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'Just a tragic incident': Family speaks out after son's cricket death
6 Jan 2026Ben Austin died after a cricket ball struck him in October. For the first time, his parents speak out in an Australian Broadcasting Corporation exclusive.
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Head, Smith centuries put Australia on front foot in fifth Ashes test
6 Jan 2026Steve Smith is second only to Donald Bradman as the most prolific Ashes run-scorer of all time.
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Many sport clubs may not know they're about to be dissolved
6 Jan 2026Fewer than half of the country's sport organisations have registered under new legislation, with the deadline nearing.
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Routliffe beaten in first round at ASB Classic
7 Jan 2026New Zealand tennis player Erin Routliffe and her new partner didn't last long at the ASB Classic in Auckland.
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Browns, Raiders, Cardinals fire head coaches on Black Monday
6 Jan 2026Struggling NFL clubs the Browns, Raiders and Cardinals all fired coaches.
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Black Caps' India series about 'getting info' for World Cup
6 Jan 2026Missing the first part of the summer through injury should work in Glenn Phillips' favour as he prepares for a busy couple of months of cricket.
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Celtic sack manager after just 33 days
6 Jan 2026The Scottish football giants have brought back a familiar face after Wilfried Nancy was sacked just eight matches into his tenure.
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Second seed, former US champion beaten at ASB Classic
6 Jan 2026Emma Navarro and Sloane Stephens both fell to first round defeats in Auckland on Monday.
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Manchester United sack coach after turbulent spell
6 Jan 2026The dismissal of the Portuguese follows growing tensions with Old Trafford bosses over recent days.
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Auckland held to draw but extend A-League lead
6 Jan 2026A-League leaders Auckland FC were held to a 1-all draw by Macarthur FC last night in Sydney with the hosts extending their unbeaten run to six matches.
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Head hits back for Australia after Root's majestic 160
5 Jan 2026Roots 41st ton brings him level third with Australia's Ricky Ponting on the all-time century-makers' list.
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Colossal World Cup towers over all in packed 2026 sports calendar
5 Jan 2026The biggest football World Cup in history, co-hosted by Mexico, Canada and the United States, is set to outshine all other events.
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Novak Djokovic exits PTPA over transparency concerns
5 Jan 2026The Serbian is stepping away completely from the Professional Tennis Players Association, the advocacy group he co-founded.
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The rich aunt, Wimbledon and the inventor husband
5 Jan 2026In 1922 Marjorie Bain set sail to the motherland and became the first woman to represent New Zealand at Wimbledon.
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Anthony Joshua makes first public comments since fatal crash
5 Jan 2026The former world heavyweight champion has posted on social media for the first time since a fatal car crash in Nigeria that killed two of his close friends.
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City drop points, Liverpool and United also draw
5 Jan 2026Chelsea handed London rivals Arsenal a welcome boost in the Premier League title race by holding Manchester City to a draw.
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Tyson Fury announces latest comeback from retirement
5 Jan 2026Former lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said that he will come out of retirement this year for his first fight since losing to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024.
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Breakers lose at home as finals hopes take a hit
5 Jan 2026The New Zealand Breakers finals hopes were dealt a blow as they fell to the Perth Wildcats in Auckland.
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Australian cricket great awakes from induced coma
5 Jan 2026Damien Martyn has woken up from an induced coma after falling ill with meningitis - an infection that causes swelling around the brain.
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Cricket: Root/Brook stand lifts England before weather intervenes in final Ashes test
4 Jan 2026A 154-run stand between Joe Root and Harry Brook drove England to 211/3 before the opening day of the fifth test was brought to a premature end.
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Freeski halfpipe: Finley Melville Ives scores another World Cup podium place
4 Jan 2026The Wankak teenager nailed a switch left double corked 1440 safety grab on the second hit of his second finals run.
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Ashes crowd applauds Bondi Beach hero
4 Jan 2026Ahmed Al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the shooters in the Bondi Beach attack, has been loudly applauded at the fifth Ashes cricket Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Luke Littler storms to second successive darts world title
4 Jan 2026Littler thrashed Dutchman Gian van Veen to clinch another world title in front of a raucous Alexandra Palace crowd.
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Gill back as India's captain in ODI series with New Zealand
4 Jan 2026India has unveiled a strong squad for three ODIs against the Black Caps, starting next week.
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