Bridget Tunnicliffe

Despite currently missing three members of the Olympic champion team, Canoe Racing New Zealand is confident a women's K4 500m crew will qualify for the LA 2028 Olympics to defend the gold medal.

Northern Mystics have beaten Mainland Tactix 53-51 in an extra-time thriller in Christchurch, boosting their chances of hosting the ANZ Premiership grand final.

The Silver Ferns will have until the 11th hour before they have to make a final call on whether Catherine Hall will be fit enough to compete at the Commonwealth Games.

Some of the country's elite netballers will play their final game ANZ Premiership game this weekend, not knowing if the competition will continue in its current form next year.

The National Football League (NFL) is so keen to see every kid with an American football in their hand, they are introducing New Zealand youth to the non-contact version of the sport and funding it.

The Mystics have claimed their fourth minor premiership and hosting rights for the ANZ Premiership grand final by beating the Magic 53-42 in Auckland.

Analysis - When Dame Noeline Taurua names the Silver Ferns team for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Wednesday, it will be her first team reveal in around two years.

Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua has picked a largely predictable 12-strong group to head to the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games next month.

The Silver Ferns selectors are backing Catherine Hall to beat the clock on injury, naming the young defender in New Zealand's Commonwealth Games squad despite her lengthy spell on the sidelines.

Silver Fern Mila Reuelu-Buchanan says a meeting with Netball NZ yielded few answers as the sport's domestic competition looks increasingly vulnerable.