A quality international field featuring Olympic medallists and world champions provided spectacular action at the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ FIS Australia New Zealand Continental Cup (ANC) Cross-Country Skiing Sprint at Snow Farm today with top honours going to USA’s Andy Newell and Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland.

Good news for wine lovers – having that next glass could feel almost guilt-free.

Skyline Queenstown has announced details of a new mountain bike trail as it launches its season pass prices and information for 2013/14.

12 August, 2013

Mary Fisher and Sophie Pascoe enjoyed a dream first day at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, both winning Gold and topped off by a new world record.

Jed’s Coffee Co has extended its range into 90g Instant Freeze Dried pouches after the successful launch of its ‘Roast and Ground’ and ‘Freeze Dried’ variants in March 2013.

12  August 2013
Race Walker Quentin Rew hopes to secure his second New Zealand record of the year at the World Championships in Moscow. Steve Landells chats to the ambitious former middle-distance runner about his meteoric rise in the discipline of Race Walking.

14 August 2013
 

Angie Smit is set to represent New Zealand in the women's 800m at the World Championships in Moscow next month after producing the run of her life in Kazan. Steve Landells caught up with the amiable Rangiora athlete to talk about her tough road to the Russian capital.

Brooklyn-based R&A Cycles Takes Comprehensive Exclusivity in Bike Category for Inaugural Event

BROOKLYN, NY (August 13, 2013) – The 1,500 participants who claim the capped number of spots in the inaugural Brooklyn Triathlon on November 10, 2013 will enjoy an array of exclusive merchandise, service and training opportunities provided by Brooklyn-based R&A Cycles, today named as the "Official Bike and Triathlon Shop" of the Brooklyn Triathlon.

13 August 2013

Stuart Farquhar has been one of the mainstays of the New Zealand team for the best part of a decade and will start his World champs on with the qualifying round on on Thursday evening (NZ time). Steve Landells speaks to the Hamilton City Hawks javelin thrower about his journey to the top and why Moscow could just see the best performance of his career.

More than 350 racers participated in this year’s JetBlack WSMTB 12 Hour endurance mountain bike race at Dargle Farm near Windsor on the weekend. The reigning 24 Hour Solo World Champion Jason English from Port Macquarie claimed the elite men’s win at the Rocky Trail Entertainment event for the fifth time in a row and National 24 Hour Solo Champion Liz Smith from Wollongong won the women’s elite category.

Tiszaujvaros, Hungary (11 August 2013) - Florin Salvisberg (SUI) won his first ITU World Cup race with a superb performance in Tiszaujvaros. Salvisberg, who was crowned U23 European Champion earlier this year in Holten, continued his fine form in 2013 with a confident performance, emerging from the water amongst the leaders, a position he would not relent over the course of the race.

Tiszaujvaros, Hungary (11 August 2013) - Katie Hursey (USA) made it back to back World Cup wins with another controlled performance at the ITU World Cup in Tiszaujvaros. Hursey, a winner in Palamos last month, ran a brilliantly tactical race - keeping herself in the chase group before exploding on the run to take victory.

Triathlon New Zealand has a host of young development athletes competing at the next ITU World Cup event in Tiszaujvaros (Hungary) this weekend, with the focus very much on performance rather than results at this stage of their careers.

New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle has completed a remarkable two weeks of her career with another world class performance on the second day of the FINA World Cup in Berlin today.

Spanish swimming star Mireia Belmonte Garcia produced a stunning world record to beat off the challenge from New Zealand’s Lauren Boyle at the FINA World Cup meet in Berlin yesterday.

Superstar recording artist Katy Perry is gearing up to release the highly anticipated follow-up to her breakthrough 2010 release, Teenage Dream. Katy’s fourth studio album, Prism, is due for release on October 22nd and will feature the brand new single ‘Roar’, which premiered online yesterday.

BikeNZ cyclist Linda Villumsen soloed to victory on the final stage to claim the overall honours in the Route de France.

More than 750 elite athletes from a record number of competing nations are arriving in New Zealand’s Southern Alps to thrill and amaze spectators at the region’s ski fields and millions of TV viewers around the world as organisers make final preparations for the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ 2013.

All that glitters is silver for the New Zealand junior track cycling team who earned two laudable silver medals on the final day of the UCI World Championships in Glasgow today.

Sophie Corbidge (Auckland) finished a highly creditable 16th on her ITU World Cup debut at Tiszaujvaros (Hungary) today while Mikayla Nielsen (Waikato) withdrew just 500 metres into the run with a slight recurrence of an ankle injury.
 

Lauren Boyle has added another international win to her resume on the second day of the FINA World Cup in The Netherlands today.

Triathlon New Zealand has a host of young development athletes competing at the next ITU World Cup event in Tiszaujvaros (Hungary) this weekend, with the focus very much on performance rather than results at this stage of their careers.

After more than 30 years as a respected athletics official New Zealander Trevor Spittle is set to be rewarded at the World Championships in Moscow when he takes up a role as one of ten ITO’s (International Technical Officials) at the IAAF’S flagship event staged from Aug 10-18.

Auckland first NZ city to experience giant trampoline park.  

WASHINGTON, DC – August 6, 2013 – The Events DC Nation’s Triathlon To Benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society today announced that Gryphon Technologies is returning as the presenting sponsor of the 6th annual Military Challenge. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces have a chance to compete against other active duty or veterans at the triathlon’s race-within-a-race on Sunday, September 8, 2013.