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New Zealand cyclists in shock as European pro team withdraws

[ad_1] Getty Images / Getty Images Mikayla Harvey from New Zealand on the ninth leg of the Giro Rosa tour in Italy, en route to Motta Montecorvino. This story was originally posted on RNZ.co.nz and is being republished with permission. Up-and-coming New Zealand riders Niamh Fisher-Black and Mikayla Harvey are …

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Rob Nichol warning: time for NZ Rugby to fix relations with Sanzaar

[ad_1] As Southern Hemisphere partners South Africa and Australia continue to drift further away from New Zealand Rugby, Kiwi player boss Rob Nichol has declared “enough is enough.” Nichol, the executive director of the New Zealand Rugby Players Association (NZRPA), has followed a harsh criticism of NZ Rugby’s decision to …

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Master beheaded in France, alleged killer shot to death by police

[ad_1] A history teacher who started a discussion with high school students about cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad of Islam was beheaded on a French street and the suspected killer was shot dead by police, authorities said. The French counter-terrorism prosecutor opened a murder investigation with an alleged terrorist motive, …

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