Sport & Motorsport News

New Zealander Liam Lawson has won the first race of the 2019 Castrol Toyota Racing Series, taking a dominant lights to flag home victory at Highlands Motorsport Park in Cromwell. Starting second on the grid, Lawson timed his start to perfection and was already ahead of pole position sitter Raoul Hym

Three of New Zealand’s finest young drivers will take on some of the best in the world for championship honours, and the international spotlight, when the Castrol Toyota Racing Series blasts off this weekend in Cromwell. The series – which has seen F1 drivers Lance Stroll, Daniil Kvyat, Lando Norris

Twenty-year-old professional James Fouche showed a glimpse of his outstanding potential when he cleared out from a select group to claim the overall honours in the men’s road race at the Vantage Elite and Under 23 Road National Championships in Napier on Sunday. Fouche, who has been re-signed with U

Timber Sports at the annual Tuatapere Sports Day have been held at Tuatapere since 1910. The timber sports were a great chance for people to view world class and world champion woodchoppers and sawyers in action. The event at Tuatapere formed part of the Southern Axemens Christmas circuit. It attrac

There was plenty of silver dangling around the necks of Southland’Touch players after the Southern IPS held in Christchurch at the weekend. The Southland under-12 girls, under-14 boys and under-16 girls’ sides all progressed through to the final of their respective grades where they all took on Cant

Some slight tweaks to the make-up of Southland’s junior representative teams will be of focus when they compete in the annual Southern Junior IPS in Christchurch this weekend. Over the past few years Touch Southland have sent separate teams from Southland (Invercargill based featuring country player

A huge weekend of Touch took place with tournaments in both Oamaru and Alexandra. Saturday saw our under-12, under-14 and under-16 boys and girls teams take on the best of Canterbury and Otago. All teams took some valuable experiences from the tournament and now know the standard required when the S

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has revealed he will step down after next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan. He said whoever replaced him would bring a new perspective. “Some fresh eyes, some fresh thinking … whoever it is will be fresh. It will be for the enhancement of the legacy of the jersey,” he […