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A big pre-X Games boost for Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, winning the slopestyle snowboarding at Switzerland's Laax Open

A big pre-X Games boost for Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, winning the slopestyle snowboarding at Switzerland's Laax Open

23 January 2023

A fairytale finish to the last Sevens World Series event in Hamilton for the New Zealand women taking gold over the USA in the final, while the men have fallen just short against Argentina.

The men's Black Sticks will play Belgium in the hockey World Cup quarters, after beating hosts India in a shootout.

New Zealand came from 3-1 down to level the match 3-all before holding their nerve in a tense shootout 5-4.

The Breakers have put paid to a four game losing streak, beating the Sydney Kings 93-88 to move closer to a playoff spot.

Stefanos Tsitsipas is through to the quarter-finals at the Australian tennis Open alongside unseeded giant-killer Czech Jiri Lehecka

Daniel Hillier has finished 46th and Ryan Fox 65th at the latest European Tour golf event in Abu Dhabi, won by Frenchman Victor Perez.

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