Tauranga's Joseph Millar can now boast of being New Zealand's fastest man, blitzing his way to the 100m title at the track and field nationals with a time that ranks him among the country's all-time best.

If you were looking for a school that lives and breathes North Harbour's biggest annual community sports event, then look no further than Willow Park School in Hillcrest.

Interview with athlete Sarah Cowley

It won't be gold, but Valerie Adams has the chance to upgrade a medal won at the 2005 world championships after her nemesis Nadzeya Ostapchuk failed a retrospective drugs test from those championships.

It took exercise-mad Garth Barfoot some time to find a sport he could succeed in. In fact it took nearly six decades, but nowadays Barfoot and triathlon go hand-in-hand.

Nick Willis is aiming to meet the 1500m qualifying standard for this year's world championships in Moscow on home soil tomorrow night with a one-off race in Auckland.

The husband of Olympian Anne Hare has taken aim at the leaders of two of the country's biggest sports organisations, accusing them of not doing enough to bridge the gender gap in sporting boardrooms.

Mahe Drysdale will continue to broaden his sporting horizons by running the Queen St Mile in April - and he might not be the only Olympic gold medallist to take part.

This sudden, unexpected tragedy has traumatised the national psyche.

New Zealand women's hockey player Anita Punt had often wondered how competitive she would be as a track sprinter and yesterday found the answer: very.

Olympic 1500m semifinalist Lucy van Dalen will compete in the Queen St Golden Mile in April.

Shot-putter Jacko Gill counts himself lucky that he still has the use of his right eye after being bitten by one of his family's dogs at his Auckland home.

Young Kiwi shotputter Jacko Gill has been hospitalised after being involved in a freak accident.

This will forever be remembered as the year in which a sporting legend was brought down. American Lance Armstrong, cancer survivor and multiple Tour de France winner, was crushed by an inquiry into doping.