Visitors to Coronet Peak this Saturday can chill out to the popular beats of DJ Recloose following the ribbon cutting ceremony which will kick off a weekend's celebration to declare the brand new base building officially open.

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (June 24, 2008) - Next year's Winter Games NZ initiative received backing from the international snow sports community at the recent FIS Congress in Cape Town, South Africa with FIS pledging its support for the event.

24 June 2008 - Five ambitious New Zealand rally drivers have applied for a chance to take on the world's best Production World Rally Championship (P-WRC) teams in the August running of Repco Rally New Zealand.

22 June 2008 - Try-scoring doubles from first-grader Sonny Fai and centre Rusty Bristow propelled the Vodafone Junior Warriors to fourth spot in the National Youth Competition after swamping Manly 38-10 at Mt Smart Stadium today (Sunday).

22 June 2008 - Blenheim professional Justin Leov has finished an outstanding sixth place in the downhill final at the UCI World Mountainbike Championships in Italy today.

22 June 2008 - All Blacks captain Richie McCaw suffered a high ankle sprain in Saturday night's Iveco Series victory over England and will be sidelined for approximately six weeks. An MRI scan this morning confirmed a syndesmosis injury.

21 June 2008 - New Zealand are in 12th place going into the final round of the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan today.

21 June 2008 - New Zealand Under 20 Co-Coaches Dave Rennie and Russell Hilton-Jones have named the New Zealand Under 20 side to play England in the final of the IRB Junior World Championship in Wales on Monday 23 June at 6.00am (NZ time). 1. Paea Fa'anunu (Auckland) 2.

WELLINGTON Phoenix FC's trip to the Gold Coast has allowed coach Ricki Herbert to tick off plenty of boxes on his pre-season checklist.

The announcement of a significant donation from philanthropist businessman Owen Glenn has been described as a critical boost to the efforts of the Millennium Institute of Sport & Health to ensure New Zealand's high performance sportspeople have the necessary facilities to keep pace with the r