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The New Zealand Breakers have kept their unbeaten home record alive in the Australian National Basketball league with a 92-82 win over the Townsville Crocodiles. The Breakers were up by ...

The Government launched its national standards policy for primary schools on Friday, but educational groups showed their disapproval by boycotting the event.

Fulham have beaten Hull City 2-0 in their English Premier League football match at Craven Cottage in London. The Cottagers opened the scoring through Bobby Zamora in the first half, ...

Big-spending Manchester City missed the chance to move into the English Premier football League top four when they were held to a 1-all draw at Wigan Athletic. Martin Petrov's equaliser ...

Manchester United have moved top of the Premier League football table with a 2-1 home win over Bolton Wanderers, as Chelsea went down 2-1 at Aston Villa and Liverpool lost at ...

Celtic were left to rue a host of missed chances as they lost their lead at the top of the Scottish Football Premier League after being held to a goalless ...

The union representing primary school teachers says no deal has been done with the Government over the contentious introduction of national standards. Audio

Tando Velaphi's heroics and a neat strike from Victor Sikora enabled the Perth Glory to snatch a pulsating 1-nil victory over Adelaide United in a spiteful A-League football clash in ...

Manchester City got back to winning ways in English Premier League football, when two goals by Carlos Tevez inspired a 3-1 home victory over the Argentine's former club West Ham ...

It was rest day for the athletes yesterday at the Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga following a full programme on Saturday night. Most sports finished their programme with Fiji dominating.

The New Zealand cricketers Champions Trophy dreams are still alive after a deserving win in their second group match against Sri Lanka. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has stormed to victory in the ...

Chelsea's perfect start to the season under new manager Carlo Ancelotti came to a surprise end when the Premier League leaders lost 3-1 at Wigan Athletic and had goalkeeper ...

Midlands bounced back from their first loss on Wednesday, to Canterbury, to down North Harbour 2 - nil and cement their place at the top of the points table in ...

The School Trustees Association is now backing the Government over the introduction of controversial national standards for schools next year.

Canterbury lead the men's points table after three rounds of the national hockey leaGue , with Auckland currently just edged out of the top four after a 5-all draw with ...

Champions Barcelona turned on the style to hammer Atletico Madrid 5-2 and consolidate their position at the top of La Liga. The visitors, who were thumped 6-1 in the same ...

UEFA Champions League favourites Barcelona, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Chelsea all warmed up for their opening matches in this season's competition with domestic football victories over the…

The UK Super League champions Leeds have defeated bitter rivals St Helens 18-10 to go two points clear at the top of the table with just one round left ...

Chelsea are top of English football's Premier League after the fourth weekend's results, but only by goal difference from fellow London high fliers Tottenham Hotspur. The two Manchester clubs take…

The Brisbane Broncos have continued their late season NRL resurgence with a shock 12-2 victory over the table-topping St George Illawarra. The victory was Brisbane's third in a row to keep ...

Gold Coast United outclassed Adelaide United 2-nil in their A-League soccer match at Hindmarsh Stadium. Prolific striker Shane Smeltz scored one goal and headed a pass for Steve Fitzsimmons to score…

Newcastle made a spluttering start to life in the English Football Championship as the fallen giants scraped a 1-1 draw at fellow relegated side West Bromwich Albion. Cardiff City set ...

New signing Michael Owen scored twice and Ryan Giggs grabbed a hat-trick as Manchester United rounded off their pre-season Asian tour with an 8-2 thrashing of China's Hangzhou Greentown. Dimitar ...

The New Zealand Warriors rugby league captain Steve Price won't take the field against St George-Illawarra on Sunday harbouring a grudge against the Dragons' prop Justin Poore. Poore picked up ...

Prime Minister John Key has put New Zealand in the third division of world economies, ranking it alongside basket cases such as Greece. Audio