Ash Barty ended Australia's 44-year wait for a home winner at the Australian Open when the world number one staved off a fightback from American Danielle Collins to complete a 6-3, 7-6(2) win on Saturday and pick up her third Grand Slam title.
Elena Rybakina put on a brilliant performance to defeat favourite Aryna Sabalenka 64, 46, 64 and lift her first Australian Open trophy.
With the 2011 edition of the prestigious tournament getting underway, Senior Associate Editor Bikash Mohapatra takes a look at a few players whose lone claim to fame came at the grass courts of the All England Club.
The official 26-man squads for FIFA World Cup 2026.
Barty staved off a fightback from Collins to pick up her third Grand Slam title
Ash Barty has become the first local woman to reach the final of an Australian Open in 42 years.
Barty's athleticism is remarkable.
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The 2011 US Open champion could not wait to join her friend for the 'Barty Party'.
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Ash Barty ended Australia's 44-year wait for a home winner at the Australian Open when the world number one staved off a fightback from American Danielle Collins to complete a 6-3, 7-6(2) win.
Manchester City defender John Stones headed a controversial stoppage-time winner in a 2-1 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday that took them top of the Premier League and set a club record of 31 league games unbeaten.
Barty is primed to become the first local since Chris O'Neil in 1978 to win the Australian Open.
Ash Barty carries a nation's hopes of ending the long wait for a home champion into the Australian Open
Ash Barty's dream of ending her nation's 42-year wait for a homegrown Australian Open champion lay in tatters on Thursday after the world number one crumbled on the big points in a straight-sets semi-final defeat to Sofia Kenin. The 23-year-old Queenslander beat a hasty retreat from Rod Laver Arena after losing her first Melbourne semi-final 7-6(6), 7-5, shaking her head ruefully as she walked down the player's tunnel.
'I felt comfortable knowing that I just needed to change a few things, to adjust, to try and bring the match back in my favour'
Emma Raducanu says she is not worried about her poor form and will play without pressure at the Australian Open.
IMAGES from the EPL matches played on Saturday.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
Penpix of the top women's contenders at the 2021 Australian Open
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
Wolves took the lead a minute later when Rayan Ait-Nouri's cross found Sarabia poorly marked in the middle of the box. The Spain international headed past Grbic to score his third goal in the campaign.
Forty years have passed since Chris O'Neil held the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup aloft as the last Australian women's champion in 1978.
Following Serena Williams's 19th Grand Slam title, here is the list of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated)
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played across England, on Saturday.
The Australian Open has seen many unheralded players punching above their weight. Rediff.com takes a look at a few such unseeded players who went the distance in the new millennium.
Images from Day 9 of the 2022 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park, on Tuesday.
A summary of Wednesday's action in the Premier League.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Northern Ireland set a record of 10 games unbeaten with a 1-0 win over Slovenia after a goal by Conor Washington in a friendly on Monday in the build-up to their first European Championship.
Many app makers have stopped work on their projects or abandoned them, mostly because of the lack of customers or limitations of the device.
The world's most expensive player, Gareth Bale of Wales, will face an ageing goalkeeper looking for a club in Saturday's intriguing all-British showdown against fellow debutants Northern Ireland.
Mario Mandzukic and Nikola Kalinic grabbed hat-tricks as Croatia achieved a record win as an independent nation by demolishing San Marino 10-0 in their final Euro 2016 warm-up match in Rijeka.
Wales reached the Euro 2016 quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over Northern Ireland thanks to an own goal by Gareth McAuley in a poor encounter at the Parc des Princes on Saturday. Centre back McAuley turned a Gareth Bale cross into his own net 15 minutes from time in the all British last-16 clash.
Images from the 2018 World Cup qualifiers played in Europe on Monday
Images from the European World Cup qualifiers played on Thursday
Spain strolled to a 4-1 win at home to Israel, while Italy survived some first-half scares on the way to a 2-0 win and Ukraine registered a 1-0 home win over Ukraine in an action-packed game.
As India gets set to play its 500th Test, Rajneesh Gupta presents India's memorable Test victories at home.
