Listen to the Weekend Sport with Jason Pine Full Show Podcast for Sunday 22 December.
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James McOnie from The Crowd Goes Wild joins Jason Pine to announce the winners of the 'Piney' awards - wrapping a fantastic year of sport for 2024.

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Oleksandr Usyk won his heavyweight championship rematch against Tyson Fury by unanimous decision to stay unbeaten across two divisions and cement his place among the greats. 

NZ Herald combat sports expert Christopher Reive tells Jason Pine Usyk was the favourite going into the rematch. 

The fight went the distance, with all 12 rounds being played and Reive says Usyk was never in danger of being knocked out. 

"Fury wasn't stringing enough combinations together. He was looking for one shot at a time." 

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The White Ferns have lost a rain-hit second women’s one-day international against Australia. 

Despite the loss, bowler Molly Penfold was a star with career-best figures of four for 42. 

Molly tells Jason Pine the team knew they were coming up against the world’s best and unfortunately couldn’t get across the line. 

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After a brilliant start to the season, Auckland FC have come crashing down with their first ever defeat. 

The Black Knights went down 4-0 to Western United in Mt Smart on Saturday, with three goals coming inside the first 34 minutes. 

Former Wellington Phoenix and All Whites goalkeeper and Sky Sports analyst Jacob Spoonley tells Jason Pine not many people would have seen this coming. 

“Western was so fast and aggressive, and they started early.” 

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Dave McCalman is a three-time Paralympic medalist for New Zealand.

In 1980 he misjudged the depth of the water when hejumpedinto a water hole and sustained serious spinal injuries.

Following his disability, he moved into able-bodied basketball coaching, leading teams to national titles before later taking up para-athletics.

In Barcelona in 1992 he made his paralympic debut entering in the javelin, becoming New Zealand Paralympian number 80.

He won a javelin silver medal at the 1996 Paralympic Games and two golds in javelin and the restored pentathlon at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics.

Dave McCalman recently retired after 19 years working for the Helberg Foundation, but is still very involved in sport, and he's published a book on his life.

The book is called Here's to Life and All That Jazz.

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Listen to the Weekend Sport with Jason Pine Full Show Podcast for Saturday 21 December.
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After a four-year hiatus the Christmas Carnival returns to Ellerslie Racecourse this summer, the Boxing Day and New Year's Day races. Major highlights on the racing calendar, and one of the country's richest annual sporting events. 

SkyCity is the naming rights sponsor for both Boxing Day and New Year's Day. 

CEO of Auckland Thoroughbred Racing Paul Wilcox said the two events are very significant in the racing community in New Zealand. 

He joins Jason Pine to talk about the exciting times ahead for racing. 

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Auckland FC have their latest game in the A-league men's this afternoon. 

The team is back at Go Media Stadium in Auckland and are unbeaten so far with a 100% winning streak at home. 

Fullback Callan Elliott said drawing with Melbourne FC was a good result, despite not playing to their typical standard in the first half of the match. 

Elliott has been in both Wellington and Scotland in the 2022/2023 season, he reflects on his journey to joining FC. 

Today's game against the Western Sydney Wanderers will be his 50th A-League match. 

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Australia tied India at 1-1 after three tests in their five match series. 

The iconic Boxing Day Test is coming up at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday and will display one of the biggest crowds in the world for test cricket. 

19-year-old Sam Konstas has replaced Nathan McSweeney after 'being on the radar' for some time. 

Australian Correspondent Adam Peacock joins the show to discuss this and more. 

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