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  PM Narendra Modi likely to visit Fiji on November 19

  Politics | October 24, 2014 23:45 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Fiji on November 19, a day after a bilateral meeting with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbot in Canberra.The Prime Minister is likely to travel from

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  Australian terror suspect may not have acted alone

  World | September 25, 2014 10:51 IST

  SYDNEY: A terror suspect shot dead after he stabbed two Australian counterterrorism police officers may not have been acting alone as originally thought, a lead investigator said on Thursday.Numan Haider, 18, was killed Tuesday after

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  Australian footballer Harry Kewell to announce retirement.

  Football | March 26, 2014 8:44 IST

  Canberra:   Australian football legend Harry Kewell is set to announce his retirement Wednesday, the media reported.Kewell, 35, is said to have called a press conference around 2 p.m. Wednesday -- though there has not

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  Australian: Nadal, Azarenka into 4th round

  Tennis | January 18, 2014 18:19 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Top-seeded Rafael Nadal and two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka looked as if they were in a hurry to get out for late dinners Saturday while posting straight-set victories in their night matches at

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  England start Australian tour with unimpressive performance

  Cricket | November 01, 2013 11:57 IST

  Perth, Australia: England's bowlers could pick up just one additional wicket Friday as the WACA Chairman's XI declared its innings at 451-5 in a three-day tour match, England's first of the Ashes tour.   The Western

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  Australian loses compensation case for sex injury

  World | October 30, 2013 9:46 IST

  Canberra, Australia: Australia's highest court on Wednesday denied worker's compensation to a bureaucrat who was injured while having sex in her hotel room on a business trip in a final decision reversing lower court rulings.The

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  Ministers discuss UAE-Australia bilateral ties

  World | August 27, 2013 7:37 IST

  Abu Dhabi: UAE Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan Monday met Minister of Education in the Australian state of Victoria, Martin Dixon, and discussed bilateral relations between the

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  Australian tennis academy enters India

  Tennis | April 18, 2013 19:52 IST

  Bangalore, Apr 18: The Australasian Academy of Tennis Coaches Thursday announced its expansion into India in partnership with Groundstrokes Tennis Academy.Chief executive officer of AATC Lynton Joseph said: "AATC has agreed to partner with Groundstrokes

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  Tomic back in Australian Davis Cup team

  Tennis | March 27, 2013 9:39 IST

  Melbourne, Mar 27: Bernard Tomic is back in Australia's Davis Cup team to play Uzbekistan in an Asia-Oceania second-round match.Team captain Pat Rafter, who had suspended Tomic before the country's 5-0 win over Taiwan in

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  Australian PGA set to move courses next year

  Other Sports | December 11, 2012 12:12 IST

  Coolum, Australia, Dec 11: The Australian PGA will move from its Sunshine Coast resort course location in south Queensland state after 11 years.Blame it, indirectly, on a new robotic dinosaur located between the ninth green

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  Australian MP questions award to Sachin Tendulkar

  Cricket | October 17, 2012 12:57 IST

  Sydney, Oct 17 : A parliamentarian has questioned the decision to confer a top Australian award on Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, saying "it's about the integrity of the honours list, which should be for Australians".Tendulkar's

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  Australian players named for Hockey India auction

  Hockey | October 16, 2012 19:01 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 16: Four Australian hockey co-captains along with current skipper Jamie Dwyer have made themselves available for the Hockey India League (HIL) starting Jan 5 next year.Mark Knowles, Fergus Kavanagh, Liam de Young

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  Australian threatens to burn down Islamic school

  World | September 26, 2012 19:55 IST

  Sydney, Sep 26: A 30-year-old Australian man has been charged with threatening to burn down an Islamic school and spray it with pig's blood, a media report said Wednesday.The man reportedly made a phone call

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  Australian bowler Shaun Tait likely to act in 'Kai Po Che'

  Cricket | September 11, 2012 12:50 IST

  Mumbai, Sep 10: Australian cricketer Shaun Tait is likely to be make a special appearance in the upcoming Bollywood film ‘Kai Po Che' directed by Abhishek Kapoor.The film is based on Chetan Bhagat's book ‘The

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  Cameron White in Australian team for T20 World Cup

  Cricket | August 16, 2012 14:08 IST

  Sydney, Aug 16:  All-rounder Cameron White has been named in Australia's 15-man squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, seven months after a form slump saw him stripped of captaincy and dropped

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  Former Olympic sprinter dies in car accident

  Other Sports | June 27, 2012 16:13 IST

  Australia, Jun27: Former Australian runner Daniel Batman, who competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was considered one of the country's best all-time sprinters, was killed Tuesday in a single-car accident in the Northern Territory.Police

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  Sachin Tendulkar greatest batsman to have played cricket, says Dennis Lillee

  Cricket | June 26, 2012 20:41 IST

  Chennai, Jun 26: Australian fast-bowling great Dennis Lillee has described Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest batsman to have ever played cricket while admiring the iconic Indian's hunger for the game despite achieving unparalleled success. “Sachin is

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  I did cricket a favour by rejecting Sachin, says Lillee

  Cricket | June 27, 2012 11:07 IST

  Chennai, Jun 25: Australian great Dennis Lillee today recalled his first meeting with Sachin Tendulkar and said on a lighter note that he did the game a “favour” by rejecting the batsman when he went

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  CA interviews Waqar Younis for Australian bowling coach job

  Cricket | June 05, 2012 23:05 IST

  Melbourne, June 5: Cricket Australia (CA) has interviewed former Pakistan captain and coach Waqar Younis as Craig McDermott's successor for the position of Australian bowling coach. Waqar, who is based in Sydney since finishing his

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  Australian players may boycott England ODI tour

  Cricket | June 02, 2012 22:54 IST

  Melbourne, June 2: Unhappy over performance related payment issues, Australian players are planning to boycott the ODI tour of England next month.According to ‘The Australian', the cricketers are mulling to go on strike during the