New Zealand's bid to send a coxless four to Rio ended with FISA confirming Russia will cobble together a crew.

They both won gold medals in their respective fields at London 2012 and are considered to be one of the greatest of all-time in their

Eleven crews - including the 10th placed Russians - qualified at last year's world championships.

The Australian women's eight will race at Rio with a borrowed boat and oars after Russian boats were withdrawn.

The men's coxless four rowers are the latest New Zealand athletes to be punished by the IOC's abdication of responsibility over Russia's systemic doping.

Join Adam Cooper as he looks at illegal steams of the Joseph parker fight and more on the IOC ban on the Russian Olympics team.

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Our oldest champion from the London Olympics isn't ready to hang up his oars just yet.

It remains business as usual for the one New Zealand rowing crew still on the cusp of a late callup to the Rio Olympics. The men's

Mahe Drysdale has been upset in the final of the Henley Royal regatta. Hannes Obreno of Belgium has beaten Drysdale by two lengths

The New Zealand men's rowing quad replace banned Russians for the Rio Olympics and internet searches for properties in New Zealand skyrocket in the UK since Brexit and its happening in the US because of Trump. A same-sex couple is celebrating a land-mark ruling after the Italian Government refused a Kiwi man residence with his partner in Italy.

This afternoon on NZ Herald Focus the death toll continues to rise in Turkey after terrorists bomb Istanbul’s main airport and MetService have issued heavy rain warnings across the top of the country.

New Zealand had a cracking day on the water of Lake Malta in Poznan, Poland tonight.

A large chunk of New Zealand's Olympic rowing squad have been in Sursee, half an hour north of Lucerne, for the past week through until the end of next week.

What makes Eric Murray and Hamish Bond tick?

Nine down, five to go - that's New Zealand's mission boiled down at the final rowing qualifying regatta for the Rio Olympics, starting in Lucerne tomorrow.

wigg was not permitted to compete at last year's worlds in France by Rowing New Zealand's selection policy, as she'd not been part of the programme at Lake Karapiro.

New Zealand rowing coaches will have a keen eye on this weekend's European championships in Germany.

The New Zealand rowing team are heading to Europe for international regattas as part of their Rio Olympic games build up.

Five of the six gold medallists from the 2012 Olympics will be in Rio defending their titles.