Kiwi driver Hayden Paddon conscious and replying to messages following crash in Rally Portugal

The Warriors have won in the NRL without their captain and halfback.

They've scored two late tries to beat the bottom of the table Parramatta Eels 24-14 in Sydney, with Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Shaun Johnson both watching from Auckland.



The Hurricanes have got a fright from one of Super Rugby's strugglers, only beating the Reds 38-34 in Wellington



Tall Blacks centre Alex Pledger has signed with Melbourne United for the next Australian basketball league season, ending a near decade-long stay at the Breakers, where he won four championships.



World number one Mohamed El Shorbagy has ended Paul Coll's run at the British squash Open in Hull, beating the Kiwi in four games in the quarter-finals.



Kiwi golfer Josh Geary will face Danish veteran Anders Hansen in the first knockout round of this week's European Tour event in Belgium.



Italian cyclist Elia Viviani has claimed his third stage victory of the Giro d'Italia, edging Ireland's Sam Bennett in a bunch sprint.

New Zealand's George Bennett remains sixth overall after 13 stages, just over two minutes behind the overall leader, England's Simon Yates.