Month: February 2019

NZME has acquired the exclusive radio broadcast rights for the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, with every game live and free across Radio Sport, the iHeartRadio app iheartradio.com , nzherald.co.nz and newstalkzb.co.nz .This May to…

Jos Buttler and Chris Gayle went toe-to-toe with two titanic centuries as England defeated the West Indies by 29 runs Wednesday in a scintillating fourth one-day international.Buttler made career-best 150 in 77 balls, blazing his…

The favoured New Zealand trio of Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins have failed to qualify for the men’s team sprint finals at the World Track Cycling champs in Poland.The three times world champions were stunned by Russia…

Kiwi golfing legend Michael Campbell is feeling the nerves after six years out of the game but he’s excited to get back on the greens at the New Zealand Open in Arrowtown. The 100th edition of the event feels like a celebration…

Ryan Fox’s search for his first NZ Open title starts today at Millbrook.The top-ranked Kiwi golfer arrived in Queenstown yesterday in a jet-lagged daze after competing in Mexico at the The WGC-Mexico Championship just two days before.Fox’s…

The Warriors have ruled out Wigan halfback George Williams as a long-term replacement for Shaun Johnson.The England international was touted by Australian media as a target high on the Warriors list earlier this week, as they seek…

The most powerful man in world football is coming to New Zealand.Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who has headed up the Swiss-based organisation since 2016, will make a visit to the country in early May.Details of his visit have…

At the start of the Super Rugby season, Kiwi teams and New Zealand Rugby agreed to limit the country’s top players to 180 minutes across the opening three rounds. In Brisbane this weekend, four of the Crusaders All Blacks look likely…

Nine-time New Zealand Open champion, Peter Thomson was inducted into the New Zealand Golf Hall of Fame today on the eve of the 100th New Zealand Open.Thomson is the ninth member of the Hall of Fame and the first Australian to…

International rugby is braced for the biggest change in modern history with plans to create a World League that will see Japan and the USA join the Rugby Championship set to be signed off as early as next month.The Herald understands…