Shaun Johnson will be pink from head to toe again when he and the Vodafone Warriors support the NRL's Women in League cause.

There’s been a couple of significant improvements for Kiwi tennis players this afternoon with the latest release of ATP and WTA rankings.

The Qantas Women’s Sevens have finished second in the London Sevens following a 36-7 loss to the hosts in the Cup final on the weekend.

The Australians found themselves down 21-0 at half time and were only able to score the one try in the second half.

The Qantas Men’s Sevens have finished second in London following a 47-12 loss to New Zealand in the Cup final overnight.

The result in the final round of the HSBC Sevens World Series boosts the Australians to eighth in the overall standings.

This week’s International Rally of Whangarei in association with the Brian Green Property Group brings a financial boost to rural community groups as the event traverses roads across the Whangarei and Kaipara districts 18-19 May.

New Zealand has sailed away with three gold medals at Vela Garda Trentino - the first of five regattas in the inaugural EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup.

The five day regatta wrapped up overnight in picturesque Lake Garda, Italy where yet another new format for scoring was being trialled.

Wainuiomata were the star turn of the ASB Chatham Cup first round fixtures, bundling out three time winners Western Suburbs with a hard fought 1-0 win just outside the capital on Saturday.

Jade Parris claimed all five goals in a stunning second half comeback from Metro in the ASB Women’s Knockout Cup second qualification round on Sunday as her side turned around a two goal deficit against Bay Olympic to claim a 5-2 upset.

The Melbourne Vixens held off the NSW Swifts to take victory 50-42 in front of a packed house at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre on Mother’s Day, with 3,569 tickets sold for the Round 8 ANZ Championship match.

Ryan Sissons knows what he is capable of and his 10km run split at the ITU World Triathlon Series race in Yokohama yesterday again hinted at it, but the 24 year old Aucklander is again cooling his heels after a less than satisfactory swim.