20 hours ago by sportsbloke42

British heavyweight boxer David Haye faces a mammoth task in Nuremberg tonight as he attempts to wrest the WBA Heavyweight title from the mountainous champion Nikolai Valuev. The Hayemaker is dwarfed by his 7ft 2in opponent to such a degree that the fight couldn’t possibly be billed as anything othe ...

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1 day ago by adamsmith1922

This week the winners are the people of Auckland, visitors to the city and New Zealand. Why? Well John Banks and Mike Lee, an unlikely combination, Adam grants – decided to see sense over the folly that is/was Party Central and to scrap plans for a ‘cheap as chips’ iconic building – read nasty archi ...

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4 days ago by dpf

A Herald-Digipoll in October 2009 finds: 44% approved of Maori TV leading a bid for Rugby World Cup coverage 45% disapproved

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5 days ago by The Sports Biz Asia Team

TOKYO (Reuters) – The International Rugby Board has told Japan it would prefer the country to host all 48 games of the 2019 World Cup. Japan is pressing the IRB to consider Hong Kong and Singapore as flyway venues for a handful of matches in a bid to expand rugby across Asia. However, top IRB offici ...

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9 days ago by jax

Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman, how do they fare? We’ve seen some really bad attempts at South African accents over the last few years. My worst memory was Val Kilmer, pretending to be a South African artist in The Saint. Turning to his lady love in a flouncy shirt, he looks at her with great intensi ...

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15 days ago by Steve

Scotland RWC Cut andamp; Sew Rugby Polo Shirt – Navy/White Part of the Official Scotland Rugby Team Training Range for the Rugby World Cup 2007. £27.99 | Other Sporting Gear | Read more...

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16 days ago by Ireland Rugby

The new National World Cup Development programme will show itself on Saturday when Ulster meet Magners League leaders Leinster, Ulster will be without three Internationals for the game! Paddy Wallace is not allowed to play, Stephen Ferris is (from the bench!), Andrew Trimble is while nobody is quite ...

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19 days ago by Morné

It is not often that I listen to Freestaters but this one made quite an interesting point. The statement he made raised one question for me; “What are we building towards?” The Boks enjoyed a brilliant 2009 season, one that will go down as one of the best ever in Springbok history, through that many ...

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19 days ago by elirian

Last night my mom and I were talking and we decided that we are going to New Zealand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. She wanted to go to France for the 2007 one, but I couldn't go and she refused to go without me. >_< I know it's two years away, but starting to plan for it is exciting as all hell and ...

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19 days ago by dc_red

Meddler Key and Aggrandizement Sharples are now proposing a joint TVNZ, MTS and TV3 bid for Forceback 2011. Quoth Te Herald: "The final, semifinals, bronze medal game and the quarterfinals will be live on all three channels." Right, and what about the 3 million New Zealanders who don't want to watch ...

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