The Latest Sport headlines from Radio New Zealand News http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/news Radio New Zealand 60 The All Whites captain Ryan Nelsen has made his debut for his new English premier league football club Tottenham Hotspur. Nelsen came on with a quarter of an hour to... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:15:39 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98192/all-whites-skipper-makes-debut-for-tottenham 52bfbd2da80d773c35688aa0018d32c327393511 The opener Martin Guptill has continued his rich vein of form against Zimbabwe scoring 91 not out to help the New Zealand cricketers to a seven wicket win, in the... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:58:08 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98196/guptill-continues-rich-vein-of-form-against-zimbabwe a76fe730f84e7537abd56ff8b7b3141d22ef0dc2 The New Zealand Breakers five game winning streak has come to an end with the Australian National Basketball League leaders beaten 80 to 64 by Wollongong Hawks. The former Breaker... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:58:08 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98198/breakers-winning-streak-comes-to-an-end 99674eab97679e47b63293565c891e65de6eef82 The Six Nations rugby match between France and Ireland in Paris has been postponed because of a frozen pitch. The game was called off ten minutes after it was due... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:15:39 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98193/six-nations-match-called-off-because-of-frozen-pitch 5a325804fcd02b47331167becc3bd9a76ec069ab The Blues have beaten the Melbourne Rebels 31-21 in a pre-season Super rugby match in Melbourne. All Black Isaia Toeava scored two tries while winger Sherwin Stowers and hooker Tom... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:58:08 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98195/blues,-chiefs-and-crusaders-enjoy-pre-season-wins af6ae78cc9c57ee1809d7c0183a348b104451496 Two tries in the space of four minutes early in the second half from Warriors winger Manu Vatuvei, has helped his side to a 22-14 National Rugby League trial win... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:58:08 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98197/vatuvei-helps-warriors-to-trial-win-over-south-sydney b7635e645e44172076da49cdac2ef5485acbf4d6 Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala will go into the final day of the Rally of Sweden with a 23-second lead over fellow Finn and former team mate Mikko Hirvonen. There are six... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:15:40 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98205/latvala-in-front-in-rally-of-sweden 791b4b08fbbc283c3860fba75619b091865ab3ec The Nelson couple Richard and Elina Ussher have become the first husband and wife to win the Coast to Coast multisport event in the same year. Richard had won the... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:58:08 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98194/husband-and-wife-win-coast-to-coast 3e4f6f8823c08b6e68947ce07f8be1fffc04054d The New Zealand rugby sevens team has beaten Japan 42-5 in their second pool match at the Las Vegas round of the IRB series. Earlier New Zealand beat Australia 31-5. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:07:15 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98178/new-zealand-sevens-team-beats-japan ff266af9e2348dda7c8f478a845dd1f16b57750d Uzbekistan has beaten New Zealand in their Asia-Oceania group 1 Davis Cup tennis tie in Tauranga. The Uzbeks beat the New Zealand doubles pairing of Michael Venus and Dan King-Turner... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:07:15 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98176/nz-beaten-in-davis-cup 20a5adbcdf3183ec952e04870e9aff1aaa5f587e The New Zealand golfer Danny Lee is in a tie for third after two rounds of the latest US PGA event, the Pebble Beach National in California. On a tough... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98169/lee-still-in-touch-in-monterey daaa3c2fc4da705674f996930a76899f82e07139 The New Zealand men's hockey team has been beaten 4-1 by South Korea in their fourth Test in Auckland. The Koreans led 2-1 at half-time with Nick Wilson scoring the... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98098/men's-hockey-team-beaten-in-fourth-test e9f82761154918619b67d7d702e567ae3f682199 The Crusaders have beaten the Hurricanes 19-8 in their Super Rugby pre-season match in Mangatainoka. The Crusaders scored three tries to one and led 12-3 at half-time. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:07:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98177/crusaders-beat-hurricanes 38c44397cf7f4cbc4335e0c2f5229b8695b2b49a The teenage New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has shot a one under par 72 third round at the women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne. The 14-year-old amateur has a clubhouse... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:07:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98012/ko-improves-in-melbourne 6e4809e7f58e52ab765a093dde17476aa43bdcb1 Manchester United has regained top spot in the English Premier League with a 2-1 win over Liverpool at Old Trafford. The stormy clash though was marred by fresh controversy stemming... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:58:08 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98199/manchester-united-return-to-top-of-english-premier-league 1e3b3492f1023fe6320552cec0dddc06a6b3f356 New Zealand has beaten Zimbabwe by seven wickets in their first Twenty20 cricket international at Eden Park in Auckland. Zimbabwe made 159 for eight off 20 overs with Hamilton Masakadza... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:28:16 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98155/black-caps-take-first-t20 5d832e3a65a01b5f6c0d9ce1228965f40c47184c The New Zealand Breakers can take a little break on the field when they meet Wollongong in their Australian National Basketball League clash across the Tasman tonight. With second-placed Perth... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98171/breakers-expected-to-win-tonight 39199b0defaad6b6269af6896db91a9d1fa31e25 Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set the fastest time on the final day of the first Formula One pre-season test in Spain. A day after his team admitted they weren't happy with... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98172/alonso-fastest-on-final-day 17e1a80784cac7f23b9a48cee49b79acd4e4a2fc Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala has the lead after the first day of the Rally of Sweden while world champion Sebastien Loeb is down in seventh place after getting his Citroen stuck... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98154/latvala-claims-early-lead-in-rally-of-sweden 514c8184824bbbb37ffe87501dc46c3489093837 John Isner spoiled a rare appearance by Roger Federer in the Davis Cup when he stunned the Swiss star 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-2 to give the United States a 2-0... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98152/isner-stuns-swiss-maestro-in-davis-cup dd9baa9ace441383cc96604df48066c285c43be7 Tottenham Hotspur football manager Harry Redknapp aims to finish the season with the Premier League club despite the clamour for him to be appointed as England coach. Redknapp says he'd... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98108/redknapp-expects-to-finish-season-with-tottenham 0c508fd52b7a71a40c90772e04779f4dc183395f The International Cycling Union says Alberto Contador's Saxo Bank-Sungard team could be thrown out of cycling's World Tour. The Spaniard was given a two-year doping ban by the Court of... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98153/contador's-team-could-be-kicked-off-world-tour 4579e37da841a7cc6e202a0ac2d4dd9168445e4b Australia survived a frenetic Sri Lanka fightback to post a thrilling five-run one-day cricket victory at the WACA. Sri Lanka, chasing 232 for victory, looked dead and buried after slumping... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98141/aussie-cricketers-claim-second-win-from-as-many-games a5ff6094ac8e92c4027fbc542cc00865221d3d6e The top seeded tennis player Maria Sharapova crashed out of the WTA Paris Open in the quarter-finals after falling 6-4 6-4 to German ninth seed Angelique Kerber. Sharapova had breezed... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98142/sharapova-dumped-out-of-paris-open b0e9e6efa87b3c0e150addd1471fc9e32b7f4ab1 The world No.1 ranked Australian men's hockey team came back from a goal down to beat Argentina 3-1 in the second match of the Kookaburras Challenge at Perth Hockey Stadium. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:50:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98143/australia-beat-argentina-in-kookaburras-challenge 87f4d156780a8e7bb02b72ba677170f80182ed05 The New Zealand swimmer Glenn Snyders picked up where he left off last year after winning the men's 50 metre breaststroke on the opening night of the New South Wales... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98125/snyders-wins-in-nsw-swim-meet 6f4b1f0513981789476d7a28669316882a867fad A moment of Harry Kewell magic has re-ignited Melbourne Victory's football season, sparking an upset 2-1 home win over A-League leaders Central Coast Mariners. Kewell scored a sublime second half... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98126/victory-upset-central-coast-in-melbourne c5053b874595822fd8697743622d831d5c9c7b19 Top seed Vera Zvonareva was forced to retire from the WTA Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand with a left hip injury. The Russian, who won the title in 2009... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98127/zvonareva-out-of-thailand-open-with-injury a3fd725b56328154794bb7a8995303f463d8441a Eight-time winners Real Madrid could face an early exit from basketball's Euroleague after a 93-69 rout by fellow Spaniards Bilbao. Real Madrid, who played in last year's final, were upset... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98128/real-madrid-beaten-by-bilbao-in-euroleague-basketball dc7fe94cafa75a0624bb5d7f60f50b937f61db70 South African recruit Sarel Pretorius made a strong debut for the Waratahs in a convincing 83-5 Super Rugby trial victory over Samoa A in Tamworth. The halfback didn't figure on... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:13:53 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98129/waratahs-rout-samoa-a-in-super-rugby-hitout cbe0ed47c0f662693d8e6cfba9b4152b50704436 The former France football international, Thierry Henry, Arsenal's all-time leading scorer, will return to the New York Red Bulls next week as his loan spell cannot be extended past the... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:13:53 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98130/henry-to-return-to-new-york-red-bulls d0c94e50db7309b63c74ff9d657d8bb78ca9eb1e A devastating third term helped the Taipans romp to a 76-67 Australian National Basketball League win over the Perth Wildcats in Cairns. Perth's big guns were squeezed out of the... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:38:00 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98131/taipans-and-blaze-record-friday-night-wins-in-anbl 43fa1ec587ee4f480ccca999cc24d20245d3f058 Manchester United's 38-year-old midfielder Ryan Giggs has signed a one-year extension to his contract with the Premier League football club. Giggs, who made his United debut in March 1991, has... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:13:53 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98132/giggs-re-signs-with-man-u-as-they-welcome-back-cleverley 254d883440eca5ffc8b2f48f453a59c9f05c497e The Warriors forward Micheal Luck needs more surgery on his injured wrist further delaying his start to the National Rugby League season. The 29-year-old had a pin inserted in his... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:38:00 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98099/warriors-forward-suffers-further-injury-setback 5dc73a8ea78e381977611cf676a03e70e462f58b The All Blacks have won the Halberg Supreme Award following their World Cup victory in October. The All Blacks won the Team of the Year honour ahead of three rowing... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98009/all-blacks-sweep-halberg-awards b64a285dd1915ff3e244b984a6e1a3d4df2053f0 Australia's most capped Test lock Nathan Sharpe is to retire from rugby at the end of this year's Super 15 season. Sharpe, who turns 34 later this month, has played... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:39:40 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97931/wallabies-lock-calls-time-on-rugby-career 55bdcb8ea92c752abf56ee295a8c98404e8b5365 The long-awaited new Australian Rugby League Commission has been officially launched in Sydney. The commission, which has been almost four years in the making, will take over the game with... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:05:42 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98100/australian-rugby-league-commission-finally-up-and-running 31237746522e3bd143d5f9697ff7ed0ef8edb1d3 England could hire a caretaker manager to lead the side at the European football Championships, before seeking a long-term appointment after the tournament. The surprise resignation of Fabio Capello has... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:05:42 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98101/england-may-hire-caretaker-manager-for-euro-2012 4bbc98bc54fea12cbe8f0b37e62702c786372b00 The world tennis number two Rafa Nadal has claimed there's a campaign in France to discredit Spanish athletes by implying their success is due to the use of illegal drugs. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98073/nadal-complains-of-campaign-against-spanish-athletes 98f7616210f2a8a03382b04a819ba2239c7ae771 The Auckland powerlifter Rodney Newman has been banned for life from competing in the sport by the Sports Tribunal after multiple anti-doping violations. Newman was banned for two years in... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:05:42 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98102/auckland-powerlifter-banned-for-life 556b13dfc4e1be8214578fc240a750592042bc9c The Fiji Football Association remains optimistic that it will still host the Oceania Nations Cup tournament in June, despite next next month's Olympic qualifiers being shifted to New Zealand. The... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:09:40 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98074/fiji-optimistic-of-hosting-football-tournament f51d105f9a04dfc625647046e87b9ab69739b3b7 The New Zealand rugby sevens side has won its opening pool match at the Las Vegas round of the IRB series with a 31-5 thrashing of Australia. New Zealand led... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:07:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98170/nz-sevens-team-beat-australia-first-up b3beb241b2f8d7d1ee96c34739571c52e915bd1a New Zealand are staring down the barrel of defeat going into day two of their Davis Cup tennis tie against Uzbekistan in Tauranga after losing the first two singles matches. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:50:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98124/new-zealand-davis-cup-team-on-thin-ice-in-tauranga 2d19a21a83b28fe0b653c1138398bf6a0c7fe34b The Spanish Formula One team HRT, who this month signed Indian Narain Karthikeyan as one of their drivers, won't be able to try out their new car until next month's... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:39:40 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97977/spanish-f1-team-fails-safety-test f6e6d9baacd3c188861e98ceae98089ab7b74e6f Hamilton has put in a late bid to be one of the host cities for the Fifa under-20 World Cup in 2015. New Zealand Football's governing committee for the tournament... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98075/hamilton-bids-to-be-a-host-for-fifa-tournament 131eb1c62ba22afe3731af917869a29491d35810 Businessman Brent Impey has been appointed to the Board of the New Zealand Rugby Union as one of two independent directors. Impey replaces the late Christopher Doig who passed away... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98054/impey-joins-nzru-board bcb1ea6f17d715c8664d0b116f48077c6b942e56 Lloyd Morrison, a driving force behind the Welnix consortium that saved the Wellington Phoenix football club, passed away yesterday in a Seattle hospital after a long battle with leukemia. 54-year-old... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98055/phoenix-owner-passes-away f3426a63c961712e519eae84f7dd211b910899d9 Two leading coaches of Australian teams have claimed the Super Rugby competition isn't operating on a level playing field. Ewen McKenzie and Jake White say Australian teams must overcome enormous... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:05:42 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97872/australian-teams-claim-super-rugby-handicap 139f170a05e9f5800d8d013dc69915bbf1c86012 The stand-in New Zealand cricket captain Brendan McCullum says the high standards they've been able to achieve is the most pleasing aspect of their ODI series sweep of Zimbabwe. The... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98010/mccullum-very-happy-with-series-win 6746724ee2ec3b9fe1611a51649644992ad33d9b Chile's Fernando Gonzalez, the former world men's tennis number five and triple Olympic medallist, has announced that he will retire from playing after the Miami tournament in March. The 31-year-old,... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98057/gonzalez-to-retire-from-tennis 6a4f14707795a78424750abef1ccdeb11e7b28b5 All Whites newcomer Dan Keat says he's confident he's ready for the demands of international football. Keat, a midfielder, is the only new cap in the 18 strong squad for... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98058/keat-confident-he's-up-to-demands-of-international-football d50d5c47535464c5eb3348c23fc3a939da1252c5 Halfback Morgan Parra will start France's Six Nations rugby home match against Ireland this weekend after Dimitri Yachvili withdrew because of injury. Yachvili - the starting halfback when France lost... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98059/parra-replaces-yachvili-in-french-side 539c4468ad196fd1927387e37dfa3a149d72dd28 South Korea have beaten New Zealand 4-2 in the third Test of the men's hockey series in Auckland. After the Black Sticks won the first two matches, the Koreans kept... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98011/south-korea-beat-black-sticks-men 1b7891cd4d81b70b21b679ff42b23308c47d790d The New Zealand golfer Danny Lee has shot his best round in a US PGA tournament, which currently has him tied for the lead during the first round of the... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98072/lee-starts-with-a-stunner abb39d59a67e927e6e6a91b157d58086e5a51d65 Stuart Pearce will manage the England football team for this month's friendly against Netherlands while it searches for a permanent successor to Fabio Capello. Capello resigned Thursday in the wake... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98013/pearce-to-control-england-in-friendly 9e4f154b619c4d4cfb2619fe1b82c03e6e21a5fa The All Black halfback Piri Weepu will start at first five eight outside Alby Mathewson for the Blues in their Super Rugby pre-season match against the Rebels in Melbourne on... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98017/weepu-to-start-at-first-five 286a577eec14f0b96828cce78e67da08441190a6 The four Whitelock brothers have been named to start for the Crusaders in their Super Rugby preseason match against the Hurricanes in Mangatainoka on Saturday. Sam Whitelock starts at lock,... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:24 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97949/whitelocks-dominate-crusaders-lineup fc8a4e8986b10ae6197ee54eb012d9be65342d8c New Zealand's leading woman's road cyclist, Linda Villumsen, will ride for the Australian professional team GreenEdge-AIS in the Tour of New Zealand in Manawatu later this month. Villumsen, who's finished... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:25 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97982/leading-nz-road-cyclist-riding-for-australians b700d544b9b00e3de148163b57386feb82bc816a Rubin Statham has been selected as New Zealand's second singles player in the Asia-Oceania Group 1 Davis Cup tennis tie against Uzbekistan starting today in Tauranga. Statham, who's ranked 554... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:25 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97978/nz-selects-lineup-for-davis-cup-tie 5b840b656a352e2f94c7e61f6c54dd7c11105f10 Fabio Capello has resigned as England football manager. The Italian coach's resignation came after he met with FA chairman David Bernstein to discuss the ruling body's decision to remove the... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:25 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97930/capello-quits-england-football-team 25a8f0f5b38993705d286a01a798abca76a436be Sunderland's booked its place in English football's FA Cup fifth round with a 2-1 replay win over Championship side Middlesbrough. Sunderland will host Arsenal in the fifth round. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:25 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97983/sunderland-keep-fa-cup-campaign-going 9542ec1343ae23ae093ddebd2c7bada1a1800c75 The Canterbury allrounder Andrew Ellis has been called into the Black Caps Twenty20 squad for the two matches against Zimbabwe in Auckland and Hamilton. Ellis replaces batsman Dean Brownlie, who... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:25 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97980/ellis-called-into-black-caps-twenty20-squad-as-injury-cover 5b692feb804969293e0d025458fcbe66fad8d8f9 The All Whites coach Ricki Herbert has been able to name all the overseas players he wanted in his 18-man squad to take on Jamaica in a football friendly in... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:39:41 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97948/strong-all-whites-squad-named-to-play-jamaica 3a2fa9f0c075bd1894bf1c6ba461b910ce60fce8 The chief executive of the Australian Rugby Union has narrowly missed out on one of the biggest jobs in world sport - chief executive of Manchester City, according to the... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:25 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97981/australian-rugby-boss-narrowly-misses-out-on-manchester-city-job e8e57c201f7d2bdce3e59f75813a76f149d08c21 Ivory Coast will play Zambia in the final of the African Nations Cup football tournament. In the semi-finals Ivory Coast beat Mali 1-0 and Zambia upset Ghana 1-0. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:59:25 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97950/finalists-found-in-african-nations-cup 29a7b85b0a5e79b3e4f9125325cd5c057882aac2 The Breakers basketball club says it doesn't have a drug and alcohol culture after forward BJ Anthony was suspended for 10 days for turning up hungover at a recent practice. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:39:41 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/97933/no-problems-with-drugs-and-alcohol-say-breaker cbbbd750b77b663bbcc70cc0b43dd0776a7a0f2f