NEW YORK - Michael Phelps achieved another unprecedented feat: the first swimmer honoured as Sports Illustrated's sportsman of the year. Phelps broke Mark Spitz's iconic ... more

PARIS - Cristiano Ronaldo won the Golden Ball awarded to the European Footballer of the Year today, becoming the fourth Manchester United player to take ... more

MADRID - Five-time major champion Seve Ballesteros underwent more surgery today, this time to drain fluid from his brain. Ballesteros was in stable condition in ... more

MADRID - Five-time major champion Seve Ballesteros underwent more surgery today, this time to drain fluid from his brain. Ballesteros was in stable condition in ... more

An Auckland apartment specialist is seeing rising interest from owner-occupiers and has sold two places before auctions. City Sales last week sold nine apartments: seven ... more

The economic downturn has caused "a substantial number" of large Auckland building projects to be put on hold. Zoltan Moricz of consultants CB Richard Ellis ... more