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Miracle Fai'ilagi to lead Moana
Fai'ilagi has been named skipper for the 2026 Super Rugby season.
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Golf superstar cleared to rejoin PGA Tour, but at a cost
11:20 am todayIt leaves the door open for other LIV players to follow suit.
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Sabalenka primed for another title tilt at Australian Open
8:01 am todaySabalenka won a tour‑leading four trophies last season and made nine finals.
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Ardie Savea sports nasty eye injury
9:23 am todaySavea posted a video which shows several stitches and heavy bruising above his right eye.
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Alyssa Healy to retire from all forms of cricket
8:26 am todayHealy has been part of eight ICC World Cup titles in her 15 year career.
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Footballer denied debut because of her earring
6:51 am todayCascarino, who joined West Ham on loan from Juventus, was not allowed to come on as a substitute as her earring broke the laws of the sport.
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US men's curling team 'Dad' eyes Winter Games history
8:03 am todayRich Ruohonen is on the cusp of a rare feat for the US men's curling team.
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Christchurch cricket club hosts visiting Australian and UK cricketers
8:27 am todayThe visitors, largely made up of amateur club players from Australia and the UK, were touring the country for the first time, the latest trip of a fledgling annual tradition. Audio
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Violence at Africa Cup of Nations to be investigated
7:45 am todayVideo on social media showed the referee being pursued down the tunnel by Algerian players after their 2-0 defeat.
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Ukraine's Kostyuk defends 'conscious choice' to speak out about war
12 Jan 2026The world No. 20 tennis star used her Brisbane trophy presentation to address the plight of her country.
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A-League takes control of Central Coast Mariners
12 Jan 2026The for-sale team have temporarily been taken over by the competition's governing body.
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Kiwi wildcard beaten in first round of ASB Classic
12 Jan 2026"I'll learn from this experience and keep improving."
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All Blacks hopeful Pledger sidelined for 12 months
12 Jan 2026One of the country's most promising young players has been ruled out of rugby for the entire year.
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First NZ Women's Championship in Scrabble goes down to the W-I-R-E
12 Jan 2026Twenty Kiwi women vied for the title in Auckland over the weekend, the winner not decided until the very last match of the round-robin tournament.
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Former NZ basketball player's journey into American football
12 Jan 2026"The opportunity that was laid out to me was pretty life-changing," Salmon told RNZ. "Who wouldn't give it a shot?"
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Andrea Bocelli to sing at Winter Olympics
12 Jan 2026American singer Mariah Carey will also perform at the opening ceremony in Milan.
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Black Caps fall short as India win tense series-opener
12 Jan 2026Virat Kohli hit 93 to help India chase down 301 in a tense four-wicket win over New Zealand in the first one-day international.
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Third time lucky as Poland beat Switzerland to win United Cup
12 Jan 2026Hubert Hurkacz continued his resurgence in his first event back after a near seven-month injury layoff.
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Top seed Svitolina wins ASB Classic women's crown
12 Jan 2026The 2024 runner-up went one better this time against Chinese Xinyu Wang in Auckland. Audio
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Martinelli hat-trick sends Arsenal past Portsmouth in FA Cup
12 Jan 2026Record 14-time Cup winners Arsenal came back from 1-nil down.
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Daniil Medvedev beats Brandon Nakashima to win Brisbane Open
12 Jan 2026The victory marked Medvedev's 22nd ATP title at 22 different events.
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Breakers earn gritty win over Hawks
11 Jan 2026Forty-eight hours after their worst display of the Australian NBL season, the NZ Breakers regrouped against defending champions Illawarra Hawks in Sydney.
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Success for Wānaka freeskier rolls on in Colorado
11 Jan 2026Scoring 95.00 on his first run, Finley Melville-Ives cruised to victory at the Aspen Freeski Halfpipe World Cup
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Phoenix fightback to grab draw in A-League clash
11 Jan 2026Goals from Isaac Hughes and Corban Piper salvaged a point against Adelaide.
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Kiwi Cassidy secures maiden Formula E win for Citroen
11 Jan 2026The New Zealander surged to top of the Formula E championship after two rounds.
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FA Cup's biggest ever shock: Champs knocked out by sixth-tier minnows
11 Jan 2026The 117 places separating EPL outfit Crystal Palace from Macclesfield of the National League North is the most ever overcome.
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Scotty Stevenson: 'Club sport is withering on the vine'
11 Jan 2026The commercialisation of rugby and cricket has come with a lot of "bollocks", the broadcaster says.
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Svitolina to meet Wang in ASB Classic women's final
11 Jan 2026Svitolina won in straight sets, while Wang needed almost three hours to dispatch Filipino opponent Alex Eala in the Auckland semis.
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