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[ad_1] SYDNEY: A common assault charge against Nick Kyrgios was dismissed in a Canberra court on Friday, despite the tennis player earlier pleading guilty.The charge related to a 2021 incident involving his former girlfriend Chiara Passari.Magistrate Beth Campbell had dismissed the case due to the minor nature of the incident …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Australia squad left Sydney on Wednesday for the high-profile four-Test series against India but opener Usman Khawaja was forced to miss his flight due to a visa delay.Khawaja is now expected to depart on Thursday.“Me waiting for my Indian Visa like… #stranded #dontleaveme #standard #anytimenow,” wrote …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Steve Smith, whose side had lost the series 1-2 when it toured India in 2017, indicated a lot of thinking had gone into the decision of not playing tour games on “irrelevant” Indian pitches ahead of the four-Test Border-Gavaskar series.Smith said his team is …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia reduced South Africa to 149 for six at the close of play on the fourth day of the rain-disrupted third Test on Saturday after declaring on 475-4 in pursuit of a victory that would give them a 3-0 series sweep.The poor weather that had washed out the …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: The entire third day of the final Sydney Test was washed out Friday forcing a reappraisal of Australia‘s push for a series clean sweep over South Africa.Skipper Pat Cummins has a decision to make ahead of Saturday’s fourth day: whether to declare the team’s first innings at 475 …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Steven Smith passed a Don Bradman landmark to claim his 30th Test century on Thursday as Usman Khawaja and Australia piled on the misery for the beleaguered South Africans in the third Sydney Test.Smith passed Bradman’s 29 Test hundreds with a majestic pull shot off Anrich Nortje to …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal kickstart their 2023 campaigns this week in Adelaide and Sydney respectively, with the superstar veterans and great rivals eyeing up yet more Australian Open glory.With the pair sharing 43 Grand Slam titles between them — Djokovic has 21 and Nadal 22 — the …

[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Australia opener David Warner may have lost form with the bat but showed on Tuesday his sense of humour remains intact as he sent officials scrambling with a social media post suggesting he was holidaying in Bali in the lead-up to the ‘Boxing Day’ Test. Warner posted pictures …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A cruise ship with hundreds of Covid-positive passengers docked in Sydney, Australia, after being hit by a wave of infections. The Majestic Princess cruise ship was about halfway through a 12-day voyage when an outbreak of cases was noticed, Carnival Australia president Marguerite Fitzgerald told reporters in …

[ad_1] The Valuable 500, a business coalition, released its list of the top 10 most accessible cities in the world.  The report cited a survey conducted among 3,500 individuals with disabilities, who rated cities based on “transport links, proximity of accommodation to attractions, shops, and restaurants, and the availability of …