A couple of potential medallists there that weren’t able to get it done. That’s the way of the Olympics. Not every medal hope is going to actually bring one home... in fact most of them are probably gonna miss out. But this is New Zealand’s biggest ever contingent of athletes sent to a Games so there’s plenty more where they came from.
Everything about New Zealand Warriors is pretty depressing right now, so news of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's return to Aotearoa to prepare for his rugby union shift forced me to tap into excitement.
The latest Tokyo Olympics blog features a fun weekend for Black Sticks Hockey, a tough Football night against Honduras and a couple more notes from around Team Aotearoa.
Mid-way through 2021 and after following City Kickboxing in the UFC for a year or two now, CKB's UFC activity tends to be clumped together leading to down periods and periods of frenzy.
Different sports come in waves, different teams/athletes emerge as genuine world-class talents and command such attention. Olympics time puts different sports in the spotlight - it's time to ride the Olympics wave.
The team has been finalised. 211 athletes will represent Aotearoa with that fern on their chests, the largest ever contingent that New Zealand has sent to an Olympic Games beating the 199 who went to Rio in 2016.
However you want to view what was happening as Dustin Poirier laid out plenty of mahi on Conor McGregor on Sunday afternoon in Aotearoa, one thing should be blatantly clear; Israel Adesanya is perfectly poised to takeover combat sports.
A slick start to the 2021 LPGA Tour has turned into a kiwi winter hump for Lydia Ko, right before the Tokyo Olympics get underway.