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Nadal reaches Australian Open final
Published on 27 Jan, 2012 at 4:32 in Tennis | Viewed 313 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: World No. 2 Rafael Nadal overcame his greatest rival Roger Federer 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 Thursday to reach his second Australian Open final here.
The Nadal-Federer contest lived up to the high expectations with the two champions fighting it out for each point.
Four-time winner Federer took the first set by winning the tie-break 7-5. Nadal broke Federer’s serve twice in…
Australian PM rescued by riot police during protest
Published on 26 Jan, 2012 at 12:06 in Australian | Viewed 653 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott were trapped in a building Thursday in the capital Canberra during a violent protest and had to be rescued by riot police.
The two political leaders were attending a function to mark Australia Day — the day the first British fleet came to establish a colony in 1788.
Protesters began banging…
Australian navy intercepts 119 asylum seekers
Published on 8 Jan, 2012 at 6:20 in Australian | Viewed 515 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: A boat carrying 119 asylum seekers has been intercepted by the Australian Navy off the country’s west coast, the immigration department has said.
The HMAS Maryborough, operating under the Border Protection, intercepted the boat of asylum seekers around 35 km north of Christmas Island, Xinhua reported.
The 119 passengers and two crew members on board will be transferred to Christmas Island…
Australia convincingly win MCG Test
Published on 29 Dec, 2011 at 10:33 in Cricket | Viewed 416 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: The Indian batting crumbled against a lively pace attack as Australia won the first Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) by 122 runs here Thursday to take a 1-0 lead in their bid to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The Indian batting collapsed for the second time in the match. Chasing 292 to win, the visitors lost their top six…
Ponting’s was the best of my three wickets: Yadav
Published on 27 Dec, 2011 at 1:34 in Cricket | Viewed 336 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: Indian fastest bowler on the Australia tour Umesh Yadav said he would cherish Ricky Ponting’s scalp the most among his three wickets on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test Monday. He, however, had mixed feelings at the end of the day after conceding almost five runs an over.
Yadav, playing in his third Test, bowled with a lot…
“Sachin will complete century of hundreds at Melbourne”
Published on 24 Dec, 2011 at 1:25 in Cricket | Viewed 327 views times | No Comments
Kolkata: Discarded Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh Friday exuded confidence that master batsman Sachin Tendulkar will complete a century of international hundreds in the Boxing Day cricket Test match in Australian city of Melbourne.
“I am confident he will get his century of international hundreds in the first Test match of (India’s) tour to Australia. That will be a proud moment for…
“Tendulkar greater than Bradman”
Published on 23 Dec, 2011 at 1:12 in Cricket | Viewed 440 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar and not Australian legend Don Bradman is the greatest Test batsman who ever lived, a Gold Coast academic says.
Griffith University researcher Nicholas Rohde said he can prove with statistics that Tendulkar is the greatest. Rohde, however, admitted that if he could go back in time, he would prefer to watch Bradman every time.
Rohde said…
Migration Law: Tony Abbott agrees on Nauru, but not Malaysia
Published on 23 Dec, 2011 at 0:54 in Australian | Viewed 642 views times | No Comments
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is ready to sign off on a proposal to reopen an asylum-seeker processing centre on Nauru. However, he is against the Malaysia proposal.
According to the Government, it will reopen Nauru in return for the Opposition’s support on Malaysia. However, government will not reintroduce temporary protection visas.
But speaking in Melbourne, Mr Abbott indicated the parties were likely…
Dravid fears Ponting’s comeback against India
Published on 22 Dec, 2011 at 2:31 in Cricket | Viewed 751 views times | No Comments
Melbourne: Indian batting great Rahul Dravid insists that the visitors fear a comeback from former Australian captain Ricky Ponting who, he said, was surely not on his last legs as a Test batsman.
“I think he (Pointing) is still a great player. He showed in the couple of Test matches that he played against us in India that he is still…
Teen jailed for the murder of Indian student
Published on 22 Dec, 2011 at 1:39 in Indian Abroad | Viewed 514 views times | No Comments
A teenage murderer of an Indian student has been sentenced to 13 years in jail.
Justice Paul Coghlan, who sentenced the 17-year-old murderer to jail, ordered him to serve a minimum of eight years in prison before being eligible for parole.
An Indian student, Nitin Garg, 21-years-old, was stabbed when he was walking through a park in Melbourne’s suburb of Yarraville in…
