Netball: Injury may keep Hutton out of derby game
Netball: Injury may keep Hutton out of derby game
Steel goal keep Megan Hutton's chances of playing in the derby match against the Canterbury Tactix in Dunedin this weekend remain in the balance.
Adrian Seconi
Ice hockey: Pint-sized forward makes big impact for NZ
Ice hockey: Pint-sized forward makes big impact for NZ
Chris Eaden raises a wry smile when asked if the Dunedin Ice Stadium should be renamed the Garden of Eaden after his match-winning heroics on Monday night.
Netball: Finch still a Rebel despite new Tactix
Netball: Finch still a Rebel despite new Tactix
Once a Rebel always a Rebel.
Ice hockey: Double-goal hero Eaden saves NZ
Ice hockey: Double-goal hero Eaden saves NZ
Chris Eaden rescued New Zealand from defeat and then a minute into overtime scored the goal which will probably help the Ice Blacks win the championship.
Netball: Game plan simplicity but executing it tricky
Netball: Game plan simplicity but executing it tricky
The game plan is always the same for sides which come up against the Magic - stop Irene van Dyk getting the ball.
Ice hockey: NZ opens campaign with win
Ice hockey: NZ opens campaign with win
New Zealand got its third division world championship campaign off to a solid start with a 6-2 win over Luxembourg at the Dunedin Ice Stadium last night.
Rainbow cyclist brings medals home
Rainbow cyclist brings medals home
World champion cyclist Alison Shanks is greeted by her grandmother, Madelene Barkman, at Dunedin International Airport yesterday. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
Alison Shanks looked as though she was about to shed some tears when her grandfather, Watson Barkman, stepped in and gave her a giant golden Easter egg.
Netball: De Bruin predicting tough encounter against Steel
Netball: De Bruin predicting tough encounter against Steel
You could almost hear the other four New Zealand netball franchises collectively sigh when the Magic announced Silver Ferns defender Leana de Bruin would be joining the team this season.
Cricket: Youngsters give NZ's frazzled fans reason to hope
Cricket: Youngsters give NZ's frazzled fans reason to hope
New Zealand cricket is reeling after one-day and test series defeats at home to India but that does not mean the future is grim.
Cricket: Four from Otago in preliminary squad
Cricket: Four from Otago in preliminary squad
Four Otago players have been named in a 30-strong preliminary squad for the ICC women's world twenty/20 competition in England in June.
Golf: It's a new hole, on the surface
Golf: It's a new hole, on the surface
The nightmare at Lawyers Head will probably continue for most golfers.
Young goalie may get shot at big time
Young goalie may get shot at big time
Goalkeeper Rebekah Brook, of the Northern club, warms up before a training session in front of Virginia Tech assistant coach Matt Gwilliam at the Caledonian Ground yesterday. Photo by Gerard O'Brien.
It all seems cloak and dagger-ish, but strict rules mean visiting football scout Matt Gwilliam cannot say who he has travelled from the United States to see.
However, with 19-year-old goalkeeper Rebekah Brook, of Dunedin, arriving shortly after the interview, it is not exactly a closely-guarded secret.
Netball: Good start to season for Steel
Netball: Good start to season for Steel
Early nerves aside, the Steel made a "positive" start to its season with a convincing 55-46 win over the Central Pulse in Invercargill on Saturday.
Netball: Scanlan out to regain her edge
Netball: Scanlan out to regain her edge
Sheryl Scanlan hopes a shift to Invercargill will help her rediscover top form on the court.
Netball: Wilkins right for opener
Netball: Wilkins right for opener
Donna Wilkins has cast aside her sling and will take her place in the Southern Steel squad for its opening game against the Central Pulse in Invercargill today.
Chicago's Olympics bid will reach $87m
Chicago's Olympics bid will reach $87m
Forget the global recession - Chicago expects to spend $US49 million ($NZ87 million) on its bid for the 2016 Olympics.
Cycling: Shanks reels in world track title
Cycling: Shanks reels in world track title
Trading in the netball court for the cycling track paid off handsomely for Dunedin's Alison Shanks yesterday when she won the 3000m individual pursuit at the world track cycling championships in Poland.
Olympics: Big four take floor to put their cases
Olympics: Big four take floor to put their cases
It was a little like show and tell at school on a Monday morning only billions of dollars were at stake and everyone was wearing a suit.
Olympics: London Games 'on track, on budget'
Olympics: London Games 'on track, on budget'
You could bet on Sebastian Coe delivering on the athletics track and you can bet on him delivering the Olympic Games London promises in 2012.
Athletics: Willis could win gold, Coe reckons
Athletics: Willis could win gold, Coe reckons
Beijing Olympics 1500m bronze medalist Nick Willis can improve two places, athletics great Sebastian Coe says.