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All Blacks 'getting on with it' after shock departure of coach
27 Aug 2024The All Blacks insist the sudden departure of Leon MacDonald hasn't been a disruption as they prepare face the Springboks.
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Tactix re-sign 'defensive wall' for ANZ netball premiership
27 Aug 2024The trio of Karin Burger, Jane Watson and Paris Lokotui will all return.
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Football Ferns' Grace Jale ready to take A-league 'by storm'
27 Aug 2024Jale has signed with the Wellington Phonenix returning after a two year absence, where she has played for Canberra United and Perth Glory.
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Lydia Ko rockets up world rankings
27 Aug 2024New British Open champion Lydia Ko has jumped nine places in the latest world golf rankings.
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Springbok enforcer in doubt for Ellis Park clash
27 Aug 2024Eben Etzebeth is under an injury cloud as the Springboks face a crisis at lock.
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'We’re a better team than last year’ – Boks sound ominous warning
27 Aug 2024The Springboks consider themselves to be a superior product to the side that beat the All Blacks in last year's World Cup final.
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Razor will need to be at sharpest to outwit the Boks
27 Aug 2024Analysis - The All Blacks face must win tests in Johannesburg and Cape Town if they are to retain their Rugby Championship title.
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Liam Lawson may get F1 drive this weekend
27 Aug 2024New Zealand's Liam Lawson has been linked with a Formula One drive this weekend.
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Football: Sven-Goran Eriksson, charismatic England coach, dies at 76
27 Aug 2024The Swedish football manager announced earlier this year he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer.
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Lack of action over RTS high shot a 'serious error'
26 Aug 2024Having reviewed the footage and Bunker audio, Graham Annesley says the decision not to sin bin Stephen Crichton was "purely a poor judgement call".
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Rugby: Woodman-Wickliffes to play and coach in Japan
26 Aug 2024The formidable rugby duo of Portia and Renee Woodman-Wickliffe are heading to Japan on playing and coaching contracts.
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Football: Major coup for Sydney FC in signing ex-Brazil winger Costa
26 Aug 2024Sydney FC have pulled off a major transfer coups by completing the signing of former Bayern Munich and Juventus winger Douglas Costa for the next two seasons.
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All Blacks to play Springboks in daylight amid safety fears
26 Aug 2024Johannesburg's famous stadium isn't just intimidating for the All Blacks taking the field, writes Jamie Wall.
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Mystics fill gap left by Grace Nweke with top Australian shooter
26 Aug 2024Nweke's decision to play across the Tasman next year meant the ANZ Premiership netball champions had to try to find a shooter with equal stature.
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All Blacks unafraid of Ellis Park as they brace for Springboks litmus test
26 Aug 2024The Springboks have won nine of the 15 games they've played against New Zealand at the stadium,
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Kiwi's key Paralympics role
26 Aug 2024Rebecca Foulsham never set out to follow this path, but she is now in charge of an international team which plays a fundamental part in Para sport.
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Paralympics 2024: Organisers have 'done well to refit' Paris for athletes
26 Aug 2024Paris wasn't built for wheelchairs but it has done its best to present an accessible city, the Kiwi chef de mission says.
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Athletics records broken at Diamond League meeting
26 Aug 2024Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered the long-standing 3000m world record while Sweden's Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record.
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US Open: Fervour builds for craziest grand slam
26 Aug 2024It's showtime in New York for a tournament aiming to be the biggest, "baddest" and craziest tennis event in the world.
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Alcaraz says he is fit after injury scare at US Open training
26 Aug 2024Four-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz has dealt with a number of injuries in recent times, including an ankle injury that forced him to withdraw in the first round of the Rio Open earlier this year.
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Team New Zealand win America's Cup warmup regatta
26 Aug 2024Team New Zealand won the preliminary regatta off Barcelona overcoming their closest race of the series to clinch the title.
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Norris wins Dutch GP to end Verstappen's unbeaten home record
26 Aug 2024The McLaren driver's commanding victory breathes new life into the Formula One championship.
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Tennis: Lulu Sun loses Monterrey Open final
25 Aug 2024She has missed out on her chance of a first Women's Tennis Association title.
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Cycling legend reportedly dies on mountain in China
24 Aug 2024Nathan Dahlberg died doing what he loved, his longtime friend says.
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