According to an interim report on climate change to be released in Sydney on Thursday, without intervention before 2020, it would be impossible to avoid a high risk of dangerous climate change that was advancing more rapidly than previously thought.
Irish captain William Porterfield not getting pressured by the daring batting of De Villiers
Sri Lanka suffered an embarrassing seven wicket loss to Tasmania on Saturday in their last warm-up match before the triangular one-day series with Australia and India.
The Indian women's team's batting collapsed yet again as Australia romped to a thumping 118-run victory in the fourth one-dayer to take a 4-0 lead in the five-match series in Canberra on Saturday. Chasing a record 281 for an elusive win in the series, India were bowled out for 163 with four overs to spare.
India's women's cricket team choked under pressure and lost the third One-Day International against Australia by 54 runs at the North Sydney Oval on Wednesday. It was their third successive defeat. Australia too an unassailable 3-0 lead to pocket the five-match series.
He's very gracious when all is well, like when he is winning. But he's prone to jump in fright when someone stands up to him.
Public opinion, fuelled by overwhelming anger at the events of the second Test in Sydney, suggests that the team should return.
Ponting told Nine Network's 'A Current Affair' program that "They're (the BCCI) entitled to do whatever they think is appropriate at the time, but to me that would be a little bit extreme. "From what I, and the rest of the Australian players can take from the first two tests is a lot of fun and a lot of enjoyment. "You'd like to think that one little incident like this wouldn't bring undone all the great work that's been done over a long period of time."
Labour party leader Kevin Rudd, who swept to power nine days ago routing the coalition led by Conservative prime minister John Howard, was on Monday officially sworn in as Australia's 26th prime minister.
Roger Federer is keeping a lid on expectations.
The environment outside the Allphones Arena in Sydney was electric on Monday as thousands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi thronged the stadium to attend his event.
The start of the match was delayed by nearly three and half hours because of heavy rain, reducing it to 29 overs a side.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly provided another perspective on the on-field behaviour of the under-fire Australian team, saying their conduct on the final day of the Sydney Test showed how desperate they were to win that match.
Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd said he is pleased with the way Australian Federal Police handled the case.
'Areas where we are seeking increased co-operation are in low-level military exercises and professional exchanges in niche areas like flying instructor training, clearance diving and (maritime) passage exercises,' she said.
Ola said it has obtained licences to operate in South Wales and Greater Manchester, and will launch operations in South Wales by September.
A brand-new hotel located in Canberra, Australia's National Zoo and Aquarium offers an experience unlike another.
The International Cricket Council will issue all umpires with helmets in the upcoming World T20 tournament in India as part of a growing trend towards the increased safety of officials in the sport. The move comes on the back of two umpires being hospitalised in the past two months after being struck by deflected straight hits from batsmen. In December, Australian John Ward was hospitalised after being hit on the head during a Ranji Trophy match in India, while English umpire Richard Kettleborough received a nasty blow to the shin while officiating an ODI between Australia and India in Canberra on January 20, spending the night in hospital before being cleared to fly to Sydney for the following match.
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene insisted that his team would have come out trumps in the tri-series match even if the Duckworth-Lewis method hadn't reduced their target at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Tuesday.
'If you are chasing 154 (instead of 196) your approach changes a lot. A team can keep only two fielders in catching position and you can't save the boundaries," said Dhoni, after India suffered an eight-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in the CB tri-series.
Sri Lanka cruised to an easy eight-wicket victory against India on the Duckworth-Lewis method in their rain-shortened fifth ODI.
The start of the fifth one-day international of the CB tri-series between India and Sri Lanka was delayed due to heavy rain at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.
Virender Sehwag had a special session with new India coach before his remarkable knock of 151 in the fourth Test at Adelaide.
The eight innings in the ongoing Australia versus India has produced an unprecedented 2498 runs and Cricket Australia bosses have admitted that they are trying to ring in change to make all the pitches batting friendly. In all the four ODI matches, batsmen have had the upper hand with 671 runs being scored in the Canberra game - third most in an ODI played in Australia. "In an ideal world we've got some of the best fast bowlers in the world who like it hard, fast and bouncy and we're not getting that at the moment," CA's general manager of team performance Pat Howard was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.
The left-hander twisted his knee in the morning practice session before the start of second day's play of the third Test.
Captain Anil Kumble said India are also toying with adding an extra seamer for the notoriously fast WACA pitch.
Virender Sehwag smashed 113 off just 78 balls on the final day of their tour match against ACT XI that ended in a draw.
Paceman Ishant Sharma scalped three wickets to brighten his prospects for a berth in the team for the third Test but it was an unexpected name that stole the limelight on the second day of the three-day tie between the tourists and ACT Eleven at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Friday.
Australian model Ilana Davies gets candid with Rediff.com's Tista Sengupta.
Nick Kyrgios has accused Olympic great Dawn Fraser of being a 'blatant racist'.
India's concern was conveyed by Ministry of External Affairs to the Australian High Commission in Delhi.
Former Australian batsman Dean Jones believes mercurial all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who recently drew flak from his teammates and management for his 'disappointing' comments about wicketkeeper-batsman Mathew Wade, needs to find a mentor in order to make better decisions about what he says and also how he bats.
'The competition for spots is always on. And when you're in the side, it's equally as hard to stay in it. You have to be performing, but I am definitely not feeling comfortable' 'If I can keep performing then I can stay in the side and that's what I hope to do'
"This is totally unacceptable and I'll talk to my colleague in Australia about the incident," said Britain's Minister for Sport Richard Caborn.
Aus all-rounder James Faulkner says that the new Powerplay rule crucial to team's total
Gillespie injured his shoulder playing for South Australia in Australia's domestic first-class competition.
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan and its coach John Dyson believe Shane Warne will find it tough going if he is picked for Australia's coming tour to the subcontinent.
On the day of his great mate's funeral, Shane Warne remembers the first time he took on David Hookes.
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