Josh Ioane will make his first start of the rejigged Super Rugby Aotearoa season for the Highlanders against the Blues in Dunedin on Sunday

The one-test All Black came on as a reserve in the win over the Chiefs last weekend.

Mitch Hunt moves to fullback with Bryn Gatland the only new player in the 23, on the bench.

Kiwi tennis player Erin Routliffe has doubts over the WTA's prospects of resuming its covid-plagued season.

The tour officially restarts in Italy next week - the United States swing begins the following week in Kentucky.

Veteran golfer Steven Alker has turned back the clock to card a five-under par 66 and be tied for the lead during the first round of the latest second-tier Korn Ferry tour event in Nebraska.
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And Brooks Koepka has shot an eight-under par 62 to hold a two-stroke advantage after the first round of the World Golf Championship tournament in Memphis.

Skier Alice Robinson's bracing for a seven-month stint away from home.

As the winner of two World Cup giant slalom races last season, the 18-year-old plans to head to Europe in September ahead of October's first race.

The pandemic means Robinson will stay away, rather than returning home to quarantine.