After the calamity of 2014 and the political crisis, Brazil fans are quietly optimistic.

You might not know his name but Aaron Lloyd has a front-row seat for sport's big stories.

Dylan Cleaver: Why we can't feign shock at ending up with the likes of Andreas Heraf.

When does white noise around the All Blacks become something more worrying?

Once again journalists have gone where the ICC fears to tread.

New stadium a chance to make amends for Auckland's wretched treatment of sports fans.

Black Ferns sevens deserve a tournament here, and why McCullum is wrong... maybe?

NRL's clear-thinking off-field game plan leaves its 15-man competitors in the dust.

Midweek Fixture: Super Rugby scarred by terrible decisions and even worse hair-dos.

Test cricket needed an engaging end to a thin summer - it got one.

By popular demand, we rank the record-breaking Black Caps skipper's 18 test centuries.

Tampering furore is an opportunistic strike against Australia's cricketing culture.

The voices in my head remain conflicted by the pink ball test.

A first-up win offers fans hope, but the Warriors coach is not one to get carried away.

Players were always going to tire of the Australian, but not this early.

Warner will always act like a tit because it's all he knows.

The right-hander has eye-popping numbers since his operation.

Dylan Cleaver: We need to fight back against sport's jump-the-shark moment.

The IOC's action against Russia was way too little, way too late, writes Dylan Cleaver.

Toks Fale's rugby took him to Japan before taking a sharp turn in a new direction.

The sports journalism industry is shrinking in front of our eyes, and it matters.

First rugby anti-doping rules violation decisions expected in coming days.

NZ were good, the Windies terrible, and other things happened too.

The first test is the signal that summer is here, but it's a disappointingly short one.

The winter has been long and unsatisfactory but the Ashes means summer is here.

No shortage of hope, just a shortage of goals.

All Whites bid for World Cup glory is appointment viewing.

COMMENT: Tonga's victory over Kiwis was eye-popping, but fails the David v Goliath test.

Cleaver: There's sure to be some discomfort in Sport NZ's offices and at the HPSNZ base.

EXCLUSIVE: 85 staff with NZ's big sports bodies earn more than $100,000.