Joseph Romanos discusses the potential impact of the Canterbury earthquake on the Rugby World Cup and Ross Taylor's innings in the Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan.
Explosives have been shaking Christchurch's QE2 sports centre today to simulate a magnitude 4 earthquake.
A photograph looking down Manchester Street towards the Excelsior Sports Bar. A crowd of people have gathered at the intersection of Manchester and High Streets after evacuating their buildings during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sports reporter Greg Ford takes a look at the Wilding Park Tennis courts".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Vaughan Utteridge, Sports Recovery Manager for Sport Canterbury, inspects the damage at Elmwood Bowling Club".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Mount Pleasant Bowling Club".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Mount Pleasant Bowling Club".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote Cricket Club and Community Centre".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote Cricket Club and Community Centre".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Manikin propped against a portaloo in Manchester Street opposite 150 (R and R Sports)".
A photograph of the Excelsior Sports Bar building shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Bricks from the walls above have crumbled and fallen to the street, taking the awning with it. People can be seen below, examining the building and attempting to leave the central city.
The All Blacks coach Graham Henry says he'd have wanted another test before the Tri-Nations, even if the New Zealand Rugby Union hadn't organised the Christchurch earthquake fundraiser match.
Christchurch will lose its Rugby World Cup games with a report finding the city's stadium is unfit to host matches in the wake of last month's earthquake, British media is reporting.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "McCormacks Bay Park liquefaction".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "McCormacks Bay Park liquefaction".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "McCormacks Bay Park liquefaction".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote Cricket Club and Community Centre".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote Cricket Club and Community Centre".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote Cricket Club and Community Centre".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote Cricket Club and Community Centre".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote Cricket Club and Community Centre".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote Cricket Club and Community Centre".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Heathcote Cricket Club and Community Centre".
In the programme this week - the former New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming talks about plans for a charity cricket match to raise funds for victims of the Canterbury earthquake. We hear about the role of sports chaplaincy in New Zealand sports teams, Blyth Tait talks about his return to top level Equestrian competition after a seven year absence and one of the country's premier mountain biking events, the Karapoti Classic, near Wellington is underway again.
Got to admire someone taking a lovely red sports car out on our roads at present. File Ref: CCL-2011-03-17-St Albans-IMG_0374 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A photograph of Anderson and Hill Sports Power on the corner of St Asaph and Colombo Streets. Wire fences have been placed across the street as a cordon. In the background, rubble from earthquake-damaged buildings and crushed cars line the left side of the road. There is also foliage from a fallen tree.
Several people run, leap, cycle and walk the dog through an area piled high with waste material. Context: Bottle Lake Forest Park has tracks and trails which include mountain-bike tracks, horse-trekking trails and walking tracks. After being established as a temporary dump after the February 22 earthquake the government intend to use special powers to turn part of Bottle Lake Forest Park into a permanent dump. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 9 September. This week .... New Zealanders getting savvy about price discrimination, sorting the News from the TV programmes, studying coral reefs to save them from extinction, we remember sports braodcaster Graeme Moody, the World of Wearable Arts travels to Hong Kong, and we have a series of features and interviews from a weekend of commemorating a year of earthquakes in Canterbury.
Several volunteers work amongst the ruins of a building. A woman nearby weeps and the man comforting her comments 'and to think we believed sports stars were our national heroes'. Context - on 22 February 2011 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck in Christchurch which has probably killed more than 200 people (at this point the number is still not known) and caused very severe damage. There has been enormous praise for the efforts of many ordinary people who have shown courage in the catastrophe. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).