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The Wellington Phoenix suffered their first defeat of football's A-League season when they went down 3-1 to Adelaide United in Adelaide on Saturday night.

The Perth Wildcats are top of Australia's National Basketball League following their 74-65 road win over winless Melbourne. The Wildcats continued their unbeaten start to the NBL season with guard...

Batsman Martin Guptill has been given the supreme honour at the New Zealand cricket awards, being named the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal winner. Guptill also picked up the Redpath Cup...

Football Federation Australia's departing chief executive Ben Buckley will be hoping record A-League attendance and broadcast figures translate into big bucks at the television rights negotiation…

Chelsea have continued their strong form in football's English Premier League, beating Norwich 4-1 at home and extending their lead at the top of the table to four points. Juan...

International experts have criticised the Government's education policies at the Educational Institute's annual conference in Rotorua.

The mother of a man beaten to death delivering pizza says new legislation on parole hearings is good for the families of victims. Audio

Principals say newspapers should never have published individual schools' results in the national standards in reading, writing and maths.

Ashley Cole's late strike was enough for Chelsea to take the three points at home to Stoke in football's English Premier League. The win means Chelsea are a point clear...

The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, says national standards results published on Saturday don't tell the full story on individual schools.

Manchester United veteran Paul Scholes marked his 700th appearance for the football club with a goal in a 4-0 Premier League win over Wigan. The league champions Manchester City were...

The Labour Party says a reading recovery plan for every school is a major part of its vision for the future of the country's education system.

Local government analyst Larry Mitchell says many councils are hiding the true extent of their debt by internal borrowing.

Seven of the eight men's teams are still in contention for semifinals spots with one round to play in the National Hockey League. The Auckland men booked their play-off spot...

The Canterbury women have booked their spot in the semi-finals of the National Hockey League with two rounds remaining. The unbeaten Cantabrians qualified for the weekend's play-off matches with…

Canberra has ended Canterbury's 12-match winning streak in the National Rugby League by belting the top of the table Bulldogs 34 - 6. In Sydney, the defending champions Manly beat...

Fallen Scottish football giants Rangers are still searching for their first away win in the Scottish Third Division after being held to a 1-1 draw at border team Berwick Rangers.

Jamaica's Yohan Blake has become the second fastest man over 100 metres, clocking 9.69 seconds at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting. World champion Blake, who was the silver medallist behind...

Two dramatic late drop goals decided both last night's National Rugby League fixtures as the season edges closer to the playoffs and teams fight for their places. The Melbourne Storm...

The Prime Minister says the Government will not create league tables from a new online listing of schools' results for national standards in reading, writing and maths.

The New Zealand Warriors have suffered a dent to their bid to make the National Rugby League playoffs after blowing an 18-0 lead against the Manly Sea Eagles last night...