Sports

Sailors shine on turbulent waters

Amelia Angus credits her Anchor Aims Games sailing double victory to being able to bail just as fast as she can bail. The 12-year-old Remuera Intermediate student... Read More

Dabbling with the royal and ancient game

Golfers will tell you it's one of the great sensations in the sport - right in the sweet spot, two grooves up from the leading edge, smack in the middle of the... Read More

Nacra team fourth again, medals missed

Gemma Jones and Tauranga sailor Jason Saunders fell just sort of picking up a medal after mounted a stirring comeback on the final day of the Nacra World Championships... Read More

Bumps part of plan to avoid AIMS bruises

In order to rub shoulders with her All White hero, Auckland football player Briar Richards had to jump... but it was all for a good cause. Richards and her teammates... Read More

McMillan to coach Maori All Blacks

The Bay of Plenty Rugby Union has congratulated Bay of Plenty Steamers head coach Clayton McMillan on his appointment as Maori All Blacks head coach. Clayton, a... Read More

Thousands attend AIMS Games opening

Paralympian swim-star Mary Fisher bounced her backstroke gold medal in one hand, held her cane in the other and told 5000 intermediate-age athletes to chase the... Read More

Paris puts best foot forward at AIMS

Paris Carroll didn't need two shoes to win gold in her Anchor AIMS Games cross country race - she was triumphant in just one shoe and one muddy, sodden and now... Read More

Young Kiwi crew emerge as contenders

Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders had a disappointing day at the Nacra 17 world championships in France overnight (NZ time) but a new Kiwi crew emerged as medal contenders. Jones... Read More

LIVE: AIMS Games Day One

The Anchor AIMS Games begin today, with SunLive bringing you all the action via live stream. At 10am the cross country begins at Waipuna Park, and is expected to... Read More

Luuka Jones seventh in Spain

Kiwi kayaker Luuka Jones has capped a solid World Cup season with yet another final, finishing seventh in the C1 at La Seu d'Urgell in Spain overnight. It was her... Read More

Hard graft for Kiwi paddler

Luuka Jones again led the New Zealand charge at the final canoe slalom World Cup of the season in Spain, as the sole Kiwi qualifier for the semifinals. Despite... Read More

World doubles champs make NZ appearance

Current World Doubles Squash Champions Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy are set to make a strong appearance in Tauranga tonight. The pair will compete at the... Read More