Tag: Australia

Melbourne: Loudspeakers were being installed across Australia’s Melbourne city as part of a major security upgrade to warn people of terror attacks on Monday. The new measures are the recommendations of a counter terrorism review that occurred after a number of extremist incidents this year, reports Xinhua news agency. In January, a vehicle attack in […]

Bhubaneswar: Drag-flicker Blake Govers struck two minutes from time as defending champions Australia edged past Argentina 2-1 to win the title in the Hockey World League (HWL) Final at the Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday. Govers struck to the left of Argentine goalkeeper Juan Vivaldi in the 58th minute after Australia saw Jeremy Hayward’s penalty […]

Canberra: Doctors in Australia are prescribing art classes for cancer patients as part of their therapy. The Arts on Prescription programme was originally targeted at the elderly but is now being tested with cancer patients at Greenwich Hospital in Sydney, reports Xinhua news agency. Andrew Cole, the physician in charge of the cancer rehabilitation clinic, […]

Sydney: Australia on Wednesday crushed Honduras 3-1 in their second leg of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification playoffs to seal the ticket to Russia. The first leg had ended goalless and in the second leg, Mile Jedinak converted two penalties in the 71st and 85th minutes to give Australia a 3-1 win. Australia had […]

Sydney: Left-arm quick Mitchell Starc on Tuesday became the first bowler in nearly four decades and only the second Australian to claim two hat-tricks in the same first-class match. Playing for New South Wales, Starc brushed up his preparations for the upcoming Ashes series, when he blasted out Western Australia’s last three batsmen to help […]

Canberra: An Etihad Airways flight bound for Sydney from Abu Dhabi made an emergency landing in the Australian city of Adelaide on Saturday, after pilots noticed a smoke alarm on board. The Boeing 777 aircraft was carrying 349 people when pilots made the decision to divert to Adelaide at about 5 a.m., Xinhua news agency […]

Guwahati:  Australia won the toss and elected to field against India in the second Twenty20 International match at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday. Australia have made one change to their team. Batsman Marcus Stoinis came in for all-rounder Daniel Christian. India are playing with an unchanged squad. Teams: India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, […]

Sydney: Health departments here in Australia on Wednesday are on high alert over the possible spread of measles. On Tuesday evening, the health departments issued alert notices after it was revealed that two separate persons who have been diagnosed with measles, visited a number of highly populated public areas last week. They warned the public […]

Canberra: A year after a freak “thunderstorm asthma” outbreak killed nine and led to thousands being hospitalised in the southern Australian city of Melbourne, the Victorian state government on Sunday launched a world-first alert system to prevent a similar disaster in the future. On November 21 last year, a freak event occurred where heavy rain […]

Nagpur: India restricted Australia to 242 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs in their fifth and final One Day International (ODI) here on Sunday. After Australian skipper Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat, openers David Warner (53) and Aaron Finch (32) laid a solid foundation of 66 runs but the following top-order […]

Bengaluru: Australia defeated India by 21 runs in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) here on Thursday. The hosts, who had already won the five-match series, now lead 3-1. Electing to bat, Australia produced a challenging total of 334/5 in their 50 overs. In reply, the hosts could only manage 313/8. The loss also saw India […]

Bengaluru: Opening batsmen David Warner (124) and Aaron Finch (94) guided Australia to 334 for five in 50 overs against India in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) cricket match here on Thursday. Warner struck his 14th century in ODI as he and Finch forged a 231-run stand for the opening wicket at the M. Chinnaswamy […]

Bengaluru: India middle-order batsman Manish Pandey on Tuesday said that unlike India, things are not clicking for the down and out Australia team and that is the reason for their failure in the tour. Australia lost the first three One Day International (ODI) matches of the five-match series. In Chennai, India outplayed Australia by 26 runs […]

Vijayawada: Heaping praise on India’s new sensation Hardik Pandya, India A coach Rahul Dravid said the Baroda all-rounder knows how to play in all kinds of situations. “A good example about Hardik from my perspective is, he’s willing to play situations and not just the natural game we often speak about. “Credit goes completely to […]

Prague: Swiss tennis great Roger Federer, ranked No. 2 in the world, defeated Australia’s Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 7-6(6) and “match tie-break” (11-9) to take home the first-ever Laver Cup, named in honour of the legendary Rod Laver. Federer and Kyrgios played to a “heart-attack finish” in the O2 Arena before 17,000 fans on Sunday, reports Efe […]