Latest from Paul Lewis on sport

Paul Lewis: Leave now to avoid walking the plank

Departing with dignity is not always easy to do. But Ricki Herbert should do it.

Paul Lewis: NZC runs out of chances

Paul Lewis: Diffidence was not spot on

You do wonder at times about the brains trust running New Zealand football.

Paul Lewis: Nonu's not good news for JK

It was an interesting coincidence that Ma'a Nonu's return to the Blues occurred in the same week as Sir Alex Ferguson's book launch.

Paul Lewis: Fully cocked and ready to go

All you have to do to understand how deeply entrenched drug-taking is in sport is to go to Google. Type in "fake penises for drugs testing" and up comes a website called Detox For Less, selling a US$150 Whizzinator.

Paul Lewis: Arnie finds a new product to pump

He's baaack. Yes, folks, Arnie Schwarzenegger - who gave us the Terminator movies, plus one of the most surprising political victories as Governor of California.

Paul Lewis: 'Code zero' - how small details can cost bigtime

It wasn't the fault of the code zero sail but it was another example of the tiny details in boat set-up that are continuing to affect Team New Zealand.

Paul Lewis: Ill wind keeps NZ short of vital win

My daughters sang this when they were small and "it just goes on and on, my friends", just like the 34th America's Cup.

Lewis: We've got a race on our hands

This was the day human error reasserted itself in the 34th America's Cup.

Oracle cheated, and that's not my fault

Paul Lewis: Doggy doo a great way to find out whodunnit

Dog detectives - the latest in crime fighters - are in a three-person laboratory in San Francisco.

Paul Lewis: New Zealand natives are keeping a firm grip on San Francisco soil

Team New Zealand aren't the only New Zealand natives creating waves in San Francisco - so are the pohutukawa.

Team NZ, winners by a coffee bean

Trying to pick the winner of the 34th America's Cup is like opening a jar of coffee beans, picking two out and trying to decide which is tastier. Without tasting them.

Paul Lewis: Cup will still be won by fastest boat

The America's Cup international jury can rightly be regarded as heroes of the sport of sailing.

Paul Lewis: $982m payout shrewd play from NFL

It will have been closely watched by the New Zealand Rugby Players Association.

Paul Lewis: To outside world, it makes no sense

The saddest thing about the cheating allegations being decided upon by the America's Cup international jury is that few people outside the sailing community really understand them.