"I don't believe the College system is anywhere near the standard of the New Zealand high-performance system, which is one of the best in the world"

Canterbury Head Coach Scott Roberston has named a squad of twenty nine to play Tasman in a warm-up match tomorrow (Wednesday 30 July).

The players come from rugby clubs around the province and have been involved in the wider training group that makes up the Cantabrians.

Halfback Shaun Johnson and back rower Feleti Mateo both return for the Vodafone Warriors’ trip to Canberra for their 21st-round NRL clash on Sunday (2.00pm local time; 4.00pm NZT).

With 200 days to go to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, the International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the four qualifying teams for the tournament will travel to Australia and New Zealand in September and October 2014.

The McMillan Equine Feeds 2014 NZ Junior Driver Championship is set to be a great spectacle this year with 12 drivers from all over New Zealand once again competing for supremacy.

It was all business again for the New Zealand team overnight as the second stanza of the lawn bowls competition got under way and the Blackjacks totted up four wins and a draw.

Auckland-based football fans are in for a treat in the middle of next month after both ASB Chatham Cup semi-finals were drawn to be played in the City of Sails on Tuesday.

Emirates and Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Benfica), Portugal’s most successful football club, have signed a three-year agreement. Emirates is now the Official Airline Partner of the club until 2016.

By Andy McGechan, www.BikesportNZ.com

Auckland’s Sam Greenslade has shown once again that consistency counts for everything when it comes to off-road motorcycle racing.

The outcome of this weekend’s Super 15 rugby final is pivotally important, a University of Canterbury sports education expert says.