Navigation for News Categories
Olympics 2024 headlines with summaries.
-
Athletes to watch on day eight of the Paris Olympics
3 Aug 2024Rowers look to claim more medals and sprinter Zoe Hobbs takes her marks again. Here are all the details.
-
Here's why Olympic champions bite their medals
The sight of an Olympian gnawing on their medal is a familiar one. This is the reason behind the tradition.
-
Black Ferns co-captain sustained multiple facial fractures in gold medal game
2 Aug 2024Sarah Hirini has explained why she looked "so sad on the podium" after taking a brutal knock to the face.
-
In pictures: All the action from day 7 of the Olympic Games
3 Aug 2024NZ sailors bagged a silver amid another action-packed day in France. Here are some of the best photos.
-
China rallies around Olympian after claims 100m swim not 'humanly possible'
2 Aug 2024Pan Zhanle smashed his own 100m freestyle world record, shaving 0.40 seconds off the previous mark he set at the World Championships in Doha in February, to humble his rivals.
-
Olympics: Tearful Andy Murray plays last tennis match, bows out
2 Aug 2024The tennis champion's career has come to an end at the Paris Games, with an outpouring of emotion.
-
Launched from a ramp, in a river fight for Gold
2 Aug 2024New Zealand has the current women's world champion in Kayak Cross, an event debuting tomorrow morning at the Paris Games. Audio
-
What's going down at the Olympic Village, and is it any of our business?
2 Aug 2024They're young, fit, at the peak of their careers, and they've got a lot of steam to blow off.
-
OnlyFans pays 'more than double' than rowing - NZ Olympian
New Zealand rower Robbie Manson has taken a novel approach by setting himself up on the adults-only OnlyFans website.
-
'Fairytale ending' - Golden Sevens team lands home
2 Aug 2024The Black Ferns were aware of heavy expectations going into the Olympics and feel a heavy burden has been lifted, Michaela Blyde says.
-
Gold medallist rowers: 'Mums are incredible'
2 Aug 2024Lucy Spoors and Brooke Francis both took time off to have children. Then they returned to international rowing - and smashed it. Audio
-
Mother of two Olympic medallists had to run between races
2 Aug 2024"Everyone told us: 'Don't worry, we will look after your bags'," Virginia Spoors says. Audio
-
Simone Biles clinches sixth Olympic gold at all-around final
2 Aug 2024Biles withdrew from the same event at Tokyo Games.
-
Emphatic rowing gold kicks off NZ triple medal rush
2 Aug 2024The double sculls win in Paris marked the start of a magic hour that saw three medals for New Zealand's Olympic rowers. Audio
-
Gender test row as boxer pulls out mid-fight
2 Aug 2024Italy's Angela Carini abandoned her Olympic bout against Algerian boxer Imane Khelif inside 46 seconds, saying: "I had to preserve my life."
-
Olympics live: 'Fairytale ending': Victorious Black Ferns welcomed home
2 Aug 2024The gold-medal winning team have arrived home to a heroes' welcome, after New Zealand's rowers have moved the country up the table with a triple.
-
Olympics: Races to watch on Friday night
2 Aug 2024Plenty of must-watch competition is in store to kick the weekend off. Here's who to look out for.
-
Olympics 2024: Iga Swiatek stunned in semi-finals by China's Zheng Qinwen
2 Aug 2024Iga Swiatek will have to wait four more years to try and win an Olympic gold medal.
-
Canterbury Rowing Club gathers to support rowing gold medal win
2 Aug 2024A club member described Lucy Spoors and Brooke Francis as 'so deserving'. Audio
-
Men's four team wins silver in 'intense' race
2 Aug 2024The Kiwi rowers have added another Olympic medal to the haul - the third in an hour of frantic action.
-
In pictures: Adrenaline high on sixth day of Olympics
2 Aug 2024Rowing dominated the competition in Paris, but there were plenty of other highlights too. Here are some of the best photos.
-
At Versailles, the Olympics intrude on history and create something magical
Analysis - Paris has thrown its doors open to the world, and that has meant allowing modern intrusion to some of history's most storied places.
-
Rowing: Bronze for Olympic women's quartet
2 Aug 2024The women keep winning on the water with another medal for New Zealand's rowers.
-
Skiff medal race a bonus for NZ's Aleh and Meech
2 Aug 2024New Zealand's Jo Aleh and Molly Meech thought their Games were over and were celebrating their last sail, but then things changed.
Top News stories
- School Sport NZ weighing up blanket ‘year 14’ ban for high school sport
- Electric Avenue festival attracts more than 70,000 music lovers
- Is 4.99% home loan rate as good as it gets?
- Domestic violence groups slam 'dangerous' Man Up programme
- Pope suffering 'mild’ kidney failure, in critical condition, Vatican says
Subscribe
Get the top 8 headlines each day at 8am with our daily email newsletter.
