WELLINGTON — It wasn’t the greatest of days for the Australian husband and wife tennis duo of Sam and Jarmila Groth as they fell by the wayside in the semifinals of Configure Express Pro tournament in Wellington.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Day one of the US$25,000 Configure Express Pro Women’s Challenger, US$15,000 Men’s Futures in Wellington was marked by a bitter wind, an upset in the women’s singles and one Kiwi earning his first international ranking point.
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AUCKLAND — The two top men’s sides remain way out in front after five rounds of Scarbro Caro Bowl as both Parnell and Campbell Park scored another 6-0 each.
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Singles qualifying play has been completed for the US$25,000 Configure Express Pro Challenger and US$15,000 men’s Futures at the Renouf Tennis Centre in Wellington with local player Warwick Foy and Aucklander Stefan Williams wining through to the main draw in the men’s competition.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The wildcards for the Configure Express Pro US$25,000 women’s tennis Challenger tournament and the US$15,000 men’s Futures to be held next week at the Renouf Tennis Centre in Wellington have been confirmed giving the tournament some more Kiwi names to take the court in the main draw.
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AUCKLAND — It’s the women’s time to shine in Scarbro Caro Bowl as round three of the competition is played this Friday night after the Labour Weekend break.
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Round two of Scarbro Caro Bowl tennis saw Kiwi Davis Cup player Rubin Statham return to tennis in New Zealand to add even more strength to his Parnell club side.
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With round one of the Scarbro Caro Bowl tennis competition completed it already looks like a top-four, bottom-four in the men’s grade after some relatively easy starts for the favoured sides.
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Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist Jessica Hamill is on her way home from the Games early, arriving back in New Zealand on Saturday.
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Paralympics New Zealand cyclists, Jayne Parsons (Kapati) and former Olympic rower, Sonia Waddell have won a silver medal at the Para-Cycling World Championships in Baie –Comeau, Quebec, Canada.
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New Zealand has finished with seven medals at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands with Sophie Pascoe winning her fifth and Cameron Leslie earning a gold on the final day of the meeting.
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HAMILTON — Despite being significantly delayed by weather conditions inside a sports venue the Waikato Wisden Cup badminton team were able to finally win the prestigious inter-provincial competition after being runner-up for the past three years.
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Paralympics New Zealand swimmer, Sophie Pascoe from Canterbury has won a gold medal and broken the world record in the 100m butterfly at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands in the first day of competition.
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The NZ Tall Blacks rounded out phase two of their preparations for the FIBA World Championship for Men with an 89-76 loss to Russia at the Adecco Cup tournament in Slovenia.
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A new logo and renewed view of the future has been confirmed by Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) as they continue their focus on achieving high performance results in the lead up to the London 2012 Paralympic Games and Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.
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WAIKATO — After dominating the individual titles, winning three out of five events at the Lion Foundation New Zealand Championships the Waikato badminton players will be aiming to prove their worth in the prestigious provincial champs, the Wisden and Slazenger Cups.
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HAMILTON — Age was no barrier for TJ Weistra the former Dutch international when he won the national singles title at the Lion Foundation New Zealand Badminton Championships in Hamilton on Sunday afternoon.
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HAMILTON — Semis & Finals, Sunday from 10am.
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A dramatic third-quarter turnaround has seen the NZ Tall Blacks drop the opening game of their build up to the FIBA World Championship 71-76 to Serbia in Istanbul, Turkey.
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WAIKATO — Top class badminton is in the Waikato over the next week with the region hosting the Lion Foundation New Zealand Championships and the prestigious Wisden and Slazenger Cups.
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ROTORUA — Taekwondo New Zealand Blackbelt Champs 2010, held at Rotorua over the weekend Sparring: Women’s junior black belt under 55-59kg Jamie Carpenter(Welcome Bay) 1, Melanie MacDonald(Kumgang) 2.
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WAIKATO — The Waikato region has been awarded the rights to host the 2011 Mitsubishi Motors PNZ National Championships in November of next year.
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Paralympics New Zealand shooter, Michael Johnson from Auckland has won gold to become world champion in the 50m rifle prone event at the IPC Shooting World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Paralympics New Zealand shooter, Michael Johnson has won a bronze medal in the R4 10m air rifle standing event at the 2010 IPC Shooting World Championships, in Zagreb, Croatia.
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The first day of the 2010 IPC Shooting World Championships has seen Paralympics New Zealand team member Greg Reid (Wellington) finish a creditable 8th out of 71 competitors in the R3 10m Air Rifle Prone.
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New Zealand Paralympic athlete, Kate Horan finished fifth in the Diamond League athletics event in Paris over the weekend, but has a momento to remember the trip.
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David Tua has maintained his hope for another shot at the heavyweight world title, although it wasn't the way he would have wanted as he drew with veteran Monte Barrett in Atlantic City.
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Power-punching David “Tuamanator” Tua isn’t looking past his opponent Saturday night, former world title challenger Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett, despite being mentioned as a future opponent for world champions David Haye and the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali.
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New Zealand’s national indigenous broadcaster, Maori Television, will present exclusive, live and free-to-air coverage of David ‘Tuamanator’ Tua’s next fight in his campaign to take out the world heavyweight championship title this Sunday July 18 from midday.
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After looking a little shaky going into the final day of the Asia/Oceania Group II semifinal against Pakistan the New Zealand Davis Cup team staged a comeback to win the tie 3-2 after two quick-fire victories by Rubin Statham and Austen Childs in the reverse singles.
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New Zealand will have a mammoth task if they are to win the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group II semifinal tennis tie against Pakistan after dropping the vital doubles in straight sets in two and a half hours of play.
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New Zealand have started the Asia/Oceania Group II Davis Cup semifinal against Pakistan with a win as Kiwi No1 Rubin Statham defeated Pakistan No2 Aqeel Khan 6-4 6-0 6-0.
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New Zealand is at 1-1 at the completion of the first day of the Asia/Oceania Group II Davis Cup semifinal in Hawera after a dramatic second singles game which ended with experienced Pakistan player, Aisam Qureshi winning 15-13 the fifth set.
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HAWERA — The Davis Cup tennis tie between New Zealand and Pakistan staring tomorrow is going to be a big family affair with home team expecting plenty of support from their relatives and also the Pakistan side having three brothers in their team, while their No1 player, Aisam Qureshi is expecting his parents to arrive from Pakistan today.
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TARANAKI — New Zealand Davis Cup captain, Marcel Vos is keeping things close to his chest for the Asia/Oceania Group II semifinal against Pakistan, July 9-11 indoors at the TSB Hub in Hawera, Taranaki.
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Paralympics New Zealand has confirmed a strong three-man team to attend the 2010 IPC Shooting World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia 16th - 24th July 2010.
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HAWERA — The Pakistan Davis Cup team for the BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Group II semifinal against New Zealand, July 9-11 indoors at the TSB Hub in Hawera, Taranaki has been confirmed after their top player, Aisam Qureshi was knocked out of the Wimbledon doubles quarterfinals.
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On Saturday July 17th, Star Boxing returns to the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ with a sizzling heavyweight showdown, when David Tua (51- 3-1, 43 KO's) squares off against and Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett (34-9, 20 KO's) in what is expected to be an all-out war of heavy-hitting, former world title challengers.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — New Zealand can claim some success as they won three out of the five titles on off at the New Zealand Junior Badminton International at North Harbour on Sunday with the home-court strength being shown in the doubles finals.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — New Zealand is represented in four of the five finals at the Westpac New Zealand Junior International with the mixed doubles title guaranteed as it is an all New Zealand final.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — New Zealand singles players are in short supply in the semifinals of the New Zealand Junior International Badminton Championships at North Harbour.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The New Zealand under 19 badminton team won the Lion Foundation Pan Pacific Series at the North Harbour Badminton Centre late Thursday night with an emphatic victory over Australia six matches to one.
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The New Zealand Davis Cup team for the BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Group II semifinal against Pakistan, July 9-11 indoors at the TSB Hub in Hawera, Taranaki has been confirmed with two new players set to debut.
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The New Zealand under 19 badminton team had the best possible start to the Lion Foundation Pan Pacific Series at the North Harbour Badminton Centre Tuesday evening with a 6-2 win over the Singapore Sports School.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The New Zealand under 19 badminton team is aiming to win the Lion Foundation Pan Pacific Series for first time in five years when play gets underway this evening at the North Harbour Badminton Centre.
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The New Zealand Tall Blacks have today confirmed an extensive build up to the 2010 FIBA Basketball World Championship in Turkey late August.
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Heavyweight boxer David Tua is set to leave the New Zealand in the build up for his fight with American Monte "Two Gunz" Barrett in New Jersey.
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Tennis New Zealand has appointed experienced sports administrator Steve Johns as its new CEO.
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AUCKLAND — New Zealand women’s No1 Sacha Jones was named Tennis Auckland Player of the Year and Cockle Bay the Club of the Year at the prizegiving awards last night.
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AUCKLAND CITY — New Zealand table tennis No1 Karen Li found herself in three finals at the Oceania table tennis championships and as the two of the matches were completed she must have wondered if she was going to win anything at all.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Honours were evenly shared in the age group titles at the Oceania Table Tennis Champs in Auckland with the big nations of Australia and New Zealand dominating finals.
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AUCKLAND CITY — New Zealand has missed a golden opportunity to qualify its men’s and women’s table tennis teams for the Commonwealth Games after defeats at the hands of Australia late last night.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The 2010 KVB Kunlun ITTF Oceania table tennis championships get underway tomorrow (Thursday) in Auckland with Commonwealth Games places up for grabs and plenty of tans-Tasman rivalry as well.
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AUCKLAND CITY — 2010 ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) -Oceania Championships Team Events.
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AUCKLAND CITY — New Zealand players put up some good performances but fell by the wayside as in the quarters and semis of singles at the KVB Kunlun ITTF New Zealand Junior and Cadet Open table tennis tournament held in Auckland.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Age is no barrier for Desiree Hung from Hong Kong and Jay Ong from Malaysia who are the youngest girl and boy competitors at the KVB Kunlun 2010 New Zealand Table Tennis Junior and Cadet Open.
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AUCKLAND CITY — International table tennis action continues this week at the Auckland Table Tennis Association headquarters in Gillies Ave as 16 nations and well over 200 junior and senior individual players take to the tables Already New Zealanders Kevin Wu and Julia Wu (not related) have won places in the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore after beating their Aussie counterparts in the qualifying tournament in Auckland.
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CANTERBURY — The upsets continued at the Canterbury Badminton International, with only one seeded player making it to the semifinals of the men’s singles at the Canterbury Badminton Centre.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Around 50 Paralympic athletes from nations such as the United States, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand will be competing in the Athletics New Zealand Track & Field Championships starting tomorrow (Friday) at QEII Park in Christchurch.
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New Zealand Chef de Mission for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games, Jon Turnbull has a feeling of quiet satisfaction at the completion of the event in the Canadian West Coast city.
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New Zealand Paralympic skier Adam Hall, has finished eighth in his final event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games.
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New Zealand Paralympic skiier, Adam Hall has finished seventh in the standing Super G race at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games.
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Paralympic skier Peter Williams has finished a creditable 20th overall in the men's Giant Slalom - sitting at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics.
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New Zealand Paralympic skier Adam Hall won the gold medal in the standing slalom at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games despite taking a tumble a third of the way down the course and looking like the medal had passed him by.
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New Zealand paralympic skier Adam Hall has won a gold medal in the standup slalom at Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games despite taking a tumble a third of the way down the course and looking like the medal had passed him by.
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New Zealand paralympic skier Adam Hall is leading the field after the first run of the standup slalom at Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games.
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AUCKLAND — Auckland Olympic-style taekwondo fighter Dafydd Sanders came within a golden point of a medal at the WTF grade one German Open at Hamburg, ultimately finishing fifth with his quarter-final finish in the senior middleweight division.
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Otago's Adam Hall will carry the flag for his country in the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics Games late this afternoon New Zealand time.
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The New Zealand team felt totally inspired and awestruck by the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games late Saturday afternoon (New Zealand time).
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INVERCARGILL — North Harbour badminton player Jessica Jonggowisastro caused the initial upset of the Oceania Badminton Championships at Stadium Southland in Invercargill with a first round win over second seed, Leisha Cooper of Australia in three games.
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While the 2010 Winter Olympics are well underway, the build up for the Winter Paralympics continues for New Zealand athletes Adam Hall and Peter Williams.
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New Zealand has been beaten 5-0 by Australia in the final of the Oceania badminton teams championship, the Robson shield in Invercargill on Monday night.
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INVERCARGILL — The New Zealand badminton sides bid to make the Thomas and Uber Cup world badminton teams finals in Malaysia in May were stopped by a renewed and experienced presence from Australia at the qualifying tournament held at Stadium Southland in Invercargill over the weekend.
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New Zealand teams have continued their good progress towards the world finals of the Thomas and Uber Cup badminton competitions after scoring more 5-0 victories in preliminary play but still have Australia in their way if they wish to move forward.
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The strong New Zealand team leave late this afternoon (Saturday 21 November) for the IPC Swimming World Championships 25m in Rio, Brazil for what is the first ever IPC(International Paralympic Committee) short course championships.
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WELLINGTON — The 37th Mitsubishi Motors Paralympics New Zealand National Championships get underway tomorrow (Friday 13 November) in Wellington with 120 athletes from all parts of New Zealand competing.
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Paralympic Cycling Champion, Paula Tesoriero broke the 500m Time Trial World Record she set at the Beijing Paralympic Games last year, and claimed the gold medal at the Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Manchester today.
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A total of 42 medals were won by the 15 New Zealand athletes who have recently returned from the Australian Paralympic Youth Games in Melbourne.
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AUCKLAND — Event 18 Over 70 Years Men's Singles.
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2009 New Zealand Table Tennis Open Team Events.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The second round of Scarbro Caro Bowl tennis had plenty of expectation in the men’s draw with a replay of the 2008 final played in front of a big crowd as Parnell hosted West End and slightly better weather compared to the opening round.
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AUCKLAND — A Kiwi born winner is a rarity at the national table tennis championships with the tradition of overseas players from Asia dominating.
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A team of 15 athletes and 5 support staff are being sent by Paralympics New Zealand to compete the Australian Paralympic Youth Games to be held in Melbourne 5 – 11 October.
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Paralympics New Zealand has had no hesitation in confirming its Chef De Mission for the London 2012 Paralympic despite the event being nearly three years away.
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AUCKLAND — Torrential rain provided a fortuitous start to round one of the Scarbro Caro Bowl tennis competition but didn’t stop the odd upset and a few stars from taking the court.
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The New Zealand team for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympic Games has been confirmed with two athletes making the journey to the Canadian west coast city in March next year.
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AUCKLAND — Over 25 men taking part in the Scarbro Caro Bowl tennis competition starting this Friday at Auckland clubs for nine frantic weeks have had international world rankings, some as high as the top-180 in the world in singles and top-100 in doubles.
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Paralympic cyclist, Paula Tesoriero has won the World Championship road race in Bogogno, Italy on Sunday evening NZ time.
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Paralympic cyclist Paula Tesoriero has won a bronze medal on Friday evening in the road time trial at the Para-cycling Road World Championships in Bogogno, Italy.
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AUCKLAND — Fighting under the new rules and scoring system which will be used at the World Championships in Denmark in October where high technical difficulty is rewarded with extra points, five members of the Kiwi team took the opportunity to gain ring time, plus a coveted national title at the New Zealand Taekwondo Black Belt Championships at Avondale College, Auckland on Saturday.
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Experienced sporting coach and administrator John Bowden has been appointed by Paralympics New Zealand as its newly established Coach Performance Manager.
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The New Zealand badminton pair of Donna Haliday and Danielle Barry have been beaten in the semifinals of the US$50,000 Australian Open in Melbourne.
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AUCKLAND — Greig Bramwell has been appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Tennis Auckland.
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AUCKLAND — FIBA U19 World Championship.
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AUCKLAND — Sunday’s final session at the FIBA U19 World Championship is edging towards a sell-out With three-quarters of tickets for the tournament’s medal games - the final and third-place playoff –at the North Shore Events Centre sold as of Friday night, event director Dave Mee hoped Sunday night’s final session would bring a capacity crowd of 4200.
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FIBA U19 World Championship.
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