Australians Alex Hunt and James Pretto are leading the charge to be the first foreign multi-sport athletes to win the Kathmandu Coast to Coast longest day world Championship men’s event in 26 years.

The first leg of the 3x3 Quest Tour at The Trusts Arena in Auckland has been won by the defending champions, team PM (Precision Movement).

The flags are up, the teams are arriving, and Hamilton is getting ready for its second dose of HSBC World Sevens rugby fever.

By Andy McGechan, www.BikesportNZ.com

Be afraid, very afraid, Bay of Plenty's Cody Cooper is on form and he means business.

NZ athletes have made a solid start to the Freeride World Tour season with Maria Kuzma finishing just off the podium in fourth place in women’s snowboard and Craig Murray (Wanaka) fifth in the men’s ski category at the first stop in Hakuba, Japan today.

New Zealand-based Australian racer Alexandra Whitley is ready to do her best at the intensive W Series selection programme being run in Austria next week.

It was a tough day at the office for Oparau's Reece Walker, but the KTM man earned rich reward for his courage and tenacity in the final outing of the day, the all-important feature race.

The Silver Ferns closed the Northern Netball Quad Series in thrilling fashion, holding their nerve to clinch a dramatic 62-60 extra time win over the South Africa Proteas in London on Monday.

Wakefield shearer Travers Baigent scored his second win of the season and the fifth Open class title of his career at the Golden Bay A and P Show at Takaka on Saturday.

Mobile shearing operator Phil Wedd drew first blood for the Warkworth team as he won the Kaikohe show’s Open final in the first round of the second ANZ Northland Shearing Competition on Saturday.