8 July 2025
You might hear sports fans yell out to a referee or umpire: ‘I can do better than that!’ But becoming an elite official is a lot harder than most imagine.
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8 Jul: Former Warrior Kevin Campion is pointing to the success of the New South Wales Cup team as evidence they'll manage the loss of Luke Metcalf in the NRL... more
8 Jul: The 76-year-old rocker was joined onstage at Birmingham's Villa Park by Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time since 2005, as he prepared to say goodbye to performing live... more
8 Jul: Young Kiwi golfer Josh Bai is stressing his sport needs to be accessible - with major cuts ahead for our busiest public course, on Auckland's North Shore... more
8 Jul: Nick was just 41 when he died on July 5, 2020, following a battle with COVID and his wife Amanda, 43, admitted her grief is still "heavy" years later... more
8 Jul: US President Donald Trump describes the catastrophic Texas floods as a one-in-100-year event — a disaster "nobody expected". But a political debate is raging over whether cuts to the public service have played a role.... more
8 Jul: Black Caps cricket coach Rob Walter's explained the selection of pace bowler Matt Fisher as part of his test squad for two non-World Championship matches against Zimbabwe starting this month... more