Ironman champion Pete Jacobs and multiple Ironman 70.3 winner Michelle Wu will enter the inaugural URBAN Hotel Group Ironman 70.3 Cairns race as firm favourites following their performances in the Coral Coast 5150 Triathlon last weekend.

A University of Auckland academic is calling for the Government to make preventing vision loss for ageing New Zealanders top of the national health agenda.

Renowned food and wine magazine ‘Dish’ has released the results of its inaugural Wine Panel tasting with two of Gibbston Valley Winery’s Pinot Noirs receiving accolades.

 Wellington’s Isaac Foote has won the first medal for New Zealand on the opening day of competition in the Oceania Swimming Championships in Noumea.

New Zealand’s BMX riders are returning from the world championships in England fired up about hosting the 2013 event for the first time.

 The Pedigree Adoption Drive Doggelgänger campaign has been awarded Gold at the 2012 CAANZ Media Awards this week.

 The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to announce the duathlon competition of the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia slated for 26-27 July will now act as the 2013 ITU Duathlon World Championships for elite athletes, replacing the previous host city Segovia.

Great Britain's Jonathan Brownlee continued his incredible start to the Olympic year in Madrid, with another all-round dominant display to claim his second consecutive ITU Word Triathlon Series win in 2012.

 There were no medals but plenty of relief for New Zealand’s BMX riders at the UCI World Championships in Birmingham today.

 Samuels books her ticket for london – Hewitt up to second in world rankings.

Olympic cyclist Jesse Sergent finished his first Grand Tour with a podium placing in the individual time trial in the final stage of the Giro d’Italia in Milan today.

With a new sponsor and new course, the Christchurch Airport Marathon is another Canterbury earthquake recovery story. A year ago the event was forced out of the city to Lincoln where just over 3000 entries turned out. Scheduled this year for Sunday June 03, the course returns to Christchurch with a new route around Christchurch Airport.

There are two objectives for the two athletes racing in Madrid this weekend at the latest round of the ITU World Triathlon Series. For current world number 3 Andrea Hewitt the race is a chance to earn yet more valuable ranking points in the race for the world championship and another step towards London while for Nicky Samuels the goal is to earn sufficient points to earn New Zealand and herself a start in London.

Auckland nine year old Rico Bearman was the toast of the New Zealand team that picked up five medals on the first day of competition at the UCI BMX World Championships in Birmingham today.

CAIRNS, Australia (May 24, 2012) – Ironman World Championship 70.3 champion Melissa Hauschildt (nee Rollison) has confirmed she will make her Ironman debut in Cairns but not in the fleet-footed fashion we’ve come to expect from the diminutive Australian.

A dream run of summer and autumn weather producing high quality fruit has pioneering wine company Gibbston Valley Winery predicting an outstanding 2012 vintage.

This year’s Hokonui Fashion Design Awards features an exciting new award to recognise the many diverse cultures of New Zealand and the Pacific region.

Monday 21 May marks 100 days to the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games.  As the excitement builds the New Zealand Paralympic Games team will grow once more as Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) names further athletes to represent New Zealand in the sports of cycling, rowing and shooting.

A fired up Australian contingent is hoping to rattle some Kiwi cages at next week's Expand-A-Sign 3D Rotorua, which features the Australasian multisport championships.
The off-road festival on June 3 has attracted a strong international contingent intent on taking down reigning champions Richard and Elina Ussher, who triumphed in their respective divisions in last year's inaugural event.

Stargazers and visitors heading to Aoraki Mount Cook early next month will be in a great location to witness a spectacular once-in-a-lifetime astronomy event.

BikeNZ has appointed Auckland’s Jane Patterson as Event Director of the 2013 UCI BMX World Championships to be staged in the city next July.

New Zealand mountain biker Samara Sheppard produced a remarkable charge on the final lap to earn a podium finish in the fourth round of the UJCI World Cup in France on Saturday (NZ time).

A perilous course proved the undoing of much of the field including New Zealand’s Karen Hanlen in the fourth round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in France today.

The Olympic aspirations of mountain biker Rosara Joseph received a blow when she broke her wrist in practice for this weekend’s UCI World Cup in France.

While most cycling attention is on the London Olympics, a group of up-and-coming talent is leaving no stone unturned to reach the top of the world.