I was fortunate enough to play in three World Cups, yet I think the current Black Caps squad would easily dispose of any of those World Cup teams I played in, writes Jacob Oram.

I once wrote a really angry column when a football team that didn't win a game won the Halberg supreme award.

Football in New Zealand is suffering from a bad case of Asian envy.

New Zealand will know what to expect if, as expected, Lasith Malinga marks out his runup against them in the World Cup opener on Saturday.

When talk turns to salivating opening-round match-ups, it usually centres on Melbourne, where Australia meets England, or Adelaide, where those great foes India and Pakistan will meet.

How can the international cricket mob expect us to take the World Cup seriously when they don't? Come on, troops, get with the programme.

Teddy McCafferty, out of Henry and Beryl McCafferty of Strathmore, a trainer of some distinction with a string of champions to his name, was scratching his head outside the stables at Alexandra....

In 2015 it is still considered acceptable to define women by their relationship with men, writes Dana Johannsen.

The infectiously vibrant Asian Cup football tournament being contested in Australia is an encouraging portent for the Fifa U-20 World Cup New Zealand is to host this winter.

Sri Lanka will top the World Cup teams in at least one respect - they've got a pile more caps than any other nation.

There's a strange virus sweeping through the Heineken Open - it could be called "Melbournitis".

There's enough cricket on TV to sink a ship and fortunately there have been other morsels to help float my boat.

It was Gordon Gekko who trumpeted "greed is good" in the 1987 film Wall Street.

Time to change the kit, and the mindset for New Zealand - bring out the colours, the World Cup is almost upon us.

They stand on different sides of the bat and have contrasting roles but Tom Latham acknowledged last night there's much to admire about the way Kane Williamson goes about his work.

Australia's fallen Kangaroos are running scared of the Kiwis all the way back to Brisbane, but this time they have gone way too far.

He was 30-love up in the final game. The winner was taking all. The court was of the public variety, and the net sagged in the middle, blown about through spring by the winds that whipped off the grey waters of Caroline Bay.

Jaw-dropping decision to stage America’s Cup racing off Bermuda may see event disappear off Kiwi radar writes Dana Johannsen.

The day I accepted the bouncer was the day I went from being a flaky tail-ender to beginning my journey to becoming a test batsman.

Everything about Lydia Ko astounds. She has put the giggle into golf and stunned her contemporaries while her direct credit entries have given her a flurry of investment opportunities.

Many years ago a young teenager was batting in a school match.

Breathe now, everyone. A near-crisis was averted in Cardiff, the All Blacks' season is done as Brodie Retallick claimed the award for the best player on the globe this season.

A bad week for golf, or to be more specific Olympic golf and the game's biggest name.

The plot went like this: Jesse Ryder would go to the United Arab Emirates this week with New Zealand A, clobber runs off associate member teams, get into the ODI side, give Pakistan a touch up and....

This much is clear: we've reached peak lunacy when it comes to evaluating test match referees, and the character assassination of Nigel Owens this week is the proof.

North of the border there's a renewed bounce in Scotland's rugby step.

The media might have you believing that the rugby and cricket World Cups are the only big offerings in 2015.

The Twickenham crowd can take a bow. After a poor start, in which they allowed Aaron Cruden to score a dodgy try for the All Blacks, the England faithful took control and kept their team in the hunt.

Twickenham. Many of us have been there to breathe in the atmosphere and then watch as the English hosts try to repel the All Black invaders.