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Super Rugby Pacific double-header at Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday (April 5), with several key players returning from injury. The players back in the Blues team include Beauden Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu. The Blues men's team are aiming to improve their standing in the second half of the season while the women’s team, the nib Blues, are vying for home ground advantage in the upcoming Aupiki final against Hurricanes Poua. Kurt Eklund, Ricky Riccitelli, AJ Lam, Anton Segner, and Adrian Choat, too, are back in the Blues team. The return of the top players will give a massive boost to the Blues for the remainder of the Super Rugby Pacific season. Beauden Barrett has recovered from a hand fracture sustained in a match against the Brumbies on March 7. He is confirmed to start at fly-half in the upcoming match against the Hurricanes. “The only thing holding me back from being back to 100 percent is probably holding a golf club. But in terms of rugby, I’m feeling really good,” Barrett told Radio New Zealand.

The team, comprising of players of Pasifika heritage, have been dominant in the second half of their matches this season, scoring nearly 63% of their total points. The victory over Waratahs is Moana Pasifika’s first back-to-back wins since joining Super Rugby Pacific in 2022. The Waratahs remain winless away from home this season. Moana Pasifika captain Ardie Savea, an All Black player, expressed his pride in his team's resilience and highlighted the impact of their bench players. The team's focus on fundamental skills like set pieces, carrying, and cleaning contributed to their second-half dominance, he pointed out. The two halves of the match had dramatically different outcomes. The Waratahs capitalized on early Moana Pasifika errors, scoring tries through winger Triston Reilly (twice) and Andrew Kellaway. Teddy Wilson also contributed to the Waratahs' first-half lead. A wayward Moana Pasifika lineout throw provided the opportunity for Wilson's initial contribution, leading to Reilly's first try. A missed quick tap penalty inside the Waratahs' 10m further hampered Moana Pasifika. Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii's strong run set up Reilly’s second try. Feleti Sae Ta’ufo’ou scored Moana Pasifika’s first try.

Rugby Premier League (RPL), a franchise-based league introduced by Rugby India in collaboration with GMR Sports. GMR Sports holds the commercial rights to the RPL.

One New Zealand Warriors forward Dylan Walker has returned to Australia after being released by club on compassionate grounds. The 30-year-old Walker is set to join join Parramatta Eels, the Australian professional rugby league football club. He had joined One New Zealand Warriors in 2023 on a three-year deal. He has played 232 games in Australia's National Rugby League with 124 of them coming for Manly Warringah. One New Zealand Warriors CEO Cameron George issued a statement on the development and wished Walker all the best. “We were keen for Dylan to stay until the end of the season but we appreciate why he needs to return to Sydney. We’ve really enjoyed having him at our club and he has given us tremendous service. He goes with our support and best wishes.” Walker appeared in 46 matches for match for One New Zealand Warriors and his last match was on March 21 when he ended on the winning side as his team beat Te Atatu Roosters at Go Media Stadium. His deal with Parramatta Eels is until the end of 2026 season. Parramatta Eels General Manager of Football Mark O'Neill said, «We’re excited to have a player of Dylan’s caliber join the Eels. Dylan is such a tough competitor who will suit our style of football and he will provide class and experience to our team.”

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Anand Mahindra recently delighted his followers by sharing a humorous video on his X (formerly Twitter) handle. On Saturday, the billionaire posted a clip showcasing a unique and quirky concept—a Husband Day Care Centre. The video features a facility designed for married men seeking a lighthearted day out, complete with beer and rugby to keep them entertained.

Marc Kielburger describes his old injury in aching detail. The first thing that came to mind upon hearing the sickening “pop,” he said, was a desperate hope that it had not come from his body and that the twisted mess of an ankle at the bottom of a pile of high school rugby players, circa 1994, did not belong to him.

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Sumit Antil, left for the Paris Paralympics in advance to get acclimatised to the conditions. The 16 para athletes will stay at hotels in Paris for a few days before entering the Games Village on August 25, three days before the Opening Ceremony. The likes of Antil, who is bidding to become the first Indian to defend his Paralympics gold, will train at facilities near the French capital to acclimatise with the weather conditions there. Para athletics events will be held from August 30 to September 8, the closing day of the Paralympics, at Stade de France, the same venue where the able-bodied athletes competed during the Paris Olympics.

Rugby Championship at Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday to avenge last week's shock loss to the Pumas in Wellington. Damian McKenzie, skipper Ardie Savea, Caleb Clarke, Will Jordan and Beauden Barrett all crossed to give the All Blacks a 35-3 lead at halftime despite teeming rain and strong winds at the spiritual home of New Zealand rugby. Jordan added his second try soon after the break to drive home the advantage but the Pumas managed to stem the flood of tries before scoring one of their own through Juan Cruz Mallia in the 72nd minute.

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BMX riders, and she can quickly recount some of her career totals: 18 world championships, two Olympic gold medals in racing (in 2012 and 2016) and one silver, in Tokyo in 2021. But Pajón, a Colombian, can also rattle off the much more painful totals of the cost of so much riding: 25 fractures, 12 screws, eight surgeries and countless tears of ligaments and tendons. The medical hardware in her left arm and knee included so much metal that she used to travel with her X-rays. Opening a door or serving a glass of water hurts. “My joints are of an 80-plus-year-old,” Pajón said with a laugh. She is 32. Pajón, who has been racing competitively since she was 4, wasn’t lamenting her injuries during a recent conversation. They are simply a fact of life for an athlete. Wear and tear naturally degrades human bodies, even the most talented ones. But performing at the elite level, especially in high-impact Olympic sports such as wrestling, rugby or gymnastics, inherently has more risks. Shoulders give out. Ligaments tear. And, for some, metal screws and titanium plates become just more hardware in the lifelong pursuit of gold, silver and bronze.

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Tintin. Croatia's shirt will not go unnoticed. Germany's home jersey is a classic white, but the away shirt is a bold pink and purple. Ahead of the European soccer championships starting June 14 in Germany, The Associated Press takes a look at some of the kits that will surely catch the eyes of soccer fans and fashionistas from across the globe.

RAFA: My Story, coach “Uncle Toni" tells co-author John Carlin about what he says to his nephew on days when his body won’t stop hurting. “I say to him, ‘Look, you’ve got two roads to choose from: tell yourself you’ve had enough and we leave, or be prepared to suffer and keep going’." Nadal leaves nothing except other men in ruins. And even those up there in tennis’ rarefied air, who know pain, who’ve endured themselves, who live this ascetic life, they can’t fully comprehend it.

The News. "We're worrying about when he gets older, he'll be in the middle of everything." Last year, while meeting England's Wheelchair Rugby League squad in October, she had said, "Louis is mad about rugby.

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The NBA has struck a multiyear partnership deal with Emirates, one where the airline will become the title sponsor of the league’s in-season tournament — which will have a new name — and have its logo on referee jerseys in the NBA, WNBA and G League