Category: Sports

Adi Ashok bowls for the Black Caps against Bangladesh in the second one-day international at Saxton Oval, Nelson, 20 December. Photo: Photosport Black Caps leg spinner Adi Ashok can’t wait for the excitement of cricket in India, the country of his birth. Ashok, who played two ODIs and a T20 for New Zealand in 2023,…

Samara Maxwell celebrates after her 2025 title victory. Photo: Craig Cox New Zealand world mountain bike champion Samara Maxwell is taking a year-long break from competitive sport to safeguard her wellbeing and longevity. It means she won’t be defending her mountain bike world series cross country title after a breakthrough 2025 season. Maxwell became the…

Photo: Supplied / Wellington Collegians Cricket Club Hundreds of young cricketers are battling the Hawke’s Bay heat as an annual tournament forges on with temperatures forecast to reach 38C this weekend. Hawke’s Bay Cricket Camps have been running since 1979 and Hawke’s Bay Cricket Association boss Craig Findlay said scorching temperatures would not stop it….

Sabitra Bhandari of the Phoenix Photo: AAP / Photosport The Wellington Phoenix women have been hit with a third season-ending ACL injury for a player. Nepalese striker Sabitra Bhandari has been ruled out for the remainder of the A-League season because of a serious knee injury. Bhandari, popularly known as Samba, joins midfielders Tessel Middag…

Bill Tuiloma during All Whites v Costa Rica, FIFA World Cup 2022 play-off match, Qatar on 14 June 2022. Photo: Photosport In a long-awaited homecoming, experienced All Whites’ defender Bill Tuiloma has signed with the Wellington Phoenix. Securing the signature of the 47-cap international before the A-League mid-season transfer window opens, is a major statement…

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…