Sport & Motorsport

The Ascot Park Hotel Steel have advanced to their first Grand Final in eight years after an all-the-way 60-54 win over the VIP Frames & Trusses Tactix in the Elimination Final in Invercargill on Sunday. The Steel will meet Minor Premiers GoSweetSpot Mystics in the season-decider in Auckland next Saturday

The Southern Steel are one win away from the ANZ Premiership grand final — and head coach Wendy Frew has been here before. The Steel host the Tactix in an Elimination Final at ILT Stadium Southland on Sunday, with a spot in next weekend's decider against the Mystics in

Last year Caleb Macdonald of Queenstown and co-driver Larisa Biggar of Australia won the Barry Robinson Memorial Wyndham Rally. It was Macdonald's first outright rally win and the second overall rally victory for Biggar in a season where they also won the NZ Rally Challenge Championship. This year

Southland basketball has a new single boss covering both the grassroots game and the Sharks' national league campaign. Rod Bannister has been appointed General Manager of the Southland Basketball Association and the Southland Sharks, combining what were previously two separate roles into one. The move is a deliberate restructure

Brendon Leitch and Sergio Pires have jumped into the lead of the GT World Challenge Australia championship after a dominant weekend at Queensland Raceway. The Geyer Valmont Racing by Tigani Motorsport pair finished third and first across the two 60-minute races at Ipswich, vaulting from fifth in the standings to

Southern Steel will host the elimination final after beating Canterbury Tactix 56-54 in a thriller at Invercargill on Sunday. The result reversed Steel's 13-goal opening round loss to the Tactix while breaking an 11-game losing streak against their southern rivals. More importantly, it secured home advantage for the

Jacob Duffy wins Southland Sports Award honour for record third time 12/6/2026 - New Zealand cricketer Jacob Duffy has won the ILT Senior Sportsperson of the Year award at tonight's (June 12) ILT Southland Sports Awards. The Lumsden-born, Southland Boys' High School-educated Duffy is the

Corbin Strong is back. Southland cyclist Corbin Strong won the Lotto Circuit Franco-Belge on Sunday, ending a difficult start to the season with a powerful sprint finish on Belgian roads. Strong's victory came after his team controlled the race from the front. Riley Sheehan launched a decisive attack