Stories by Joseph Romanos

Opinion - Everyone was already touchy about security at the Rio games, even before a stray bullet was fired, writes Joseph Romanos.

Opinion - To listen to the prophets of doom, it would be best to cancel the Rio Games now, but Joseph Romanos thinks they could still succeed.

Opinion - International sport isn't the mystery it used to be, which means there aren't so many "bolters" coming from nowhere to win Olympic medals, writes Joseph Romanos.

Opinion - The issue of drugs in sport is full of hypocrisy, as was illustrated again this week over the International Olympic Committee's decision not to ban Russia, writes Joseph Romanos

Opinion - New Zealand and Australian netball once had a 'special relationship'. Not any more, writes Joseph Romanos.

Opinion - The Hurricanes may have stormed into the Super Rugby play-offs, but being a rugby supporter in Wellington is not for the faint-hearted, writes Joseph Romanos.

Opinion - The mass defection of male golfers ahead of the Olympic Games does not reflect well on them, writes Joseph Romanos.

Opinion - The tennis is great, of course, but much of the real action at big tournaments these days takes place in the courtside player boxes.

OPINION: These are heady times for New Zealand sport with one estimate the NZ team will bring home 14 medals from the Rio Olympics, writes Joseph Romanos.

OPINION: The Olympic ban on Russian athletes means the IOC has thrown the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" out the window, writes Joseph Romanos.

OPINION: Watch out for a resurgent Spain in this year's Olympic rugby sevens, writes Joseph Romanos.

OPINION: There was a strong school of thought that Kieran Read really didn't deserve his spot in the All Blacks by the end of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, writes Joseph Romanos.

OPINION: Djokovic joins the tennis greats, sweeping four Grand Slams, but is time running out for Williams to be the modern game's best, asks Joseph Romanos.