Sport

A week of BOP cricket milestones

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The last seven days have produced two big Bay of Plenty Cricket milestones, with a Western Bay of Plenty team winning the ND Senior Secondary tournament and a local...... Read More

Weekend of sport turns Sideline Sid into a couch potato

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz Last weekend was a couch potatoes heaven with multiple live sport action broadcast on Sky, with two international events staged in this country, keeping Sideline...... Read More

Chapter closed on colorful character

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The recent death of legendary Australian bookmaker Bill Waterhouse, at 97 years of age, closed the chapter on the life of one of the most colourful and controversial...... Read More

Black Caps historic win over England

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The Black Caps win over England in the historic first cricket test at the Bay Oval was the icing on the cake of an amazing five days of cricket at the Blake Park...... Read More

Cricket test matches

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz As Sideline Sid counts the hours down to the historic first cricket test at the Bay Oval on Thursday, he remembers back to going to his first test match nearly a...... Read More

International T20 cricket

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz A handful of spectators witnessed four games of International T20 cricket took place at Blake Park last Friday and Saturday.. The New Zealand Blind Cricket team,...... Read More

D-day for Melbourne Cup

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz As a youngster Sideline Sid couldn't wait for Christmas, sending his parents crazy in the buildup to the big day. Today, it is the first Tuesday in November...... Read More

Melbourne Cup a week away

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz With the Melbourne Cup just a week away, Sideline Sid thought he would have a little one question quiz to get local punters in a horse racing frame of mind - How...... Read More

History breaking Bay Oval test match

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz The opportunity to get some early season red ball cricket under their belt has seen the ND Plunket Shield side, who meet Canterbury this week, include a full complement...... Read More

Sub two-hour marathon a feat to behold

Sideline Sid Sports correspondent & historian www.sunlive.co.nz In a frenetic weekend of sport that included the Rugby World Cup and all its dramas, the Silver Ferns snatching victory from the Aussie's and Bathurst - one...... Read More