Latest - The All Blacks have made a late change to their game day side for Saturday's second Test against Fiji after hooker Dane Coles pulled up injured following training.
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Coles experienced a tight calf on Thursday and has been ruled out.
Coles is replaced on the bench by Chiefs player Samisoni Taukei'aho who is in line to make his Test debut on his home ground of Waikato Stadium.
Taukei'aho joined the All Blacks squad earlier this month as injury cover for Asafo Aumua, who was ruled out of last week's Test in Dunedin after developing concussion symptoms picked up in the game against Tonga.
Oly Whites beaten by Australia
The New Zealand men's football team has been beaten 1-0 by Australia in their second Olympic warmup game in Japan.
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Mitch Duke scored the only goal of the game for Australia in the 3rd minute.
A tight affair throughout, both teams carved out chances but the New Zealand side couldn't match their Monday result when they beat Australia 2-0.
The team lined up remained unchanged, starting with Michael Woud, Dane Ingham, Liberato Cacace, Winston Reid, Nando Pijnaker, Gianni Stensness, Joe Bell, Clayton Lewis, Callum McCowatt, Elijah Just and Chris Wood.
After the game, Head Coach Danny Hay spoke about the performance:
"Obviously disappointing to lose a football match first and foremost, probably the manor of the goal is not ideal but we've seen that happen at every level of the game. It's just one of those things that happens to goalkeepers from time to time.
"But look, the way the boys rallied, they didn't lose any confidence, they didn't drop their heads. They really worked their way back into the game.
"I thought particularly the second half we were excellent. Created some really good opportunities towards the back end of the game and probably a little unlucky not to come out of the game with something at least."
The team play in Group B at the Games alongside Republic of Korea, Honduras and Romania. Their campaign gets underway against Republic of Korea on Thursday 22 July at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium.
Wins for Hawks and Sharks
Hawke's Bay and Southland have warmed up for their NBL basketball semi-final with wins.
The Hawks completed their regular season with a 96-68 win over the Manawatu Jets in Napier.
Devondrick Walker hit a game high 35 points for the Hawks.
Southland welcomed back Alex Pledger from cancer treatment with a 100-87 win over Canterbury in Invercargil.
Pledger played 5 and a half minutes and scored three points and had three rebounds.
Hawkes Bay and Southland meet in the semi-finals next Thursday while Saints play Auckland in the other game.
Pogacar nears victory
Tadej Pogacar claimed another landmark victory in the 18th stage to edge closer to retaining his Tour de France title as a cloud of doping suspicions hung over the world's greatest cycling race.
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Before the start of the stage, the French prosecutor's office said it had opened a preliminary investigation into the Bahrain Victorious team after police searched the outfit's accommodation and bus.
The prosecutor's office in Marseille said the investigation was into "acquisition, transport, possession, import of a prohibited substance or prohibited method for use by an athlete without medical justification."
Bahrain Victorious said they were complying with the investigation.
Pogacar's's brutal acceleration 500 metres from the line, at top of Luz Ardiden (13.3km at 7.4%), could not be matched by his rivals as Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard and Ecuador's Richard Carapaz finished two seconds behind in second and third, respectively.
Overall, the Slovenian now has a massive advantage of five minutes 45 seconds over Jumbo-Visma's Vingegaard with Carapaz of Ineos Grenadiers in third place overall, a further six seconds behind.
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Kerber won't go to Tokyo
Olympic medallist Angelique Kerber has become the latest big name to pull out of the Tokyo Games, with the German saying the past few weeks on the Tour had taken its toll on her body.
Kerber, a three-times Grand Slam winner, won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 2016 Rio Games.
The 33-year-old has had a busy grasscourt season, having participated in three tournaments in the past month -- winning in Bad Homburg and reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon.
A number of big names in tennis will be missing at the Olympics, including Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Dominic Thiem, Serena Williams, Simona Halep and Bianca Andreescu.
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Date set for Fury-Wilder 3
Tyson Fury's third world heavyweight title fight against Deontay Wilder has been rescheduled for 9 October.
The bout, which had been due to take place in Las Vegas on 24 July, was postponed after the British heavyweight tested positive for coronavirus.
Fury, 32, beat American Wilder, 35, to become WBC champion in February 2020 - 14 months after the pair shared a thrilling draw in Los Angeles.
Neither man has fought since Fury's victory in Las Vegas.
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Pant tests positive
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and a member of the support staff have tested positive for Covid-19 in England ahead of their five-test series starting next month.
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The India players were given a three-week break after losing the World Test Championship final against New Zealand in Southampton last month.
"Pant, who had not stayed in the team hotel during the break period, tested positive on 8th July. He is asymptomatic and currently undergoing self-isolation," BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a statement.
The 23-year-old must return two negative RT-PCR tests before he can join the rest of the squad in Durham where Virat Kohli's team will play a three-day warm-up match from Tuesday.
Net bowler Dayanand Garani tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, while bowling coach Bharat Arun, wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha and batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran were deemed his close contacts.
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Jones goes straight onto the bench
British & Irish Lions lock Alun Wyn Jones will start from the bench against the Stormers at Cape Town Stadium this weekend after a remarkable return to the tour party following a dislocated shoulder.
Jones had been ruled out of the tour after being injured in the 28-10 victory over Japan in Edinburgh last month, but has proved his fitness and arrived in South Africa today.
There is also a return from COVID-19 isolation for fullback Stuart Hogg, who captains the side, while rookie flyhalf Marcus Smith has been handed a first start just days after he also arrived in South Africa as cover for Finn Russell.
Centre Robbie Henshaw has overcome a hamstring problem and will play his first game on the tour, while Josh Adams returns after dropping out of the 17-13 defeat by South Africa A yesterday to view the birth of his first child via Zoom.
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