By JOSEPH ROMANOS

OPINION: I'm perplexed by the accusations that Chris Payne "blatantly cheated" in helping Sydney eliminate Wellington Phoenix from the A-League football title race over the weekend, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: It all seemed such a good idea when the Commonwealth Games Federation met in Jamaica, in November 2003, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: The Winter Olympics – in full flight in Vancouver – is a hard sell in New Zealand, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: John Terry's sacking from the England football team captaincy is, on the face of it, puzzling, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: After scouring the world in search of the ideal person to coach the Black Caps, New Zealand Cricket has settled on Mark Greatbatch, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: Sparc's involvement in the long-running "matchfixing" bowls dispute makes an unsatisfactory situation even murkier, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: Sparc's involvement in the long-running "matchfixing" bowls dispute makes an unsatisfactory situation even murkier, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION:  New Zealand tennis has fallen on such barren times that we applaud any morsel of good news, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION:  Chris Cairns is in the news again for the wrong reasons – defending himself against match-fixing charges, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION:  The annual wailing about the Halberg Awards has begun, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: I've been pondering my New Zealand sports personality of 2009. Various candidates come to mind, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: Lou Vincent's back and, predictably, he wants to throw in his lot with New Zealand cricket again, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION:  In 1981, Peter Shilton, the famous England football goalie, got caught with his pants down, literally.

OPINION: I wish Iain O'Brien would reconsider his decision to retire from international cricket, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori must feel great that he has the really big gun on his side in the test series against Pakistan, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: New Zealand play their first cricket test of the season this week, against Pakistan in Dunedin, and once again Jesse Ryder is missing from the lineup, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: Was November 14, 2009, the day when the nature of New Zealand sport changed forever?, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: Zac Guildford joined the list of All Black wings who have made sensational test debuts with his stirring play against Wales at the weekend, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: The most intriguing aspect of the Andre Agassi drugs revelations last week was the reaction of tennis authorities at the time, writes Joseph Romanos this week.

OPINION: It's difficult now to find Southland rugby supporters who didn't know as an iron-clad certainty that their team would beat Canterbury to win the Ranfurly Shield last week, writes Joseph Romanos this week.