22 APRIL 2009 - New Zealand are one win away from the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria later this year after a 2-0 win over New Caledonia in the OFC U-17 Championship in Auckland on Wednesday.

22 April 2009 - Amid strong competition from a raft of internationals, two New Zealand golfers stood out on the opening day of the Lion Foundation New Zealand Amateur Championships in Auckland today.

22 APRIL 2009 - Gisborne-East Coast skip, Vern Marshall, and Waikato's Dorren Schumacher, were the unbeaten leaders of the NZCT Bowls National Club triples championships at the end of the first day of competition at the Rotorua Bowling Club today.

22 April 2009 - Former Black Ferns captain Farah Palmer was today re-appointed to a two-year term as an Independent Board Member of the New Zealand Maori Rugby Board (NZMRB) along with three Regional Board representatives who were also appointed to new terms.

22 April 2009 - Blues player Rene Ranger has been stood down by the Blues and the New Zealand Rugby Union for this weekend's Rebel Sport Super 14 match against the Reds as part of a misconduct investigation into an incident he was involved in.

22 APRIL 2009 - It was a tough finish to a tough season for Andy Knight of Christchurch at the BNT V8s Trophy Event at the Hamilton Street circuit at the weekend.

22 APRIL 2009 - BNT V8s Champion Kayne Scott of Hamilton put the final flourish on an outstanding season when he took the Fujitsu Heat Pumps Falcon to three dominant victories on the streets of his hometown at the weekend.

22 April 2009 - Duco Events, promoters of the David Tua-Shane Cameron 'Fight of the Century', have announced a new date and venue for the heavyweight title bout.

National squad member, Karen Coombe, searching for her second consecutive NZCT bowls title in two years, made a major impact on the first morning of the women's triples, when she scored a decisive win over one of New Zealand's top women players of recent times, Marie Watson, in Rotorua.

21 April 2009 - Home town golfers Ryan Fox and Ben Wallace started the week strongly with victory in the men's foursomes at the Lion Foundation New Zealand Amateur Championships that began in Auckland today.