An illness-weakened ACT Brumbies stunned Super Rugby leaders Waikato Chiefs on Saturday, as the Queensland Reds routed the hapless Sunwolves and Coastal Sharks stormed past the Melbourne Rebels.
The Brumbies, missing several players after an (...)
Having built one of the country's most iconic brands, Canadian Premier League (CPL) commissioner David Clanachan knows better than most what his compatriots will buy and how to sell it to them.
The CPL will cap its inaugural season on Saturday with (...)
Rory McIlroy fired six birdies in a bogey-free third round of 64 to jump into a three-way tie for first place at the Canadian Open on Saturday.
McIlroy shared the lead at 13-under with Americans Matt Kuchar (69) and Webb Simpson (67) on a sunny and (...)
The second-round leaderboard at the Canadian Open on Friday had an unusual look, littered with local names at a championship that has not been kind to the home contingent in recent decades.
No Canadian has won the country's national open since Pat (...)
New Zealand won the America's Cup Monday, almost white-washing the US holder with a revolutionary boat and a new superstar sailor to avenge a humbling defeat four years ago.
A dominant Emirates Team New Zealand claimed international sport's oldest (...)
Emirates Team New Zealand turned up the heat on America's Cup holder Oracle Team USA Saturday, taking a 4-0 lead in the first-to-seven final in the first race of the day.
After five days with no racing, both crews have been working to improve the (...)
Winger Jack Nowell scored two tries as the British and Irish Lions achieved the first midweek win of their New Zealand tour, beating the Hamilton-based Chiefs 34-6 Tuesday to bolster morale four days ahead of the first test against the All (...)
Peter Burling steered Emirates Team New Zealand to another runaway victory against Jimmy Spithill and two-time defending champion Oracle Team USA in Race 3 of the America's Cup Sunday to remain undefeated in the showdown on the Great Sound.
Although (...)
Peter Burling and Emirates Team New Zealand won Race 1 of the America's Cup Saturday, benefiting from an error by skipper Jimmy Spithill of two-time defending champion Oracle Team USA and then surviving a dramatic slowdown.
Spithill was over the (...)
Sweden's Artemis Racing are no strangers to staging dramatic comebacks but their encounter with Emirates Team New Zealand on Monday in Bermuda will be their toughest challenge yet.
The Swedish crew skippered by Australian sailing star Nathan (...)
A record-equaling Test century by Kane Williamson on Monday put New Zealand in charge of the third Test against South Africa and had them talking of victory in Hamilton.
At stumps on the third day, New Zealand were 321 for four, leading South Africa (...)
Quinton de Kock batted through the pain of a damaged finger to bolster South Africa with a defiant 90 as the deciding Test against New Zealand was evenly poised at the end of day three in Hamilton Sunday.
In the rain disrupted Test, New Zealand was (...)
Martin Guptill underlined his importance to the New Zealand one-day side with a blistering match-winning century as he guided his side to a seven-wicket victory over South Africa in their fourth One-Day International here Wednesday.
Guptill, who had (...)
Trent Boult took career best one-day figures as New Zealand completed a tense 24-run win over Australia in Hamilton Sunday to regain the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with a 2-0 series victory.
Boult took 6-33 as Australia, which only needed to square the (...)
New Zealand took nine wickets in a dramatic final session of the second Test against Pakistan to win by 130 runs in Hamilton Tuesday and clean sweep its series 2-0.
It was New Zealand's first series win over Pakistan since 1985.
Pakistan was faced (...)
Ross Taylor ended a poor run of form to score his 16th Test century and bat New Zealand into a potentially series-winning position at the end of the fourth day of the second Test against Pakistan at Seddon Park in Hamilton Monday.
Already 1-0 up in (...)
Tim Southee bagged six wickets as New Zealand took a 55-run lead over Pakistan on a rain-shortened third day of the second Test in Hamilton Sunday.
Only rookie batsman Babar Azam was able to cope with New Zealand's chief strike bowler and he was (...)
New Zealand reached 77-2 against Pakistan before rain forced day one of the second and final Test to be abandoned after just 21 overs in Hamilton Friday.
The players took lunch 15 minutes early as the skies opened, with Jeet Raval on 35 and Ross (...)
New Zealand suffered a blow on the eve of the second Test against Pakistan Thursday when bowling spearhead Trent Boult was ruled out with a knee injury.
Matt Henry was expected to be elevated to share the new ball in Hamilton with Tim Southee, (...)
Flyhalf Beauden Barrett grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck just when he needed to as the All Blacks scored three tries in 10 minutes in the second half to beat a combative Argentina 57-22 in their Rugby Championship clash in Hamilton (...)
Flyhalf Aaron Cruden scored a try among 14 points as the Chiefs took a bonus point from a 36-15 win over the Melbourne Rebels Saturday to reclaim their place atop the Super Rugby table.
The Crusaders started the weekend's 13th round tied with the (...)
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum ended his One-Day International career with a series victory over Australia Monday with his side sealing a 55-run win in the deciding third match at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
New Zealand, which was all out for 246 (...)
Matt Henry took the second five-wicket haul of his career to bowl New Zealand to a 36-run victory over Sri Lanka in the fifth One-Day International and seal a 3-1 series victory at Bay Oval in Mt. Maunganui Tuesday.
Henry, who took four-wicket hauls (...)
Kane Williamson scored his fifth century in eight Tests in 2015 to guide New Zealand to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka before lunch on the fourth day of the second Test at Seddon Park in Hamilton Monday.
The victory gave Brendon McCullum's (...)
A hobbling Kane Williamson guided New Zealand to 142 for five at the close of play on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Hamilton, with the host needing another 47 runs to seal a 2-0 series sweep.
New Zealand won the first Test in (...)