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The issues with an apology to Māori rugby players
31 Aug 2025Saying sorry for apartheid-era exclusion is all well and good, but there's more to it, writes Jamie Wall.
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NPC rugby: Wellington consign miserable Auckland to yet another loss
31 Aug 2025Auckland's now embarrassingly winless NPC campaign continued with a defeat in rain-soaked Porirua.
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First NZ woman to play at Wimbledon dies aged 101
31 Aug 2025Evelyn Webster competed at Wimbledon under her maiden name Attwood in the middle of last century.
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England reach Women's Rugby World Cup quarters with record rout
31 Aug 2025England, Canada and Scotland booked their places in the Women's Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with victories as the hosts posted their record win in the tournament with a 92-3 thumping of Samoa.
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Liam Lawson qualifies eighth for Dutch Grand Prix
31 Aug 2025Lando Norris suggested it would take some magic, or strong strategy, to stop McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri stretching his Formula 1 lead from pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix.
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South Africa Rugby to apologise to Māori players excluded by apartheid
30 Aug 2025President Mark Alexander says the historical exclusion was 'a stain on our history and it is long overdue that we confront it'.
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Djokovic beats back issue to blast past Norrie at US Open
30 Aug 2025Djokovic overcomes back problem to beat Norrie at US Open.
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Socceroos call up teen star to take on All Whites
30 Aug 2025Australia's teenage winger Nestory Irankunda has been recalled to the Socceroos for the first time in nearly a year.
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Australasia's largest junior sporting event kicks off in Tauranga
30 Aug 2025Over 14,000 young people are expected to take part in this year's games.
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Norris fastest at Dutch GP practice; Lawson 'comfortable'
30 Aug 2025McLaren's Lando Norris sounded a warning to teammate Oscar Piastri while Liam Lawson was solid at practice for the Formula One Dutch Grand Prix.
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NRL: Webster speaks on Warriors late bunker drama
30 Aug 2025Andrew Webster said that his side 'should not be in that position' for match-defining call against Eels.
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Warriors women slump to third straight defeat
30 Aug 2025The result is particularly disappointing as the St George-Illawarra Dragons sit five places below them on the NRLW ladder.
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Warriors rookie Wetere shows she's a fast learner in NRLW baptism
30 Aug 2025Enlisted to replace pregnant sevens star Michaela Brake, the specialist halfback is hitting her straps in an unfamiliar role.
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All Blacks: Former Boks coach says one win will ‘be a really good result’
30 Aug 2025Nick Mallett reckons 'there's no way the Springboks are miles better than any team in the world'.
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Kennedy Tukuafu returns for Black Ferns against Japan
29 Aug 2025New Zealand have named their side to play Japan in their second Women's Rugby World Cup match at Exeter on Monday morning.
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Warriors' top four hopes slip with dramatic loss to Eels
29 Aug 2025The result hung on one big call by the bunker and consigns the Warriors to a likely sudden death playoff game.
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Osaka slams Latvian player in US Open 'racism' storm
29 Aug 2025"It's one of the worst things you can say to a Black tennis player in a majority White sport," the four-times Grand Slam champion says.
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Two New Zealand football clubs join inaugural OFC Professional League
29 Aug 2025They are among the eight clubs that have won bids to contest the first-ever professional football league in the Oceania region next year.
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Athletes bring home medals from Masters Indigenous Games
29 Aug 2025Two Northland women each scored a place on the podium in Canada's indigenous sports.
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McLaren return as favourites to Verstappen's backyard
29 Aug 2025Formula One is back at the beach at Zandvoort this weekend, with Max Verstappen's rowdy orange army cheering the home Dutch hero against McLaren domination.
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Kerr claims Diamond League championship
29 Aug 2025The Canterbury high jumper has had the perfect warmup to the World Championships with victory at the Diamond League final in Zurich.
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Tour de France winner to undergo surgery after fracturing back
29 Aug 2025Briton Chris Froome was airlifted to hospital after suffering a training crash which left him with broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a back fracture.
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'I've got some massive insights': Ex-All Black plotting his old team's downfall
29 Aug 2025Springbok assistant coach Tony Brown says the upcoming Eden Park test is "probably the biggest game of rugby since the World Cup final".
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All Blacks prop Tamaiti Williams recommits to NZ rugby
29 Aug 2025He will remain in New Zealand until after the 2027 World Cup and the next British and Irish Lions tour.
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