Rippon is eligible to play for New Zealand and has been for more than a month.

Volts using ground hits short circuit

Volts using ground hits short circuit

Delays in upgrading the drainage at the University of Otago cricket ground could mean the Volts eleven will be forced to spend most of their playing seasons outside their home town.
Conway eligible from late August

Conway eligible from late August

Prolific Wellington batsman Devon Conway’s international debut could be a little earlier than expected.
Drainage work at oval deferred

Drainage work at oval deferred

Crucial work needed to upgrade the University of Otago Oval has been put on hold.

netball

Mainland doomed as virus takes toll

The Netball Mainland Zone is going out of business and Netball South is cutting salaries.

Player pay cuts on way

Player pay cuts on way

The fortnightly payments for the country’s premier netball players are set to take a hit.
Season suspended indefinitely by NNZ

Season suspended indefinitely by NNZ

Netball New Zealand hit pause last week.
Steel squad ready themselves to train alone

Steel squad ready themselves to train alone

Netball is a team game, so it is going to be difficult for players to train by themselves.

football

European football looking at restart dates

European football is focusing restarting in July and August.

Completing football season priority: players union

Completing football season priority: players union

The global players' union FIFPRO has said the completion of the current season must be the priority.
Phoenix coaching staff member tests positive

Phoenix coaching staff member tests positive

A member of the Wellington Phoenix coaching staff has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus.
Father feels Air NZ let down his son stranded in Brazil

Father feels Air NZ let down his son stranded in Brazil

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.

All systems go for training

Otago and Southern prop Hisa Sasagi should be in prime shape when rugby returns to a field near you soon ... ish?

Mainland doomed as virus takes toll

The Netball Mainland Zone is going out of business and Netball South is cutting salaries.

Rippon ready and able to represent NZ

Otago all-rounder Michael Rippon is eligible to play for New Zealand and has been for more than a month.

Kobe Bryant picked for Hall of Fame

Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in January with his daughter. Photo: Reuters

Kobe Bryant picked for Hall of Fame

The late Kobe Bryant has been selected as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Governing body cancels all national tournaments

Governing body cancels all national tournaments

Hockey has been whacked across the sideline.

Volts using ground hits short circuit

Volts using ground hits short circuit

Delays in upgrading the drainage at the University of Otago cricket ground could mean the Volts eleven will be forced to spend most of their playing seasons outside their home town.

European football looking at restart dates

European football is focusing restarting in July and August.

Player pay cuts on way

Rata beat Mossburn 47-27. PHOTO: ODT FILES.

Player pay cuts on way

The fortnightly payments for the country’s premier netball players are set to take a hit.

Sport funding to be rolled over

Sport funding to be rolled over

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

City’s training lights replaced

New lighting poles and lights have been installed at Peter Johnstone Park in Mosgiel as part of a...

City’s training lights replaced

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

Ukrainian table tennis, anyone?

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

Loyalty was key factor for Joseph

Japan coach Jamie Joseph with halfback Yutaka Nagare after the side played South Africa in the...

Loyalty was key factor for Joseph

Jamie Joseph says loyalty was in the end why he decided to stick with Japan and not contest the All Black coaching job last year.

Ways found to keep fitness up

Gina Crampton on the rowing machine at her Wellington base. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Ways found to keep fitness up

Couch surfing does not actually count as exercise.

Awards to go ahead

Awards to go ahead

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

Wimbledon confirms cancellation

Wimbledon has confirmed its cancellation for 2020. Photo: Getty Images

Wimbledon confirms cancellation

The Wimbledon championships have been cancelled for the first time since World War Two.

Codes working on shape of restart

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.