Assistant coach Bruce Carvell has ruled himself out of the contest for the top Otago job and hopes the new coach will get support from the union.
• Ranking achievements . . .
There is nothing left to say about the All Whites except, maybe, considering where they now rank in modern New Zealand sport.
Rushing to compile lists comparing one sport to another, one athlete to another and one era to another can be as pointless as debating the respective merits of chocolate and cheese.
Paston, Nelsen, Fallon, Sigmund - their names can now rank alongside those of Sumner, Rufer, Almond and Wooddin. But there is a major difference between the 1982 and 2010 All Whites, as sports editor Hayden Meikle discovers.
Are we dreaming? That's how it seems.
All Whites football coach Ricki Herbert hopes the money that comes with his team's qualification for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa will not be squandered.
Otago captain Craig Cumming will have a chance to press for a test recall when he plays Pakistan in Queenstown this week.
• One shot for glory I honestly can't recall getting this excited about a football game not involving Liverpool since I played in goal for the Oamaru Under-11s 21 years ago.
One of the many pleasures of being a passionate English football fan is the opportunity to engage in banter with fellow fans.
Softball Otago officials are appealing for public help following the theft of more than 50 gates worth $8000 from Dunedin's Ellis Park.
Rising opening batsman Michael Bracewell scored a century to lead University-Grange to victory over Carisbrook-Dunedin in a high-scoring senior club game on Saturday.
A father-and-son combination inspired the Cardinals to a rare win in the Dunedin club competition on Saturd
The All Whites are 90 minutes away from returning to the World Cup for the first time since 1982.
Former Highlanders assistant Murray Roulston is among the contenders for the Otago coaching job.
North Otago players Jason Forrest and Lei'ataua Limuloa-Tahaafe have been named in a Heartland XV dominated by Meads Cup champion Wanganui.
Derek de Boorder and Warren McSkimming were the stand-outs for Otago on the opening day of the first trial game against Canterbury at the University Oval No 2 yesterday.
Hugo Inglis' head was spinning yesterday as he digested the prospect of making his international debut later this week.
Colin McRae might have been dead for two years, but his influence will live on in the entertainment world as long as cracking video games like these are made.
In the spirit of Sim City comes the latest attempt to offer an insight into the challenges of planning, building and operating a city.
An American woman and the latest member of a New Zealand dynasty made their debuts in Dunedin club softball on Saturday.
Queenstown will be near cricket overload this summer as it hosts both Pakistan and four teams in the under-19 world cup.