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Tennis: Oz champ opts for provisional doping suspension
24 Dec 2024Two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Max Purcell has admitted to breaching rules relating to the use of a "prohibited method", after an IV infusion of vitamins.
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Recap: White Ferns v Australia one-dayer, third match
23 Dec 2024Australia have won the third and final one day cricket international against New Zealand by 75 runs.
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Auckland FC parts way with unused winger Champness
23 Dec 2024Unused Auckland FC player leaves eight games into A-League season.
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Liverpool hit Spurs for six to cement top spot, Chelsea held
23 Dec 2024Liverpool strengthened their hold on the Premier League top spot with an extraordinary 6-3 victory at battered Tottenham Hotspur.
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Tiger Woods' son Charlie hits first hole-in-one
23 Dec 2024The moment came on the par-three fourth hole and propelled the Woods duo into the lead at a tournament in Orlando, Florida.
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Auckland big-hitter Jacobs wins maiden Black Caps callup
23 Dec 2024Jacobs has completed a memorable month with his inclusion in the 13-man squad for the three-match series against Sri Lanka.
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Phoenix continue slide in A-league standings after heavy loss
23 Dec 2024Their heaviest defeat of the season was also their third in a row, allowing Western Sydney to leapfrog the struggling New Zealand side.
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Breakers' Christmas Day game a NZ first
24 Dec 2024Games on 25 December are popular in the NBA, but Breakers chief executive officer Lisa Edser says the concept is harder to sell in New Zealand.
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No bad blood as Wilde splits from coach
22 Dec 2024Olympics triathlon silver medallist Hayden Wilde has split with his coach for the past eight years, Craig Kirkwood.
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As it happened: Wellington Phoenix 1, Western Sydney Wanderers 4
22 Dec 2024Wellington Phoenix fell short against the Western Sydney Wanderers in round nine of the A-League.
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Tauranga Whai storm to Tauihi basketball crown
22 Dec 2024Tauranga Whai have proved stormed to their first Tauihi national women's basketball crown with an emphatic 90-71 win over Wellington's Tokomanawa Queens in Tauranga.
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'I won that fight' - Tyson Fury attacks judges after loss
22 Dec 2024Tyson Fury says the judges got it wrong and he should have been awarded Oleksandr Usyk's crown.
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'Terrible': Auckland FC coach labels players 'complacent' after first loss
22 Dec 2024He suggested their seven-match unbeaten streak had gone to the players' heads.
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'I win, it's good': Usyk outpoints Fury to retain world heavyweight crowns
22 Dec 2024The Ukrainian kept his belts after a unanimous decision win at the Kingdom Arena.
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Usyk beats Fury to retain unified world heavyweight title - as it happened
22 Dec 2024The Ukrainian retained his belts with another decisive win over his rival.
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Football: Thunderstorm delay helps Wellington Phoenix to another win
22 Dec 2024Wellington Phoenix's surge up the A-League women's standings continues with a 2-0 home win over Sydney FC.
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Manchester City boss backs players amid team's losing streak
22 Dec 2024Beleaguered boss Pep Guardiola trusts that good results will come for his team despite another defeat.
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Auckland FC suffer first loss in team's history
21 Dec 2024Auckland FC have tasted defeat for the first time in their history after suffering a 4-0 shock loss to Western United at Go Media Stadium in Auckland.
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Cricket: Australia women show class in rain-affected win over NZ
21 Dec 2024Australia have retained the Rose Bowl trophy after having the White Ferns on the ropes when a thunderstorm cut the second One Day International short in Wellington.
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Investigation into Yachting NZ launched following conduct complaints
21 Dec 2024The Sport Integrity Commission informed complainants on Friday that it was satisfied opening an investigation was in the public interest.
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As it happened: Auckland FC fall behind to Western United
21 Dec 2024Follow live updates as the Auckland FC take on Western United FC in round nine of the A-League.
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Australian Open to provide platform for pickleball
21 Dec 2024The Australian Open will embrace one of the fastest-growing sports in the world when it hosts the inaugural Pickleball Slam.
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Live: White Ferns v Australia delayed by rain
21 Dec 2024The T20 world champions are back on home soil to play Australia in three one-dayers. Follow all the action here
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Breakers' losing streak continues as Kings storm home
21 Dec 2024The Breakers suffered late jitters against the Sydney Kings to crash to a seventh-straight NBL defeat.
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