Tag: Australia
India refuse pink ball day-night Test on Australia tour
NEW DELHI: India have refused to play a day-night Test during the tour of Australia later this year because of doubts over the quality of...
Pacific and China on agenda as Macron arrives in Australia
SYDNEY: Emmanuel Macron arrived in Australia Tuesday on a rare visit by a French president with the two sides expected to agree on greater...
Sex abuse scandal haunts Australia’s top Catholic cleric
MELBOURNE: From country priest to trusted top Vatican aide, Australia´s most senior Catholic cleric George Pell has seen his reputation plagued in the twilight...
Australian court orders Vatican Treasurer Pell to stand trial
MELBOURNE: Vatican Treasurer George Pell must face trial on charges of historical sexual offences, an Australian court ruled on Tuesday, making him the most...
104-year-old Australia scientist heads to Switzerland for ‘assisted dying’
David Goodall, who is now 104, does not have a terminal illness but his quality of life has deteriorated and he has secured a...
Captain Cook to get a monument to mark colonial landing’s anniversary
SYDNEY: The Australian Government is planning a new monument to commemorate the April 29 anniversary of the day that British explorer Lieutenant James Cook...
Australia to send military aircraft to monitor North Korean ships
SYDNEY: Australia will send a military patrol aircraft to monitor North Korean vessels suspected of transferring prohibited goods in defiance of United Nations sanctions,...
Here’s what David Warner is up to after ball-tampering ban
Suffering a 12-month ban after allegedly masterminding a ball-tampering plot, David Warner has reportedly taken a respite from cricket.
A video circulated on social media showed...
Philippine-US war games expanded to include Japan, Australia
MANILA: Annual US-Philippine military exercises involving thousands of troops will be expanded for the first time to include other countries, with Japanese and Australian...
Australian media report Chinese military base proposed in Pacific, China and...
SYDNEY: China has approached Vanuatu about establishing a permanent military presence on the tiny Pacific island, Australia’s Fairfax Media reported on Tuesday, a plan...
Clarke offers to help Cricket Australia after ball tampering scandal
SYDNEY: Former Australian captain Michael Clarke has offered to help the embattled Australian cricket team in any way he can as they deal with...
Australia begins probe into Facebook after data of 0.3m users breached
SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday said it had begun an investigation to decide whether social media giant Facebook Inc breached its privacy laws, after the company...
Shane Warne calls for more heads to roll
SYDNEY: Spin king Shane Warne has called for more heads to roll over Australia’s embarrassing tour of South Africa, saying the game’s top brass...
Australia must change behaviour: Paine
JOHANNESBURG: Australia captain Tim Paine believes a change in culture for a team “with our heads in the sand” will be the biggest positive...
Philander sparkles as South Africa crush Australia in record win
South Africa 488 (Markram 152, Bavuma 95*, de Villiers 69, Cummins 5-83, Lyon 3-182) and 344 for 6 dec (Du Plessis 120, Elgar 81, Cummins...
Du Plessis finds form, South Africa bat on in fourth test
JOHANNESBURG: Captain Faf du Plessis ended his run of low scores with a classy unbeaten half-century as South Africa remained on course for victory...
Sun, sea and equality at ‘relevant’ Commonwealth Games
SYDNEY: The Commonwealth Games are "more relevant now than ever", organisers said on Monday as they got ready to fire the starting gun on...
