Angst over the Irish threat dissolved when the All Blacks kept their mojo through an early onslaught and answered with their own sequence of scores to deliver a comfortable win, writes Jamie Wall. Read...

A former secondary school teacher of a Kiwi rugby star turned Irish international has revealed how giving a ride home from central Auckland spared his pupil, who was being spoken to by police. Michael Wagener has recounted on social... Read...

New Zealand`s Liam Lawson is one step closer to a drive in Formula One.The Formula Two driver has been announced as Red Bull`s new Formula 1 reserve driver following the termination of Juri Vips` contract after he used a racial... Read...

Kiwi cruiserweight boxer David Nyika has won his second bout in July, beating Louis Marsters by TKO in the second round in the Gold Coast last night.Nyika survived an early barrage from Marsters, before producing a vicious body... Read...

It says a lot about Novak Djokovic that a two-sets-to-none hole at Wimbledon on a day he was hardly at his best likely left no one thinking the ultimate outcome was a forgone conclusion.A lot about his pre-eminence at the All England... Read...

Tens of thousands of South Africans head for the Durban July after a two-year break for Covid. Read...

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was unbeaten since February and sure seemed unbeatable, compiling 37 consecutive match wins and six consecutive tournament titles.She`s never quite been as comfortable on grass courts as other surfaces, though,... Read...

Stand-in kicker Damian Willemse landed a penalty after the final hooter to edge Wales 32-29 in a thrilling first test on Sunday that so nearly brought the Welsh a first win over the Springboks on South African soil.Willemse`s match-winner... Read...

What`s on the line? UFC 276, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Sunday July 3. With a 21-1 record and being unbeaten at his natural weight class of middleweight (his sole loss came when he moved up a division), Israel Adesanya has found... Read...

England fast bowler Stuart Broad conceded 35 runs against India`s Jasprit Bumrah in the most expensive over ever bowled in test cricket overnight.Broad celebrated his 550th test wicket on the second day of the series-deciding fifth... Read...