Stories by Stephen Hewson

New Zealand Cricket is discussing what action, if any, it might take in relation to games against Afghanistan following Cricket Australia's decision to postpone an upcoming T20 series due to human…

Wellington Phoenix midfielder Chloe Knott has terminated her contract with the A League football club citing the pressures of combining fulltime work and playing professionally.

The All Blacks captain Sam Cane has confirmed he will miss next year's Super Rugby Pacific competition with the Chiefs, instead opting to play in Japan.

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has reminded his players how many World Cups New Zealand has won away from home, one in seven.

New Zealand Netball is already investigating resurrecting a trans-Tasman domestic competition with Australia.

A 39 strong New Zealand team leaves for the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin today, where over 7000 athletes will be competing.

Despite having only snuck into the A League football playoffs it hasn't dented Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay's confidence.

This week marked 100 days until the women's Football World Cup kicks off in Aotearoa.

A national state of emergency won't stop the day-night cricket test between New Zealand and England going ahead at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui this afternoon.

Opinion - A year ago, Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel achieved something only two other players in the almost 150-year history of test cricket have achieved.

Opinion - Just over a year ago, Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel achieved something only two other players in the almost 150-year history of test cricket have achieved - to take all ten wickets in an…

It's that of time of the year - the RNZ Sports crew look back of the sporting highlights, lowlights, and oddities of the sporting year that was.

Twenty years ago female rugby players regarded as 'Weirdos' says Black Ferns assistant coach Wes Clarke - but now the country is getting behind them.

All Blacks coach Ian Foster is adamant he's not pondering resigning should the upcoming tests go the same way as the historic series loss to Ireland.

It's probably the closest the All Blacks will come to conceding Fiji was a tougher proposition than they expected in the first test in Dunedin.

Two-time Olympic rowing champion and five-time world champion Mahé Drysdale has called time on his competitive career.

The Rugby Players Association will finally get the chance to present its proposal for a public share float to NZ Rugby at a meeting on Thursday.

New Zealand Rugby is being urged to consider a third option, before it signs away a stake in its commercial rights with US private equity firm Silver Lake.

A top epidemiologist is warning the International Olympic Committee that going ahead with the Tokyo Games will lead to deaths. Audio

Official selection is the only thing needed for weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to become the first transgender Olympian.

Meaningless exhibition games for the All Blacks and a greater stake in New Zealand Rugby will be the ultimate outcome of the proposed $460 million deal with US tech giant Silver Lake, a former head of…

The New Zealand Olympic committee is being urged to make it compulsory for athletes going to the Tokyo Games to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

Getting tested for Covid-19 every four days and shuttling between his New York hotel and Flushing Meadows tennis courts is making New Zealand player Michael Venus' US Open experience a very different…

The Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson is playing down a perceived strain in his relationship with coach Gary Stead.

The resumption of netball's ANZ premiership will prove a real test of coaching acumen believes the coach of defending champions the Pulse, Yvette McCausland Durie.