Tag: Australia
Australia batsmen hold key to potential Ashes whitewash: McGrath
SYDNEY: Legendary Australian paceman Glenn McGrath is fond of predicting Ashes whitewashes for his compatriots over England - but this time round he is not...
Chris Gayle wins defamation case against Australian media group
SYDNEY: West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle Monday won a defamation case against an Australian media group which claimed he exposed himself to a...
PNG demands clarity from Australia on plans for asylum-seeker camp
Sydney: Refugee advocates warned of an "extremely tense" situation at a Papua New Guinea asylum-seeker camp Monday ahead of its closure, as Port Moresby...
AC/DC producer and Australian music pioneer George Young dies
SYDNEY: Australian music pioneer George Young, a driving force behind AC/DC which was fronted by his brothers Angus and Malcolm, has died aged 70,...
Women’s Ashes: Australia beat England in opening ODI
BRISBANE: Australia began their Women's Ashes defence with a tight two-wicket victory over England in the first one-day international in Brisbane.
Lauren Winfield (48) top-scored...
North Korea warns threats a ‘big miscalculation’ in letter to Australia...
SYDNEY: North Korea has sent a letter to Australia’s parliament, warning it is a nuclear power and will not be cowed by US President...
Australian senate rejects proposed visa, citizenship curbs
SYDNEY: Australia’s lawmakers have rejected legislation that would tighten citizenship and foreign worker visa rules, a blow to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull who had sought...
Usman Khawaja criticises Australia’s selection policy
SYDNEY: Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has criticised the country´s selection policy and says the constant team changes hampered his attempts to develop his all-around...
Khawaja critical of Australia selection policy
SYDNEY: Usman Khawaja, Australia's likely Ashes No. 3 batsman, has questioned the selectors' policy in Asian Test matches this year, saying that the changes from...
‘It’s war’ – Warner driven by hatred for Ashes
SYDNEY: Australian batsman David Warner says playing England is "war" and he plans to work up "hatred" for the tourists for extra motivation during...
India-Australia T20 series final cancelled
HYDERABAD: The third and deciding T20 International between India and Australia was abandoned without a ball being bowled after officials called off play due...
Australia tightens English requirements for foreign students
SYDNEY: Australia is tightening English language requirements for foreign students in what it said Thursday is a bid to improve standards across the country´s...
Dead man’s unsent text message passes for will in Australia
BRISBANE: A dead man's unsent text message leaving his home and pension to his brother rather than his wife and son and signed off...
DNA confirms amazing Australian isle insect not extinct after all
WASHINGTON: When black rats invaded Lord Howe Island after the 1918 wreck of the steamship Makambo, they wiped out numerous native species on the...
Stokes absent from Ashes flight
LONDON: Ben Stokes will not travel with the England squad to Australia on October 28 but no final decision has been taken on his...
Flintoff guarantees England Ashes victory
LONDON: Andrew Flintoff has ramped up the Ashes rhetoric by declaring England's current Test side the best "we've ever had" and that "it's not...
Australia flags tougher national terror laws
Sydney: Australia unveiled plans Wednesday to hold terror suspects for 14 days without charge and beef up its national database to include biometric data...
