The attraction has become a distraction.Usain Bolt, the eight times Olympic sprint champion, has been shut out of Central Coast Mariners trainings while the club tries to find the money to keep him.Bolt`s flirtation with the A-league... Read...

DALLAS (AP) — Texas officials are requiring that the state`s largest schools report concussions suffered by high school athletes in a move seen as the nation`s biggest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes.The University... Read...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Olympian Marie Riou of France is the first female crew member to be announced for the new SailGP global racing league, which will begin competition next year in fast, foiling 50-foot catamarans.The 37-year-old Riou... Read...

A mental health nurse who survived a brutal assault by a patient is mortified to learn he is returning to Nelson, and says being ignored by health and justice officials has done as much damage as the attack. Read...

National Party leader Simon Bridges says he has come through the Jami-Lee Ross saga `stronger,` and that latest poll results show the party`s underlying strength. Read...

Like most of us, it would be fair to say Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex probably enjoy a decent spud.So when the royal couple chow down on some during their upcoming New Zealand tour, they will in fact be sampling North... Read...

A 6-year-old boy has been showered with support on social media after a heartbreaking photo of him sitting alone at his birthday pizza party went viral. Teddy Mazzini invited 32 of his classmates to celebrate his birthday at a... Read...

A breast cancer scare and a loathing of trophy hunting inspired a Northland woman to the finals of the iconic World of Wearable Arts show in Wellington. A design called Vile Trophy by Isa Hackett, of Kerikeri, was chosen as a finalist... Read...

Wallabies halfback Will Genia says he is `sick and tired of losing` to the All Blacks. Read...

Wellington will not be getting a regional fuel tax, despite reports that the council is in talks with the Government about one.National leader Simon Bridges spoke about the plan on the AM Show , but a spokeswoman for Transport... Read...