Stephen Hewson

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.

Chiefs first five Aaron Cruden says his teammates didn't pack away too much baking during the lockdown.

It's 25 years since Team New Zealand won the oldest sporting trophy in the world - the America's Cup - in San Diego. Video

Athletes are having to go through a grieving process as they come to terms with the loss of the Tokyo Olympics due to the global pandemic says a leading sports psychologist.

Black Caps allrounder Jimmy Neesham is refusing to get too downhearted at the seeming demise of his debut in the lucrative Indian Premier League.

New Zealand Cricket has seemingly evaded the lethal bouncer Covid-19 has delivered many other sports, writes Stephen Hewson.

First Person - RNZ sports editor Stephen Hewson was part of the New Zealand over-50s cricket team taking part in the Cricket World Cup in South Africa earlier this month. Unfortunately for him and the…

Canterbury leg-spinner Todd Astle is giving up test cricket to concentrate on the shorter formats of the game.

A decision on who'll lead the Silver Ferns in the absence of Laura Langman is expected tomorrow.

Three and a half months after their agonising cricket world loss to England the Black Caps finally get the chance for at a smidgen of revenge.

There were discussions about retirement but coach Noeline Taurua says it's "fantastic" that Silver Fern greats Laura Langman and Maria Folau have decided to remain on the international scene for now…

If Black Caps captain Kane Williamson is looking for encouraging omen's ahead of the side's test against Sri Lanka in Galle starting this afternoon - he'll be struggling to find any.