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Jake Brimmer keen to score more goals for Auckland FC
1 Jan 2025Auckland FC Jake Brimmer didn't think it was his best goal, but his effort against the Central Coast Mariners on Saturday certainly pleased his coach.
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Basketball: Breakers snap losing streak
1 Jan 2025The Breakers have snapped their eight-game losing streak in the Australian NBL with a 92-68 win at the Cairns Taipans.
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ASB Classic: Top seed through, disappointment over withdrawals
31 Dec 2024It's looking likely that the women's singles will be a heavily American affair.
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Big names withdraw from ASB Classic
31 Dec 2024Two big drawcards will be leaving without playing a shot.
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NZ football 2024 review: The good, the bad and the future
31 Dec 2024Who had a year to remember, and who can't wait to put it all behind them in 2025?
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Football round-up: Wellington and Auckland have winning killer instinct
1 Jan 2025New Zealand's A-League Men's teams are back to their winning ways.
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Former All Blacks coach honoured for services to rugby
31 Dec 2024Ian Foster has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
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'It's a special place': Raducanu happy to be back in Aotearoa
31 Dec 2024Crowd favourite and former US Open champion Emma Raducanu is aiming to start a big season in Auckland.
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Medal winning sisters reflect on Paris, te ao Māori and rowing together
31 Dec 2024Rangitāne sisters Jackie Gowler and Kerri Williams won bronze together in Paris - they speak about sisterhood and representing their iwi on the world stage.
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Former All Blacks captain among New Year Honours recipients
31 Dec 2024Sam Whitelock has been honoured, alongside a Paralympics administrator and a horse racing legend.
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White Ferns star up for Cricketer of the Year Award
31 Dec 2024All-rounder Amelia Kerr has been shortlisted for the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year award.
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Cricket: Black Caps beat Sri Lanka to claim T20 series
30 Dec 2024The Black Caps have clinched the T20 cricket series against Sri Lanka with a game to spare.
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At 27, Lydia Ko believed to be youngest-ever Dame of modern times
31 Dec 2024Not only is the Olympic champion golfer the youngest New Zealander to be made a Knight or Dame - she's believed to be the youngest person ever to be made a Dame in the modern Commonwealth.
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NZ cricket coach sacked by county side for 'inappropriate behaviour'
31 Dec 2024Former New Zealand cricketer Grant Bradburn has been sacked by Glamorgan following a recent charge of misconduct.
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ASB Classic: Match stalled by protesters in wild first day
30 Dec 2024Watch: Vocal Pro-Palestine protesters halt the sixth seed's win over Israeli Lina Glushko.
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Cricket: Black Caps defeat Sri Lanka in second T20
30 Dec 2024The Black Caps have clinched the T20 series with a game to spare, after successfully defending their tally of 186 runs at Mt Maunganui's Bay Oval.
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Cricket: Australia take seven wickets after tea to beat India in Melbourne
30 Dec 2024Australia took an incredible seven wickets after tea on day five to win the fourth test against India by 184 runs and take a 2-1 series lead into the final match in Sydney.
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Tennis: Sun sets early at the ASB Classic
30 Dec 2024The big Kiwi hope for this year's tournament unfortunately went the way of all the others in previous years.
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Cricket: Australian star to play for Wellington
30 Dec 2024Australian cricket star Ellyse Perry will play for the Wellington Blaze in the Super Smash T20 competition.
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Carlsen returns to chess world champs after dress code dispute
30 Dec 2024Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially quitting following a decision to bar him from a round for wearing jeans.
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Chris Wood helps Forest up to second in Premier League
30 Dec 2024The win gives Forest, who battled relegation for much of last season, 37 points after 19 games.
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ASB Classic women 2025: All you need to know
30 Dec 2024Who will shine the brightest, the American stars or the Kiwi Sun?
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Breakers won't appeal Parker Jackson-Cartwright suspension
30 Dec 2024The guard was charged with mishandling a game official.
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South Africa book place in WTC Final with win over Pakistan
30 Dec 2024Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen turned batting heroes as South Africa edged Pakistan by two wickets in the first test and book themselves a place in the WTC final.
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