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- Three new caps in New Zealand test side
- Three new caps have been named in the New Zealand test squad to play Bangladesh in a one off cricket test next week in Hamilton. Batsmen Peter Ingram and Neil Broom ...
- Three new players in White Ferns
- Three players will make their one day cricket debuts with one recalled to the New Zealand women's team to play in Adelaide this afternoon in the first of the best of ...
- Man. City into 5th place with home win
- Manchester City have moved into fifth place in the premier league after defeating relegation threatened Bolton Wanderers one - nil. Carlos Tevez scored in the first half and Emmanuel Adebayor in ...
- Lotus returns to F1 track after 16 years
- The Formula One racing team Lotus has returned to the track for the first time in 16 years to test the car it intends to race in this year's championship. Test ...
- Armstrong to compete in Italian cycle race
- Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will race in the Milan San Remo cycle race in March, the first one-day classic of the season. Armstrong finished 125th last year, which ...
- New Zealand swimmers to take on Australia's best
- Forty-one of New Zealand's leading swimmers will take on some of Australia's best at the New South Wales Championships in Sydney this weekend. The New Zealanders are using the three-day meet ...
- Portsmouth bid to avoid being wound up
- The cash-strapped football side Portsmouth are in talks with British tax authorities in a bid to avoid becoming the first English Premier League club to be wound up. The 2008 FA ...
- High winds, swell delay America's Cup start
- The start of the America's Cup is set to be delayed yet again with organisers pushing back the start time of the opening race by at least two hours, due to ...
- Blackadder to manage his All Blacks back
- The Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder says there is a chance a number of his All Blacks will start from the bench in their opening Super 14 match against the Highlanders in ...
- New Zealander posts best time in V8 testing
- Young New Zealand driver Shane van Gisbergen will be a strong force in this year's V8 Supercar Championship Series, after he posted the fastest lap at the official pre-season test at ...
- New Zealand unconcerned over warm temparatures
- The New Zealand Winter Olympic squad remains unconcerned over the unseasonably warm weather in Vancouver which has forced officials to truck snow in from up to five hours away. At Cypress ...
- Top teams upset at twenty20 World Cup qualifier
- The Scotland, Kenya and Ireland cricket teams have all suffered shock defeats on the opening day of the ICC World Cup Twenty20 qualifier in the United Arab Emirates. At the Sheikh ...
- South Africa beat India inside four days
- The Indian cricket team's number one test match ranking is under threat after their first test loss to South Africa in Nagpur. Despite a 46th test century from Sachin Tendulkar, India ...
- Two Kiwis fit for England rugby duty this weekend
- Two New Zealanders are fit to return to the England rugby side for this weekend's Six Nations match against Italy in Rome. Rikki Flutey is expected to be back at centre ...
- England-based Fallon must play world cup warmup match
- The All Whites coach Ricki Herbert has warned is striker Rory Fallon that if he doesn't play in the World Cup warm match against Mexico next month there's no guarantee he'll ...
- Gayle promises changes after another defeat
- The West Indies cricketers again failed with the bat as they were beaten by 8 wickets by Australia in the second one day international in front of the smallest crowd ever ...
- Kobe uncertain for All-Star game
- The American basketball star Kobe Bryant could miss the NBA All-Star game this weekend after sitting out a second straight game for the Los Angeles Lakers with an ankle injury. Bryant, ...
- Ferdinand accepts extra match ban
- The new England football captain Rio Ferdinand has withdrawn his appeal for a one-match ban after his three-match suspension for Manchester United was extended to four games. Ferdinand was charged after ...
- IOC president warns Russia over doping
- Four days out from the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver, the IOC president Jacques Rogge has warned Russia to sharpen up its fight against doping. Rogge voiced the IOC's concern ...
- Jones beaten in first round in Thailand
- The New Zealand tennis number one Sacha Jones has been beaten in the opening round of the Pattaya Open in Thailand. Jones lost in three sets to Italian ...
- South Africa show maturity with test win
- The South Africa cricket captain Graeme Smith has hailed the maturity shown by his team in adverse circumstances after they won the opening test match by an innings and six runs ...
- New F1 teams can miss three races
- Formula one's governing body has announced that new teams will be allowed to miss the first three races of the new season which starts in Bahrain on the 14th of March. ...
- Willie Mason expects Cowboys to provide better chance
- Controversial rugby league player Willie Mason has officially announced his NRL return at Townsville and says he wants to make his mark at his new club after accepting a lifeline from ...
- Ronaldinho looked over for final Brazil friendly
- Ronaldinho's hopes of a recall to the Brazil football team have received a sizeable blow after he was left out of the squad for the side's final friendly prior to the ...
- Cost of the 2012 Olympics set to rise
- Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics say the cost of the Games could rise by more than 400 million dollars mainly because of security issues, but will still remain within budget. ...
- Less protestors expected for Olympics than original estimate
- Protesters opposing the Vancouver Olympics are expected to demonstrate this week but will pose no threat to the Games, organisers say. Games deputy CEO Dave Cobb says they expects protests but ...
- All Whites squad for world cup warm up against Mexico named
- The All Whites football coach Ricky Herbert has named striker Rory Fallon in the side to play Mexico in a world cup warm match in Los Angeles next month, despite Fallon ...
- Penney earns second player of the week award in the space of three weeks
- The Breakers shooting guard Kirk Penney has won his second Australian National Basketball League player of the week award in the space of three weeks. Penney's latest award was for his ...
- Siddle out of international cricket for up to five months
- The Australian pace bowler Peter Siddle will be out of international cricket for up to five months with a back injury. Siddle says a strenuous workload isn't responsible for the back ...
- Lynx spotted at Olympic sliding centre
- Winter Olympics officials have spent the past few days having to deal with protesters and a lack of snow, and now a wild animal has been spotted on the loose at ...
- Rugby honours Fred Allen's 90th
- The only unbeaten All Black coach, Fred Allen, is marking his 90th birthday today with a civic reception hosted by the Mayor of Auckland and attended by many rugby personalities. Allen's ...
- Super Bowl breaks US TV audience record
- The 44th NFL Super Bowl marked a first, and not just for the victorious New Orleans Saints; the match broadcast took in over 106 million viewers, an all-time United States television ...
- taylor happy doing his job in BlackCaps lineup
- The New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor says he doesn't feel under any extra pressure this summer as he continues to be the backbone of Black Caps batting lineup. Taylor hit five ...
- A good decision says AmCup navigator
- Both syndicates were more than happy to abandon racing on the first day of the 33rd America's Cup. Unreliable winds off Valencia forced a postponement until tomorrow night of the much-anticipated ...
- New Zealand happy with 2nd ODI win
- The New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori says he's happy with their effort apart from their death bowling in taking out the second one-day international against Bangladesh in Dunedin. The BlackCaps ...
- Changes to V8 Supercar series
- The Australian V8 Supercars round in Perth has been scrapped by the sport's governing body, with officials labelling the circuit "third world". The organisers have reinstated the City of Ipswich ...
- Rush leaving Cardiff Blues
- The former Blues captain Xavier Rush is leaving his Welsh club Cardiff and will join Ulster. Rush joined the Cardiff Blues in 2005 and led the side for 2 years and ...
- First AmCup race abandoned
- The first race of the 33rd America's Cup between Swiss holders Alinghi and U.S. challengers BMW Oracle was abandoned because of unreliable wind, further delaying a bitterly fought event. The race ...
- Australian star dropped for mens World Cup
- The Australian mens hockey selectors have overlooked one of their great players for the World Cup, starting late this month in New Delhi. A shocked and dismayed Brent Livermore, who's four ...
- Steyn wrecks Indian batsmen
- Dale Steyn picked up career-best figures of 7 for 51 to put South Africa on top after 3 days of the opening test against India in Nagpur. The right-arm quick polished ...
- New Orleans celebrating Super Bowl win
- The US city of New Orleans is celebrating the Saints' historic Super Bowl victory, bringing joy to a city that still has plenty of misery from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina ...
- Central Coast beat Newcastle
- The Wellington Phoenix push for a top four finish in football's A-League has been helped a bit by Central Coast beating Newcastle 3-nil last night. A win for Newcastle would have ...
- Cricket ratings plummet in Oz
- TV ratings for Australian cricket have taken a huge hit recently and usually full stands have been empty over the summer as the game suffers something of a "disconnect" with the ...
- Pakistan coach dropped for England Twenty20s
- Pakistan cricket is in further turmoil following last month's humiliating humiliating test and one-day series whitewash in Australia last month. Their coach Intikhab Alam has been stood down for two Twenty20 ...
- Safina pulls out of Dubai event
- World women's tennis number two Dinara Safina has pulled out of next week's Dubai tennis championships because of continuing problems with a back injury. The Russian has been bothered by ...
- Two new caps in women's hockey team to play Australia
- The New Zealand women's hockey team has named two new caps in their team which will take on arch-rivals Australia in their upcoming series. Natasha Fitzsimons from North Harbour and Midlands' ...
- No racing in America's Cup
- The much-awaited 33rd America's Cup failed to deliver with a lack of wind forcing organisers postponing the first race between defending Swiss champions Alinghi and US side Oracle. The race ...