Close calls are, as we know only too well, the very essence, the very life blood, of sport. Not knowing the final outcome of a big sporting event until the very last minute or last play is what all sports fans quickly become addicted to. We Kiwi sports fans experienced a couple of those nerve-wrackers over the weekend. Just a pity neither of them involved the All Blacks. No, 33-19 is not a close call. Not even Donald Trump could pass that score off as a close shave. No, the t

For the third time, in almost as many weeks, Kiwi golfer Daniel Hillier would have been satisfied to see his name at the top of the leaderboard

As the golfing year winds down, our leading Kiwi golfers have, for the most part, become flightless. Ryan Fox, after a successful and congested year of golf and travel, is kicking back and taking in a bit of fishing on his boat, somewhere in the Hauraki Gulf. He’ll be back to work, however, when he crosses the Tasman later this month to play the Australian Open, once considered the game’s “5 th “ major, an event dominated for years by the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer