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Black Caps star Williamson eyes 2027 World Cup
25 Oct 2025The former NZ captain returns to his national team for the three-match, one-day series against England.
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Randall goal propels Auckland FC to victory over Wanderers
25 Oct 2025Goalkeeper Michael Woud kept another clean sheet, as the Black Knights rose to the top of the A-League table.
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Canterbury add to NPC legacy with victory over Otago
25 Oct 2025The red-and-blacks have now won 10 titles, since the competition was revamped in 2006.
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Old coach, old wounds: Wallabies eye win over Eddie Jones in Japan
25 Oct 2025Two years after Eddie Jones walked out, the Wallabies line up against the man who led them to World Cup ignominy.
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Embracing superstars, villains - Savea on rugby's marketing challenges
25 Oct 2025Watch: While the team-first marketing strategy has worked for the All Blacks, there is a mood for change writes Jamie Wall.
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Kiwi Lawson outside top 10 at Mexico GG practice
25 Oct 2025The Racing Bull driver headed teammate Isack Hadjar and championship leader Oscar Piastri.
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UFC 321: What you need to know
25 Oct 2025Etihad Arena hosts a UFC gold double-header with the heavyweight and women's strawweight belts on the line.
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Australia's surprise skipper ready to step up against Japan
24 Oct 2025He only has 72 minutes of test experience but Nick Champion de Crespigny is the 92nd Wallabies captain.
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Parker v Wardley: What you need to know
24 Oct 2025Parker puts his WBO interim heavyweight title on the line this Sunday. Audio
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Football Ferns edged by Mexico at Mexico City
24 Oct 2025The home side have beaten the Football Ferns in the first of two international friendly matches.
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Kiwi pursuit team win world bronze, Olympic champ Andrews eliminated
24 Oct 2025The New Zealand quartet of Nick Kergozou, Tom Sexton, Keegan Hornblow and Marshall Erwood beat USA for the podium.
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What we know about 'mind-boggling' NBA rigging and poker fraud cases
24 Oct 2025The allegations involve NBA luminaries, multiple New York mafia families, millions in cash and even an x-ray poker table that can read cards face down.
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Sporting banter or disrespect? Is it ever ok to boo the haka?
24 Oct 2025Māori and Sāmoan voices say there's a clear line between sporting rivalry and cultural disrespect.
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Phoenix women sign A-League champion and Arsenal graduate
24 Oct 2025The Wellington Phoenix have signed experienced English forward Brooke Nunn, in a major coup ahead of the new women's A-League season.
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NZ's most beloved tradition: The Mascot Race
24 Oct 2025Canterbury host Otago in Saturday's NPC final, but some might say the real action will take place at halftime. Video
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Springbok handed nine-match ban for genitals grab
24 Oct 2025Jan-Hendrik Wessels will miss the team's end-of-year four-test tour of Europe.
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English club signs two Black Ferns World Cup loose forwards
24 Oct 2025Black Ferns loose forwards Layla Sae and Liana Mikaele-Tu'u sign short-term contracts with English club Harlequins.
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Robinson ready to race as Winter Olympics loom
24 Oct 2025Alice Robinson wants to finish on the podium at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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NBA coach, player arrested in Mafia gambling probe
They are among 30 indicted for alleged involvement in a "nationwide scheme to rig illegal poker games" using "high-tech cheating technology".
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All out - White Ferns' World Cup hopes over after loss to India
24 Oct 2025The outgunned White Ferns suffered a 53-runs loss to India to end their hopes of winning the Cricket World Cup.
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NPC final Canterbury v Otago: What you need to know
24 Oct 2025Team lists, news and key stats for this weekend's big provincial showdown in Christchurch.
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NZ Breakers crash to one-point NBL loss to Brisbane Bullets
24 Oct 2025The Breakers blew a 24-point lead to go down 84-83 to the Bullets and continue a poor start to the NBL season.
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Football Ferns hungry for North America challenge
24 Oct 2025Coach Michael Mayne says there's plenty of competition among the players and he'll use that as the side prepares to face Mexico and the USA.
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Black Caps lose T20 series after final match washed out
23 Oct 2025New Zealand needed a win to draw the series but persistent rain in Auckland meant they never got the chance.
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