New Zealand

John Hart, the former coach of New Zealand’s rugby union national team is planning to float Feverpitch International, the sports betting company of which he is a board member.

With time running out until the opening game of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, many broadcasters are playing a waiting game over TV rights. Tim Wallace explains why

New Zealand is content with a culture of sporting mediocrity that grew because winning was politically incorrect, according to the outgoing chief executive of the country's Sports Foundation.

ESPN has secured the broadcast and internet rights for the 2003 America's Cup finals.

Australian rugby union chief John O'Neill is to push for a Super 15 series in 2003 with the addition of a combined Pacific team from Tonga, Samoa and Fiji.

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) has released the official logo for the Orange Test Series (pictured).

Former St George Illawarra chief executive Brian Johnston has emerged as an early favourite to take over the top administrative post of Australia's National Rugby League.

New Zealand, once a shrine to the oval ball, now has more registered soccer players – 114,000 – than rugby players, according to the latest monthly issue of New Zealand Rugby magazine.

The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is nearing agreement with the International Rugby Board (IRB) for revenue-sharing terms for the 2003 World Cup.

Australian netball officials have criticised the ABC for cancelling its live television coverage of the second netball Test between Australia and New Zealand with less than four minutes left in the match.

A South Pacific rugby union team seems likely to become a reality with England proposed as its first opposition.

The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) has been forced to reschedule some of the national side’s forthcoming matches, including the West Indies three-day tour, to accommodate parliamentary elections taking place on December 5.

The first round of the World Sevens Series has been moved from Dubai to Durban in South Africa, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has said.

New Zealand is poised to lose either a 2003 World Cup rugby union semi-final or a whole pool and a quarter-final to ensure it makes a profit from the tournament.

A secret plan to revive Australia's rugby league tour of the UK is being considered by the Australian Rugby League (ARL).

The popularity of V8 Supercars has produced outstanding ratings for broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand.