Atheltics
Rivalries spur athletes to top results
Some intense rivalries are pushing a few of New Zealand's top athletes up the world rankings and towards World Championship success.
Cooks Garden heritage plaque to be unveiled this weekend
The World Heritage Plaque commemorating the 60th anniversary of Peter Snell's world mile record will be unveiled this weekend.
Walsh frustrated despite podium finish
Commonwealth Games shot-put champion Tom Walsh has finished third in the Diamond League finals in Zurich.
Court reverses decision preventing Semenya from running
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will not defend her 800-metres title at the World Championships in September after a Swiss Court reverses ruling.
Adams has sights set on Gold Coast
Champion shot-putter Dame Val Adams is back training and fully focussed on competing at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April.
Rudisha pulls out of World Champs
World 800 metres record holder David Rudisha says he's saddened and disappointed to have pulled out of the world athletics championships due to injury.
IAAF suffers cyber attack
The IAAF said it had suffered a cyber attack which it believes has compromised information about athletes' medical records.
Savinova stripped of London gold
The Russian athlete Mariya Savinova-Farnosova has been stripped of her 800 metres London 2012 Olympic Games gold medal.
Bolt's reputation won't be tarnished by team-mates drugs failure
Sprint champion Usain Bolt's reptuation won't be tarnished by having to give up one of his Olympic gold medals says the former head of the World Anti Doping Agency, David Howman.
Bolt and Ayana win top athletics awards
Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Ethiopian distance runner Almaz Ayana have been crowned as the IAAF's athletes of the year.
Willis finishes fourth in Dream Mile
The New Zealand athlete Nick Willis has run a season's best time in the Dream Mile at the Bislet Games in Oslo.