Adrian Seconi

The Black Caps launch their World Cup campaign against Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval tomorrow. Cricket writerAdrian Seconi gauges the mood of some Otago fans before the tournament.

Dunedin accountant Grant Roydhouse has put his name forward to help Basketball Otago through a challenging period in its history.

Mosgiel's Will Bathgate is off to Blenheim later this month with the Otago under-15 softball team.

Rider Brad Evans is swapping the quiet streets of Dunedin and Mosgiel for the hustle and bustle of Melbourne for the next three months in pursuit of a professional contract.

A bid to prevent Basketball Otago going into liquidation appears to have fallen well short of its $100,000 target.

Otago wicketkeeper-batsman Derek de Boorder is hoping his side has timed its run perfectly.

Just who is behind Basketball Otago's potential 11th-hour revival remains a mystery.

Basketball Otago may have landed the buzzer-beater it needed to avoid liquidation.

''So, it's goodbye to an old friend,'' Peter Montgomery announced cheerily and with the trademark flair which has made him a household name in New Zealand.

Otago coach Dimitri Mascarenhas hopes the lessons learnt during the white-ball campaigns will serve his side well when the Plunket Shield resumes today.

Otago finished last in the twenty20 tournament and ought to have done better than third in the one-day competition. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi reviews a limited-overs season in which the Volts underachieved.

Venezuelan roller skier Cesar Baena is coming to the end of an epic 3000km journey which will have taken him the length of New Zealand and to some very dark places.

Keep Basketball in Otago is not giving up on its bid to prevent Basketball Otago slipping into liquidation.

Otago coach Dimitri Mascarenhas had three words to describe his side's poor performance in the preliminary final against Central Districts in New Plymouth yesterday - ''Not good enough''.

Sun, runs and happy campers - that about sums up the University Oval's dress rehearsal for next month's Cricket World Cup.

Neil Broom probably still has a bit of rope burn this morning.

If ever a catch won a match then Suzie Bates' effort to remove Sophie Devine would be it.

Kruger van Wyk has made a habit of coming in with his side three or four down for not many and rescuing the innings.