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<i>Kevin Fallon</i>: Players wiser for the return encounter

Soccer: Only a win will do for All Whites

Come November 14, NZ soccer will be hoping for a dose of the foulest weather the capital can muster.

Soccer: Nelsen's pluck is key to huge payback

There was a deserved "mission accomplished" tag to the New Zealand performance in holding higher-rated Bahrain to 0-0 in Manama yesterday.

<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Murky coverage hint of things to come

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Prizes and platitudes, but no peace

Soccer: Closing Gulf in their knowledge

Soccer: F1 cheat Briatore faces QPR kick-out

Soccer: Aussie technology may help All Whites qualify

Soccer World Cup 'very achievable', says Adshead

Jordan 'writing' kinky tell-all

<i>Editorial</i>: Dialogue best approach to Iran stand-off

Customs searches spark protest

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Sanctions against Iran now seem inevitable

Western intelligence agencies have known about Iran's second uranium enrichment plant, hidden in the mountains west of Qom, since construction began in 2006.

Woman beaten, raped by husband, court told

China crucial for any plan

Stop humiliating me, traveller pleads

A NZ citizen of Middle Eastern origin says he is discriminated against by Customs officials who interrogate every time he returns home.

Anti-Taleban tribal leaders die in ambush

Soccer: Coach keen on European officials for Bahrain clash