Hayden Meikle

No-one said the road to redemption would be easy. That was just one of the themes to emerge from the Nuggets' loss to the Saints in the National Basketball League match at the Edgar Centre last night.

Liquidation? Or living to fight another day?

Rebellion! Treachery! Or maybe not.

Rain, rain, go away. That is the fervent hope of Softball Otago, which is desperate for a fine weekend to complete the 2011-12 season.

Glory for Hamish Rutherford, but frustration for Otago as it again failed to finish off an opponent.

Tennis games have never received the sort of love showered on Fifa, Madden, Tiger Woods PGA Tour et al.

No longer can Hamish Rutherford be described as merely a limited-overs blaster, or the son of an Otago great.

Phil Young might soon be out of a job, and the blue jersey he wore with pride might be absent from the national championship this season.

Veteran administrator Des Smith is "devastated" at the state of the Otago Rugby Football Union.

Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is backing his Japanese imports to make an immediate impact tonight.

The stage is set for a thrilling finish to the Dunedin premier men's club competition.

Get ready for the bigger, longer and better (er, really?) Super 15. Hayden Meikle offers an A to Z of the new season.

The Highlanders have delayed naming a starting XV for their opening Super 15 game against the Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday night.

English loose forward James Haskell is the surprise inclusion in the Highlanders squad named today.

Confession time: before this year, I had never played a Final Fantasy game.

The Highlanders completed a miserable pre-season campaign with a 29-12 loss to the Blues in Auckland today.

Christchurch is rebuilding an entire city, and Dunedin's flagship professional sports organisation is effectively bankrupt.