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    Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano has quit after a heavy loss to Auckland FC. Photo: Getty Images

    Phoenix coach quits after 5-0 loss to Auckland FC

    Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano has resigned, after a humiliating 5-0 A-League loss to Auckland FC.

    Cromwell winners prove success runs in the family

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    Cromwell winners prove success runs in the family

    Close relations Now Watch Me and Just Like Jagger lifted late to boost their family’s record with wins at Cromwell on Friday.

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    Who is up for the Cup challenge?

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    Who is up for the Cup challenge?

    Will it be Otago Country or will it be South Canterbury?

    Harrington into halfpipe final after Melville Ives takes brutal fall

    Fin Melville Ives of Team New Zealand is stretchered away after the fall in run two of the Men's...

    Harrington into halfpipe final after Melville Ives takes brutal fall

    Ben Harrington has qualified for the men's freeski halfpipe final after a tense finish to the second run at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

    Chiefs hold on for eighth straight win against Landers

    Cameron Millar of the Highlanders charges forward during tonight's Super Rugby match against the...

    Chiefs hold on for eighth straight win against Landers

    Eight straight losses to the Chiefs does not sound great but the Highlanders were far from disgraced tonight.

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    Blaze red-hot favourite for title

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    Blaze red-hot favourite for title

    Northern Districts have never won the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield.

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    Golden day for Dunstan crews at national champs

    Dunstan rowers Bella Breen and Madison Neale celebrate winning women’s senior double sculls gold...

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    Golden day for Dunstan crews at national champs

    Dunstan have banked gold.

    Stars name captain

    Rata beat Mossburn 47-27. PHOTO: ODT FILES.

    Stars name captain

    Silver Fern Mila Reuelu-Buchanan will captain the Northern Stars in the ANZ Premiership this season.

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    Duncan on quest to ‘secure ride’

    Four-time world champion Courtney Duncan celebrates her 22nd Women’s Motocross Championship...

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    Duncan on quest to ‘secure ride’

    Courtney Duncan’s motocross career is at a crossroads.

    Injury mars Hurricanes’ win

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    Injury mars Hurricanes’ win

    An emphatic 52-10 win over Moana Pasifika in Wellington last night came at a cost to the Hurricanes, with first five Brett Cameron stretchered off in the 23th minute.

    Australian leads NZ PGA

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    Australian leads NZ PGA

    A year spent working with Aussie great Nick O’Hern equipped American Austen Truslow with the tools to surge to a two-stroke lead at the New Zealand PGA Championship.

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    Joining Highlanders’ 50-game club ‘quite cool’

    Highlanders winger Jona Nareki tries to chip and chase past Crusaders defender Sevu Reece during...

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    Joining Highlanders’ 50-game club ‘quite cool’

    Highlanders winger Jona Nareki is almost as elusive as coach Jamie Joseph’s secret fishing spot.

    Brave duo set for Ferns debuts

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    Brave duo set for Ferns debuts

    Northern Brave duo Nensi Patel and Kayley Knight are in line to make their international debuts later this month after being named in the White Ferns squad for the series against Zimbabwe.

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    Frew delighted to have Steel core back

    Southern Steel training partners and players (back, from left) Ella Southby, Holly McRae, Aliyah...

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    Frew delighted to have Steel core back

    Southern Steel players have "ticked all the boxes" as they get put through their paces during preseason.

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    ‘Loose but lit’ runs put Kiwi into final

    Mischa Thomas, of New Zealand, reacts after her first run in the Milano Cortina Olympics women's...

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    ‘Loose but lit’ runs put Kiwi into final

    Kiwi Mischa Thomas has qualified for the women’s freeski halfpipe final, putting down two clean runs to secure her spot.

    Spain finally on the board

    Oriol Cardona Coll. Photo: Reuters

    Spain finally on the board

    Oriol Cardona Coll won Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal for 54 years as he claimed victory in the men's sprint in the inaugural ski mountaineering event yesterday.

    Sadowski-Synnott ‘so happy it’s over’

    Zoi Sadowski- Synnott anxiously awaits her score after her second run in the Milano Cortina...

    Sadowski-Synnott ‘so happy it’s over’

    Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is looking forward to putting her feet up.

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    Tangitau loving being part of a ‘big family down here’

    Caleb Tangitau hopes to stay smiling for the Highlanders all season. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

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    Tangitau loving being part of a ‘big family down here’

    Caleb Tangitau might have a new nickname this season but he hopes to produce plenty of the same magic that made him an instant fan favourite last year.

    Dunedin pugilist off to Bangkok

    Dunedin teenager Te Ani Rakete will represent his country in Bangkok next month. PHOTO: GREGOR...

    Dunedin pugilist off to Bangkok

    Te Ani Rakete might have to upgrade his nickname.

    Big Otago presence in finals

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    Big Otago presence in finals

    Nobody can say Otago rowers do not pull their weight.
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