Category: Sports

Fans during the 2026 ASB Classic Women’s Tennis Tournament at Manuka Doctor Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Tuesday 6 January 2026. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Organisers of Auckland’s ASB Tennis Classic insist that no fans will be turned away for wearing national colours. Their statement comes after a man complained to media he was turned away from…

New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy Photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz / Photosport Ltd 2025 Jacob Duffy’s super summer will continue after being named in the Black Caps squad for next month’s T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India. The Otago pace bowler is set for his first senior World Cup after being included in an…

Jacob Duffy. Photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz / Photosport Ltd 2025 Jacob Duffy’s break out summer just got better by being named in the Black Caps squad for next month’s T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India. The Otago pace bowler is set for his first senior World Cup after being included in an…

Great Britain’s Francesca Jones during her singles match at the 2026 ASB Classic Women’s Tennis Tournament at Manuka Doctor Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz After sensationally sending second seed Emma Navarro home on day one, Francesca Jones continued her fairytale run at Stanley Street today. The Brit overcame the sweltering Auckland heat to…

Tennis clubs are among those who need to register. Photo: RNZ / Bridget Tunnicliffe Fewer than half of New Zealand’s incorporated community sport organisations (ICSOs) have registered under new legislation, with the deadline just 13 weeks away. The New Zealand Amateur Sport Association said Companies Office data showed just under half of the around 7000…

Great Britain’s Francesca Jones during her singles match on the opening day of the 2026 ASB Classic Women’s Tennis Tournament at Manuka Doctor Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Monday 5 January 2026. © Photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Second seed Emma Navarro has been beaten in the first round of the ASB Classic…

USA’s Venus Williams during her singles match at the 2026 ASB Classic Women’s Tennis Tournament at Manuka Doctor Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz The drawcards continue to fall at Stanley Street. Day two of the ASB Classic in Auckland saw the sole Aotearoa singles hope and superstar Venus Williams both join second seed…

‘Pretty hyped to tick that one off’ – Melville Ives’ back on podium after landing trick for first time Finley Melville Ives in action at the FIS World Cup halfpipe event in Calgary, 4 January, 2026. Photo: FIS Park and Pipe Wānaka teenager Finley Melville Ives’ impressive form has continued in the latest FIS World…

Breakers coach Petteri Koponen in the huddle. Photo: www.photosport.nz The New Zealand Breakers finals hopes were dealt a blow as they fell to a 99-91 loss to the Perth Wildcats in Auckland. The Breakers are now in eighth place in the NBL standings with eight wins and 14 defeats. The Breakers are three wins behind…

Marjorie Bain was the first NZ woman to compete at Wimbledon in 1922. Photo: Supplied In 1922 Marjorie Bain set sail on the trip of a life-time to the motherland, became the first woman to represent New Zealand at Wimbledon, and spent a magical winter on continental Europe. But when her year’s leave was up…