Swimmer Glenn Snyders has retired as one of only four New Zealanders to compete in three Olympic Games.

Usain Bolt has released his much anticipated documentary, but the things he's left out is what's most interesting.

Two young imposters managed to sneak their way onto the UK Olympic homecoming parade.

Two of the world's top sports champs came head-to-head at an All Blacks training session yesterday.

The storm engulfing Sir Bradley Wiggins intensified when it emerged that he committed a 'whereabouts failure' less than three months before Rio.

Track and field has had a tainted history at the Olympic Games, with a number of medals being stripped for doping.

Olympic medallist Eliza McCartney speaks of 'mental block' that almost derailed Rio chances McCartney, 19, said "mental blocks" stopped

Olympic medallist Eliza McCartney has spoken of the "type of mental illness" that almost derailed her chances of competing at the Rio Games.

Olympic pole vault bronze medalist Eliza McCartney has joined Beef + Lamb New Zealand's Iron Maidens.

New Zealand Olympic bosses are backing Mahe Drysdale and Peter Burling after their medical data was leaked online by Russian computer hackers the Fancy Bears.

Mahe Drysdale is disappointed that his medical data has been leaked by hackers but says transparency is a good thing for sport's battle against dopers.

Some of our successful recent Olympians have drawn public attention to the salaries paid to those who dispense taxpayers' money to athletes.

Black Sticks captain Simon Child knows. He's lived it since making the team as a 17-year-old in 2005.

The Weekend Herald this week saw an email sent to a group of athlete agents and managers inviting them to attend "an informal catch up".

If you bet against yourself and win, are you a winner or a loser?

With the dust settled on the Rio 2016 Games, New Zealand's star Olympic and Paralympic athletes are back home and slotting into everyday life.

Ryan Lochte has a new place to dry his tears at night: girlfriend Kayla Rae Reid's apartment.

Olympic champions Mo Farah, Rafael Nadal and Justin Rose are among the latest names targeted by the Russian cyber espionage group

Mo Farah's wife Tania went into ten minute rant when the family was asked to wait with economy after missing their boarding call.

The paralympic legend competes at his fifth Games, having won three gold medals on his debut at Sydney 2000.

When a 1.37m tall gymnast stands next to a 2.11m tall professional basketball player this is the result.

Well before Oscar Pistorius was first granted leave by the International Athletics Federation to compete in the Olympics, sports fans

The Eliza McCartney phenomenon kept on rolling when the 19-year-old pole vaulter took calls from the public today. Here's what we found out.

The dual Olympic medallist commits to 5000m in Tokyo, where he will be 37.

Research shows discrepancies large enough to cast doubt on the results of some races at the Rio Olympics. The problem may have even cost swimmers medals.

Usain Bolt kept a secret from everyone who watched him at the Rio Olympics, and it just makes his efforts even more ridiculous.

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are back at work with Team New Zealand two weeks after their gold medal winning exploits.

An Olympic champion is thanking a seven-year-old Atlanta girl who found his gold medal in a pile of rubbish.

When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe popped up out of the stage at the Rio closing ceremony dressed as Super Mario, it was the

He is no stranger to a podium performance. But Usain Bolt has reportedly held his own mock Olympic Games medal ceremony in a London