Sport & Motorsport

Nominations are now open for the 2026 ILT Southland Sports Awards, giving the region's sporting community a chance to celebrate another year of outstanding achievement. The annual event, New Zealand's longest-running sports awards ceremony, brings together athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers and supporters from across Southland to

A three-week hiatus in the Moto3 World Championship will enable New Zealand grand prix racer Cormac Buchanan to finally focus on his recovery after a brutal double header. Still suffering from injuries sustained from a crash at the Brazil GP, the gutsy Southlander had just four days before he was

Emma Gilmour of Dunedin scored a superb win in her Citroën C3 at the Eastern Southland Car Club Crossroads Clinton Popotunoa Rallysprint in South Otago on Saturday. Gilmour, already a multiple winner of the event, sealed victory over a high-calibre field with a scorching time on the final run of

Brayden Inger will return to the Southland Sharks for a sixth season, reinforcing his status as the club’s longest-serving player and a key figure within the team and wider Southland community. His decision reflects more than a routine signing, highlighting a strong sense of belonging built over five years

An 11-strong cohort of athletes has been accepted into the 2026 Foundation Year of the ILT Academy Southland programme. The two-year programme, which provides a range of supports for promising young Southland sportspeople including strength and conditioning, mental skills, athlete life and nutrition, is based at ILT Stadium Southland. ILT

Suffering intense physical pain, motorcycle racer Cormac Buchanan felt a sense of relief when the chequered flag emerged at the Grand Prix of Brazil yesterday. The Southlander quickly emerged as a leading contender during the weekend’s sessions before gravel left on the track from a crashed rider sent him

A stellar line-up heads to South Otago this Saturday (28 March) to contest the annual Eastern Southland Car Club Crossroads Clinton Popotunoa Rallysprint. The event is Round 1 of the Hawkeswood Mining Deep South Rallysprint Series, which will be fought out over four rounds. The event takes place just two

An instant-classic edition of Milano – Sanremo on Saturday is also a race that will go down in NSN Cycling Team history. Southland cyclist Corbin Strong sprinted to fifth on the Via Roma to a career-best Monument result, the team’s best-ever result in La Classicissima, and an equal-best Monument placing