Sophie Pascoe has earned her a Laureus Sports Award nomination, however last year's winners the All Blacks have been snubbed.

Rory McIlroy has revealed how he resents the Olympics because of the way he was left feeling when he pulled out of representing Ireland in Rio.

One of the great New Zealand Olympic partnerships has come to an end.

Scott Newman manages a stable of elite athletes, including Olympic bronze medalists Eliza McCartney and Tom Walsh.

BBC presenter Helen Skelton flashed some serious thigh during a swimming event in Rio while a colleague appeared to get friendly with a co-presenter.

A tearful Dame Valerie Adams has revealed she visited her mother's gravesite to share the emotional news of her damehood with her greatest inspiration.

The All Blacks long ago developed an ability to dominate the country's sports thinking; year on year. High achievement in the national

Triple Olympic medallist Lisa Carrington has been awarded the Lonsdale Cup for 2016 after a year of stellar performances on the water.

It was a rotten era and rotten system and Lance Armstrong should not be the scapegoat, says Bruce Biddle.

After the Olympic team's record haul, we assess who will be in favour when next year's funding decisions are revealed tomorrow.

Egyptian and German beach volleyball players highlight the massive cultural divide between Western and Islamic women's teams.

COMMENT: Russia should not be allowed to host the 2018 World Cup as punishment for the systematic cheating which has tarnished two Olympic Games.

Nigeria are hoping to enter a bobsled team at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 2018.

Key said there was no reason why a state broadcaster couldn't air big matches, but the question was where the money would come from.

COMMENT: Give me a 'W'. Give me a 'T'. Give me an 'F'. Just when you thought the Olympics had reached a lowpoint, this happens

Rio de Janeiro was warned of the economic stresses an Olympics can place on a city - and now they are paying the price.

The year 2016 will go down in Olympic history; sadly this will not occur as a result of the feats of athleticism displayed in Rio.

Tokyo 2020 organisers have been cautioned skyrocketing expenses could hit an eye-popping $30 billion.

12 Olympic athletes have been sanctioned for failing anti-doping tests at the London 2012 Games, with nine of the athletes being weightlifters

Jez Fanstone has stepped down as Yachting NZ's high performance director following arguably the country's most successful Olympic sailing campaigns.

It's the time of year where the Northland public have their say on the best parts of the sporting year. This years focus - your Favourite

Back to back Olympic champions Mahe Drysdale and the men's pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray are up for World Rowing Awards. Drysdale

GETTY06112016PORTIAWOODMAN.JPG Portia Woodman is nominated for her second straight IRB Women's Sevens Player of the Year Award. Photo/Getty

After suffering a neck injury, winter athlete Jossi Wells' recuperation period was time well spent.

Valerie Adams has arrived in Samoa as part of her travels as New Zealand's first Pacific Sports Ambassador.

New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox has made a strong start to the European Challenge Tour finale in Oman. Fox has carded a first round four-under

America's Cup and Olympic sailor Kevin Hall says losing two testicles to cancer was 'the easy part' compared to living with bipolar disorder.

A revelation shows that more than a third of competitors at this summer's Olympics may have arrived in Rio without being drugs tested.

One month before making more history at the Olympics in Brazil, Michael Phelps was getting married in the desert.

A paralympian has been robbed of her medals in a brazen theft in Melbourne this morning.