Saturday 28th January, 2012
India drop to third place in ICC Test rankings
India dropped a place to the third spot in International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings after their humiliating 0-4 whitewash by Australia in the Border Gavaskar Trophy that concluded here ...
India loses Adelaide Test -- another 0-4 whitewash
India suffered another 0-4 whitewash in seven months, losing the fourth and final Test against Australia by a massive 298 runs at the Adelaide Oval here Saturday. The defeat was very much on the ...
Final scoreboard: India vs. Australia, Fourth Test
The final scoreboard of the fourth and final cricket Test between India and Australia at the Adelaide Oval here Saturday: Australia first innings: 604/7 declared India first innings: ...
Australia beat India by 298 runs in Adeliade Test
Australian News.NetIndia were all out for 201 runs in the second innings as Australia won the fourth and the final Test by a massive 298 runs to wrap up the series 4-0 at the Adelaide Oval here Saturday. Local boy ...
Team not embarrassed, hoping to fare better in ODIs: Ashwin
Australian News.NetIndia off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin admitted that nothing went the team's way in the Test series against Australia and hoped a for a better performance in the limited overs format starting with ...
Largest-ever Australian trade mission to visit India
Australian News.NetPremier of Australia's Victoria state Ted Baillieu is all set to lead the largest-ever Australian trade mission to India in February. More than 100 leading Victorian companies, ministers and ...
Imran Khan won't be a pro-Western PM: paper
Australian News.NetPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan would not be much of a Western supporter, a Sydney Morning Herald editorial has said. Since Imran Khan switched to politics in 1996, his ideologies were ...
eBay pulls missing 'Julia Gillard Shoe' amid outrageous bids
Australian News.NetOnline auction website eBay had put up Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's missing shoe for sale on the site but later retracted the decision. The shoe listed as "Julia Gillard Shoe" with a ...
Sania-Bhupathi crash out of Australian Open
Australian News.NetIndia's Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi lost their semi-finals match of the mixed doubles event in straight sets at the Australian Open here Friday. The No.4 seeds lost to American Bethanie ...
Soon, breast cancer could be detected from hair
Australian News.NetAn Australian company is developing a hair test to screen for breast cancer, and it says that the test could become a viable alternative to mammography. SBC Research is conducting an 80-patient ...
Australia four wickets away from 4-0 whitewash of India
Australian News.NetIndia were Friday on the verge of suffering their second 0-4 whitewash in Test cricket in seven months with Australia four wickets away from a convincing win after the fourth day's play in the ...
Oz adventurers complete South Pole trek unassisted in 89 days
Australian News.NetTwo Australian adventurers have completed their trek from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back in 89 days on Jan 26, which also happened to be Australia Day. James Castrission and ...
'Ready' Azarenka wants maiden Grand Slam title 'really bad'
Australian News.NetBelarusian tennis ace Victoria Azarenka has said she is ready to perform to the best of her potential in the Australian Open final clash with Russian opponent Maria Sharapova. Both Azarenka and ...
Dairy sales keep New Zealand trade in surplus
Australian News.NetRecord high values for New Zealand dairy products and increased exports, particularly to Australia and China, maintained New Zealand's trade surplus for a third straight quarter during ...
India 166/6 at stumps
Australian News.NetIndia were 166 for six in the second innings, chasing a target of 500, at stumps on the fourth day of the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval here ...
Roger Federer's twins turned up to cheer for daddy
Australian News.NetRoger Federer's two-year-old twin daughters turned up to support daddy at the Australian Open semi final match against Rafael Nadal on Thursday. Myla Rose and her sister Charlene Riva looked ...
Deep racism very much alive in Australia: Ex-Governor General
Australian News.NetFormer governor-general Peter Hollingworth has branded Australia Day celebrations as an excuse for a booze-up, adding that they all are racist deep down. Dr Hollingworth said positives of the day, ...
Sehwag smashes fifty, India 92/2 at tea
Australian News.NetVirender Sehwag threw his wicket away after making a quickfire 62, leaving India at 92 for two in their second innings at tea on day four of the fourth Test against Australia here Friday. Australia ...
India 92/2 at tea
Australian News.NetIndia, chasing a 500-run target, were 92 for two in their second innings at tea on day four of the fourth cricket Test at the Adelaide Oval here Friday. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar were ...
Australia extend lead to 486 as Ponting strikes 50
Australian News.NetAustralia were 154 for five and extended their lead to 486 runs at lunch on day four of the fourth Test against India here Friday. Resuming their second innings at 50 for three, Australia made 104 ...
Australian Open: Djokovic edges out Murray, meets Nadal in final
Australian News.NetWorld No.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia cruised into the men's singles final of the Australian Open here Friday, defeating Britain's Andy Murray to set up a third consecutive grand slam final against ...
Nadal 'confident' for Open final after semi-final win against 'greatest' Federer
Australian News.NetFormer World No.1 Rafael Nadal has reckoned that he is confident for the Australian Open final after having defeated 'the greatest (player) in history', Roger Federer in the semi-final clash. Nadal ...
'Injured' Pattinson hopes to be fighting fit for upcoming ODI tri-series
Australian News.NetAustralian pacer James Pattinson has expressed hope that he will get completely fit to play in the upcoming One- Day International tri-series. Pattinson said that he had started running again and ...
Clean sweep for Aussies
sportal.com.auAustralia have stormed to a momentous 4-0 series whitewash over India after belting the tourists by 298 runs in the fourth and final Test at Adelaide Oval.The Aussies made short work of the ...
Australia complete four-nil sweep of India
SBSCaptain Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting. (AAP) Australia's preparations for their 2013 Ashes tour took a giant leap forward on Saturday as they completed a four-nil sweep of their home Test ...
Djokovic into Aussie Open final
SBSNovak Djokovic will verse Rafael Nadal in the final. (AAP) Gutsy world No.1 Novak Djokovic will shoot for a slice of tennis history in Sunday night's Australian Open men's final after ...
Southern Queensland on flood alert
SBSAuthorities were alerted to the family of six's predicament 100km south of Cloncurry off the Landsborough Highway at 1.30am (AEST) on Saturday, a Department of Community Safety spokeswoman ...
Djokovic struggles to dramatic win over Murray to reach final in Australian Open
Miami HeraldMELBOURNE -- Novak Djokovic struggled for nearly five hours on Friday to defeat Andy Murray, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 7-5, for a place in his third final at the Australian Open. The 2008 and 2011 ...
Australia thrash India to complete series whitewash in Adelaide
The GuardianAustralia took India's last four wickets on Saturday morning to crush the tourists by 298 runs in the fourth test and record a 4-0 series sweep.India had resumed on 166 for six in their second ...
Bates, Latham picked; Brendon McCullum to lead
CricinfoBrendon McCullum will lead New Zealand in the ODI and T20 series against Zimbabwe, in place of Ross Taylor who has been ruled out due to a calf injury he sustained during his century in the only ...
Australia wrap up 4-0 whitewash
CricinfoBefore the Sydney Test, Glenn McGrath gave his typical prediction that Australia would win the series 4-0. Few people truly expected it to happen. But such has been the gulf between the two sides ...
Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash
The Seattle TimesA clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of ...
Govt scraps $430m block
Canberra TimesThe ACT Government has walked away from its plan to build and operate a $430million office building in Civic for 3000 of its public servants.The Government justified the policy reversal yesterday, ...
AWM seeks new, non-military boss
Canberra TimesThe Australian War Memorial has officially started the hunt for its first new boss in 16 years.And advertisements have called explicitly for someone with experience in managing a major cultural ...
Protesters vow to make Govt talk
Canberra TimesThe anger shows no sign of dissipating.Aboriginal tent embassy protesters yesterday shut the site down to the media, forcing camera crews, photographers and reporters off the lawns of Old Parliament ...
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