Triumphant Sydney Hobart skipper Neville Crichton says it takes the best sailing crew in the world to win the globe's ultimate off-shore classic.

It's been a funny old year for sport. Paul Lewis looks at some of the oddest, most bizarre and brightest moments of the year across all sports.

The superyacht that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spent their honeymoon on is in Auckland for maintenance.

The chance to see the Louis Vuitton people celebrate a love of sailing on their home waters of the Cote d'Azur is too good to miss for Amanda Linnell.

It's been another glorious year of sex, drugs, cheating and generally offensive behaviour from our sporting 'heroes'.

A New Zealander was preparing to skipper a yacht in an international race when the boat was seized by Iranian authorities in territorial waters.