The Serbian tennis player was unable to compete in the previous competition. Djokovic will begin his 2023 season in Adelaide. Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said Djokovic had arrived. The Serbian tennis player, who is vying for his tenth Australian Open victory, was unable to compete in the previous competition due to his opposition … Read more
India’s disastrous World Cup semi-final loss to England, the entire T20 team may be changed Potentially harming Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma At the Adelaide Oval, England cruised to a 10-wicket victory on Thursday, chasing down the 169-run goal with four overs left to set up a final against Pakistan, the traditional opponent of … Read more
Prices nationally fell 0.6% in June from May, when they dipped 0.1%. Annual growth slowed to 8.7% has been above 20% early this year. Once red-hot markets in Sydney and Melbourne felt the chill from rising interest rates. Australian house prices slipped for a second month in June as once scorching business sectors in Sydney … Read more
Early election results in Australia showed conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison going to struggle to stay in power, as voters delivered a harsh rebuke of his party’s climate change inaction. Anthony Albanese’s center-left Labor Party was anticipated to be the largest party in parliament with about half of the votes counted, but a clear majority … Read more
India will be heavy favorites to keep their pink-ball Test record intact at home, as new skipper Rohit Sharma targets a clean sweep of Sri Lanka in the second Test, which begins on Saturday. The hosts crushed Sri Lanka in Mohali in three days to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series, and the … Read more
Australian cricket great Rod Marsh was remembered as “a colossal figure” in Australian cricket who passed away due to a heart attack at a charity event on Friday after dedicating 50 years of his life to sports. The 74-year-old had been in an induced coma and died away quietly in an Adelaide hospital on Friday … Read more
Australian fast bowler Michael Neser’s presence in the upcoming tour to Pakistan seems in doubt after he suffered from a side strain injury. The Kangaroos led by Pat Cummins will be touring Pakistan for the first time in 24 years to play three Tests, ODIs and an only T20I. According to Australian media, the Queensland … Read more
Australia’s 4-0 Ashes victory was a big morale booster, but thrashing a desperately poor England also covered up flaws that must be rectified before they can be the world’s top Test team. Australia steamrolled England to win the fifth and final Test by 146 runs in Hobart on Sunday, adding to their big wins in … Read more
HOBART: England captain Joe Root Wednesday called on his team to harness the “fight and pride” they showed in salvaging a draw in Sydney and use it from day one at the fifth and final Test in Hobart. The tourists staved off Australia’s victory push on Sunday with Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad batting out two tense … Read more
HOBART: A patched-up England head to an Ashes finale against Australia under lights in Hobart on Friday buoyed by a fighting draw in Sydney, but consumed by injury worries and selection dilemmas. The tourists finally stopped the rot on a gruelling tour last week with their nail-biting last-wicket hold-out at the Sydney Cricket Ground to prevent a … Read more
SYDNEY: Wincing Ben Stokes produced a counter-punching half-century to help England recover from a collapse of early wickets against Australia in the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney on Friday. The star all-rounder, in pain from a side strain picked up while bowling on Thursday, seized the initiative to post his highest score of the series … Read more
ADELAIDE: Iga Swiatek showcased her Australian Open credentials with a 6-1, 6-2 demolition of US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez at the Adelaide International on Thursday. The Pole, who won the 2020 French Open as a 19-year-old, took just 77 minutes to dispose of the Canadian and set up a quarter-final clash against former world number one Victoria … Read more
SYDNEY: Usman Khawaja scored a memorable century on his return to Test cricket to strengthen Australia’s position in the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney after a double wicket breakthrough by Stuart Broad on Thursday. The Pakistan-born Khawaja, playing his first Test since the 2019 Ashes series in England in place of Covid-isolated Travis Head, was at his … Read more
SYDNEY: England paceman Stuart Broad again proved David Warner’s nemesis as rain dogged the opening day of the fourth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. Broad provided the only relief for beleaguered England as rain restricted the two opening sessions to just 21.4 overs. After a third rain delay, an early tea was taken … Read more
SYDNEY: Melbourne Test hero Scott Boland held his place as Australia made only one change to their winning side for the fourth Ashes Test against England in Sydney which begins on Wednesday. Batsman Usman Khawaja was confirmed in the team announced Tuesday as a replacement for Covid victim Travis Head. Khawaja last played for Australia in the … Read more
Australia demolished England by an innings and 14 runs in the third Test in Melbourne on Tuesday to retain the Ashes. Earlier, Joe Root’s men were also beaten comprehensively in the Tests in Brisbane and Adelaide. Let’s take a look at how poorly the visitors have played Down Under Most defeats The tourists’ defeat at … Read more
SYDNEY: England’s beleaguered Ashes tour went from bad to worse Thursday with under-pressure coach Chris Silverwood to miss the fourth Test in Sydney after a family member tested positive for the coronavirus. Silverwood and his family have to isolate in Melbourne for 10 days while the rest of the team head to Sydney for the … Read more
Australia’s A-League kicks off a new season this weekend with former Liverpool star Daniel Sturridge set to make his debut in Perth against Adelaide’s Josh Cavallo, who recently revealed he was gay. Sturridge signed with Perth Glory as one of the competition’s highest-calibre players since Italian Alessandro Del Piero joined Sydney FC in 2012. “I’m … Read more
SYDNEY: Next year’s Twenty20 World Cup will be held across seven venues in Australia, officials confirmed Tuesday, with Sri Lanka and the West Indies forced to play for a place in the Super 12. The tournament, which was supposed to be held Down Under in 2020 but was pushed back two years due to coronavirus, … Read more
Australia Test captain Tim Paine said Friday that the Ashes will go ahead with or without Joe Root after the England skipper refused to commit until there was more clarity around coronavirus quarantine rules. Cricket Australia is negotiating with Canberra and their English counterparts over what type of biosecurity bubble players may have to endure … Read more
