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Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov completed a stunning hat-trick six minutes from time to give Manchester United a 3-2 English Premier League football win over arch-rivals Liverpool this morning…

Chelsea have brushed aside Blackpool 4-0 to remain the only side in the English Football League with a perfect record. The Blues kept their lead at the top of the...

The bottom-placed English Premier League football side West Ham, secured their first point of the season with a hard-fought 1-all draw at Stoke. West Ham went into half-time leading 1-nil...

The football manager Jose Mourinho's quest for a unique European Champions League title with a third different club has started in style with nine-time winners Real Madrid beating Ajax Amsterdam...

A Test cricket league and play-off system intended to make all matches more competitive has moved a step closer. The chief executives of the national bodies have made a number...

Stoke City scored with virtually the last kick of the match to earn their first English Premier League football points of the season with a 2-1 home win over Aston...

Adelaide United assumed outright football A-League leadership with a 2-1 triumph over Newcastle Jets on Saturday night. Reds young gun Matthew Leckie scored first, before Argentinian Marcos Flores…

Manchester United conceded two dramatic stoppage-time goals as Everton staged a remarkable fightback to draw 3-all in a game Wayne Rooney missed to spare him from crowd abuse at his...

The Wellington Phoenix play the defending A league football champions Sydney in Wellington tonight hoping the visitors winless run continues. Sydney's failed to win a match in their five games...

District health boards have released a second set of league tables showing how primary health organisations are performing.

Tertiary institutions say new league tables of their performance on measures such as course completion do not tell the full story.

West Ham United's dismal start to the English Premier League football season continues with a 3-0 rout by Manchester United at Old Trafford. Chelsea remain top of the table but...

Tertiary institutions say Government league tables of their completion rates will be unfair. Audio

The National Rugby League play-off picture has become a little bit clearer after the weekend's matches. The Warriors 22-10 win over Newcastle yesterday moved the Auckland side up to 6th in ...

The Newcastle Knights produced their best performance of the National Rugby League season to beat in-form Manly 32-14 in the Monday night game, but it might be too late for them ...

Education Minister Anne Tolley says she believes there will be primary school league tables of some sort, but she hopes they will not focus only on literacy and numeracy.

The fifth-placed Warriors play South Sydney on Sunday afternoon, trying for a win over the Rabbitohs to cement their place in the National Rugby League top eight. It would also equal ...

Lance Hohaia, Kevin Locke, Brent Tate and Brett Seymour all return from injury for the Warriors National Rugby League match against the Melbourne in Auckland, on Saturday night. After missing the ...

Jerome Ropati will make his second straight start at fullback in an unchanged Warriors side to take on the table-topping Panthers in the National Rugby League at Penrith today. Ropati replaces ...

School principals expect more of their regional associations will take action against the Government's national standards in reading, writing and maths.

A survey has found that nearly all primary school principals have concerns about the new national standards for reading, writing and maths. Audio

A try to halfback James Maloney just before full-time secured the New Zealand Warriors a 32-24 National Rugby League victory over the Knights in Newcastle. Maloney tallied a personal points haul ...

The Nelson Giants remain unbeaten at home after they saw off the Waikato Pistons 76-71 in a top of the table National Basketball League clash. Mika Vukona topscored with 21 points ...