Troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds was overlooked for Australia's 16-man squad for this year's Ashes series in England. Australia's selectors ditched Symonds in favour of the injury-prone Shane Watson even though the Queenslander still has to pass a fitness test.
Under pressure Australia may miss the services of controversial all-rounder Andrew Symonds due to a knee injury in the second Test against South Africa starting from Friday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Former world No. 4 Jelena Dokic has won a direct wildcard entry into next month's Australian Open by winning a qualifying tournament in Melbourne on Sunday. Dokic, who came from a set down to beat Queensland junior Monica Wejnert 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 will now attempt to qualify for lead-up tournaments in Brisbane and Hobart in the New Year.
Virat Kohli (115 not out) and Ajinkya Rahane (95) shared a 205-run third-wicket stand to guide India to a convincing seven-wicket win over New Zealand in their second one-dayer of the Emerging Players Tournament in Queensland on Friday.
Battle commences at Edgbaston on Thursday and the last time Australia won there was the opening match of the 2001 series which they ended up dominating 4-1.
British national Ben Southall, the winner of the 'Best Job in the World' competition which will pay him a whopping $121,000 on Wednesday started his six-month caretaker duties at the picturesque Hamilton Island, saying he intends to work hard to promote tourism in the Australian state of Queensland.
He denies being an alcoholic, but troubled Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds concedes he is a binge drinker and struggles to cope with the attention that comes with being an international cricketer.
Had legendary fast bowler Dennis Lillie not spotted him years ago at a cricket clinic in Queensland, Australian Mitchell Johnson says he would have ended up joining the army.
The Indian hockey team started its tour of Australia and New Zealand on a convincing note, drubbing a combined Queensland and New South Wales state team 8-1 in the opening encounter, thanks to winger Rajpal Singh's brilliant hat-trick, in Brisbane on Saturday.
According to AFP, the local Gold Coast council is offering a service up to 10 times normal speed after laying new fibre cables to coincide with the multi-sport event next month, which is contested between nations that are members of the Commonwealth.
Australia's Olympic champion high hurdler Sally Pearson has pulled out of the Rio de Janeiro games after tearing her hamstring in training.
After the Clarke inquiry into the bungled case of Haneef held its first public hearing on Wednesday, Queensland Law Council president Megan Mahon told the daily that two protections commonly given to royal commissions indemnity against defamation and self-incrimination -- were not given to Clarke, exposing witnesses to civil action. Mahon said that in the absence of those protections, many lawyers would advise their clients not to co-operate.
New South Wales bowler Aaron Bird was reported for having a doubtful bowling action during his stint in the Ford Ranger Cup. Match umpires mentioned about Aaron as having a doubtful bowling action with some of his deliveries during the Ford Ranger Cup matches between Queensland and New South Wales on October 18, South Australia and New South Wales on October 22, and the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Final between New South Wales and Victoria on January 24.
Meet RJ Anjaan, the only Indian shortlisted for the 'Best Job in the World.'
All-rounder Shane Watson was on Monday recalled to Australia's squad for next week's first Test against South Africa, which also includes off-spinner Jason Krejza subject to his fitness. Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin came in for some special praise from the selectors after his century against New Zealand in Adelaide recently.
The cricket bat Australia's Don Bradman used to make his highest first-class score is up for sale. The bat with which Bradman scored 452 not out for New South Wales against Queensland in 1930 will be auctioned in Melbourne next week.
The development of the coal mine located at Queensland in Australia and required infrastructure including railways would cost $7.6 billion.
In a formal submission to the John Clarke inquiry, the Queensland Police Service said it did not believe there was enough evidence to charge the 28-year-old Gold Coast doctor, who was forced to spend nearly three weeks in detention, and that it advised the federal police accordingly.
Stephen Keim, who successfully defended Haneef last year after he was wrongly accused of terror charges by Australian authorities in connection with the failed UK car-bomb plot, was cleared of any disciplinary action by Queensland's Legal Services Commission.
Reader Ajay Panwar met former Australian fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz at the University of Queensland.
Skipper Sandeep Singh pumped in three penalty corners as India whitewashed the Queensland-New South Wales State combine 7-0 in the second outing of their Australia-New Zealand tour at the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane on Sunday.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds has been dropped from Australia's cricket squad for their tour of India and replaced by Queensland team mate Shane Watson.
Skipper Brad Hodge's courageous effort ensured Victoria a place in Australia's domestic Twenty20 final and a shot at the Champions League.
A rejuvenated Mitchell Johnson needs only one victim to become Australia's third-highest Test wicket-taker but will hope for a bigger haul at his home ground in Perth, where New Zealand will be fighting to keep the three-match series alive.
The Queensland government in Australia is seeking details on the progress of the case against India-trained surgeon Jayant Patel dubbed 'Dr Death', who is allegedly involved in the deaths of 17 patients, following reports that his arrest is imminent.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has overlooked legends Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis, Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne to select Adam Gilchrist as the greatest player of the 21st century. Waugh said Gilchrist's game-changing career, in which he effectively evolved the wicketkeeping position to wicketkeeper-batsman, was what made him his No.1 choice. "I think the guy who's changed the game the most you would have to say is Adam Gilchrist," Waugh told Cricket Australia.
Under pressure Australian opener Matthew Hayden's future would be reviewed at the end of the Test series against South Africa, coach Tim Nielsen said.
In a move which could speed up the extradition of India-born surgeon Jayant Patel from the US to face manslaughter charges in Australia, one of the 14 charges against him has been dropped.
Former Queensland First Class player Bruce Oxenford will make his international umpiring debut in the Commonwealth Bank one-day international between India and Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval, becoming the 36th Australian to do so.
An Australian police team is ready to fly to the United States to bring back India-born surgeon Jayant Patel so that he can face manslaughter charges linked to the death of his patients as soon as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signs his extradition papers.Australian authorities want Patel, 58, to stand trial over the deaths of three patients at the Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland between 2003 and 2005, when he was director of surgery, before he fled to Oregon.
Adani will go ahead with its $15 bn mine, rail and port project.
India have complained about the uneven bounce on the practice pitches at the Gabba nets after Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were injured warming up for the fourth day of the second Test against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday.
During the interview Haneef talks about his relationship with his cousins Kafeel and Sabeel, allegedly involved in the terror plot in the UK
Indian-origin doctor Jayant Patel, accused of manslaughter charges in Australia, has won his bid for deferring his extradition hearing in the US by three weeks. Hearing date for the extradition of 58-year-old Patel, dubbed as 'Dr Death' in Australia, has been deferred to July 16 from June 26, an AAP report said.
After an investigation, researchers from Queensland University of Technology have revealed that some laser printers emit potentially dangerous levels of tiny toner-like materials in the air which could harm one's lungs.
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From a lower order batsman to one of Australia's prolific Test run-getters, Marnus Labuschange has carved his spot in the Australian line-up. The highest run-scorer in a calendar year in Test cricket in 2019, 'mind-blowing' Labuschange is now looking to break into the one-day team for the tour of India.
A Commonwealth Games already blighted by high-profile withdrawals suffered a hammer blow on Thursday, when the hosts' top track champion Sally Pearson was forced to pull out with a serious Achilles injury.
Some mango components act on the same pathways that diabetes and cholesterol drugs target.
The Australian seamer, who played significant part in the world champions' 2004 Test series triumph in India, retired from all forms of cricket.
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