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- Triathlon: Australian Royle wins fifth round Taupo event
Australian triathlete Aaron Royle has won the men's elite race in Kinloch, near Taupo.Kris Gemmell's hopes of winning the fifth round of the national triathlon series ended on the bike when he had a mechanical.Two-time ironman... - NFL: Last minute touchdown secures Super Bowl title
Eli Manning is the undisputed star in the NFL after leading the New York Giants to a last-minute 21-17 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots and outshining Tom Brady again.Just as he did four years ago when the Giants... - Super Rugby ticket sales well up on last year
Super Rugby is soaking up the positive spin offs from the 2011 Rugby World Cup, with ticket sales for this year's competition well up on last year.The Blues and Chiefs are both reporting that season tickets and memberships up at... - Hockey: Black Sticks' narrow loss to Japan
The Black Sticks have had a disappointing finish to the Champions Trophy, going down 4-3 to ninth ranked Japan.The match had gone to extra time after New Zealand found an equaliser in the 69th minute, but Japan scored a golden goal... - Cricket: Australia win series opener
Australia opened the Tri-Series with an emphatic 65-run win over World Cup champion India in a rain-shortened limited-overs international on Sunday.Matthew Wade scored 67 runs on his ODI debut, while the Hussey brothers contributed... - Cricket: Pakistan set England 324 to win
England faces a tough run chase of 324 to win the third and final test after Azhar Ali scored a career-best 157 for Pakistan on Sunday.England needs another 288 runs in its second innings after ending the third day on 36-0 with... - Cricket: Supreme Guptill riding his wave
Given his current form, the ball must look the size of a watermelon to Martin Guptill.The New Zealand opener is in prime form, his latest contribution being a 66-ball 70 in the 90-run win over Zimbabwe in the opening ODI at Dunedin... - Cricket: NZC winners in McCullum IPL sweep
There are two big winners out of Brendon McCullum's hefty Indian Premier League contract - the player and New Zealand Cricket. McCullum was snapped up in the weekend's auction at Bangalore by his old employers at Kolkata Knight Riders... - Boxing: Ringside views of SBW snapped up
Top-dollar ringside tickets have almost sold out for the big fight between Sonny Bill Williams and Clarence Tillman III but plenty of the cheaper seats appear to be left.As Hamilton's new $68.4 million Claudelands Event Centre gears... - Rugby: Wales leave it late against Ireland
Leigh Halfpenny kicked a final-minute penalty to snatch a dramatic 23-21 victory for Wales over Ireland in the Six Nations opening round this morning.A thrilling test was settled in contentious circumstances after flanker Stephen... - Soccer: Man Utd, Chelsea in six-goal thriller
Javier Hernandez completed Manchester United's comeback from 3-0 down at Chelsea on today, with a late header salvaging a 3-3 draw that still left the champions two points off the Premier League summit.After storming into a 3-0... - Rugby: Kaino leads from front for Blues
The Blues opened their pre-season account with a convincing 36-22 victory over the Hurricanes in Whangarei on Saturday.Playing in front of a boisterous 6000-strong crowd, the Blues outscored the visitors by six tries to one.New... - Rugby: Seamless transition helps NZ land Wellington crown
One of the key factors to New Zealand's dominance of the sevens game is their ability to quickly integrate new players into their squad, says Waikato flyer Tim Mikkelson.That ability and team spirit came to the fore during the weekend... - NFL: Perfect ending for tense football season
MVP quarterbacks on marquee franchises. A rematch of a nail-biter from four years ago, featuring many of the same key characters. Madonna and plenty of Manning Eli, and Peyton, too.This Super Bowl certainly has all the makings of...
