The Indian athletics team probables for the Commonwealth will be sent for advanced training to the two cities
'Modi Express', a special train carrying over 220 passengers who will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first public lecture in Sydney, was flagged off on Sunday by an Australian minister in Melbourne.
Without bigger contributions from their senior players -- Masood and Babar Azam among them -- Pakistan may struggle to prevent the losing streak from stretching to 16 in Melbourne, for all of Hafeez's fighting words.
Aryna Sabalenka beat China's Zheng Qinwen 6-3 6-2 to retain the Australian Open women's singles title on Saturday.
Many of the world's greatest athletes from 71 nations will compete in the Commonwealth Games to be held at Melbourne in March 2006.
Victoria Azarenka's hopes of a remarkable comeback Australian Open victory crumbled under Angelique Kerber's winners on Wednesday but the Belarusian was pleased with solid three weeks Down Under that made her feel she had turned a corner.
According to the Economic Intelligence Unit's new Global Liveability Survey, Melbourne dislodged Vancouver to become the best city in the world to live.
Australia batter Shaun Marsh announced his retirement from professional cricket.
The 20-year-old became the youngest semi-finalist at Melbourne Park since American Andy Roddick, also 20, at the 2003 tournament.
Reader Chandan Venkatapathy sent us pictures of Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza from Melbourne.
'I don't want to rely on one or two individuals to win us the game.'
As Singapore, New York and Melbourne have shown, cities can mitigate the impact of heatwaves if they have the will to create green infrastructure, explain Amit Kapoor & Bibek Debroy.
Melbourne Park's first glimpse of Andy Murray was a brief one on Tuesday as the bookmakers' favourite for the Australian Open zipped through to round two in double-quick time when his opponent retired injured.
South Africa rode on twin half centuries by Neil McKenzie and JP Duminy and some late fireworks by Albie Morkel to edge past Australia by three wickets in the opening one-dayer of the five match cricket series in Melbourne on Friday.
Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke has been cleared to take the field in the first one-day international against South Africa at the MCG, in Melbourne on Friday.
Vidya Balan was announced the brand ambassador of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne for third consecutive year.
Novak Djokovic kept cool in stifling Melbourne heat to kick off his Australian Open title defence with a straight-sets thrashing of Italian Paolo Lorenzi.
Reader Ravichandra sent us this picture from Melbourne.
Rafael Nadal said a MRI scan had shown a micro tear on a muscle.
Raai Laxmi cruises... Raveena goes on a safari... Guess who Sanjay met...
'To be honest, the whole tournament I haven't really played close to my best. I didn't feel really myself on the court during this tournament. One can say semi-finals is a great result, of course, but I always expect the highest of myself.'
Reader Ramji Subramanian sent us this photograph from Melbourne.
Former England cricketer Nasser Hussain showered praise on Kohli.
A Malaysia Airlines aircraft carrying more than 300 passengers made an emergency landing at Melbourne airport on Friday after a reported engine fire.
Smith carried his bat with an unbeaten 91 in a losing cause in Brisbane.
The two students have been identified as Pradeep Singh, 29, of Delhi and Prashant Segan, 24, of Andhra Pradesh.
India lost the first One-day international against Australia in the tri-nation series by 65 runs at the Melbourne Cricket ground on Sunday.
Melbourne Renegades named Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi as one of their two overseas recruits for Australia's revamped domestic Twenty20 league on Friday. The former Pakistan captain ignored more lucrative offers to join compatriot Abdul Razzaq, who was also named in the Renegades' 16-member squad, local media said.
Australia wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey is not interested in specialising in long-form work, although he is hoping for another Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) hundred when hosts take on Pakistan in the second Test, saying that "plenty of ODI and T20 cricket is still left in him."
Sania Mirza bowed out of the Australian Open after a 6-7, 4-6 loss to Venus Williams in the third round.
In an astonishing third day of the topsy-turvy fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne played in swirling winds and burning heat, Australia's Nathan Lyon sent England into a tailspin on Saturday.
A trio of tennis moms-Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki-are poised for comebacks at the Australian Open.
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz won the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday in a triumphant return two weeks after appendicitis surgery as Red Bull's World champion Max Verstappen suffered his first retirement in two years.
India vice-captain Mandhana to skip WBBL for second year in row
'That's the motto: the future is bright. This year hopefully I can play better in Australian Open and go further and show some good tennis.'
Ricky Ponting opens up on his son's love for the sport
Part-time Indian taxi drivers in Melbourne have claimed that they are frequently assaulted and cheated but they did not report the incidents because they had no confidence in the police.
Images from the men's singles Round of 16 matches at the US Open on Monday.
Coco Gauff battled past Elina Svitolina in the Auckland Classic final on Sunday to retain her title.
