Jacko Gill to sit out this weekend's national track and field championships in Hastings

The Wellington Phoenix have produced their best performance of the A-League football season, moving to eighth on the ladder after beating the last-placed Melbourne Victory 4-1.



New Zealand pace bowler Kyle Jamieson has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching cricket's code of conduct with a show of dissent via a denied caught-and-bowled during the second one-day international against Bangladesh in Christchurch.



Julie Pomagalski , a former French Olympian and world champion snowboarder, has died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps - she was 40.



Romain Ntamack will start at first-five for France in their Six Nations rugby decider against Scotland this weekend in Paris.

He steps in for Matthieu Jalibert , who hurt his jaw in the win against Wales - both those teams are still in contention for the title.