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Djokovic downs Zverev to set up French Open semi-final against top seed Sinner
5 Jun 2025The three-time champion kept up his quest for a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title, battling past the third seed.
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Ronaldo fires Portugal into Nations League final
5 Jun 2025Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winner as Portugal fought back to beat Germany 2-1 send them into the Nations League final.
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Crusaders 'point of difference' fullback Will Jordan ready to rumble
5 Jun 2025The Crusaders have one of their strongest weapons back for the Super Rugby playoffs.
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Weightlifting: 'We've made some big strides in cleaning it up'
5 Jun 2025After many years of being under a cloud of suspicion weightlifting's governing body believes the sport is in a better place.
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Rory McIlroy breaks silence on failed driver test at PGA Championship and dodging media
5 Jun 2025Masters champion Rory McIlroy, who avoided talking to the media at last month's PGA Championship, said he did so because he was "pissed off" that news of his driver failing a test leaked and did not…
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Lois Boisson bottles up Mirra Andreeva to spark French Open fairytale
5 Jun 2025Lois Boisson sent the Roland Garros faithful into a state of euphoria, conjuring the unimaginable as she toppled Russian wunderkind Mirra Andreeva to reach the French Open semi-finals.
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'My stocks only rose': Nyika beaten but not broken
4 Jun 2025David Nyika's latest fight was not in the ring, but in his own head.
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'It won't work out': Warriors take collective approach to replacing injured kingpin
4 Jun 2025The NSW front-rower is sidelined for the rest of the NRL season with a ruptured ACL in his right knee.
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Netball relies on retirees to fill the player void
4 Jun 2025Analysis - Netball sends an SOS to retired players more than any other sport.
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Super Rugby Pacific play-offs: Chiefs spring surprise
4 Jun 2025The Chiefs spring a surprise in the loose forwards, Canes welcome Aumua back.
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'All good things come to an end': Gary Stead on leaving Black Caps role
4 Jun 2025Outgoing coach admits he wondered how he could coach a player like Kane Williamson. Audio
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Gary Stead steps down as Black Caps coach
4 Jun 2025All-time New Zealand test run scorer Kane Williamson hailed Stead's contribution, saying he was one of the country's best coaches.
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NZ Rugby signs sponsorship deal with global insurance firm
4 Jun 2025Gallagher Insurance said it sees New Zealand Rugby as a "natural extension of its global sports strategy".
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Nyika to fight journeyman after brutal knockdown
4 Jun 2025The Kiwi is set to step back in the ring for his first fight since his brutal loss to Jai Opetaia.
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'Wee bit weird': Is it time for netball to scrap the post-match huddle?
4 Jun 2025It's a ritual players have taken part in for as long as anyone can remember, but should elite teams ditch the hug?
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Hurricanes hit by injury scare ahead of Super Rugby finals
4 Jun 2025Their All Blacks hooker Asafo Aumua has suffered an injury at training.
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'Sorry for that': Alcaraz apologetic after ruthless display
4 Jun 2025"I know you wanted to watch more tennis," the defending French Open champion told the crowd after blowing away his US rival.
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Football Ferns bounce back with 2-1 win over Venezuela
4 Jun 2025The Football Ferns have bounced back by beating Venezuela 2-1 in their second international friendly in Spain as the side aims to build more competition for starting spots.
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England cricketers get on their bikes as Windies sit in traffic jam
4 Jun 2025England's players rode hire bikes to get to the ground for the third one-day international against West Indies as their opponents got snarled up in London traffic to force a 30-minute delay to the…
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Record-chasing Swiatek dispatches Svitolina to make French Open last four
4 Jun 2025The four-times champion swept aside Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-1 7-5 on a windy day in Paris.
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Kohli's Bengaluru win maiden IPL title to shed underachievers tag
4 Jun 2025Royal Challengers Bengaluru's six-run win over the Punjab Kings in in the final ended a 17-season drought.
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Chiefs captain extends stay and targets 100 game milestone
3 Jun 2025Luke Jacobson has re-signed with the club and New Zealand Rugby for another two years.
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Wounded Warriors re-arrange line-up to face Sharks without Barnett, Berry
3 Jun 2025Centre Rocco Berry has succumbed to chronic hamstring niggles for the trip across the Tasman.
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Member of historic NZ cricket team dies aged 76
3 Jun 2025Top order batter Robert Anderson - a member of the New Zealand side to achieve an historic first test win over England in 1978 - has died aged 76.
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