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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Sports articles  Sports
    Summer swimmers are urged to brush up on water safety, as the holiday drowning toll hits five
     4 January 2026
    Summer swimmers are urged to brush up on water safety, as the holiday drowning toll hits five
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    Defending champ Luke Littler has become just the fourth dartist in history to win back-to-back World Darts Championship titles
    4 Jan: Defending champ Luke Littler has become just the fourth dartist in history to win back-to-back World Darts Championship titles... more
    Teenage freestyle skier Finley Melville Ives has claimed his second World Cup podium of the season with a standout second-place finish at the third stop of the F.I.S Halfpipe World Cup Tour in Calgary
    4 Jan: Teenage freestyle skier Finley Melville Ives has claimed his second World Cup podium of the season with a standout second-place finish at the third stop of the F.I.S Halfpipe World Cup Tour in Calgary... more
    Teen running phenom Sam Ruthe has snared another world record, becoming the fastest 16-year-old EVER across 1000 metres
    4 Jan: Teen running phenom Sam Ruthe has snared another world record, becoming the fastest 16-year-old EVER across 1000 metres ... more
    Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano reckons self-inflicted hardship drove his side to a 3-nil A-League win away at the Brisbane Roar
    4 Jan: Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano reckons self-inflicted hardship drove his side to a 3-nil A-League win away at the Brisbane Roar... more
    The 10-man Wellington Phoenix men have stunned Brisbane 3-0 in the A-League, despite winger Carlo Armiento being given a red card in the 38th minute
    4 Jan: The 10-man Wellington Phoenix men have stunned Brisbane 3-0 in the A-League, despite winger Carlo Armiento being given a red card in the 38th minute... more
    The Wellington Phoenix men have helped Auckland FC stay top of the A-League ladder...upsetting the third placed Brisbane Roar 3-nil across the ditch...despite playing more than an hour with just 10 men
    4 Jan: The Wellington Phoenix men have helped Auckland FC stay top of the A-League ladder...upsetting the third placed Brisbane Roar 3-nil across the ditch...despite playing more than an hour with just 10 men... more
    The Wellington Phoenix women have made history...scoring their first-ever A-League football point in Queensland
    4 Jan: The Wellington Phoenix women have made history...scoring their first-ever A-League football point in Queensland... more
    In basketball's NBL, Tasmania's strengthened their hold on 6th place - the final play-off position - with a nine-point win over Melbourne United
    4 Jan: In basketball's NBL, Tasmania's strengthened their hold on 6th place - the final play-off position - with a nine-point win over Melbourne United... more
    Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano wants his team to play smart in tonight's A-League contest against the Roar in Moreton Bay
    3 Jan: Wellington Phoenix coach Giancarlo Italiano wants his team to play smart in tonight's A-League contest against the Roar in Moreton Bay... more

     Most Popular Recent Sports News
     17 Dec: An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     19 Dec: The University of Philippines' dragon boat athletes are unpaid, but driven by community pride +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     19 Dec: Australian curlers Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt miss out on spot at 2026 Winter Olympic Games ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     22 Dec: Kane Williamson insists he's made no call around retirement - as the third cricket test against the West Indies gets set to enter it's final day in Mt Maunganui +++++++++++++++++++++++
     28 Dec: Ashes 2025: How the internet reacted to England winning the Boxing Day Test in two days +++++++++++++++
     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 ++++++++++++++
     26 Dec: Retailers have their last push of the year - as Kiwis hit the shops for Boxing Day sales ++++++++++++++

     Sports NewsLinks
      7 Jan: Why your sports club may not realise it’s about to be dissolved (Stuff.co.nz)
      7 Jan: Minisforum’s ferocious new mini pcs feature oculink, usb4, and high-end cpus (PC World)
      6 Jan: Peacock embraces dolby vision hdr and atmos for live sports (PC World)
      6 Jan: Samsung goes all in on micro rgb tvs at ces 2026 (PC World)
      5 Jan: Lg’s evo w6 wallpaper tv is thin and wireless to win (PC World)
      4 Jan: 'haunted nancy detached from reality as celtic's lights go out' (BBCWorld)
      4 Jan: Other sports have dead rubbers. cricket has test matches (Sydney Morning Herald)
      2 Jan: Government suspends gabon team, bans aubameyang and sacks coach (BBCWorld)
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