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Adesanya to return in UFC Seattle main event
'The Last Stylebender' gets back in the Octagon to take on Joe Pyfer in March.
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Aces smash Kings to keep lead at top of T20 table
5:46 pm todayAuckland batter Bevon Jacobs was chasing a record sixth consecutive half century but he didn't get a chance to bat.
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Top seed advances at ASB Classic
3:34 pm todayAmerican Ben Shelton was made to work harder than the straight sets win would suggest.
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It's Australian Open time: What you need to know
1:30 pm todayFor tennis fans, the festivities are just getting started with the return of the 114th edition.
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Tennis: Monfils' title defence over at first hurdle
7:02 am today"For me, Auckland is in a special place in my heart, so thank you very much," the 39-year-old Frenchman said afterwards.
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Olympic medallist dies in avalanche in Switzerland
8:01 am todayUeli Kestenholz came third in snowboarding's inaugural Olympic event, the giant slalom, at the 1998 Nagano Games.
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Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz eyes Australian Open crown to complete career slam
8:30 am todayFor all the Spaniard's global success, Australia has been a curious blank on his resume.
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Former player returns to Old Trafford as manager
6:46 am todayMichael Carrick will take charge until end of the Premier League season
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'Healthy' A-League club Auckland FC worried for opposition
13 Jan 2026A-League leaders Auckland FC are concerned about the ongoing off-field health of the competition.
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Eritrea set for international football comeback after six-year absence
8:17 am todayIt is estimated some 80 footballers have defected while playing for the national team abroad.
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NZ pair into ASB Classic quarter finals
13 Jan 2026The New Zealand doubles wildcard pairing are through to quarter-finals at Auckland's ASB Classic.
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Former A-League player alleges team was homophobic
13 Jan 2026Josh Cavallo was Australia's first openly gay male professional footballer.
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Miracle journey: From village rugby to Super Rugby captain
13 Jan 2026Miracle Fai'ilagi will lead Moana Pasifika for the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season.
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Golf superstar cleared to rejoin PGA Tour, but at a cost
13 Jan 2026It leaves the door open for other LIV players to follow suit.
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Miracle Fai'ilagi to lead Moana
13 Jan 2026Fai'ilagi has been named skipper for the 2026 Super Rugby season.
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Sabalenka primed for another title tilt at Australian Open
13 Jan 2026Sabalenka won a tour‑leading four trophies last season and made nine finals.
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Ardie Savea sports nasty eye injury
13 Jan 2026Savea 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
13 Jan 2026Healy 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
13 Jan 2026Cascarino, 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
13 Jan 2026Rich 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
13 Jan 2026The 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
13 Jan 2026Video 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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