Adrian Seconi

Brendon McCullum is unlikely to be sold - not even for $400,000.

Otago Cricket is not celebrating yet, but the Champagne is on ice in anticipation of the Otago Volts gaining approval to compete in the lucrative Indian Champions League.

Central Pulse midcourter Camilla Lees has been clocking up the air points flying between Dunedin and Wellington, but all the travelling will be worth it if the struggling franchise can post its first win.

Dunedin whistle-blower Jono Bredin hopes an umpiring stint in Samoa, the Caribbean and the Cook Islands will net him more than just a tan.

It was meant to be the clash of the round.

Steel defender Katrina Grant is sick of hearing how well her nemesis Irene van Dyk has been performing.

The global recession may hit the pockets of the region's footballers with Football South general manager Bill Chisholm acknowledging the body may have to look at fee increases.

Even if Magic shooter Jessica Tuki trained the house down, her chances of playing against her former side, the Steel, in Invercargill on Monday look slim.

Apii Taia has spent most of his sporting life on the rugby league paddock but will get into the ring for his fourth mixed martial arts bout when he fights Canterbury's Joe Muir in the main event at Coronation Hall in Mosgiel on Saturday night.

Prolific Dunedin Technical striker Aaron Burgess has an uncanny ability to find the back of the net and is well on his way to winning back-to-back golden boot titles.

Promising Otago Boys High School pupil Kamil Patel will be one of the first players to benefit from Otago Badminton's new sponsorship deal.

Donna Wilkins recaptured her mojo with an outstanding display of shooting to help her side dispatch the Mystics 61-52 in Auckland last night.

Steel captain Adine Wilson should be fit for her side's match against the Magic in Invercargill on Monday.

Steel coach Robyn Broughton was thrilled with her side's come-from-behind 48-47 win over the Tactix in Christchurch on Saturday.

It is her home court but Steel assistant coach Margaret Foster will be on the other side of the floor and barracking for her new side when it plays the Tactix in Christchurch today.

Balancing motherhood and netball is definitely harder than Tactix shooter Jodi Brown imagined it would be.