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Black Caps' Zimbabwe tour to be streamed by ThreeNow
Black Caps captain Mitch Santner. Photo: Kerry Marshall/ The Black Caps' tour of Zimbabwe will be broadcast live and free for New Zealand cricket fans after ThreeNow secured the rights for the T20I tri-series as well as two test matches. ThreeNow first temporarily held streaming rights for Black Caps games in 2023 for two tests against Bangladesh. The upcoming T20I tri-series between New Zealand , South Africa and Zimbabwe starts on 14 July, with each team playing four matches over a two-week period. The top two teams will then compete in the final on 26 July. Games will be late for New Zealand viewers, with start times at 11pm. The test series, which marks the first test between the Black Caps and Zimbabwe since 2016, starts at 8pm each night. New Zealand cricket television and streaming rights have shifted between providers in the last five years. Last year Sky locked in a five-year deal to be the New Zealand broadcaster for all ICC men's and women's events through to the end of 2028, including World Cups and the Test Championship. Spark Sport secured the rights to cricket in New Zealand in April 2020, but this closed in 2023. TVNZ took over the coverage from Spark, and that deal runs out at the end of the 2025/26 season. From next season (2026/27) Sky will begin a six-year deal with the Black Caps and White Ferns home internationals returning to the pay-TV provider for the first time since 2020. Free-to-access arrangements for the domestic Super Smash competition are yet to be announced. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
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Eight All Blacks from outside current squad included in AUNZ Invitational 15
Former All Black Shannon Frizell is in the AUNZ Invitational 15 squad for the match against the Lions. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/ Eight All Blacks from outside Scott Robertson's current squad have been included in the AUNZ Invitational 15 to take on the British and Irish Lions in Adelaide on Saturday. The All Blacks are Aidan Ross, David Havili, Folau Fakatava, Hoskins Sotutu, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Ngani Laumape, Shannon Frizell and Shaun Stevenson. Also in the 30-player squad are Chiefs prop George Dyer and Blues players AJ Lam, Kurt Eklund and Josh Fusitu'a. Invitational head coach Les Kiss will lead the first combined Australia-New Zealand team since 1989 in what will be the Lions' final match before the test series against the Wallabies. Former All Blacks coach Ian Foster is one of Kiss's assistants. The Wallabies squeaked through their last match before the first test against the Lions in Brisbane on July 19, [ with a 21-18 victory over Fiji in Newcastle on Sunday. Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt was disappointed after the win, saying there were too many errors from his players. The Lions, meanwhile, ground out [ a 21-10 win over the Waratahs in Sydney on Saturday, their third successive victory on their Australian tour. "There has been a lot of work behind the scenes to build this squad and it's exciting to see it come together," Kiss said. "We have quality coaches and a highly motivated group of players that represent the depth of talent across Australia and New Zealand. "Each of them has a lot to play for and there's a real sense of anticipation about the unique opportunity in front of us. "As the first AUNZ side to be assembled in 36 years, we have the chance to do something pretty special here in Adelaide." AUNZ Invitational squad: Aidan Ross, AJ Lam, Angus Blyth, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Daniel Botha, Darby Lancaster, David Havili, Folau Fakatava, George Dyer, Harry McLaughlin-Phillips, Hoskins Sotutu,Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Jock Campbell, Joe Brial, Joey Walton, Joshua Fusitu'a, Kalani Thomas, Kurt Eklund, Lachlan Anderson, Lukhan Salakai-Loto, Mac Grealy, Marika Koroibete, Matt Philip, Ngani Laumape, Pete Samu, Richie Asiata, Seru Uru, Shannon Frizell, Shaun Stevenson, Tane Edmed.
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Nascar: Shane van Gisbergen triumphs in Chicago Street Race
Shane van Gisbergen kicks a rugby ball as part of his celebration for winning the Chicago street race, the Nascar Cup Series Grant Park 165 on July 06, 2025. Photo: AFP Kiwi motor racer Shane Van Gisbergen has won Nascar's Chicago Street Race, a day after his triumph in the latest Xfinity event. It is his second win in the street race, known as the Grant Park 165 event, after he won on debut in 2023. It was also the Truckhouse Racing driver's second win of this year's Nascar Cup series, after winning the inaugural race in Mexico City last month and his third career Cup win. Van Gisbergen started from the pole, but was passed early by qualifier Michael McDowell. But he took the lead with 16 laps to go and had to hold on through two caution restarts. After the second one, with nine laps remaining, he went out to a solid lead, eventually winning by 0.887 seconds from Ty Gibbs, with Tyler Reddick third, with the race ending under caution. His victory followed that of fellow New Zealander Scott Dixon in the IndyCars event at Mid-Ohio . "What an amazing weekend for me," van Gisbergen said afterwards. "I love this place,'' he added, before his trademark celebration of punting a rugby ball into the crowd. "I guess we made no mistakes, there were some really fast cars, we just seemed to get it right. Make no mistakes, be smooth every lap, be cool." Van Gisbergen said it had been very hot out on a slick track. "The times were a lot slower and the margin for error was very tiny. Just had to get it right and I'm rapt." Australian Supercars driver Will Brown's race came to an abrupt end in a pile-up on lap four. A day earlier, the three-time Australian Supercars champion outmanoeuvred 18-year-old Chris Zilsch with two laps to go, holding on by a comfortable 0.823 seconds in the latest Xfinity event, the Loop 110 race on the Chicago street course. The next race in the Nascar Cup series is at Sonoma next weekend. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
