Rugby: Bowden key as Otago reshapes backline
Rugby: Bowden key as Otago reshapes backline
Daniel Bowden is at second five-eighth in a drastically rejigged Otago backline to play Bay of Plenty tomorrow night.
Hayden Meikle
Volleyball: Fighting second for Scorps at nationals
Volleyball: Fighting second for Scorps at nationals
New Zealand captain Debbie Hill celebrated her new role by leading the Scorpions to second place at the national club championships in Auckland at the weekend.
'Prizefighter' comes in at welterweight
'Prizefighter' comes in at welterweight
There's a new boxing game in the ring, but don't expect this to become the heavyweight champion of the genre...
Basketball: Satisfactory placing for Penguins
Basketball: Satisfactory placing for Penguins
There was no fairytale return but the North Otago Penguins could be satisfied with third place in the Conference Basketball League at the weekend.
Cricket: Dykes thrilled with test, twenty/20 scheduling
Cricket: Dykes thrilled with test, twenty/20 scheduling
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Otago cricket boss Ross Dykes was a happy man yesterday when the dates for the Dunedin test and Queenstown one-day international were finally confirmed.
Gymnastics: Top American coach has Dunedin ambitions
Gymnastics: Top American coach has Dunedin ambitions
In the world of gymnastics coaching, there are few bigger names than Mary Wright. But most Otago people could be forgiven for having never heard of her.
Netball: Southern favoured for title
Netball: Southern favoured for title
Southern will start as the favourite tonight when it attempts to win a third straight Dunedin premier club title.
The Last Word: Sex and sport, natural bedmates
The Last Word: Sex and sport, natural bedmates
New Zealand rowing medalist Mahe Drysdale is wecomed home in Auckland by Prime Minister Helen Clark.
• The sexy . . .
Now the Olympics are finished and all the medals have been awarded and the predictable fretting about how much money we should pour into the next campaign is petering out, we can turn our attention to other things.
But before that, we might take a minute to reflect on just how much sex the athletes were having in Beijing.
Golf: Organisers hopeful of securing Lee for NZ Open
Golf: Organisers hopeful of securing Lee for NZ Open
Golf fans will have to be patient for at least another month while they wait for confirmation of the dates of the next New Zealand Open.
Olympics: It's Phelps v Bolt in battle of the best
Olympics: It's Phelps v Bolt in battle of the best
Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt have been the major stories of the Olympic Games in Beijing. But which man should be acclaimed the bigger star? Sports editor Hayden Meikle tries, and fails, to come up with a satisfying answer.
Hockey: Dunedin titles to be decided today
Hockey: Dunedin titles to be decided today
Kings United will be hoping to continue its momentum when it plays University in the Dunedin premier men's final at the McMillan Centre water turf this afternoon.
Football: Fans to fly north for final
Football: Fans to fly north for final
They will be playing 1000km away from the Caledonian but Dunedin Technical players will not lack for support in the Chatham Cup final next month.
Mental and musical play
Mental and musical play
It's a great time to be into video games if you like quizzes, puzzles and singing. Reviewer Hayden Meikle sees what's around.
Cricket: Much on mind of Black Caps skipper
Cricket: Much on mind of Black Caps skipper
These are interesting times for Daniel Vettori.
Olympics: When greatness walked among us
Olympics: When greatness walked among us
Before he was a superstar, Michael Phelps spent a week in Dunedin in 2003. It was almost enough to make sports editor Hayden Meikle take up swimming.
Football: Rovers unfazed as run goes on
Football: Rovers unfazed as run goes on
Assistant coach Craig Alexander promises Glenfield Rovers will not be overawed by the occasion when it plays Dunedin Technical in the Chatham Cup semifinal in Dunedin tomorrow.
Football: Coburn gearing up for Technical's semifinal
Football: Coburn gearing up for Technical's semifinal
Andy Coburn almost helped wreck Dunedin Technical's Chatham Cup dream in 1999 but now the midfielder is entirely focused on leading the club to glory.
Softball: Dunedin woman appointed New Zealand's leading scorer
Softball: Dunedin woman appointed New Zealand's leading scorer
Sandy Wallace has, if you will forgive the pun, scored the top job.
Olympics for couch potatoes
Olympics for couch potatoes
Even the hopelessly sendentary can win gold at Beijing in this outstanding game.
Ice hockey: Thunder coach confident for future
Ice hockey: Thunder coach confident for future
One win from 12 games hardly suggests the Dunedin Thunder can be labelled a storming success in its debut season but coach Jenel Bode is confident the future is bright.