Wellington (New Zealand), Dec. 29 (ANI): Belgian tennis star Yanina Wickmayer says she has no time for drugs cheats and scant regard for the tennis officials in her own country who banned her on a drugs technicality.
Wickmayer is in Auckland for the ASB Classic starting next week, a [...]
Wellington (New Zealand), Dec. 24 (ANI): The recent retirements from test cricket of Shane Bond and Iain O’Brien has left the New Zealand pace cupboard bare.
According to stuff.co.nz, Chris Martin appears to be losing some of his spark, Tim Southee is inconsistent, Kyle Mills is unable to keep it together in test cricket, and Daryl [...]
Wellington (New Zealand), Dec.13 (ANI): Golfing great Tigers Woods’ long-time caddie Steve Williams has said he has no plans of abandoning his long-term employer any time soon, and added that he would be there when Woods is ready to play again.
“I am committed to him. I understand he needs a break to sort his personal [...]
Wellington (New Zealand), Dec. 6 (ANI): Pakistan has beaten New Zealand by 141 runs in the second test on day four at the Basin Reserve today to level their three-match series one all.
Needing 405 for victory, New Zealand were dismissed for 263 during the middle session.
Middle-order [...]
Wellington (New Zealand), Nov 24 (DPA) A Swiss yachtsman making a solo attempt to sail around the world was rescued from his crippled boat Tuesday, 800 km west of New Zealand’s Stewart Island, the Rescue Coordination Centre said.
A cruise liner was diverted to rescue the man from the 15.84-metre yacht Horizons, after a Royal New [...]
Wellington (New Zealand), Oct.19 (ANI): New Zealand and Australian Test cricketers are likely to be unavailable for the first half of next year’s Indian Premier League tournament.
The 2010 tournament is scheduled to run from March 12 to April 25, and will be returning to India after this year’s tournament was shifted to South Africa [...]
Wellington (New Zealand), Oct.16 (ANI) New Zealand Police have apparently cleared Indian-origin National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi of wrongdoing in an alleged immigration scam without interviewing a key accuser who has now returned to India.
The accuser, Darshan Singh Saran, provided a sworn statement that threats and pressure from influential figures in India silenced a key [...]
