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    The Otago Sparks cricketers lead the early running in the women's T20 Super Smash competition, topping the table after a second straight win
     30 December 2025
    The Otago Sparks cricketers lead the early running in the women's T20 Super Smash competition, topping the table after a second straight win
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    Added speculation over the Ashes cricket futures of Australia's batters
    30 Dec: Added speculation over the Ashes cricket futures of Australia's batters... more
    Former boxing world champion Anthony Joshua stable, two people dead after fatal car crash in Nigeria
    30 Dec: Boxer Anthony Joshua escapes serious injury in a car crash in Nigeria that leaves two of his close friends and team members dead, a week after his multi-million-dollar fight with Jake Paul.... more
    It's job done and into the quarter-finals of the world darts championships in London for a third straight year for defending champ Luke Littler
    30 Dec: It's job done and into the quarter-finals of the world darts championships in London for a third straight year for defending champ Luke Littler... more
    The Victory have trounced the Phoenix 5-1 at home in men's A-League football, Wellington's fifth loss in seven matches
    30 Dec: The Victory have trounced the Phoenix 5-1 at home in men's A-League football, Wellington's fifth loss in seven matches... more
    Australian cricket coach Andrew McDonald looks poised to pick off spinner Todd Murphy for the fifth and final Ashes test starting January 4 in Sydney
    30 Dec: Australian cricket coach Andrew McDonald looks poised to pick off spinner Todd Murphy for the fifth and final Ashes test starting January 4 in Sydney... more
    Tor the world darts championships round-of-16 at London's Alexandra Palace on Sky Sport..
    30 Dec: Tor the world darts championships round-of-16 at London's Alexandra Palace on Sky Sport..... more
    The glory of crossing the line first in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race might have been celebrated in the bars beyond Constitution Dock, but the contest for the Tattersall Cup to crown the overall handicap winner remains on the water
    30 Dec: The glory of crossing the line first in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race might have been celebrated in the bars beyond Constitution Dock, but the contest for the Tattersall Cup to crown the overall handicap winner remains on the water... more
    Auckland have beaten the wet weather and Wellington in men's Super Smash T20 cricket after a five-wicket win at the Basin Reserve
    30 Dec: Auckland have beaten the wet weather and Wellington in men's Super Smash T20 cricket after a five-wicket win at the Basin Reserve... more
    Brydon Carse is England's last out-and-out speedster standing, after fellow bowler Gus Atkinson was officially ruled out of the Ashes finale with a hamstring injury
    29 Dec: Brydon Carse is England's last out-and-out speedster standing, after fellow bowler Gus Atkinson was officially ruled out of the Ashes finale with a hamstring injury... more

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     17 Dec: An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September +++++++++++++++++++
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     14 Dec: The Tauranga Whai have defended their Tauihi national women's basketball league title with a resounding 93-66 win over the Mainland Pouakai in the final in Christchurch +++++++++++++
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