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AUS Open: Day One
AUS Open: Day One7:27Tennis: The big names fired, a young gun took out an epic and a comeback began for another. Serena Williams looked terrific against Belinda Bencic during round 1. Picture: AAPSERENA Williams shook out Australian Open rust before resuming an off-court crusade for racial and gender equality as the American started her bid for a seventh Melbourne Park crown.The American used a sweltering Melbourne Park stage to showcase claims to a 23rd major and rememberance of assassinated c..>> view originalShow goes on for Melbourne Renegades after 'sickening' Peter Nevill injury
While the focus was on the health and welfare of injured former Test wicketkeeper Peter Nevill on Tuesday, the Renegades know the show must go on as they seek an unlikely Big Bash League finals berth.Nevill has returned to Sydney, where he will undergo more scans and treatment after a freak accident behind the stumps on Monday night, when Brad Hodge's flying bat caught him flush in the face during the Renegades' win over the Strikers in Adelaide. Play Video Don't Play Up Next Dancing u..>> view originalNewcastle Knights back Jarrod Mullen tests postive to steroid drostanolone
The great shame about Jarrod Mullen testing positive to steroids is he's one of the good guys.When an off-season scandal erupts in the NRL, it comes from a handful of usual suspects. Come on down James Roberts. Positive: Jarrod Mullen of the Knights. News late on Tuesday that Mullen had been provisionally suspended for testing positive to the banned anabolic steroid Drostanolone came out of nowhere.But cheating is cheating and the Knights playmaker now faces the likely possibility of neve..>> view originalMelbourne Victory's lack of team changes proves costly in its loss to dominant Wellington Phoenix
MELBOURNE Victory’s hectic January schedule has been the subject of much discussion.So it came as somewhat of a surprise when Kevin Muscat named close to a full-strength side against Wellington Phoenix.The only change made to Muscat’s squad was the return of Spanish centre-back Alan Baro, who replaced James Donachie in the starting line-up.It meant Victory’s front three and midfield, both of which are known for their running power and defensive workrate, remained the same.It was no real surprise..>> view originalIvo Karlovic, Horacio Zeballos endure longest match in Australian Open history lasting 84 games
WELCOME to tennis’ version of the immovable object against the irresistible force.Croatian Ivo Karlovic and Argentinian Horacio Zeballos played out an absolute epic on day two of the Australian Open, with the 20th seed Karlovic eventually winning in five sets.But that does the match no justice. For a start, Karlovic had to come from two sets down to record the victory which began in 37-degree weather all the way out on Court 19.Then came the fifth and deciding set, which saw the two unable to be..>> view originalAustralian Open 2017: 18th seed Sam Stosur exits in the first round at Melbourne Park for the fifth time
OK, yes, it was premature. Even absurdly optimistic, perhaps. When Sam Stosur led 2-0 against Heather Watson on Margaret Court Arena on Tuesday, it seemed like a good idea to calculate how many days since her last match win. For the record: 139. And now, more to come.A third of Stosur's 15 Melbourne Park campaigns have now ended in the first round; this one when Australia's senior women's seed, the No.18, was toppled by the 81st-ranked Watson 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 in what was Stosur's first match in mo..>> view originalSOK puts stock in Indian summer past
Indian conditions are not totally foreign for Australia left-arm orthodox spinner Steve O’Keefe. While the 32-year-old New South Welshman, who has four Tests to his name, is preparing to confront the world’s No.1-ranked Test side away from home for the first time, he will enter the series safe in the knowledge he has performed in India previously. Playing alongside Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Matthew Wade and Ashton Agar for Australia A, O’Keefe returned 14 wickets from two matches against ..>> view originalBBL: Melbourne Stars finals berth under threat after loss to depleted Brisbane Heat
This wasn't the script the Melbourne Stars had expected. Missing two of the Big Bash League's master sluggers, the Brisbane Heat had been expected to be put under major, well, heat, in Tuesday night's clash at the MCG.No Brendon McCullum, no Chris Lynn, so no Heat was how many had expected the order of the night to unfold, despite this being a contest between the competition's top two franchises. But the visitors had other ideas, posting a seven-wicket win, and in doing so have endangered the S..>> view originalAustralia Day billboard image showing women in hijabs taken down after threats of violence
Social media erupted with an Islamophobic backlash after this photo of a billboard in Melbourne began circulating.MEMBERS of far right social media groups are celebrating a win for “people power” after an Australia Day billboard depicting two Muslim women was hastily pulled following an Islamophobia-fuelled outcry.Social media erupted after a picture of the billboard began circulating last Friday, with many Facebook users slamming the Melbourne freeway advertisement as “un-Australian”.On Tuesday..>> view original
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