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World Cup 2015: Exciting opening ceremony on the cards
Cricket | Feb 12, 2015, 10:13 AM ISTNew Delhi: Cricket enthusiasts across the globe are all set for the world cricket's quadrennial extravaganza as Melbourne and Christchurch are geared up to kick-start the 11th World Cup with a spectacular opening ceremony today.International
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Will let players play fair, aggressive game: Australia coach Lehmann
Cricket | Feb 12, 2015, 07:44 AM ISTMelbourne: A day after the ICC vowed to crack down on excessive sledging between players at the cricket World Cup, Australian coach Darren Lehmann said he will let his wards "play the game as they
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PM Narendra Modi arrives in Melbourne
World | Nov 18, 2014, 09:32 AM ISTMelbourne: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Melbourne on the fourth and final leg of his four-city tour of Australia.PM Modi arrived in Melbourne after a hectic morning in Canberra where he addressed the
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"Modi Express" flagged off by Australian minister in Melbourne
World | Nov 16, 2014, 05:32 PM ISTMelbourne: "Modi Express", a special train carrying over 220 passengers who will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first public lecture in Sydney, was flagged off today by an Australian minister here.Victorian Multicultural Minister Matthew Guy
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Brisbane gets ready for G-20
World | Nov 14, 2014, 11:26 AM ISTBrisbane: This weekend, the subtropical Australian city of Brisbane will emerge from the shadows of its flashier cousins Sydney and Melbourne when it welcomes leaders from the world's 20 largest economies along with thousands of
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Special Australian train to ferry attendees for PM Modi's speech in Sydney
World | Nov 13, 2014, 04:19 PM ISTMelbourne: A special train will run from Melbourne to Sydney carrying over 200 passengers who will attend the public address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Australia, the first by an Indian
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India Test squad for Australia tour to be announced today
Cricket | Nov 04, 2014, 07:34 AM ISTMumbai: The Indian squad for the upcoming four-Test series in Australia will be selected here on November 4, according to BCCI sources."The selection meeting will be held at 1:30 pm at Cricket Centre", they informed.The
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Engine failure prove to be costly for Lewis Hamilton in Melbourne.
Other Sports | Mar 16, 2014, 06:45 PM ISTMELBOURNE, Australia: It was a bittersweet moment for Lewis Hamilton as he watched Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg take the checkered flag at Formula One's Australian Grand Prix after the former world champion was forced to
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Australia selects Doran, 16, in XI to play England
Cricket | Nov 14, 2013, 06:38 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Cricket Australia will send 16-year-old Jake Doran out against England only days after the first Ashes test for a tour match in the outback town of Alice Springs. The inclusion of Doran, a
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Air India Boeing Dreamliner window shield cracks before landing at Melbourne
India | Nov 04, 2013, 06:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: An Air India Boeing-787 Dreamliner aircraft had its cockpit window shield cracked minutes before landing at Melbourne early today. The plane was on a Sydney-Melbourne-Delhi flight (flight AI 311) when the technical defect
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Donald Bradman bat auctioned for Rs 39.85 lakh
Cricket | Aug 16, 2013, 12:41 PM ISTSydney: Australian great Donald Bradman's bat was auctioned for 39.85 lakh rupees in Melbourne on Thusrday The bat was signed by Bradman and his team-mates of 1948, who included Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall and Keith
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Rodgers: Suarez likely to start in Melbourne
Football | Jul 22, 2013, 09:06 AM ISTMelbourne, Jul 22: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says striker Luis Suarez is likely to play in a full-strength team against the A-League's Melbourne Victory in a football friendly on Wednesday.Suarez has made no secret of
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Liverpool to play Melbourne Victory on July 24
Football | Apr 03, 2013, 09:54 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia, Apr 3: Liverpool will play A-League side Melbourne Victory in a friendly on July 24 four days after its English Premier League rival Manchester United take on an all-star side at Sydney's Olympic
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Man arrested for trying to lit fire inside Gurdwara
World | Mar 06, 2013, 09:15 AM ISTMelbourne, Mar 6: A 26-year-old man, who tried to lit fire inside a Gurdwara here and then punched a man, was today arrested by the Australian Police on the charges of damaging the complex."Officers arrested
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Hughes century helps Australia to big ODI win
Cricket | Jan 11, 2013, 05:10 PM ISTMelbourne, Jan 11: Opener Phil Hughes became the first Australian to score a century in his limited-overs international debut, making 112 to help the hosts to a 107-run victory against Sri Lanka in the series
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Tamil group plans protest at 2nd test in Melbourne
Cricket | Dec 21, 2012, 01:47 PM ISTMelbourne, Dec 21: A group supporting Sri Lanka's Tamil ethnic minority says it will protest at the Dec. 26 cricket test against Australia as part of a campaign to have future cricket matches against Sri
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Australian woman wins millions in Thalidomide lawsuit
World | Jul 19, 2012, 01:02 PM ISTSydney, Jul 19:An Australian woman born without arms and legs after her pregnant mother took the anti-morning sickness drug Thalidomide has reached a multimillion dollar settlement with the medicine's British distributor, her lawyer told a
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Harry Kewell named Australia's greatest footballer
Football | Jul 13, 2012, 11:02 AM ISTSydney Jul13: Former Leeds and Liverpool midfielder Harry Kewell has been named Australia's greatest footballer in voting by fans, players and media.Awards announced on Thursday also named the country's greatest players by position. Kewell was
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Indian man pleads guilty on drug smuggling charges in Australia
World | Jul 09, 2012, 02:58 PM ISTMelbourne, Jul 9: An Indian-origin couple, arrested in Australia on drug smuggling charges last year, got respite today from an Adelaide court that released the husband on a ‘good behaviour bond' as part of a
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5.2-Earthquake rocks Melbourne
World | Jun 19, 2012, 06:41 PM ISTMelbourne, June 19 : Melbourne and vast parts of Victoria were rocked by a sequence of tremors a little before 9pm local time (5.33 pm IST) today .The United States Geological Survey reported that the