Biggest-Ever NZ Medal Tally at Tokyo Olympics
New Zealand is justifiably proud of its athletes’ performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Departing Japan with a total of 20 medals, seven Bronze, six Silver, and seven Gold, ….
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Positive Tests Threaten Olympic Games
With the Olympic Games days away, the possibility of the Games being cancelled still exists. This comes after 71 confirmed cases of COVID-19 amongst some of the athletes. Officials have ….
New Zealand Announces 211 Athlete Olympic Squad
New Zealand has confirmed that they will be sending a team of 211 athletes to compete in the Tokyo Olympics later this month. This is the largest-ever team for the ….
Only Armageddon Will Stop Olympic Games
A senior Olympic official made quite the titanic remark by recently declaring that only “Armageddon” would cause this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games to be called off. Dick Pound’s comment came ….
Martin Devlin Apologises For Bad Behaviour
Veteran sports commentator Martin Devlin says he’s “ashamed” for having thrown a punch at a young colleague and for the sending of inappropriate messages to several more colleagues in the ….
MPI Investigating 2 Cases Of Animal Drugging
Two separate investigations have apparently now been launched into the drugging of horses and greyhounds by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). An MPI spokesperson on Friday confirmed that said ….
NZ Olympic Team Waiting On Vaccine Approvals
NZ Olympic team chef de mission Rob Waddell says he and the team are waiting on Government’s approval of the 500-600 vaccinations required for competing in the upcoming delayed Tokyo ….
Kiwi Olympian Says Tokyo Games Must Proceed
Decorated Kiwi sportswoman and former champion New Zealand Olympic board sailor Barbara Kendall has added her voice in support of the joint decision taken by the Japanese government and the ….
NZOC Says Tokyo Still On Course For 2021
IOC President Thomas Bach is reportedly putting out fires by trying to calm down a worried Japan following increasing fears over the possibility that the Tokyo Olympic Games will not ….
Russia’s Olympic Ban A Waste Of Good Paper
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision on Friday (NZ-time) to halve what would have been a four-year ban on the repeat-offending doping Russian Federation has many prominent sports writers ….