Michael Mayne's been rewarded with the Football Ferns coaching job after an intense balancing act

He's held the interim role since Jitka Klimkova quit in September.

Mayne will guide the team to the 2027 World Cup, starting with games against Venezuela in Spain next month.



Ruapuna Motorsport Park is vowing to become more spectator-friendly now it's enticed the Supercars circuit to Christchurch for the first time.

There's a push to improve the driving surface and enhance safety features, construct more grandstands and rebuild the supporters lounge.



And Herbie Farnworth has revealed that 24 hours before the Dolphins demolished the ladder-leading Bulldogs 44-8 in league's NRL, he was in a Brisbane hospital hooked to an intravenous drip ... healing an infection around a leg cut.