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  • Home >  2016 Olympics >  News

    High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support

    High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support

    18 December 2024

    The government funder has taken a big stick to hockey, which is down 1.4 million on its last grant.



    Spinning all-rounder Mitchell Santner has replaced Kane Williamson as the Black Caps' white ball captain...and will take over the reigns in the post-Christmas series against Sri Lanka.



    A-League leaders Auckland FC will be without three key players for Saturday's showdown against Western United at Mt Smart.

    Belgian midfielder Louis Verstraete is out for another week or two with a back issue, while All White Cam Howieson will miss four to five weeks with a calf injury and defender Dan Hall is out for two to three months with a broken bone in his ankle.
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     Olympics NewsLinks
      1 May: F1's darkest weekend - the legacy of the 1994 san marino gp (RadioNZ)
      1 May: Former tall black kirk penney joins basketball's hall of fame (RadioNZ)
      1 May: ‘it’s my happy place’ - dan carter kicking goals for kids in the pacific (RadioNZ)
      1 May: Vinicius double leaves real madrid and bayern munich all square (RadioNZ)
      1 May: Lebron james quiet on future after lakers ousted from nba playoffs (RadioNZ)
      1 May: Three uncapped players in black ferns squad to contest pacific four series (RadioNZ)
      1 May: Barbarouses, barry sweep phoenix season awards (RadioNZ)
      30 Apr: Nrl: capewell, afoa named for warriors clash with knights (RadioNZ)
      30 Apr: Dunedin leading the swim charge to the olympics (RadioNZ)
      30 Apr: Black caps to play afghanistan despite australia's human rights move (RadioNZ)
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    Simone Biles has maintained a "long-distance" relationship with her husband for more than a year
    Hayden Wilde's encouraged - and excited - by the prospect of more gruelling races as part of a renewed push for an Olympic gold
    Flavor Flav considers the Paris Olympics to be his personal "highlight" of 2024
    Australian Olympic cyclist, Rohan Dennis, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge over the death of his wife, Olympian Melissa Hoskins
    Snowboard star Valentino Guseli injures ACL and Scotty James wins silver in China
    High speed crash in UCI Track Champions League sends British Olympian Katy Marchant to hospital
    Norway's Sander Skotheim wins World Athletics fair play award for supporting decathlon teammate Markus Rooth at Paris Olympics
    Flavor Flav will be a torch bearer at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games
    Emma McKeon announces her retirement from competitive swimming having won Australia's most Olympic medals
    Double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has retired from triathlon
    Kiwi Olympic champion Eric Murray's spoken about a tipping point for Olivia Podmore - in the weeks before her death
    An Olympic silver medallist and his brother are eligible for parole after being sentenced over a failed attempt to import cocaine worth over 200 million dollars
    Celine Dion has spoken of the importance of "hope" amid her battle with stiff person syndrome
    Kiwi Olympic silver medalist Hayden Wilde leads the Super Triathlon series heading into the season finale
    Michaela Foster's performances at this year's Olympics have helped earn her a new professional football contract in England

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