Sky TV has reclaimed the rights to screen international cricket matches played in New Zealand in a six-year deal starting in late 2026.

The pay-TV operator, which lost domestic rights to Spark Sport in 2020, has clinched a new deal which gives it the rights to screen Black Caps matches again. 

 New Zealand Cricket CEO Scott Weenink joined Piney to discuss the deal - and explain why the certainty is better for Kiwi cricket.

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The Football Ferns have their first games of 2025 in the next few days.

They'll come up against Costa Rica tomorrow and again on Wednesday.

Interim head coach Michael May has appointed an all-new coaching staff for this tour, including former Football Ferns goalkeeper Jenny Binden as his assistant coach.

Bindon appeared at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, as well as the FIFA Women's World Cups in 2007, again in 2011, and she talks to Piney about the upcoming games. 

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The world's leading triathletes are coming together tomorrow with the 2nd annual Napier Triathlon Festival, including men's and women's elite races.

15 nations are represented across the elite men's and women's fields, with 20 New Zealanders.

The Kiwi's leading the way are 2024 Paris Olympians Ainsley Thorpe and Nicole Vander Kay, and 2018 Commonwealth Games medallist Taylor Reid. 

Ried talks to Piney about the festival. 

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New Zealand's fastest female sprinter of all time, Zoe Hobbs, became the first New Zealand female sprinter to compete at the Olympic Games since 1976.

Now she will attend the International track meet in Christchurch next weekend. 

Zoe Hobbs talks to Piney about what she's taken away from Paris, disappointment in the semi-final, staying composed, and the next records she's set her sights on. 

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Today on the show we are going across the Tasman to discuss and unpick some of the big sporting issues in Australia.

Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh and former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika have reportedly met. This comes as Joe Schmidt announced recently that he will be leaving his role as head coach. 

Could Michael Cheika return as Wallabies coach?

Australian Correspondent Adam Peacock joins the show the discuss the potential, Australia playing England tonight in the Champion's Trophy and the Matilda's playing in the SheBelieves Cup. 

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The Chiefs beat the Crusaders in a history making win last night. 

The winning margin of 25 points is the biggest the Chiefs have ever had over the Crusaders in the history of Super Rugby.

What does their coach Clayton McMillan make of the win? 

"We just keep putting little kicks in behind that made it hard for them to exit out of their 22, and I guess that accumulated pressure just took its toll on them," he said. 

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James McOnie from The Crowd Goes Wild joined Piney to recap the start of the Super Rugby season.

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Kiwi driver Shane van Gisbergen will be a fulltime fixture on the grid in the 2025 Nascar Cup Series.

Van Gisbergen made a splash on the American scene after joining Trackhouse Racing for a one-off project in 2023, racing in the inaugural event at the Chicago Street Course.

NASCAR commentator Nate Ryan joined Elliott Smith to discuss. 

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A former New Zealand tennis professional can't believe world number one Jannik Sinner was able to negotiate the length of his drugs ban.

The World Anti-Doping Agency shortened a potential two-year ban to just three months following Sinner's positive tests last year.

Lee Radovanovich joined Elliott Smith to express his disappointment.

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