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All Blacks lose Tevita Mafileo as they seek to end year on a high
19 Nov 2025The All Blacks prop has been ruled of this weekend's test against Wales after suffering a rib fracture during training.
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NZ Cricket record another surplus, reserves at record high
19 Nov 2025Meanwhile, former New Zealand Test player, coach and selector Mark Greatbatch has been elected president.
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Black Caps welcome return of Henry Nicholls for Windies ODI series
19 Nov 2025Black Cap Tom Latham backs in-form Henry Nicholls to fit seamlessly back into national colours as they seek to seal the ODI series against the West Indies.
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Samoa do it the hard way to grab last Rugby World Cup spot
19 Nov 2025Samoa have clinched a place after a dramatic finish to the final qualifying tournament in Dubai.
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Jesse Ryder makes comeback for T20 Black Clash
19 Nov 2025Daniel Vettori's Team Cricket takes on Kieran Read's Team Rugby at Tauranga's Bay Oval on the 17 January.
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All Blacks fail to make Player of the Year list
19 Nov 2025This is the second successive year that New Zealand has not had a finalist.
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'Heartbroken' Alcaraz drops out of Davis Cup finals due to injury
19 Nov 2025The world men's tennis number one said playing for Spain "is the greatest thing there is" and he's going home "heartbroken".
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All heart: Michael Campbell's massive achievement 20 years on
19 Nov 2025A recent health scare co-incided with a new documentary taking him back to the scene of one of NZ golf's most memorable days. Video
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Eli Katoa to miss NRL season after brain surgery
18 Nov 2025The Melbourne Storm star and former Warrior suffered his injury during Tonga's international against the Kiwis.
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What you need to know about All Whites v Ecuador
18 Nov 2025All Whites will end the year against one of football's best defences in world No.23 Ecuador.
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Hillier, Alker among Kiwi golfers playing in NZ Open
18 Nov 2025World-class talents Daniel Hillier and Kazuma Kobori, PGA Tour Champions star Steven Alker, and Ben Campbell, who has come close to lifting the trophy, are returning.
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Paul, Joshua's boxing match a 'dangerous betrayal of sport'
18 Nov 2025Analysis - Jake Paul's upcoming contest against a bona fide, former two-time unified heavyweight champ, Anthony Joshua, smacks of a game about to go seriously wrong.
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Usyk vacates WBO heavyweight title, Wardley takes the belt
18 Nov 2025Under a different set of circumstances, Joseph Parker would now be a heavyweight world champion.
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Fearless England ready to shake off weight of Ashes failure
18 Nov 2025Recent history will weigh heavily on the shoulders of England's players in the Perth opener after a lamentable run of Ashes failure in Australia.
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Decision on Liam Lawson's F1 future delayed even further
18 Nov 2025Racing Bulls boss Alan Permane says it is likely a decision on their 2026 driver line-up won't be made until this season ends.
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Nations Championship gets thumbs down from former NZ Rugby boss
18 Nov 2025Former New Zealand Rugby chief executive David Moffett believes World Rugby's new Nations Championship will be a flop.
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Black Ferns star Ruahei Demant heading to Britain
18 Nov 2025Bristol Bears head coach Scott Lawson says Ruahei is a "genuinely world-class player".
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Cricket: Daryl Mitchell to miss rest of West Indies series
18 Nov 2025Black Caps batter Daryl Mitchell will miss the rest of the ODI series against West Indies because of injury.
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YouTuber-turned-boxer to fight ex-world champ
18 Nov 2025Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua will take on YouTube star Jake Paul in a bout next month.
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All Blacks to play France first up in new Nations Championship
18 Nov 2025Rugby's new-look Nations Championship will pit northern and southern hemisphere countries against each other in two separate windows in July and November next year. Audio
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Osaka pulls out of ASB Classic, Svitolina and Navarro signed up
18 Nov 2025Former world women's tennis number one Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from this summer's ASB Classic in Auckland.
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Hayden Wilde puts chaotic triathlon behind him
18 Nov 2025Wilde is sure there will be more robust technical involvement in future T100 events following a farcical finish to the latest round in Dubai. Audio
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Silver Ferns want to finish turbulent international window with trophy
18 Nov 2025The Silver Ferns are determined to finish an intense three months of netball, which will be remembered against the backdrop of a turbulent coaching saga, on a high.
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Foot-on-face photo of Kiwi up for award
17 Nov 2025The photo has been selected as one of three finalists for the 2025 World Athletics Photograph of the Year.
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