Category: Sports

Cam Melville Ives at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Photo: www.photosport.nz First time Olympian Cam Melville Ives struggled to complete his runs in the snowboard halfpipe final and finished in 12th place at Livingo Snow Park. The Wanaka rider qualified in eighth for the Winter Olympics final but was among the athletes that could not put…

The Warriors take on the Manly Sea Eagles in their opening pre-season trial at McLean Park in Napier. Winger Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is out, after picking up a low-grade hamstring injury at training ahead of the team’s trip to Hawke’s Bay. He will also miss the 20 February game against the Dolphins, but is expected to…

Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action as the Fijian Drua take on Moana Pasifika at Churchill Park, Lautoka. Kick-off is at 4.35pm Team lists: Drua: 1. Haereiti Hetet, 2. Zuriel Togiatama, 3. Mesake Doge, 4. Isoa Nasilasila, 5. Temo Mayanavanua (co-captain), 6. Mesake Vocevoce, 7. Kitione Salawa, 8. Elia Canakaivata, 9. Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, 10….

The SailGP professional sailing league returns to the ‘City of Sails’ for the second event of the 2026 series, performing in front of an expanded Wynyard Point grandstand. Can New Zealand bounce back from last year’s disappointment and a hectic few weeks of repairs to their boat, or will the Aussies retain bragging rights on…

A collision between Black Foils driven by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke and DS Team France, driven by Quentin Delapierre at the start of race 3. Photo: Phil Walter Sailors from the New Zealand and France teams have been rushed to Auckland hospital, after a high-speed collision in race three of the New Zealand SailGP…

All Whites captain Chris Wood is on the comeback from injury. Photo: PHOTOSPORT All Whites captain Chris Wood’s road to recovery from a knee injury has taken many routes, but the striker has had positive news as he looks ahead to the path to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Wood suffered the injury in mid-October…

New Zealand SailGP 4pm Saturday, 14 February & Sunday, 15 February Wynyard Point, Auckland Live updates on RNZ Black Foils driver Peter Burling has found himself on the wrong side of history, after the incident that sidelined his SailGP boat at Perth last month. Early in the opening race of the new season, New Zealand…

Cody Vai was signed straight out of school to travel the World Sevens circuit as an 18-year-old. Photo: PhotoSport NZ Blues v Chiefs Kick-off: 7:05pm Saturday 14 February Eden Park, Auckland Live blog updates on RNZ Cody Vai doesn’t take the slow road. The Auckland flyer was signed straight out of school to travel the…

Denmark in action at Australian SailGP in Sydney 2025. Photo: Felix Diemer for SailGP SailGP’s fastest may just have found even more speed. Rockwool Denmark have never won the professional sailing league, but have the distinction of clocking the fastest-ever speed in the F50 boat, when they reached 103.93km/h at Sassnitz, Germany, last August. In…

Piera Hudson competing in Switzerland in 2022. Photo: Jari Pestelacci/JustPictures / NurPhoto via AFP) Determination is at the heart of how a Hawke’s Bay-raised athlete became part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) first-ever winter Olympic team. The small, desert country is fielding two athletes at these Games, including New Zealand-born Piera Hudson, who has…