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Right after the conclusion of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, it was the turn of the Paralympians to strut their stuff on the winter sports venues of South Korea. The Winter Paralympics starts in a few days. Three New Zealanders will take part, a relatively small number, but all three have legitimate chances to … Keep Reading “Kiwi Paralympians in Pyeongchang for Alpine and Snowboard Events”

It was quite the weekend for Kiwi Supercars driver Shan van Gisbergen, who owned the streets of Adelaide in the season opener of the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. Van the Man won everything in sight. He grabbed both poles and won both races. That sort of performance enabled van Gisbergen and the Red Bull … Keep Reading “Kiwi Supercars Driver Van Gisbergen Owns Streets of Adelaide”

The Chiefs will have to depend on four players who were not even a part of the original 38-man squad when they play the Blues in Auckland on Friday night. You would think that if would be easy to fill in for injuries when there is a pool of 38 from which to field 15, … Keep Reading “Not Enough Chiefs and Too Few Indians to Face Blues”

New Zealand Rugby has announced that it will send a squad of players to the U.S. over the next three years to play a series of tests against England. The first will be held in Denver, Colorado, on June 23, 2018. New Zealand players who have played at the 21-metre elevation of Mount Smart Stadium … Keep Reading “Kiwis to Send Rugby Squad to U.S. Over Next Three Years”

The Crusaders are off on the right boot, winning their first game, a 45 – 23 New Zealand Conference win over the Chiefs. If the Crusaders were looking to send a message to the conference and to the league, they certainly achieved that objective. This was a game for the ages, if you will excuse … Keep Reading “New Zealand Conference Action Reminds Us of Why We Like Rugby”

Think sailing in an around the world race is all free-flowing grog, swash buckling and timbers being shivered? Think again. The Volvo Ocean Race, which consists of six boats, is suffering from a sever lack of breezes to propel them from just east of Vanuatu on its way to New Caledonia. From there, it is … Keep Reading “Volvo Ocean Race Behind Pace as Wind Refuses to Cooperate”

For the Super Rugby Christchurch Crusaders, there is a good news – bad news scenario that has come to our attention. On the positive side of the ledger, the Crusaders will go into their first game of the 2018 Super Rugby competition against the Hamilton Chiefs at AMI Stadium with 18 players on the roster … Keep Reading “Powerful New Zealand Conference of Super Rugby Soon Underway”

The experience of Jarryd Hayne, who failed to make a sufficient impression in his bid to hop from the code of rugby to the code of American football, has not deterred another New Zealander, Paul Lasike, from attempting to succeed where Hayne failed. He is playing rugby in the U.S., which for a Kiwi, is … Keep Reading “NFL Dream Chased by Paul Lasike While Playing U.S. Rugby”

The 2018 season of Super Rugby gets underway this weekend. The league has made some changes, with just two games on the fixture, neither of them showcasing any of the New Zealand teams. The games will be played in South Africa in the new and improved version of Super Rugby that has culled three teams … Keep Reading “Super Rugby Off to Meagre Start While Kiwis and Aussies Wait”

Justice may be blind, but that vision challenge functions as an impediment to her speed. Pom cricketer Ben Stokes was arrested for his role in a pub brawl in Bristol back in September of 2017. His day in the Bristol Crown Court has been set for March 12, which by our reckoning is no less … Keep Reading “Sober Stokes Jetting to New Zealand for ODIs Against Black Caps”