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Games 2010 Sports headlines with summaries.
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Aquatics
1 Oct 2010New Zealand's swimming squad the Aqua Blacks set a high bar at the recent senior and junior Pan Pacific Championships held in the United States. The meet, which follows only...
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Archery
1 Oct 2010Archery reappears on the sporting agenda in Delhi - the first time the event has been staged since the Brisbane Games in 1982, where New Zealand legend Neroli Fairhall claimed...
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Athletics
1 Oct 2010The New Zealand athletics contingent features a number of familiar faces, while introducing several newcomers to the Commonwealth environment. Beatrice Faumuina, Valerie Adams, Nick Willis, Adrian…
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Badminton
1 Oct 2010With studying fulltime at Waikato University, holding down a job as a warehouse assistant and training for the Commonwealth Games, Oliver Leyden-Davis has a busy schedule.
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Boxing
1 Oct 2010Auckland's Joseph Parker is seen as New Zealand's brightest hope amid the talented boxing squad selected to challenge in Delhi. Parker, 18, won silver at the Commonwealth Championships in Delhi...
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Cycling
5 Oct 2010The New Zealand Cycling campaign in Delhi has been marred by controversy, with the two-year banning of Adam Stewart for doping offences. In September, the 23-year-old was suspended by the...
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Gymnastics
1 Oct 2010New Zealand will send a young and relatively untested 11-member gymnastics squad to Delhi. At 27, parallel bars specialist Mark Holyoake is the team's oldest and most experienced member. He...
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Hockey
1 Oct 2010The New Zealand hockey men's and women's teams will face a sweaty challenge when they compete in Delhi's hot, humid conditions in October. The Black Sticks men's team had a...
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Lawn bowls
1 Oct 2010New Zealand has an illustrious lawn bowls history, with more than 34 medals won over 80 years of Commonwealth competition, including 11 gold. However, team members have warned that achieving...
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Netball
8 Oct 2010The Commonwealth Games netball final is already being touted in some corners as a clash between current world champions Australia and runners-up New Zealand. However, with a draw featuring England...
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Rugby Sevens
1 Oct 2010The New Zealand Rugby Sevens squad prepares for its fourth Commonwealth Games with a tough task ahead. Not only has the team the weight of three previous gold medals on...
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Shooting
1 Oct 2010Greg Yelavich returns to the Commonwealth shooting arena with a swag of medals and a reputation as one of the event's most victorious competitors. The 53-year-old is arguably New Zealand's...
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Squash
1 Oct 2010The New Zealand squash medal campaign suffered a shock even before the start of the Commonwealth Games when two-time medal winner Shelley Kitchen was ruled out of the team after...
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Table tennis
1 Oct 2010Four women will represent New Zealand in table tennis at the Commonwealth Games. The team is captained by Karen Li, who competed for New Zealand at the 2000 and 2004...
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Tennis
2 Oct 2010Surprisingly for an Olympic sport, tennis makes its Commonwealth debut in Delhi. New Zealand will be represented by Marina Erakovic, who ranked as high as 49 on the WTA Rankings...
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Weightlifting
1 Oct 2010Seven men and women will represent New Zealand in weightlifting at this year's Commonwealth Games. Delhi 2010 will be the first Commonwealth Games for Philippine-born Lou Guinares, the squad's…
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Wrestling
1 Oct 2010For the first time in New Zealand Commonwealth Games history, a woman has been selected to challenge in wrestling. Women's freestyle wrestling makes its debut at Delhi and Sian Law...