Mystics roar home to send Tactix tumbling out The hosts led by 3 entering the final quarter, before a late surge powered the defending champions into a grand final matchup with the Pulse. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
© 2024 Stuff.co.nz 6:45pm Deranged Smurfs and flaming pianos: strangest moments of the opening ceremony For the opening of the summer Games of the 33rd Olympiad, Paris offered an opening ceremony that was audacious, outrageous and sometimes filled with delightfully baffling moments. Here are some of the strangest moments. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
© 2024 Sydney Morning Herald 6:35pm Injury-hit Swans brace for AFL finals hopefuls Bulldogs Injury-hit Sydney are confident they have the depth to overcome a late-season lull and dent the Western Bulldogs’ top-eight hopes in the process. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
© 2024 Sydney Morning Herald 6:35pm ‘I’ve got her back’: Track rider’s near fatal fall and the quick-thinking staff who saved her life Kendall Dickinson, 24, moved to Australia 11 weeks ago on a working trip of a lifetime, but her family say a heroic track manager is the only reason she’s still alive. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
© 2024 Sydney Morning Herald 6:35pm I tried Speedo’s Olympic swimsuit. It’s fast in the pool, but takes forever to put on The Fastskin isn’t like a regular one-piece bathing suit. It looks more like a singlet worn by a wrestler. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
© 2024 Sydney Morning Herald 6:35pm Two marched after late brouhaha The Broncos and Eels lost a player each to the sinbin after a brawl in late in the second half of their NRLW clash at Suncorp Stadium. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
© 2024 Sydney Morning Herald 6:35pm ‘Bang or whimper’: Dolphins must choose how 2024 ends Wayne Bennett’s men are seventh ahead of the home clash with Gold Coast on Sunday, but have lost five of their past seven matches. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
© 2024 Sydney Morning Herald 6:35pm Ko skips Olympics opening, moves into strong position in Canada Kiwi golfer says she would loved to have been in Paris, but instead is eyeing a timely form turnaround ahead of her chase for a third Olympic medal. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
© 2024 Stuff.co.nz 5:05pm Inside the other Olympic opening ceremony – 16,000km away from Paris Thousands of kilometres away from the main event, Tahitian dancers in palm-leaf skirts mingled with locals and tourists ahead of the surf competition. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
© 2024 Stuff.co.nz 2:35pm Paris Olympics: Kiwis in action on the first full day of competition After the men’s sevens’ defeat, Erika Fairweather is the main medal hope while our rowers and equestrian eventers begin their quests for gold. ![](nl-images/img-arrows.gif)
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