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Swiatek powers on, Sinner and Medevedev top men's Melbourne bill
AFP, Published on 16/01/2025
» MELBOURNE - Iga Swiatek romped into a showdown with Emma Raducanu in early Australian Open second-round action Thursday ahead of Jannik Sinner stepping up the defence of his Melbourne Park title.
New Yorkers have mixed feelings about 'snow drought'
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» NEW YORK: The idea of New York in wintertime conjures up images of Manhattan's Times Square and Central Park shrouded in snow. Not this year.
Police say British journalist and Brazilian guide shot in Amazon killings
AFP, Published on 19/06/2022
» ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil: British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian guide, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police said Saturday.
Djokovic opens dramatic court battle to stay in Australia
AFP, Published on 10/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Detained tennis superstar Novak Djokovic gets his day in court Monday, with an Australian judge poised to hear his make-or-break bid to avoid deportation and challenge for a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title.
Djokovic readies vaccine exemption case for Australian visa showdown
AFP, Published on 09/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic prepared his legal guns Sunday for a battle to stay in Melbourne and defend his Australian Open title, arguing he has the all-clear because of a positive coronavirus test in December.
Djokovic 'had Covid last month'
Published on 08/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Tennis star Novak Djokovic contracted Covid-19 last month but was not experiencing symptoms and had written clearance from Australian immigration authorities before travelling to the country with a medical exemption from its vaccination rules, his lawyers say.
Australian tennis boss rejects blame for Djokovic drama
AFP, Published on 08/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Australia's tennis chief boasted in an internal video leaked Saturday of his team's "unbelievable job" despite a visa crisis engulfing the men's world number one, Novak Djokovic.
Czech tennis player speaks out from Aussie 'prison'
Published on 08/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Czech tennis player Renata Voracova, placed in the same Melbourne detention centre where Novak Djokovic is believed to be staying after both had their Australian visas revoked, says her stay so far has felt like being “in prison”.
Australia detains another tennis player
Published on 07/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Czech tennis player Renata Voracova has ended up in the same detention facility as Novak Djokovic in the run-up to the Australian Open, the Czech foreign ministry said on Friday.
Women's skateboarding soars in Brazil after Tokyo Olympics
AFP, Published on 23/09/2021
» SAO PAULO: When she saw 13-year-old Brazilian Rayssa Leal win silver in the first-ever street skateboarding competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Giovanna Alves Farias only had one wish: to start flying around a skate park herself.