Month: August 2017
Jadeja maintains top position in bowling; Virat stays 5th in batting
Star spinner Ravindra Jadeja maintained pole position in the bowlers’ list while India skipper Virat Kohli remained static at fifth place in the batting charts in the latest ICC Test Rankings release…
Tennis: Game, Set and Match August 1
Elliott Smith is joined by Radio Sport tennis commentator Matt Brown to present Game, Set and Match, our look at the world of tennis. This week we catch up with top Kiwi doubles player Michael Venus and find Kiwis playing ATP tournaments…
Sonny Bill Williams' appeal to be heard tonight
Sonny Bill Williams’ appeal against his four-match ban that will decide his availability for the first Bledisloe Cup clash against the Wallabies will be heard tonight.The All Blacks centre was handed the suspension for his second…
Swimming: Lauren Boyle announces retirement
New Zealand’s outstanding five-time World Championship medallist and Commonwealth Games Champion Lauren Boyle has announced her retirement from swimming. She leaves the sport as a one of New Zealand’s all-time best. Boyle won two…
Official complaint laid with ARU over weekend rugby brawl
An official complaint has been laid with the Auckland Rugby Union after a female spectator and her son were allegedly attacked by opposition players during a championship match on the weekend.An Auckland Rugby Union spokeswoman…
Wallabies struggling to put Super Rugby shortcomings behind them
Wallabies players are doing whatever they can to forget the horror 0-26 run against NZ sides in Super Rugby this year, as they prepare to face the All Blacks in the Bledisloe Cup.No Wallaby squad member has tasted victory over a…
Cricket: Hilarious prank on England commentator
For any cricketer, a century at first class level is a special feat that cannot and should not be underestimated.With that in mind, for someone to score 100 tons throughout their first class cricket career is an incredible achievement.Former…
David Leggat: Lauren Boyle retires as one of our greats
Lauren Boyle’s retirement today brings an end to one of the finest New Zealand swimming careers.Numbers talk when assessing the Auckland freestyler’s time at the top.Fourteen medals at the major meets; five world championship…
Simon Mannering closing in on NRL's unwanted record
Several long-serving New Zealand Warriors players are set to take ownership at the top of an unwanted NRL leaderboard.Long-term Warriors Simon Mannering, Shaun Johnson, Jacob Lillyman and Ben Matulino all haven’t tasted finals footy…