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Sonny Fai's brilliant but short league career was sparked by $20 loan from his mother.
NZ Rugby is preparing to take the plunge into fully professionalising the women's game
The America's Cup runneth over with opportunities and tension, writes Dana Johannsen.
Team base option favoured by the government was originally discounted by Auckland Council
The Auckland editions of the America's Cup are considered the high water mark for regattas
Classic yachts and a royal visit are all part of Auckland's plans for the America's Cup.
Peter Burling was typically understated after scooping sailing's top honour.
Leg two of Volvo Ocean Race is a rough introduction to the realities of ocean racing.
Netball NZ are guarded about talk of Laura Langman's future with the Silver Ferns.
Hamish Bond is recovering at home following a nasty crash over weekend
The saga's latest twist saw AkzoNobel submit their final crew list to race management.
Special legislation will likely be enabled to ensure Auckland can host the America's Cup.
Kiwi syndicate plans to invite interested teams to see plans for new monohull class.
The Silver Ferns have rounded out a horror series with their worst performance of the year
The Silver Ferns programme has unravelled in the space of 10 days.
Katrina Grant is determined to ensure her side won't implode as the pressure mounts
Australia have taken out the Constellation Cup for a fifth straight year.
All the action from the third test between the Australian Diamonds and the Silver Ferns
The Silver Ferns have limited time on the training court to address their shortcomings
The Ferns have added Jane Watson to their side for the Aussie leg of the Constellation Cup
The Silver Ferns have all but thrown away the Constellation Cup.
What appeared the most open Constellation Cup in years has been quickly slammed shut.
Southby is sick of see-sawing results and may be looking to introduce changes.
The Silver Ferns missed their chance to rack up rare back-to-back victories over Australia
Kelly Jury has been talked up as the solution to the Silver Ferns' long-time tormentor
The task of predicting the Silver Ferns starting 7 has become more complicated this season
Janine Southby admits the Silver Ferns let themselves down off the court last season
Lisa Alexander believes Australia's domestic league is hurting her national team.
The Silver Ferns may be forced into experimentation mode in this month's Constellation Cup
The America's Cup community is divided. Just how did the teams decide to switch boats?
Plans are yet to be made for radical boat that carried Kiwi crew to victory in Bermuda.
Regatta will go to Italy if council cannot commit to updating Auckland waterfront.
The man who led Team New Zealand to glory in Bermuda is yet to recommit.
What we will have at the next event in Auckland is slower, less maneouvrable boats.
NZ sailing's most celebrated double act are getting used to life on opposite sides.
The devil will be in the detail. Dana Johannsen highlights what to expect.
The Ferns will face an Australian team going through a rare period of turmoil.
Aussie Jimmy Spithill admits he's obsessed and still hurt after his America's Cup loss.
Whitney Souness has edged Grace Rasmussen for a place in the Silver Ferns midcourt
Maria Tutaia says the shift to goal shoot is the refresher she needs to build her arsenal.
England netball skipper last night won fans over with her support of Maori Language Week.
The Silver Ferns tonight delivered a fittingly passionate performance to fend off England.
Ask anyone in the Ferns camp about Grant and they will mention her renowned training ethic
England will fancy chances of first ever series win over NZ.
The Taini Jamison series will go to a decider after England pulled off a gutsy win over NZ
Fakahokotau provides the spark needed to blunt England attack at right time.
The Silver Ferns have opened the Taini Jamison series with a hard-fought win over England.
Competition in the Silver Ferns camp has ramped up another notch as a new group assembles.
Silver Ferns shooter Ameliaranne Ekenasio will soon be back on court for New Zealand.
The Silver Ferns may finally have found the antidote to the dominance of Caitlin Bassett.
Ferns stamp out questions over the strength of NZ league with 10-goal win over Australia
The Silver Ferns pulled off a stunning 10-goal win over Australia to claim the Quad Series
And just like that, international netball has gotten interesting again.
Divorce between two sporting bodies leaves more questions than answers.
The government is seeking to have input in design and shape of the 36th America's Cup.
The Kiwi side is under pressure to deliver a confident and assured performance.
Predictions of a Australia v England Commonwealth Games final don't seem so fanciful now.
Live updates from the Quad Series game between the Silver Ferns and England.
Silver Ferns coach Janine Southby is asking for a bigger defensive effort against England.
The new-look Silver Ferns have made a circumspect start to the international season
Silver Ferns' quest to rejuvenate their ranks looks set to continue tonight.
The upcoming Quad Series will be a pseudo Commonwealth Games trial for the Silver Ferns.
An Auckland councillor called for the head of the region's major sporting body to resign.
Team NZ helmsman Peter Burling has joined Team Brunel for the Volvo Ocean Race
Changes to national squad bring in rookies Falkner and Souness and recall of Fakahokotau.
Janine Southby admits the Silver Ferns are light on cover in a couple of key positions
Youngsters Monica Falkner and Whitney Souness get first call-up to Silver Ferns squad
The past two years has seen a gradual changing of the guard in New Zealand netball.
Decisions made this week will set the course for the Silver Ferns' next two seasons.
Phoenix Karaka will join a stacked Northern Mystics defensive end next season.
Lawyers for a community sports body have questioned the status of its Auckland paymaster
Silver Ferns management will take a cautious approach with schoolgirl star Tiana Metuarau
Silver Ferns management have no concerns about Maria Tutaia's decision to take time out
Maria Tutaia is in negotiations with netball bosses to take a sabbatical next year.
Funding row threatens kids sport in already under-resourced part of Auckland.
There could yet be a New Zealand-flagged boat in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race.
Crew and boat must better represent challenger's country.
It has been a month of interesting developments on the netball recruitment front,