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Sports

Day 11 recap – New Zealand at the Paris Olympics

All the action you may have missed from day 11 of the Paris Olympics 2024. • Kiwis in action: Full Paris Olympics schedule • Olympics 2024 results New... Read More

Mountain biker's fight to get to Olympic Games

Four months out from the Paris Olympic Games, Sammie Maxwell was told to stop. The young mountain bike star, who has struggled with an eating disorder... Read More

Kiwi triathletes raced with E-coli-like sickness

Two New Zealand triathletes struggled with E-coli-like sickness leading into the mixed team relay last night, including silver medallist Hayden Wilde. The... Read More

Local legend to the World Touch Hall of Fame

George Jahnke is in his happy place setting up the match-winning try or running a touch clinic with hundreds of kids, but ask him to talk about himself and his... Read More

Sport a potent rehab tool, says veteran

Ben Lucas says there is no event in the world like the Paralympics. 'Every time, I come away from the Paralympics just a little bit different,” says... Read More

Wahine Toa programme delivers learning for women

Almost 50 young women have participated in WaiBOP Football's first Wahine Toa programme of 2024. The kōhine / young women, aged 12-14, and 10 coaches... Read More

BOP medic uses army training to become ironman

Few sporting events push the human body like an ironman triathlon. But digging deep is something all too familiar for New Zealand Army medic and ironman athlete... Read More

Crew off to flying start as Saunders eyes big day

Any doubt about Micah Wilkinson and Erica Dawson's podium potential evaporated on day eight of the Olympic sailing competition in a sweltering Marseille... Read More

John Taylor wins 2024 Flett Trophy

A major event of the Waihi Men's Section is the Doug Flett Trophy, for handicap match play, which was decided on Saturday. Played in biting cold Southerly... Read More

Tauranga Moana in contention for premiership

With six matches to go and a solid six-point lead, Tauranga Moana is charting a course for promotion from the Lotto NRFL Women's Championship. The WaiBOP... Read More

Olympics heartbreak but bright windsurfing future

Men's and women's kitefoiling officially makes its Olympic debut today, with Lukas Walton-Keim and Justina Kitchen as the New Zealand competitors. Only... Read More

Paeroa veteran flies high on world stage

Paeroa's Mark Whyte can classify himself now as a leading international rider after he finished fourth overall in his class at a major international motorcycling... Read More