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The sprinters led the way for New Zealand on the final day of the opening UCI Track World Cup in Paris. Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster both rode close to personal bests in a white-hot qualifying session at the Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines track, with Webster edged in the quarterfinal by double world ch

Castrol Toyota Racing Series officials say that the FIA decision last week to go with the Tatuus chassis for European regional F3 series means its New Zealand championship should now be fully on the radar for drivers planning next season’s campaigns. The New Zealand series uses a Tatuus chassis and

Chris Cox from Rangiora was back to his winning best at KartSport New Zealand’s annual South Island Sprint Championship meeting at Invercargill over Labour Weekend. Victory in the 125cc Rotax Max Light class at the 2018 KartSport NZ South Island Sprint Championships meeting at the KartSport Southlan

Powerful Kiwi sprinter Eddie Dawkins produced a superb silver medal performance to light up the Vantage New Zealand team on the penultimate day of the opening UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Paris. Dawkins won silver in the men’s keirin after some commanding form in the lead-up, and being forced to c

The elite men’s race is shaping up as a showdown between New Zealand’s best domestic based riders and a number of professionals returning from long overseas seasons as the Calder Stewart Cycling series hits Canterbury for its final double header weekend of racing. “It’s going to be an awesome showdo

Sport Southland staff members will put themselves well and truly out of their comfort zone during next year’s Kathmandu Coast to Coast. Chief executive Brendon McDermott, digital administrator Tessa Hewlett and Healthy Families Invercargill systems innovator Lauren Richardson will take part in the t

Four-time Targa New Zealand event winners Glenn Inkster and Spencer Winn (Mitsubishi Evo 8) from Auckland head south this week as favourites to win this year’s five-day tarmac motor rally marathon from Invercargill to Dunedin and on to Queenstown which starts on Tuesday October 23 and finishes on Sa

Netball South has named an 23-strong training squad to prepare for the 2019 Beko Netball League. The players were selected following trials at weekend and will now focus on off-season strength and conditioning before being invited to participate in a second trial at the end of January. A final team