By Paul LewisThere are whispers New Zealand is preparing an emergency bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games should Durban's troubled bid fall over. New Zealand's calendar of major sporting events after this year's Lions tour, the World Masters Games and the Rugby League World Cup, has blank space of Saharan proportions. We've become a bit spoiled after the Rugby World Cup 2011 and the Cricket World Cup 2015. It's a little alarming to gaze into the crystal ball of big sporting events to be hosted here and see...the outside of a crystal ball. You wonder too about the New Zealand Major Events Fund.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 04, 2017 05:38 UTC