Around the world for a jersey: The extreme travel of New Zealand’s athletes

Sailors representing New Zealand stopped off in the most countries (8) of any team in the last 12 months. New Zealand cricketers went to Zimbabwe for the first time in nine years and spent nearly three months in the subcontinent. Footballers travel the longest distances to be with the national teams. Basketballers play in locations other New Zealand sportspeople do not. Each year, New Zealand athletes crisscross the world, some come close to circumnavigating the globe, and some stop off in places athletes in other codes never will. In the coming months athletes will take detours, extend travel days and deal with cancellations as they do their jobs while travel is disrupted by the Iran war....