Month: July 2017
I hope that Champions Trophy success is a breakout phase for us, says Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur
PM Narendra Modi praises India women’s team in Mann ki Baat address
Football: Limit on imports changes face of Champions League
The New Zealand football landscape is set for a shake-up, after a dramatic rule change by the Oceania Football Confederation.OFC has decreed that all teams competing in the 2018 OFC Champions League – which is the ticket to the…
Shot putting: Walsh gets shot at another Kiwi first
Shot putter Tom Walsh’s best competitive asset is composure at the world’s most prestigious athletics meets.Walsh first came to prominence on March 7, 2014, in Poland as the first New Zealand male to earn a medal at a world indoor…
World Dwarf Games offer big opportunity
Global competition will give two Kiwis the chance to compete on a level playing field, writes Michael Burgess. Ella Sargison is thinking big. She’s one half of New Zealand’s team at the World Dwarf Games in Canada next week, and…
Rugby: Mitchell relishes taking Bulls by the horns
He’s no stranger to high-pressure coaching jobs but John Mitchell knows he has his work cut out with his latest endeavour.The former All Blacks coach is the man South Africa’s struggling Bulls have turned to in a bid to change the…
Paul Lewis: Julian Savea's demotion highlights New Zealand Rugby depth
Ben Smith’s sabbatical from much of the Rugby Championship and the end of year tour will provoke a fascinating jostle for positions in the All Blacks’ back three – and one casualty could be Julian Savea.He is just four test tries…
Rugby: Supplementing First XVs raises fears
With drug testing in teenage rugby now a reality, there couldn’t be a better time to acknowledge that a monster has been created and that multiple parties have been complicit in making it, writes Gregor Paul. There couldn’t possibly…
Rugby: Crusaders a team on a mission after Super Rugby semifinal win over Chiefs
Last week it was the Crusaders pack. Tonight their relentless defence. Lesser teams would have crumbled under the amount of pressure the Crusaders had to absorb. Not this team. Not this year.It is, clearly, going to take a mighty…