New Zealander Kris Gemmell is wary of the risk-takers going into this weekend's triathlon world championship series finale in Budapest.

High-performance sport has received an unprecedented cash injection, re-energising a sector in danger of "slipping off track".

Former world champ Ben Fouhy stunned at personal attacks from kayaking great Ian Ferguson.

Backing a Commonwealth Games bid for Auckland during a global recession "was always going to be a big ask", the NZOC admits.

The Government will not be supporting a bid to host the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, John Key said today.