Category: Sports

England’s Head Coach John Mitchell celebrates after the women’s Rugby World Cup final victory, 2025. Photo: ©INPHO/Billy Stickland / PHOTOSPORT Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell has been recognised in the British New Years Honours. Mitchell has been appointed an OBE for services to rugby after guiding England to the women’s Rugby World Cup title…

Shane van Gisbergen and co driver Richie Stanaway win the 2023 Repco Bathurst 1000. Photo: Mark Horsburgh/EDGE Photographics / PHOTOSPORT Formula 1 star Liam Lawson got to try out the car of another New Zealand champion driver over the Christmas period. Lawson got to drive Shane van Gisbergen’s Bathurst-winning Supercar at Highlands Motorsport Park. It…

The Warriors hopes suffer a crippling blow, as star halfback Luke Metcalf falls to a season-ending knee injury. Photo: Tertius Pickard/www.photosport.nz Under the Go Media Stadium stand, with the bravado of hope finally stripped away, NZ Warriors coach Andrew Webster confronted reality. After a season that saw them off to a best-ever 7-2 start, sitting…

There were a plethora of bizarre, quirky, and eye popping moments in the world of sport in 2025. Photo: Photosport What happened in the unpredictable world of sport in 2025? Jonty Dine takes a look back. Whistling Webby Sick of a lack of accountability for referees, Warriors coach Andrew Webster was not going to tolerate…

Emma Pijnenburg of the Football Ferns. Photo: MEXSPORT / PHOTOSPORT The Wellington Phoenix women have signed White Ferns midfielder Emma Pijnenburg for the rest of the A-League season. The 21 year old replaces Alyssa Whinham, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in round three. Pijnenburg returns to New Zealand having secured a release from Feyenoord…

Roy Krishna will be a key player for Fiji. Photo: Oceania Football Fiji football star Roy Krishna has signed with Bula FC for the inaugral season of Oceania’s first ever professional football league. The Suva-based club announced the star signing on boxing day. “We are thrilled to announce the signing of Roy Krishna, a football…

Wellington Blaze captain Melie Kerr after scoring a century in the Super Smash. Photo: Marty Melville / PHOTOSPORT A stunning century from White Fern Amelia Kerr has helped the Wellington Blaze to a 49-run victory over the Auckland Hearts in the women’s Super Smash. Kerr completed her first century in top level T20 cricket as…

All Blacks Damian McKenzie and Beauden Barrett, showing the strain, at the disastrous game against South Africa, at Wellington’s Sky Stadium, on 13 September. Photo: Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz Nothing incapsulates the joy and agony sport had to offer for New Zealand in 2025 more than what the All Blacks experienced in just the span…

By Ian Ransom, for Reuters England’s Jacob Bethell (left) drops a catch on the first day of the fourth Ashes cricket Test match between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day. Photo: AFP/ Martin Keep Twenty wickets fall on chaotic day one Tongue gets five-wicket haul for England Tailender Neser top-scores…

Breakers centre Sam Mennenga. Photo: www.photosport.nz The Breakers have snapped a three-game losing streak in the NBL, beating the Tasmania JackJumpers 81-80 in overtime in Hobart. Centre Sam Mennenga scored eight of the Breakers’ 10 points in a tense overtime period after the scores were locked 71-all following regulation time. The result was crucial for…