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All Black halfback-in-waiting Dylan Pledger will miss 12 months of rugby after rupturing an ACL during pre-season training with the Highlanders

12 January 2026

All Black halfback-in-waiting Dylan Pledger will miss 12 months of rugby after rupturing an ACL during pre-season training with the Highlanders

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New Zealand Giant Slalom skiing star Alice Robinson isn't switching focus despite surprise showings in a different discipline
	11 Jan: New Zealand Giant Slalom skiing star Alice Robinson isn't switching focus despite surprise showings in a different discipline... more

Snowboarder Cam Melville Ives has finished down in 12th in the halfpipe at the latest World Cup event in Aspen
	10 Jan: Snowboarder Cam Melville Ives has finished down in 12th in the halfpipe at the latest World Cup event in Aspen... more

Kiwi Ben Robb will be throwing stress-free at the professional darts tour qualifying school in Germany starting overnight
	8 Jan: Kiwi Ben Robb will be throwing stress-free at the professional darts tour qualifying school in Germany starting overnight... more

It's au revoir for AJ Lam after the upcoming Super Rugby season
	6 Jan: It's au revoir for AJ Lam after the upcoming Super Rugby season... more

Cantabrian Rohan Ware is celebrating his maiden New Zealand bowls title
	6 Jan: Cantabrian Rohan Ware is celebrating his maiden New Zealand bowls title... more

The Seattle Seahawks have locked up top seed in American football's NFC with a 13-3 win over the San Francisco 49ers
	4 Jan: The Seattle Seahawks have locked up top seed in American football's NFC with a 13-3 win over the San Francisco 49ers... more

Luke Littler is motivated to keep collecting titles, after clinching a second world darts championship while in his teens
	4 Jan: Luke Littler is motivated to keep collecting titles, after clinching a second world darts championship while in his teens... more

Venus Williams has lifted the lid on why she is still playing tennis after all these years
	4 Jan: Venus Williams has lifted the lid on why she is still playing tennis after all these years... 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

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