There was a dose of double delight for New Zealand athletes in Boston yesterday.

More than 2000 athletes will converge on the Blue Lake next Saturday for the Xterra Rotorua Festival.

Valerie is determined to dominate and Steven drops college to aim for NBA draft.

Thousands of people of all ages, down to toddlers in pushchairs, swarmed across Takapuna Beach yesterday for one of Auckland's largest community sports events.

Tauranga's Joseph Millar can now boast of being New Zealand's fastest man, blitzing his way to the 100m title at the track and field nationals with a time that ranks him among the country's all-time best.

If you were looking for a school that lives and breathes North Harbour's biggest annual community sports event, then look no further than Willow Park School in Hillcrest.

Interview with athlete Sarah Cowley

It won't be gold, but Valerie Adams has the chance to upgrade a medal won at the 2005 world championships after her nemesis Nadzeya Ostapchuk failed a retrospective drugs test from those championships.

It's the day where Auckland comes out to run. The Round the Bays run is New Zealand's largest mass participation sporting event.

Nick Willis is aiming to meet the 1500m qualifying standard for this year's world championships in Moscow on home soil tomorrow night with a one-off race in Auckland.

The husband of Olympian Anne Hare has taken aim at the leaders of two of the country's biggest sports organisations, accusing them of not doing enough to bridge the gender gap in sporting boardrooms.

Mahe Drysdale will continue to broaden his sporting horizons by running the Queen St Mile in April - and he might not be the only Olympic gold medallist to take part.

This sudden, unexpected tragedy has traumatised the national psyche.

New Zealand women's hockey player Anita Punt had often wondered how competitive she would be as a track sprinter and yesterday found the answer: very.