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Mystics humble defending champs
The Northern Mystics are keeping pace with the top of the table Stars in the ANZ Premiership.
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Live cricket updates: Black Caps vs India - World Test Championship final
20 Jun 2021The World Test Championship final is in the balance heading into the third day's play, which has been beset by wet conditions that has delayed the start. Follow…
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Super Rugby final: Blues win will reverberate through next season and beyond
20 Jun 2021Analysis - For the first time in 18 years, Aucklanders can call themselves Super Rugby champions, after the Blues' tense 23-15 win over the Highlanders last… Video
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Lawson makes history in DTM opener
20 Jun 2021Young New Zealand driver Liam Lawson has won on his debut in the prestigious German touring car championship (DTM).
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Today's sports news: What you need to know
20 Jun 2021In today's sports news - Van Gisbergen draws level with Brock, Bucks overcome Nets in thrilling game seven and three-way tie for the lead at Torrey Pines.
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Interruptions continue to hit World Test Championship final
20 Jun 2021Bad light interrupts play in World Test Championship final as Virat Kohli leads India fightback.
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Top rugby league players weigh up offshore opportunities
20 Jun 2021Kiwi Ferns World Cup-winning captain Luisa Avaiki is helping a record number of New Zealand rugby league players chase professional opportunities overseas.
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Blues claim Trans-Tasman silverware
19 Jun 2021The Blues have ended their long wait for a fourth Super Rugby title.
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Live cricket updates: Black Caps vs India - World Test Championship final
19 Jun 2021Black Caps captain Kane Williamson has won the toss and sent India into bat in the World Test Championship final in Southampton. Follow live scoring updates.
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Competition leaders outlast Steel
19 Jun 2021The Stars have extended their lead atop the ANZ Premiership after eventually overcoming the Southern Steel in Dunedin.
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Knights win scrappy affair
19 Jun 2021The Warriors have slumped to their third straight NRL defeat.
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All Blacks lose another first-choice midfield back
19 Jun 2021The All Blacks' midfield depth will be tested next month, with Anton Lienert-Brown unavailable for the start of the international season.
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Today's sports news: What you need to know
19 Jun 2021In today's sports news - Bungled pitstop costs van Gisbrgen, unlikely leaders at the US Open and Clippers make franchise history.
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Recap: Super Rugby Trans-Tasman final
19 Jun 2021The Blues have beaten the Highlanders 23-15 in the Super Rugby Trans Tasman final. Follow how the match unfolded with Jamie Wall's live blog.
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World record shattered in Eugene
19 Jun 2021American Ryan Crouser has smashed the long-standing men's shot put world record.
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Te Paea Selby-Rickit ready to fill Tactix shooting void
19 Jun 2021Silver Fern Te Paea Selby-Rickit is happy to take on a bigger shooting load while the Mainland Tactix deal with injuries, plus she knows it's good for her game.
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Waiting game for start of World Test Championship final
19 Jun 2021No play on day one of World Test Championship final doesn't change either team's tactics.
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A title is a title: Blues seek to end 18 years of pain
18 Jun 2021For the first time since 2003, the Blues will contest a Super Rugby final, and players and fans alike are desperate to bring an end to the title drought. Audio
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The growth in New Zealand Cricket on show in WTC final
18 Jun 2021Kane Williamson wants New Zealand to use the biggest stage to show the world just how far they've come as he prepares to lead his side into the first-ever World Test Championship Final.
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Stirling striving to be crowned two-time King
18 Jun 2021The next step on a path taken by UFC champion Israel Adesanya has arrived for Navajo Stirling.
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Netball: Paris Lokotui takes leap to elite level like a duck to water
18 Jun 2021On the face of it water polo and netball might seem like two sports that have very little in common but multi-talented Pulse midcourter Paris Lokotui knows otherwise.
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Eliza McCartney: 'The odds are against me'
18 Jun 2021Pole vaulter Eliza McCartney accepts she probably won't make the Tokyo Olympics, but already has her sights on a busy 2022 athletics season.
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The netball star eliminating barriers for Māori and Pasifika
18 Jun 2021Having to navigate her way in a place where Te Ao Māori wasn't at the forefront of her every day life was difficult for New Zealand netball representative Tiana Metuarau. Audio
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Today's sports news: What you need to know
18 Jun 2021In today's sports news - Henley leads U.S. Open, Tuatara to sit out next Australian Baseball League season, Netherlands win Euro 2020 Group C and Belgium advance to knockouts.
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Osaka and Nadal won't play Wimbledon
18 Jun 2021Two of the biggest names in tennis have decided not to play Wimbledon at the end of the month.
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India name two spinners for WTC Final, Black Caps undecided
18 Jun 2021India named spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin in a five-man bowling attack for the inaugural world test championship final against New Zealand.
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Tonga names 15 new caps to face All Blacks, Samoa
Fifteen new caps have been included in the Tonga rugby squad to face the All Blacks and Manu Samoa in New Zealand next month.
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Home Cup defence 'first choice' for Team NZ duo
17 Jun 2021A defence of a different kind is their focus for now, but Peter Burling and Blair Tuke remain hopeful the next America's Cup might still be hosted on New Zealand waters.
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