Adrian Seconi

Promoter Geoff Todd believes the fight night planned for this weekend could be a first in New Zealand.

Albion player-coach Nathan King has been appointed coach of the Otago Sparks.

The guts may have been ripped out of the Southern Steel side that reached the ANZ Championship semifinals this season but chief executive Julie Paterson is confident of fielding a competitive team next year.

Silver Ferns and Steel defender Katrina Grant is putting family first and shifting to Wellington to play for the Central Pulse next season.

Finances continue to be a struggle for Basketball Otago but chief executive Mark Rogers puts its weakened financial position down to growing pains.

For the past three years, the former Dunedin art gallery building at Logan Park has stood in the way of the Dunedin City Council and Otago Cricket Association's shared vision to expand the University Oval cricket ground. A resolution now appears imminent. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi reports.

With the who and the where organised, Otago is now busy sorting out a warm-up schedule ahead of the Champions League twenty/20 tournament in India in October.

The Magic had a 93-68 win over a depleted City Rise Bombers side in the men's premier competition at the weekend.

Caversham kept its title prospects alive with an impressive 3-0 over arch rival Dunedin Technical at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.

It should have been one of the happiest days of her life but instead of celebrating her call-up for the Silver Ferns, Camilla Lees was in Auckland attending a funeral.

Three-time Olympic mountain bike racer Kashi Leuchs has left the world racing circuit and returned to Dunedin to take up a new challenge.

Dunedin mountain biker Tony Hogg was leading the world solo 24-hour championships in Alberta, Canada for much of the race but hit the wall and was unable to finish the endurance event.

Former international Jo Morrison (nee Steed) traded netball bibs for babies' bibs three years ago to start a family and probably thought her days of top-level sport were over.

The Otago Nuggets' call for support has hardly been met with a battle cry but Basketball Otago chief executive Mark Rogers says it is still early days.

Down but proud.

The Otago Goldrush has qualified for the Women's Basketball Championship finals in Wellington next month with a creditable fourth placing at the Dunedin leg of the tournament.