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Steel fans will pack extra stands at ILT Stadium Southland for Sunday's crucial clash with the Northern Mystics. Two additional stands have been installed to boost capacity to nearly 3100, as the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel chase a finals berth with three regular season games remaining. The

Charli Gardiner-Hall is winning gold medals while studying for her degree online. The 18-year-old para-athlete took gold at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin last week, setting new New Zealand records in the process. She also tops the 2026 world rankings in discus for her classification. Gardiner-Hall chose to study

Needing extra time to find a winner, in a first for the season, Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel edged a gallant Avis Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 56-53 in a drama-filled and intense outing in Dunedin on Saturday. With the scores tied 51-all at the end of regular time, extra

The New Zealand Rally Championship returns to the roads of Southland in July when the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland takes place. Organised by the Eastern Southland Car Club the event will take place on Saturday 18 July with a ceremonial start scheduled for Friday 17 July at Invercargill Central

Jill Bolger has been awarded the Sir Lance Cross Award for Exceptional Services to Basketball after more than 40 years shaping the sport in Southland and nationally. The veteran administrator helped establish the Southland Sharks in 2010 and has driven the franchise's operations ever since. Her fingerprints are

Local sports teams can win a poolside party with the SBS Bank Southland Sharks. Splash Palace has opened its annual competition for the third year, offering one team a meet-and-greet with Sharks players and catered party at the pool. Invercargill City Council Manager Aquatic Services Stephen Cook said more than

Nearly 60 Southland athletes, coaches and teams will compete for recognition at the 2026 ILT Southland Sports Awards on June 12 at ILT Stadium Southland. The nominees span 22 sporting codes, from swimming sensation Londyn Dillinger to All Black prop Ethan de Groot. Five athletes with disabilities will compete in

Southland rugby fans can now vote for the greatest players and moments in 50 years of National Provincial Championship history, as New Zealand's 14 unions launch NPC50 today. The nationwide campaign lets supporters pick their provincial heroes before a national vote later this year crowns the ultimate top