Michael Burgess

OPINION: The prospect of a profound change to the format of the FIFA World Cup Intercontinental playoffs next June will prompt mixed emotions in New Zealand.As exclusively revealed by the Herald on ......

Early last week, Penrith chief executive Brian Fletcher said coach Ivan Cleary would have a job for life.After their grand final win over South Sydney, Fletcher was unequivocal."I can't ever see Ivan ......

OPINION: Maybe Israel Adesanya was half right.Adesanya, as he tends to do, raised some interesting points in his shoot from the hip soliloquy last Wednesday. Not for the first time, the UFC star ......

OPINION: When England last made the final of a major football championship, there were no substitutes permitted during a game.Unlike today, there was no possibility of second half tactical switches ......

The Warriors will have a big call to make on whether to keep one of their cult heroes, with at least two NRL clubs circling to sign the popular player. Michael Burgess reports. One of the Warriors' ......

OPINION: The chances of the proposed Deed of Gift match between Team New Zealand and Ineos Team UK seem more remote, in the wake of the New York Yacht Club's grand vision for the America's Cup, which ......

So much for all that Warriors' early season optimism.Two weeks ago it looked like this campaign could be a bit different, to most that we have seen over the last decade. After gritty efforts in the ......

OPINION: The balance of power is slowly changing within Team New Zealand, which has implications for the big decisions to be made about the future.After the successful retention of the America's Cup ......

Ahead of the America's Cup, Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill was meant to be public enemy No 1, an Australian rogue we all loved to hate.But by the end of this regatta even the most patriotic Kiwi ......

In 2013 Team NZ lost arguably the most dramatic America's Cup regatta in history. Michael Burgess talked to all the key players, for the incredible full story. Sport can be cruel. But that's what makes ......

Peter Burling seems to have an innate talent for sailing. Michael Burgess learns how it grew. Peter Burling possesses a certain mystique. Everyone knows he can make a boat go fast, but few understand ......

ANALYSIS: At one point during the last race of the Prada Cup final, Sir Ben Ainslie knew his America's Cup dream was over. Michael Burgess reports on Luna Rossa's dominant 7-1 over Ineos Team UK. At ......

ANALYSIS: Ineos Team UK still have a mountain to climb in the Prada Cup final but at least they have a foot on the ladder.The British team finally won a race on Saturday, to breathe some life and ......

ANALYSIS: Maybe Jimmy Spithill was right.The Australian is a media professional and superb at putting a spin on things, finding positives where nowhere else can.But Spithill always insisted that ......

On the eve of the Prada Cup elimination series between Luna Rossa and American Magic, Michael Burgess looks back on the best moments from almost 40 years of challenger semi final contests in the America's ......

OPINION: Take a bow Grant Dalton. Take a bow Kevin Shoebridge and the rest of the Team New Zealand brains trust. And take a bow Dan Bernasconi and his design boffins, as well as Luna Rossa supremo ......

ANALYSIS: Three days ago, American Magic were the favourites for the Prada Cup now they may not be able to finish the event after a dramatic capsize on Sunday afternoon.Their ongoing participation ......

Michael Burgess runs the rule on the Prada Cup, how it works and why there won't be the same cut-throat feeling as past events. Why is it the Prada Cup? The Italian fashion empire took over the naming ......