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The Otago Sparks are seemingly cantering to a second straight victory in the women's T20 Super Smash cricket competition

30 December 2025

The Otago Sparks are seemingly cantering to a second straight victory in the women's T20 Super Smash cricket competition

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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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