Goalkeeping can be a lonely existence and it would have felt like that for New Zealand under-23 'keeper Michael O'Keefe after conceding a horrible goal that cost his side in their 1-0 loss to Belarus in their Olympic opener.
Ryan Nelsen is a veteran who has seen a fair bit of football in his time but he has never witnessed a New Zealand side play as well as the Olympic side did yesterday, against Belarus.
Slogans are invariably a bit naff, and the official London Olympics one (Inspire a Generation) is intended to be vague enough to be used on many levels, but it's something that could also apply to the New Zealand Olympic team.
Simon Child once scored 11 goals in a hockey international.
New Zealand eventer Caroline Powell has had a pretty distressing year, even by her own admission, but hopes the Olympics can allow her to look back on 2012 a little more fondly.
The waiting is over for New Zealand tennis No 1 Marina Erakovic and she can now, finally, prepare for the London Olympics.
The Oly Whites look very much like the All Whites with New Zealand Olympic coach Neil Emblen able to play an entire starting XI with All Whites experience in London.
Julian Dean has missed out on a start in the road race at the Olympics and it left him contemplating quitting cycling after 16 years as a professional.
The Olympic Games get underway in a fortnight. Michael Brown of APNZ looks at what it takes to get the New Zealand team to London and what they will find when they get there.
Olympic bosses have targeted 10 or more medals at London, which would see New Zealand win its 100th Olympic medal.
It might sound obvious to suggest eyes are quite handy when it comes to competing at the Olympics and Luuka Jones is finally appreciating just how true that is.
Yachting New Zealand Olympic director Jez Fanstone catches himself as he blurts out the words.
London's big party is about to kick off and the Great Britain women's football side warmed things up with a 1-0 defeat of New Zealand in Cardiff this morning.
New Zealand women's football captain Rebecca Smith thinks her side's experience will see them bounce back from their 2-1 defeat to Great Britain and still qualify for the quarter-finals at the London Olympics.
Most of his rivals are wary of the threat Mark Todd poses in the Olympic three-day eventing competition. Jumpy security and volunteers, however, are more concerned about what bus he gets on.
Nearly every week, the Warriors of 2012 are compared to the 2011 vintage that went on a run that was only ended in last year's grand final.
Pat Lam will be interviewed on Friday about the Blues' coaching job but wasn't giving any indications today what he might say to convince the board to give him another tenure.
Konrad Hurrell thinks he just needs to "harden up", but the Warriors won't take any risks and the blockbusting centre will miss Friday night's trip to take on the Broncos in Brisbane.
The New Zealand cricket side will study flight schedules as much as pitch conditions as they look to turn around two heavy defeats to the West Indies on their tour of the Caribbean.
The Warriors have talked at length about how they want to be in the playoffs this season but they need to do a lot more of it - talk - if it is to become a reality.
