The Latest Sport headlines from Radio New Zealand News http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/news Radio New Zealand 60 The New Zealand rugby sevens side has booked a Cup semi-final against South Africa at the Las Vegas IRB tournament by beating England 12-7 in the quarter-finals. World Series tryscoring... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:16:40 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98178/nz-to-face-south-africa-for-a-place-in-las-vegas-cup-final ff266af9e2348dda7c8f478a845dd1f16b57750d The All Whites captain Ryan Nelsen has made his debut for his new English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur. Nelsen came on with a quarter of an hour to... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:01:11 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98192/all-whites-skipper-makes-debut-for-tottenham 52bfbd2da80d773c35688aa0018d32c327393511 Martin Guptill's rich vein of form continues against Zimbabwe - the opening batsman scored 91 not out to help the New Zealand cricketers to a seven-wicket win in the first... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:33:40 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98196/guptill-continues-where-he-left-off-against-zimbabwe a76fe730f84e7537abd56ff8b7b3141d22ef0dc2 The New Zealand women's football team has lost 2-1 to the United States women in Texas. The Football Ferns led 1-0 until the 89th minute but finally succumbed to intense... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:04:00 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98170/football-ferns-lose-2-1-in-heartbreaker-in-frisco b3beb241b2f8d7d1ee96c34739571c52e915bd1a The New Zealand golfer Danny Lee's plummeted 30 places at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California after a four over par 74 third round at the Monterey course. Lee's... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:59:48 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98169/wi-still-on-top-as-lee-plummets daaa3c2fc4da705674f996930a76899f82e07139 The New Zealand Breakers' five-game winning streak has come to an end with the Australian National Basketball League leaders beaten 80-64 by Wollongong Hawks. The former Breaker Oscar Forman scored... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:59:48 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98198/winning-streak-comes-to-an-end-for-breakers 99674eab97679e47b63293565c891e65de6eef82 A runaway 6-0 away win for Auckland City at bottom-placed Manawatu and a draw for Canterbury at Wellington has seen the northerners extend their lead in the national football Premiership... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:03:23 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98124/auckland-city-rampant-in-nz-premiership 2d19a21a83b28fe0b653c1138398bf6a0c7fe34b The Six Nations rugby match between France and Ireland in Paris has been postponed because of a frozen pitch. The game was called off 10 minutes after it was due... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:45:16 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98193/six-nations-match-called-off-because-of-frozen-pitch 5a325804fcd02b47331167becc3bd9a76ec069ab Celtic's put the pressure right back on Scottish football rivals Rangers with a 1-0 home win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The win was Celtic's 14th league win in a row... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:54:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98171/rangers-keep-pressure-on-celtic 39199b0defaad6b6269af6896db91a9d1fa31e25 The Blues have beaten the Melbourne Rebels 31-21 in a pre-season Super Rugby match in Melbourne. All Black Isaia Toeava scored two tries while winger Sherwin Stowers and hooker Tom... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:02:41 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98195/blues,-chiefs-and-crusaders-enjoy-pre-season-wins af6ae78cc9c57ee1809d7c0183a348b104451496 Auckland swimmer Glenn Snyders continued his strong early season form with another victory on the second night of finals at the New South Wales Championships in Sydney. The 24-year-old took... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:28:17 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98125/snyders-wins-again-at-nsw-swim-meet 6f4b1f0513981789476d7a28669316882a867fad Two tries in the space of four minutes early in the second half from Warriors winger Manu Vatuvei, has helped his side to a 22-14 National Rugby League trial win... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:58:08 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98197/vatuvei-helps-warriors-to-trial-win-over-south-sydney b7635e645e44172076da49cdac2ef5485acbf4d6 Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala will go into the final day of the Rally of Sweden with a 23-second lead over fellow Finn and former team mate Mikko Hirvonen. There are six... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:15:40 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98205/latvala-in-front-in-rally-of-sweden 791b4b08fbbc283c3860fba75619b091865ab3ec The Nelson couple Richard and Elina Ussher have become the first husband and wife to win the Coast to Coast multisport event in the same year. Richard had won the... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:38:08 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98194/husband-and-wife-win-coast-to-coast 3e4f6f8823c08b6e68947ce07f8be1fffc04054d Uzbekistan has beaten New Zealand in their Asia-Oceania group 1 Davis Cup tennis tie in Tauranga. The Uzbeks beat the New Zealand doubles pairing of Michael Venus and Dan King-Turner... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:07:15 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98176/nz-beaten-in-davis-cup 20a5adbcdf3183ec952e04870e9aff1aaa5f587e The New Zealand men's hockey team has been beaten 4-1 by South Korea in their fourth Test in Auckland. The Koreans led 2-1 at half-time with Nick Wilson scoring the... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98098/men's-hockey-team-beaten-in-fourth-test e9f82761154918619b67d7d702e567ae3f682199 The Crusaders have beaten the Hurricanes 19-8 in their Super Rugby pre-season match in Mangatainoka. The Crusaders scored three tries to one and led 12-3 at half-time. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:07:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98177/crusaders-beat-hurricanes 38c44397cf7f4cbc4335e0c2f5229b8695b2b49a The teenage New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has shot a one under par 72 third round at the women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne. The 14-year-old amateur has a clubhouse... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:07:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98012/ko-improves-in-melbourne 6e4809e7f58e52ab765a093dde17476aa43bdcb1 Manchester United has regained top spot in the English Premier League with a 2-1 win over Liverpool at Old Trafford. The stormy clash though was marred by fresh controversy stemming... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:58:08 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98199/manchester-united-return-to-top-of-english-premier-league 1e3b3492f1023fe6320552cec0dddc06a6b3f356 New Zealand has beaten Zimbabwe by seven wickets in their first Twenty20 cricket international at Eden Park in Auckland. Zimbabwe made 159 for eight off 20 overs with Hamilton Masakadza... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:28:16 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98155/black-caps-take-first-t20 5d832e3a65a01b5f6c0d9ce1228965f40c47184c Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set the fastest time on the final day of the first Formula One pre-season test in Spain. A day after his team admitted they weren't happy with... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98172/alonso-fastest-on-final-day 17e1a80784cac7f23b9a48cee49b79acd4e4a2fc Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala has the lead after the first day of the Rally of Sweden while world champion Sebastien Loeb is down in seventh place after getting his Citroen stuck... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98154/latvala-claims-early-lead-in-rally-of-sweden 514c8184824bbbb37ffe87501dc46c3489093837 John Isner spoiled a rare appearance by Roger Federer in the Davis Cup when he stunned the Swiss star 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-2 to give the United States a 2-0... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98152/isner-stuns-swiss-maestro-in-davis-cup dd9baa9ace441383cc96604df48066c285c43be7 Tottenham Hotspur football manager Harry Redknapp aims to finish the season with the Premier League club despite the clamour for him to be appointed as England coach. Redknapp says he'd... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98108/redknapp-expects-to-finish-season-with-tottenham 0c508fd52b7a71a40c90772e04779f4dc183395f The International Cycling Union says Alberto Contador's Saxo Bank-Sungard team could be thrown out of cycling's World Tour. The Spaniard was given a two-year doping ban by the Court of... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98153/contador's-team-could-be-kicked-off-world-tour 4579e37da841a7cc6e202a0ac2d4dd9168445e4b Australia survived a frenetic Sri Lanka fightback to post a thrilling five-run one-day cricket victory at the WACA. Sri Lanka, chasing 232 for victory, looked dead and buried after slumping... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98141/aussie-cricketers-claim-second-win-from-as-many-games a5ff6094ac8e92c4027fbc542cc00865221d3d6e The top seeded tennis player Maria Sharapova crashed out of the WTA Paris Open in the quarter-finals after falling 6-4 6-4 to German ninth seed Angelique Kerber. Sharapova had breezed... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98142/sharapova-dumped-out-of-paris-open b0e9e6efa87b3c0e150addd1471fc9e32b7f4ab1 The world No.1 ranked Australian men's hockey team came back from a goal down to beat Argentina 3-1 in the second match of the Kookaburras Challenge at Perth Hockey Stadium. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:50:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98143/australia-beat-argentina-in-kookaburras-challenge 87f4d156780a8e7bb02b72ba677170f80182ed05 A moment of Harry Kewell magic has re-ignited Melbourne Victory's football season, sparking an upset 2-1 home win over A-League leaders Central Coast Mariners. Kewell scored a sublime second half... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98126/victory-upset-central-coast-in-melbourne c5053b874595822fd8697743622d831d5c9c7b19 Top seed Vera Zvonareva was forced to retire from the WTA Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand with a left hip injury. The Russian, who won the title in 2009... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98127/zvonareva-out-of-thailand-open-with-injury a3fd725b56328154794bb7a8995303f463d8441a Eight-time winners Real Madrid could face an early exit from basketball's Euroleague after a 93-69 rout by fellow Spaniards Bilbao. Real Madrid, who played in last year's final, were upset... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:37:59 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98128/real-madrid-beaten-by-bilbao-in-euroleague-basketball dc7fe94cafa75a0624bb5d7f60f50b937f61db70 South African recruit Sarel Pretorius made a strong debut for the Waratahs in a convincing 83-5 Super Rugby trial victory over Samoa A in Tamworth. The halfback didn't figure on... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:13:53 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98129/waratahs-rout-samoa-a-in-super-rugby-hitout cbe0ed47c0f662693d8e6cfba9b4152b50704436 The former France football international, Thierry Henry, Arsenal's all-time leading scorer, will return to the New York Red Bulls next week as his loan spell cannot be extended past the... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:13:53 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98130/henry-to-return-to-new-york-red-bulls d0c94e50db7309b63c74ff9d657d8bb78ca9eb1e A devastating third term helped the Taipans romp to a 76-67 Australian National Basketball League win over the Perth Wildcats in Cairns. Perth's big guns were squeezed out of the... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:38:00 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98131/taipans-and-blaze-record-friday-night-wins-in-anbl 43fa1ec587ee4f480ccca999cc24d20245d3f058 Manchester United's 38-year-old midfielder Ryan Giggs has signed a one-year extension to his contract with the Premier League football club. Giggs, who made his United debut in March 1991, has... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:13:53 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98132/giggs-re-signs-with-man-u-as-they-welcome-back-cleverley 254d883440eca5ffc8b2f48f453a59c9f05c497e The Warriors forward Micheal Luck needs more surgery on his injured wrist further delaying his start to the National Rugby League season. The 29-year-old had a pin inserted in his... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:38:00 +1300 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/98099/warriors-forward-suffers-further-injury-setback 5dc73a8ea78e381977611cf676a03e70e462f58b