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“Tuesday night’s quarter-final match between Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz had everything a US Open spectacle could ask for: huge stakes, knife-edge drama, top-shelf competition and an American hero who comes through in the end.”

“He won his seventh Grand Slam title at the Australian Open to start this year not long before his injury, and came to Flushing Meadows saying he didn't know what to expect.”

“Alcaraz started the year winning the Australian Open, but was playing his first tournament since April after returning from a right wrist injury.”

“Fritz’s defeat is a warning to any of his compatriots with hopes of becoming the first American man since Roddick at the 2003 US Open to win a grand slam.”

“… heroics in the second round against Lorenzo Musetti on his US Open debut, is finding things much tougher against another Italian opponent, Luciano Darderi, and the Australian wildcard trails 6-4, 6-3 – but Karen Khachanov has continued where he left off…”

“Australian Open champion Rybakina avenged the second-round defeat she suffered to the Ukrainian at the French Open.”

“Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke said none of the team had been offered asylum at that time.”

“Ati (above) said getting Australian citizenship 'meant everything' Pasand (right) said she hopes 'to be a useful person for Australia' Immigration officials were able to further help the women through a secret midnight meeting in the foyer of their Gold Coast…”

“At lunchtime the next day, Ati, Pasand and three other players managed to indicate to Australian Federal Police officers waiting in the hotel lobby that they had made up their mind.”

“…: South Africa vs Australia — first Test in Durban New: Filters Choose what information you see below by using filters Toss and teams imminent Possibly silly question but when should we expect the toss to happen? - Lachlan Not a silly question at all,…”

“Head hits back at former Australia players in defence of Test team Australia opener Travis Head has taken to task former Test players turned critics whom he accused on Wednesday of “putting a bullet” through the current team.”

“Arriving in Auckland ahead of the opening Bledisloe Cup Test in 1999, Wallabies great David Wilson cut a confident figure.”

“The Wallabies will take on the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday night, in the opening clash of the two-game Bledisloe Cup series.”

“That the "leadership group" of the Australian team hatched their plan during the lunch break on that Saturday afternoon in March 2018; that an alert camera operator lingered on Cameron Bancroft when others would have turned their attention elsewhere; that the…”

“Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland had phoned Smith in a bid to restore calm, and the Australian captain brought his teammates together for a players-only gathering in the Port Elizabeth dressing room before play started.”

“The Wallabies led by 25 points before yellow cards to Harry Wilson, Ryan Lonergan, Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii and Hunter Paisami left the team with 11 players against the world champions.”

“…atch for the ages, one for the Wallabies to put in a bottle and place on the very top shelf - one for us all to take down when the days grow cold and we grow old, to take out the cork and say: this, this was how good Australian rugby could be at its very…”

“Some players went to an Australian Football League game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where the 49ers will face the Rams in the first NFL regular season game ever played in the country.”

“The Rams have international marketing rights in Australia, but so do recent Super Bowl winners Seattle Seahawks and the Philadelphia Eagles, who also boast Australian players Jordan Mailata (Eagles) and Michael Dickson (Seahawks).”

““I think he made two people miss on the one move, but he’s one of those players who can just break a game open, and we probably needed that.””

“In a historic first for Australian rugby, all four senior rugby sides – men’s and women’s – will play on the same afternoon at the Homebush venue.”

“The crowd of 41,225 was the biggest attendance for any Test match in Sydney since 1974, and this was a game that reminded them all of how it used to be as the two teams put on an utter classic.”

“Now, the players are aiming to become the first Australian team to successfully defend a world title.”

“The visit and the extra media attention come after several AI companies recently revealed their models had circumvented controls to keep them off the internet and went on to hack websites, including that of the Australian government.”

“Walters opted for Reece Walsh at fullback and Mitchell Moses at halfback for the opening game, but said James Tedesco and Sam Walker will get their chance in game two.”

“Particularly when Saturday’s 50-19 capitulation against the All Blacks at Eden Park marked Australia’s 12th consecutive defeat to their trans-Tasman rivals.”

“By contrast, the other two LNG projects in Queensland — run by global super-major Shell and Australian company Origin along with US firm ConocoPhillips — had overwhelmingly been supplying the local market in net terms.”

“I don’t want to explain to my son when we’re watching our brilliant England team play football that some people don’t think our black players are English … We must not let these people take us backwards.”

“Decades of planning After decades of lobbying, the 18-hole course opened in 2010 at a cost of $18.5 million, heavily backed by the state government and the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, which manages the course today.”

“Firmus, the Nvidia-backed AI infrastructure company, looked set to deliver one of the biggest floats in Australian market history, seeking to raise billions at a proposed valuation of $44 billion – Woolworths entire market cap.”

“A state job should be a working interview for the Australian head coach’s position, and states and premier clubs should be rewarded for the number of Test players they develop.”

“Speaking on Thursday at his first Australian Open launch since replacing Craig Tiley in August as both Tennis Australia chief executive and tournament director, Abdo was opining about the virtues of tennis rivalries when his misstep occurred.”

“The coaches have named their sides for the opening clash at Eden Park on Saturday, and while Rennie was left to deal with more injuries to key players – pivot Richie Mo’unga has been ruled out – Kiss had much better fortune with star Len Ikitau overcoming an…”

“Participation has boomed in Australia and scores of athletes are switching from Australian rules football, netball and rugby, while the American team has recruited basketball players.”

“Speaking ahead of Australia’s main training session to an audience that included former Test opener and ABC commentator Phil Jaques, Head made plain his displeasure at the way the team had been targeted by past generations.”

““We could play up against WPL, but I know it’s not something our players want us to do, and that’s why we’re not doing it,” he said.”

“…ecome an undisputed global superstar, winning Ballons d’Or and UEFA Champions League medals, leading the Matildas and Australian soccer towards greatness, all without wondering if she actually wants any of these things, or if we just want them for us, via…”

“He was fined more than £60,000 for his behaviour at the 2025 Australian Open, which included trying to destroy a net camera, and had an infamous meltdown later that year at the US Open.”

“He reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open, losing in five sets to Novak Djokovic, but suffered a shock second-round exit at the French Open in May.”

“The company is advancing comprehensive feasibility work alongside technical adviser Worley, building on historical scoping models that outline a US$406 million (A$584M) phase one capital framework to establish a high-margin open-pit operation.”

“The company says these results represent the ‘highest concentrate grades ever’ achieved at Gasaat and open the door for substantial price premiums for its rock.”

““At the AT&T Stadium where the Dallas Cowboys play, there’s a bar just below ground level ... and the players actually run through the bar to go onto the ground, and people will pay a lot of money just to be part of that.”

“When Australian banker Andrew Dixon moved to Singapore in 1998, he began spending his weekends exploring the Indonesian islands scattered just across the water.”

“Australian women's involvement at the China Open is down to just one singles player after Kimberly Birrell and Storm Hunter were both second-round casualties.”

“Away on a training trip on the day of the attack, the Roosters players gathered to pay their respects on Bondi Beach as soon as they could, before hosting an open training session on the sand in January.”

“While some data-centre operators are exploring the use of recycled water for cooling, this was never going to be an option in Lane Cove, however, since the appropriate infrastructure doesn’t exist at the site.”

“It's that selling point that has attracted the likes of Meta and OpenAI as customers, Blackstone as an investor and Nvidia as a supplier and investor.”

“Pat Cummins has opened the door for Mitchell Marsh to make a comeback to Test cricket as soon as the series in South Africa, believing the white-ball bruiser still has it in him to change red-ball games, like he did at Headingley in the 2023 Ashes.”

““Frustrating is, you know, probably an understatement, and this city and fan base is so loyal and passionate that they all want us back in the play-offs and, trust me, no one wants that more than us players,””

“Of course a club is keen to have its best players available.”

“Birrell rocketed into the world's top-50 for the first time with her long-awaited maiden triumph at the Korea Open WTA 250 event while admitting her landmark day wasn't easy as she had to get there by beating her Australian pal Maya Joint in the final.”

“It’s a craze fuelling a boom for Australian shirt dealers, while globally, the trend has attracted private equity dollars, pushing some vintage kit businesses toward $100 million valuations.”

“The 2022 British Open champion joined former US Open winner Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood this week at Le Golf National, an hour from Paris.”

“"We're finding many of us are returning Tasmanians who have some experience further afield and are very attracted to an opportunity like this to come home and be part of history," he said.”

“The Beatles weren't always the first to use particular recording techniques attributed to them, but they typically popularised them by combining little-known studio tricks with the canny songwriting skills of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison.”

“Fremantle’s last training session at their home ground ahead of this year’s grand final was more for the fans than for players, as thousands lined the sidelines of the Cockburn facility on Thursday.”

“Nine players this week were at Medinah for the 2019 BMW Championship.”

“By her own reckoning, the 2026 season has brought "an improvement" for Boulter, winning her fourth WTA title in Ostrava and beating new world number one Elena Rybakina at Queen's in a year in which the Kazakh won the Australian and US Open crowns.”

“One of my favourite Australian romance writers, Anita Heiss, opened by talking about why she writes about love.”

“"He's usually the first one at trainings,"”

“Footwear, apparel and accessories launches Rothy’s used almost a decade of customer feedback to design the third iteration of The Point flat, a customer favorite women’s shoe.”

“In tennis, the US Open wraps the calendar of grand slams – a term via the bridge club.”

“Among the 10 absentees are some of the few players who were keeping that squad’s average age high, including Melbourne City’s Mathew Leckie and Awer Mabil, and midfielder Ajdin Hrustic, now based in the UAE, all of whom are in their twilight years at…”

“While netball may be Australian girls' and women's top participation team sport, it has long fallen short of producing — or at least nurturing — elite Indigenous talent.”

““I don’t want to say surprised me, but what’s been really great has been his attention to detail, his intent to get clarity, and how steadfast he is in what he believes in, and what he wants us to do and how he thinks we can be successful in that.”

“Usually, the butterflies vanish once he arrives at the SCG and slips into the familiar rhythms of match day.”

“But it's One Nation's Trump-like attitude towards the media that is becoming a troubling development for Australian democracy.”

“The focus should be on encouraging commercial licensing deals, not on giving US tech giants free access to Australian content.”

“On average, Zverev's US Open opponents ranked 45th overall, with his first-round opponent, Lorenzo Sonego, the lowest-ranked at No.89.”

“Elena Rybakina has made history for Kazakhstan by becoming the world No. 1 in women’s tennis after defeating Aryna Sabalenka at the US Open.”

“After coming back into the tennis spotlight, Serena Williams went out with an Irish goodbye at the US Open.”

“LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean McVay has never been afraid to buck conventional NFL logic, and he is doing so once again with the Los Angeles Rams’ unusual travel plans for their season opener in Australia.”

“New York: Logan Gornbein is very clear: his presence at the US Open is dependent on his ability to gamble.”

“Australia has made it two from two at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup with an 87-71 win over Türkiye in Berlin.”

“A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.”

“Two-time All-Australian ruck Strom was in agony at Princes Park after a tackle from Tigers midfielder Emelia Yassir in the first quarter of Sunday's clash.”

“The opening Bledisloe Cup encounter will be played at Auckland's Eden Park on October 10, before the return clash in Sydney the following week.”

“Dane Sweeny’s unlikely US Open run as the last Australian standing is over.”

“Cases have been opened or assets threatened against former international footballers Ali Karimi and Sardar Azmoun, Iranian-Australian referee Alireza Faghani, former Esteghlal captain Voria Ghafouri and Ali Daei, considered one of the greatest players in…”

“…igation in 2025, its sunscreens had become a darling of the Australian beauty industry – a cult favourite among young women for its pastel-hued packaging and its lightweight, tinted formulas that felt more at home in an upmarket beauty retailer than a…”

“The victory extended Alcaraz's match-winning streak at the majors to 17 following his triumph at Flushing Meadows last year and his Australian Open win in February.”

“They should have, in hindsight, opened up the conversation more widely, but I suspect Kolodjashnij, being a retiring unassuming athlete in his early-30s, did not want his medical position discussed in public.”

“Bangladesh coach Phil Simmons has warned his players to expect a fierce backlash from Australia in the second Test after his side shocked the cricket world with a nine-wicket victory in the series opener in Darwin.”

“…gladesh 426: (Tanzid 101, Shanto 84, Miraz 65; Hazlewood 6-89) & 57-1 (Mominul 30*) Bangladesh win by nine wickets Bangladesh thrashed Australia by nine wickets on the fourth day of the series-opener in Darwin to complete one of Test cricket's greatest…”

“It was feared the team would face repercussions for refusing to sing the Iranian anthem at their opening match, just days after the US-Israeli war against Iran began.”