Brent Rowlands was a little confused and more than a little peeved at first time. The second and third times, he recognised there may be something wrong.

Two medal-winning crews from the London Olympics headline first batch of New Zealand sailors named for Rio today.

The Black Sticks men slumped to a 3-2 defeat against Malaysia in the second game in the four-test series at the Tauranga Hockey Centre at Blake Park last night.

The passing of Martin Crowe last Thursday at the age of 53 touched the hearts and minds of cricket fans all over the world.

Tauranga City Coasters were always going to be underdogs at the opening round of the 2016 Women's Basketball Championships (WBC) held at ASB Arena over the weekend.

The New Zealand Olympic rowing team to Rio 2016 has been named with London Olympic gold medallists Mah Drysdale, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray leading a team of 31 athletes across 33 seats in nine boat classes.

Bay of Plenty are primed for their Hawke Cup challenge beginning on Friday against Hawke's Bay in the last challenge of the season.

Element IMF Cadets cruised to victory against defending Baywide T20 champions Bayleys Central in the 2016 title decider at Blake Park on Saturday.

A Mount Maunganui boy is the latest to earn a place in a coveted national junior swim squad.

Almost 900 children aged 7 to 14 from all around New Zealand competed in the Under-14 New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships in Mt Maunganui. The four day event that finished yesterday is known as Oceans 16 and is one of surf lifesaving's biggest events. Photos by Andrew Warner.

Omanu successfully defended their Under-14 New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championship title at Mount Maunganui yesterday.