Davis Cup heavyweights Australia and the United States eased through the first qualifying round on Saturday but Britain were knocked out as Japan hit back from 2-1 down to win 3-2, while Denmark staged a dramatic comeback to overcome Serbia.
Australia announced a 16-member squad on Thursday with several fresh faces added to the group that played India in the fifth and final Test at Sydney last week. Australia won the marquee series 3-1.
Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood claimed the Men's Test Player-of-the-Year award. It marked his first Australian Cricket Award, with Hazlewood taking 30 wickets at just 13.16 in Tests against the West Indies, New Zealand, and India.
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'Australia skipper Marsh not ready to bowl for start of World Cup'
'It's not jabs anymore. Sunny is throwing haymakers over the top.'
A 40-year-old Indian doctor was held in a US jail on a USD 2 million bond after being charged with multiple sex crimes for allegedly recording hundreds of nude images and videos of children and women over several years, according to media reports.
'He showed an awareness of what was required, which belied the fact that he was making his Test debut.'
The Australian team doesn't have the time to think about India's incredible victory at the Gabba in 2021 and ahead of their face-off at the same venue almost four years later.
And it was only understandable that Australia's assistant coach Andrew McDonald felt for the spectators.
'Steve had expressed a desire to move back down from that opening position.'
In the first quarter (Q1) of the ongoing financial year ending June 30, Westlife Foodworld, which operates McDonald's outlets in the South and West, reported an 88 per cent drop in net profit. While net sales remained flat, its same-store sales growth (SSSG) fell by 6.7 per cent, impacted by "subdued in-store business, although the off-premise segment saw positive same-store sales", the company said.
Australia head coach Andrew McDonald said that the management is very hopeful that skipper Mitchell Marsh will bowl in the upcoming matches
Australia are already without another regular all-rounder in Cameron Green, who was ruled out of the India series after opting to have surgery on a stress fracture in his lumbar spine.
Bhambri, Nedunchezhiyan-Prashanth reach ATP 250 doubles finals in China
With noses bloodied and pride stung from the pounding in Perth, Australia will look to hit back with the pink ball in the second Test against India at Adelaide Oval.
McDonald said there was no concern around Marsh's lack of match practice over the last two months as Australia will play some practice games before their T20 World Cup opener against Oman on June 5.
Andrew McDonald backs Mitch Marsh for Australian captaincy
The company said that Steve Easterbrook had "violated company policy and demonstrated poor judgement involving in a recent consensual relationship with an employee".
A summary of Friday's action in the Davis Cup group stage matches.
Boland credited his intense rehabilitation for getting him back in the national reckoning.
'Unique action, and it's a little bit tricky to pick up some cues.'
A quick look at the winners of the 82nd Annual Golden Globe awards.
US fast-food giant McDonald's Corp has ended its 41-year-long Olympic Games sponsorship deal three years early, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday.
Several cafes and restaurants are boarded up from outside but still promising they are open. As Americans voted Tuesday, the capital prepared itself for potential unrest.
As part of the agreement, McDonald's has acquired 50 per cent voting equity shares in Connaught Plaza Restaurants, held by Bakshi and his affiliated entity since inception.
Vikram Bakshi says the 169 stores will remain open, McDonald's says it will take steps to enforce termination.
In a first in India, the fast-food joint is converting used cooking oil into biodiesel, which is used to power 20-25 trucks that make trips to around 275 restaurants carrying supplies from its distribution centre
Rajasthan Royals on Monday appointed former Australian all-rounder Andrew McDonald as their new head coach for a three-year term.
Food chain rejects Bakshi's offer of Rs 1,800-cr for stake; CLB gives it till Nov 25 to make a counter-offer.
Differences between Bakshi, his wife and McDonald's India emerged in mid-2013.
In his petition to the Company Law Board filed on September 9, Bakshi said McDonald's began 'arm-twisting' him to sell his entire shareholding in Connaught Plaza Restaurants, the equal joint venture between him and McDonald's since 2008, at an 'undervalued' price of $5 million, later raised to $7 million.
Australia coach Andrew McDonald is unperturbed by batter Marnus Labuschagne's recent run of low scores, saying that there are going to be "ebbs and flows" in one's Test career and the team is much more concerned about their batting line-up performing well as a collective.
Short of players, a nine-man Australia needed as many as four support staff members on the field, including chief selector and head coach, in their T20 World Cup warm-up against Namibia but that did not change the expected outcome of the game.
Head blasted a match-winning, unbeaten 154 from 129 balls at Trent Bridge as world champions Australia stormed to a seven-wicket win over England in the first ODI on Thursday.
'I'd like to probably err on the side of preparing him through red ball. We know how good a white-ball player he is so you put a priority on what it looks like next summer.'
Australia head coach Andrew McDonald on Saturday showered praise on David Warner and said that he is probably the greatest all-format Aussie player.
This is the guy who might be one feeble, McDonald's-fueled heartbeat from the presidency, notes Sree Sreenivasan.
With this launch, McDonald's reaffirms its promise to expand and grow in the Southern states, Amit Jatia, vice-chairman, Hardcastle Restaurants Private Ltd, a Master Franchisee for West and South India operations of McDonald's Restaurants, told reporters on Thursday.
Bakshi rejects McDonald's proposal to buy his stake in JV for Rs 48-50 crore
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