Golfer Daniel Hillier's in contention with a round to play at the latest European Challenge Tour event in Spain
Golfer Daniel Hillier's in contention with a round to play at the latest European Challenge Tour event in Spain
22 October 2021
He's produced the best third round in the field with a nine-under par 62 to move to 13-under for the tournament, two shots off the lead in third.
Hillier's projected to qualify for the top-45 season ending tour finals with a chance to secure a full European Tour card.
Lydia Ko's tied for 64th after carding a one-over par 73 in the opening round of the latest LPGA tour event in South Korea - she's nine shots off the lead.
Scotland have chased 123 to beat hosts Oman by eight wickets with three overs to spare and qualify for the Super 12 at cricket's T20 World Cup.
They join Bangladesh from their pool who secured their spot with an 84-run victory against Papua New Guinea.
Canterbury pace bowler Andrew Hazeldine's grateful to be back playing cricket after being diagnosed with cancer a year ago.
The 27-year-old had stage two Hodgkin's lymphoma and lost 20 kilos during chemotherapy.
The Plunket Shield competition starts tomorrow.
Paul Coll's survived a 93-minute quarter-final to keep his tournament run alive at squash's Qatar Classic in Doha.
He fought back from two games to one down against Egyptian Mohamed Abouelghar to win 3-2.
A contrast in Covid-combating strategies from Australia's two main oval ball codes.
Men's and women's Aussie Rules professionals must get vaccinated against Covid-19 before next season.
NRL boss Andrew Abdo says their players can avoid the injection, but unvaccinated players will face more stringent protocols.
To the Tokyo Olympics...
The alarm bells have started ringing from the Games' anti-doping testing.
In the first formal disqualification of a participant at the event, triathlete Igor Polyanskiy - from the supposedly clean Russian Olympic Committee group, in contrast to the systemic cheating by the country - has been banned for three years.
He's admitted doping with EPO.
Rally driver Hayden Paddon's charged and ready as he prepares to unveil his new electric car in Canterbury this weekend.
The 34-year-old and his seven-person team have been working on their Hyundai Kona EV at their Cromwell base for two and a half years.
A second group of 57 Afghani refugees linked to women's football and basketball have been evacuated from the country as it re-adjusts to Taliban rule.
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