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Dunedin swimmer breaks 12-year-old national record for backstroke
13 Apr 2024Dunedin backstroker Kane Follows snuck under a national record and clocked an Olympic qualifying time at the national swimming championships.
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Super Rugby Aupiki final: All you need to know
13 Apr 2024The Blues Women and Chiefs Manawa face off at Eden Park, here's everything you need to know. Video
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Blunders cost Crusaders dearly in loss to Waratahs
13 Apr 2024The defending champions have crashed to a 43-40 loss to the Waratahs, for their sixth defeat of the season.
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Australian Grand Prix to open next Formula One season
13 Apr 2024The Australian Grand Prix will be the Formula One season-opener for the first time in six years instead of Bahrain.
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Phoenix make history as Surman delivers at the death
12 Apr 2024The Wellington Phoenix scored late to lodge a 1-0 win against the Melbourne Victory.
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Team NZ's America's Cup boat finally emerges
12 Apr 2024After 10 months under construction Team New Zealand's boat to defend the America's Cup in Barcelona later this year, has emerged at the team's Wynyard Point base in Auckland.
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Recap: Wellington Phoenix 1, Melbourne Victory 0
12 Apr 2024Wellington Phoenix scored at the last minute to lodge a 1-0 win against the Melbourne Victory.
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Depleted Black Caps side to tour Pakistan loses two more players
12 Apr 2024The Black Caps have lost two key players to injury ahead of the side's five-match T20 tour of Pakistan.
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Fast-starting Fox sixth after US Masters opening round
12 Apr 2024The Kiwi golfer's exceptional start featured birdies on each of the first three holes, followed by a brilliant eagle on the par-five eighth hole at Augusta.
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First New Zealand athletes named for Paris Paralympics
12 Apr 2024Three seasoned Paralympians and a rising sprinter are the first New Zealanders unveiled to compete at this year's Paralympic Games.
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Paralympian takes aim at Nike for not selling single shoes
12 Apr 2024Stef Reid has questioned Nike's commitment to diversity over their refusal to sell single shoes to amputee runners.
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'We can't wait': Chiefs Manawa eye Super Rugby Aupiki redemption
12 Apr 2024The Chiefs Manawa have a chip on their shoulder.
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Clareburt breaks 12-year-old record for 400m freestyle
12 Apr 2024However, his swim at the national swimming championships fell short of an Olympic qualifying time.
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Phoenix get into 'knockout mentality' for rest of season
12 Apr 2024Coach Giancarlo Italiano wants his Wellington Phoenix to have a knockout mentality for the rest of their A-League campaign.
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History-making wrestler finds greener pastures after dropping rugby
11 Apr 2024Tayla Ford gave up a potential rugby career to achieve her Olympic wrestling dream.
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Netball New Zealand to review trans-gender exemptions
11 Apr 2024It comes after World Netball's ban on trans women in international competition.
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Dame Sophie Pascoe announces birth of first child
11 Apr 2024Swimming champion Dame Sophie Pascoe has announced the birth of her first child.
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Parker turns to art, music in bid for rematch with Anthony Joshua
11 Apr 2024Joseph Parker has again flexed his creative muscles in a unique callout of a former opponent.
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Martin relishes game time for Warriors after wretched injury run
11 Apr 2024Te Maire Martin will start in the halves against the Sea Eagles in Auckland on Saturday, after a successful return to first grade last weekend.
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Canes and Chiefs set for war in Wellington
11 Apr 2024All the team lists, kick-off times and news for the latest round of Super Rugby Pacific. Video
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Auckland swimmer breaks record and goes under Olympic qualifying time
11 Apr 2024Hazel Ouwehand has continued her record breaking run at the NZ Swimming Championships, going under an Olympic qualifying time in the process.
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Olympic gold medalists to be paid for first time ever
11 Apr 2024Athletics has become the first sport in 128 years to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing winners will earn US$50,000 each.
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First New Zealand female wrestler named for Olympics
11 Apr 2024"It's a dream come true," says Nelson-born Tayla Ford, who has been selected for this year's Games in Paris.
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'Alarming' levels of E coli in River Seine ahead of Olympics
11 Apr 2024The swimming leg of the triathlon at this year's Olympics could be cancelled due to poor water quality in the River Seine.
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