Blues head coach Sir John Kirwan talks about the team named to face the Chiefs in a pre-season hit-out in Rotorua on Friday. Courtesy Blues/YouTube

There was no weekend lie in for a handful of Blues players as they got up early for hill sprints up Western Spring's renowned Bullock Track...18 times. Courtesy Blues/YouTube

Video highlights of the Blues' 33-12 loss to the New South Wales Waratahs in a pre-season hit-out at Allianz Stadium on Friday February 7. Courtesy Blues/YouTube.

Alex de Jong and Miles Davis take an irreverent look at the Premier League…the world’s most exciting, glamorous and action-packed football competition. The team at Premier League BackPass is committed to bringing you all the action and most of the gossip, not that long after it happens! Goals! Scandals! Skills! Giveaways! Italians! From glorious action to shameless stupidity, discover the best, and worst the Premier League has to offer, and find out just what makes it the finest competition, in the greatest game on earth…

Freak 70-yard goal scored from a sliding tackle in Spanish fourth division match. Video / Youtube: WorldNews

Cricket writer Andrew Alderson and sports columnist Wynne Gray discuss the upcoming test match with India and what is going to happen to Jesse Ryder.

The University of Otago has become the first university in New Zealand to sign on as a major sponsor of a Super Rugby franchise. The deal between the university and the Highlanders was announced at Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday afternoon. Many of the Highlanders staff and players have studied at Otago, and both organisations feel the partnership will be beneficial.

New Zealand’s five Investec Super Rugby teams fired up their engines and headed for the starting line of this year’s Investec Super Rugby season at the official competition launch in Auckland. Investec Super Rugby officially kicks off in South Africa this weekend, with the New Zealand teams getting their 2014 campaigns under way next weekend. The Crusaders host the defending champion Chiefs at AMI Stadium, and the Highlanders host the Blues in Dunedin. The Hurricanes, as they have for the past two seasons, open their campaign on the road, starting in Durban against the Sharks.

Chris Cairns talks to The Crowd Goes Wild Breakfast on Radio Sport about the ICC's investigation into alleged match fixing, as well as Jesse Ryder's issues

Celebrations for New Zealand's biggest costume party are under way for die-hard sevens fans. Revellers in the Capital have begun to file into the Cake Tin, lighting up the streets with colourful and patriotic costumes.

Here are the best highlights from BOWL-A-RAMA Wellington 2014.

The Black Caps will keep an unchanged eleven for tomorrow's first test against India in Auckland. Herald sports experts Andrew Alderson and Wynne Gray come in off the long run up to give their opinion in the chances for both teams.

Heartland Wairarapa player Pedro Garcias scores the fastest goal ever recorded in NZ Football. Video / Youtube: Mitchy Clinton.

See this newly released YouTube clip from Jockey NZ 'behind the scenes' at the new Jockey All Blacks shoot, here are the nine AB's for your viewing pleasure.

Mark Richardson, Andrew Mulligan, Martin Devlin, Kent Johns and D'Arcy Waldegrave from Radio Sport share their thoughts on the Black Caps' recent successes over West Indies and India.

Watch Budweiser's Super Bowl XLVIII commercial following the special friendship between the Clydesdales and a puppy.

A video of 10-year-old Pakuranga player Chicago Doyle showing off his impressive skills in a sevens games has gone viral. Courtesy: YouTube/Viggo Rasmussen

Emotions were running high after United's Capital One Cup semi-final exit to Sunderland, but it was all too much for one intoxicated fan to take. Video / You Tube / Goal

Handball player scores crazy goal with ingenious ball spin. Video / YouTube: Raitis Purins

Ipswich Town defender and New Zealand All White Tommy Smith scores the goal of his life against QPR at Portman Road, acrobatically firing the ball past Rob Green with a scissor kick from a Stephen Hunt corner. Courtesy: YouTube/Ipswich Town FC

Venus Williams talks about surprising herself with some of the shots she plays, never taking pity on an opponent, the joys of being a part owner of the Miami Dolphins, her karaoke battles with Serena and thoughts on rugby.

Ana Ivanovic talks about being offered a role as an assassin in a Hollywood movie, learning forehands from Monica Seles, experiencing the haka live at the Beijing Olympics and being recognised all over the world.

Cricket writers Dylan Cleaver and Andrew Alderson discuss the impact of the New Zealand-West Indies test series, Shane Shillingford's banned action and Australia's dominance of the Ashes.

Newstalk ZB's Murray Deaker talks to Edward Swift about his foray into television with Sky TV, how television has changed sport in New Zealand, and the impact of social media and texting on talkback.

Figures from both sides of the 1981 Springboks tour gathered last night at the scene of one of the tour's most infamous events to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. On July 25, 1981, about 350 Minto-led protesters invaded the pitch of Waikato Stadium - then called Rugby Park - and forced the cancellation of a game between Waikato and the touring side.

The opening day of the Billabong Pipe Masters, in Memory of Andy Irons, commenced today in firing six-to-eight foot (2 metre) waves and the world’s best surfers put on an incredible display of technical barrel riding at Pipeline and Backdoor to complete Rounds 1 and 2.

NZ cricket CEO David White said he is 'shocked' by match-fixing allegations against NZ players, and that he knows the identity of those under investigation.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez scored a goal of the season contender in the English Premier League this morning. Video / Premierleaguepass

Skype: Dylan Cleaver joins Andrew Alderson from the cricket test in Dunedin to discuss the evolving match fixing allegations story involving former New Zealand players which he broke this morning.

An incredible own-goal scored from 40m out during an amateur match. Video / Youtube: James Cobbett