Young Kiwi thrower Tom Walsh has sensationally won bronze in the men's shotput at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.

Shot putter Tom Walsh has accepted a special invitation ahead of the world indoor championships, his first major international meet.

Forty years ago on Sunday at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch the world witnessed one of the greatest middle distance races of all time. Some say it was the greatest-contested by one of the best fields. This is their story.

Some names from the past have been recognised for their services to sport in the New Year Honours.

She may have spent four days running without sleep but that didn't stop an ultra-distance record breaker getting up at 6am the next day.

An eccentric-concentric machine is the only thing missing from Val Adams' Christmas wish list.

Leading Kiwi triathletes Bevan Docherty and Terenzo Bozzone have confirmed their places in next month's Ironman 70.3 Auckland.

It was business as usual for Valerie Adams, another way of saying the shot put superstar pummelled all-comers.

Dot Kiwi Limited CEO Tim Johnson experienced a minor technical faux pas during a presentation in Auckland yesterday.