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It says something about the expectations put on the All Blacks that their 47-9 win over Italy has been widely greeted with ridicule and dismay, Jamie Wall writes.

The family of a New Plymouth sculptor are delighted his tribute to racehorse hero Kiwi is to be installed in South Taranaki as he wished.

Pam Williams was a formidable businesswoman both at home and overseas.

After winning gold in London in 2012 and Rio four years later, Carrington could have been excused if her prowess had faded in the five years following. But the seven-time world champion in the shortest distance remained untouchable, trouncing the worlds elite in an Olympic-best time of 38.12 seconds – finishing almost a kayak-length clear of Spains Teresa Portela with Denmark’s Emma Jorgensen third. She then teamed up with Caitlin Regal and smashed the world’s best time when winning go...

Athing Mu doesn’t mind being called a prodigy. In fact, she embraces it. “Being a prodigy is something I’ve always wanted to be,” said the 19-year-old US middle-distance star, who has been lighting up the track with a flurry of records. “It’s awesome to be called that.” Mu’s next wish: becoming an Olympic champion. That goal is in sight in Tokyo, where she is among the favourites in the 800m and vying to become the first US woman to win gold at the distance in more than 50 years...

New exhibition at Mangawhai The Snapshots of the Olympics – a New Zealand Story exhibition opened at the Mangawhai Museum last week. It tells the story of each of New Zealand’s gold medal-winning Olympians since the first Kiwis attended in 1912 as part of an Australasian team. It starts with swimmer Malcolm Champion and ends with sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. Curators Bev Ross and Christine Bygrave visited gold-winning windsurfer Barbara Kendall as part of their research. She has lo...

339 events on offer, across 33 sports. New Zealand are taking a record number of athletes to this years Games. The biggest contingents are the football and field hockey teams, followed by rowing, cycling and rugby sevens. Limited local crowds will be able to attend events, as Japan continues to battle Covid-19. Organisers have set a limit of 50 per cent capacity up to a maximum of 10,000 fans for all venues. Tokyo has held the Olympics once before, in 1964. Middle-distance runner Peter Snell...

Bond and Hirini named New Zealand flagbearers for Tokyo 2020 Monday, 28 June 2021 Women’s rugby sevens captain Sarah Hirini and two-time Olympic rowing gold medallist Hamish Bond have been announced as New Zealand’s flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony. The joint flagbearer announcement follows the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) confirmation that nations could select a male and female athlete together. Both athletes will fly the flag at the Opening Ceremony on July 2...

June 10th this year marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest middle-distance performances of all time.

The Wanda Diamond League will be reopening a treasure trove of world class athletics heritage when the 2021 season gets underway with Mondo Duplantis, Dina Asher-Smith and co in action at the Muller Grand Prix Gateshead in two weeks today, Sunday 23 May. Rabat’s misfortune in being unable to host the opening event, due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions, has afforded one of track and field’s traditional hotbeds the opportunity to get back on the international map. The International Stadiu...