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Adelaide Thunderbirds blitz Melbourne Vixens to win Super Netball grand final
The Guardian Sport 13 hours ago

Adelaide Thunderbirds blitz Melbourne Vixens to win Super Netball grand final

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Thunderbirds 61-40 Vixens at sold-out John Cain Arena Victory caps dominant season as first club to claim three premierships Adelaide have claimed a record third Super Netball premiership, steamrolling the Melbourne Vixens in a 61-40 grand final triumph. Suffering just one loss in a fairytale season, the Thunderbirds shattered the Vixens’ title defence to cement their status as the competition’s most successful team in front of 10,040 fans at John Cain Arena on Saturday night. Continue reading...

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Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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Mbappé spot-on to take France past stubborn Paraguay into World Cup quarter-finals
Mbappé spot-on to take France past stubborn Paraguay into World Cup quarter-finals

On this occasion, France kept the champagne football on ice. Which was probably just as well, given the temperature. As Philadelphia broiled in an independence day heatwave, the World Cup favourites were forced to drop a gear or two but still had too much for a Paraguay team that set out for a fight but were ultimately no more than a nuisance. In the annals of France-Paraguay encounters this was more France 98 than Sweden 58, where Just Fontaine embellished his World Cup legend with a hat-trick. Les Bleu s ’ modern-day goal machine, Kylian Mbappé, had to make do with just the one, a penalty, to draw him level again with Lionel Messi in the golden boot race, but one behind the great man in terms of the all-time goalscoring record. Continue reading...

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