Tag: Ivan Agnew

When Kiwi runner John Walker became history’s first sub-3:50 miler on August 12, 1975, a tall, wiry sports journalist was right there with...

Author and award-winning journalist Ivan Agnew has died. He was 80. Ivan resided at Bruce McLaren Retirement Village in Howick with his wife Jill. The...

Having missed the Tokyo Olympics because she withdrew from the NZ high-performance programme, it’s a shame paddler Aimee Fisher won’t be able to defend...

COMMENT - By Ivan Agnew Lydia Ko didn’t win the Olympic Games gold medal New Zealanders craved for her at Tokyo but she appears to...

Who would have believed that the two teams that finished third and last in Super Rugby Aotearoa are leading the Trans-Tasman Super Rugby table...

Swashbuckling Finn Allen is only getting peanuts in the super-rich Indian Premier League compared with that which will make Kyle Jamieson a multi-millionaire but...

Having created his own Cinderalla story in signing for the 2021 Indian Twenty20 Premier League,  cricketer Kyle Jamieson will be happy with his princely...

The All Blacks need both brains and brawn if they are to avenge their 15-25 historic first rugby test loss to Argentina in Australia. Brains...

Inept. That was the first thing to spring to my mind after the All Blacks were flogged 25-15 by a magnificent Argentina display in their...

It's time to stop the debate as to whether Richie Mo'unga or Beauden Barrett is the All Blacks best first-five and acknowledge we are...

It was divine inspiration that settled Eroni Clarke's nerves in the changing room before his first All Blacks test against a World XV in...

If Clarke Kent can transform into Superman, Caleb Clarke must be Captain America after his magnificent performance in the All Blacks 27-7 second Bledisloe...

It's a shame Rieko Ioane was too young to receive a lesson from Kiwis rugby league coach Graham Lowe on the safest way to...

A much as I fear for the long-term mental health of UFC fighters, I admire the confidence and class of New Zealand’s Nigerian-born world...

Damian McKenzie’s magic for Waikato in killing the Wellington Lions 53-28 in Mitre 10 Cup rugby in Hamilton on Saturday was a timely reminder...

What a difference Maddy Gordon and Ameliaranne Ekenasio make to national netball champions the Central Pulse who won the grand final by beating the...

What a shame Covid-19 forced the cancellation of what would have been a fitting Super Rugby Aotearoa finale between the champion Crusaders and vastly-improved...

Having already clinched their fourth consecutive Super Rugby championship in Christchurch at the weekend against the gutsy Highlanders, the Crusaders will treat this Sunday’s...

Satisfying as it was to see Akira Ioane named Player of the Match in the Blues 39-19 Super Rugby Aotearoa win against the Highlanders...

With the Hurricanes breaking the Crusaders 36-game unbeaten streak by two points and the Blues hanging on by the skin of their teeth to...

Jordie Barrett’s sideline conversion to secure a 27-25 win over the Blues in Wellington’s Saturday night Super Rugby Aotearoa thriller gave him bragging rights...

A one-point World Cup 52-51 triumph that won coach Dame Noelene Taurua and her Silver Ferns a clutch of Halberg Awards in Auckland last...

Expect plenty of Super Rugby fireworks when coach Warren Gatland’s Chiefs host Scott ‘Razor’ Robertson’s Crusaders in Hamilton on Saturday night. That’s the mouth-watering prospect...

I cannot think of any time when women’s sport in New Zealand has been as strong as it is now. In netball, rugby, sevens, kayaking...

Nice as it was to see Serena Williams win her first tennis tournament in Auckland this month since the birth of her now two-year-old...

Having completed their first double century and century respectively in the first cricket test against England at Tauranga’s Bay Oval on Sunday, BJ Watling...

With Siya Kolisi proudly holding aloft the Webb Ellis Cup, it was the Springboks who bellowed their victorious king of the rugby jungle roar...

Despite losing two of their last three games against Ireland, the brilliant All Black backs should pave the way to a Rugby World Cup...

It was a classic case of  “he who dares wins” when the All Blacks overcame first quarter jitters to open their Rugby World Cup...

  Two games don't make an international rugby winter, but after a 20-16 win against Argentina and a 16-all draw with South Africa, a rusty...

In setting up five of the Crusaders' 10 tries in their 66-0 thrashing of the Rebels, Richie Mo'unga again demonstrated he's one of the...

Wisely the Black Caps are not getting carried away with their six-wicket victory against powerful India in their opening World Cup ODI warm-up game...

It has usually been the kiss of death on the rare occasion I have felt compelled to praise the Warriors' performance in the NRL...

Richie Mo’unga and Jordie and Beauden Barrett were the All Blacks to demonstrate their special gifts in the latest round of Super Rugby last...

Tigermania returned to golf with the amazing Tiger Woods winning his first major since the 2008 US Open and his first Masters in 14...

Damian McKenzie and Rieko Ioane emerged as the superstars in a topsy-turvy latest round of Super Rugby which saw the Chiefs register their first...

In completing a record third Six Nations Grand Slam as Wales rugby coach with an overwhelming 25-7 victory against defending champions Ireland in Cardiff...

High hopes that the injection of coaches Leon MacDonald and Tom Coventry would lift the Blues out of Super Rugby obscurity are starting to...

Don’t blame young Harry Plummer for missing a conversion and a penalty which would have saved the Blues from their 24-22 Super Rugby loss...

With nothing to brag about. the Black Caps' first three ODI losses to the might of India, my focus in this column centres on...

My stepfather often told me when I was a teenager that, “You can’t put an old head on a young pair of shoulders”. Which left...

While some ratepayers dispute ATEED'S Auckland City Council $175,000 contribution to the ASB tennis classic, few would argue that director Karl Budge hasn't done...

Having knocked out American Mexican Alexander Flores in Christchurch on Saturday night, former WBO world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker was lucky not to have...

Having avoided a 3-0 whitewash by convincingly winning the third rugby league test 34-0 at Leeds against England on Monday, the Kiwis finally learned...

Pride in the jersey was restored at Mount Smart on Saturday when the Kiwis won their rugby league clash against Australia in a 26-24...

Before Beauden Barrett scored four tries and accumulated 30 points in the All Blacks 40-12 second rugby test walloping of the Wallabies at Eden...

Whatever happened to the long-gone good old days when a boxer let his fists do the talking instead of the trash spouting out of...

With so many players missing so much rugby because of injuries or suspension, the All Blacks have cause to be apprehensive heading into their...

May boldness be the friend of selectors Steve Hansen, Ian Foster and Grant Fox for including newcomers Jordan Taufua and Shannon Frizell among seven...

Like many others who have grown to appreciate them as champion sportsmen and human beings, I took immense pleasure at the bestowing of knighthoods to...

Under seige Super Rugby coach Tana Umaga would have breathed a huge sigh of relief when the Blues held on to beat the Waratahs...

I doff my hat to a rejuvenated Warriors NRL team that is rewarding loyal fans after too many years of abject misery watching them...

New Zealand's men's and women's sevens wins against Olympic champions Fiji and Australia respectively provided a happy Commonwealth Games final day for the Kiwis...

Wonderful wins by the Blues and Warriors over the Lions and South Sydney respectively has given hope to rugby union and league fans whose...

When it comes to World Series sevens magic, Fiji and South Africa provide the skills and thrills that leave opponents grasping thin air and...

Howick Pakuranga batsman Colin Munro has quashed fears the New Zealand cricket team would not be able to find a dynamic striker of Brendan...

Against a fast moving, in-your-face defence, I believe Lima Sopoaga and Ryan Crotty would form a better All Blacks combination than Beauden Barrett and...

Netball coach Janine Southby produced two master strokes that led to her rookie Silver Ferns team winning the Quad Series in Invercargill at Australia’s...

With a nick-name 'Razor' it is little wonder that breakdancing Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has a happy knack of surviving close shaves. And so it...

The Johannesburg-based Lions have restored pride in South African rugby upon roaring to a stunning 44-29 Super Rugby semi-final home triumph against the defending...

Home advantage should help the Crusaders win their Super Rugby semi-final against the Chiefs on Saturday, but I doubt it will give the Lions...