Tag: #Sydney
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Sydney Bans New Year Crowds as Australian Virus Cluster Grows
Sydney has banned new year crowds as the Australian virus cluster grows.
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Sydney Eases Virus Restrictions for Christmas
Sydney has eased virus restrictions for Christmas.
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Hobart Yacht Race Cancelled
Sydney, Dec 19 (AFP/APP): Australia’s grueling Sydney to Hobart yacht race was called off for the first time in 76 years Saturday amid an escalating outbreak of coronavirus, organizers said. The 628-nautical mile (1,163-kilometre) bluewater classic was due to start on Boxing Day, but with parts of Sydney being locked down after a new cluster…
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Australia records 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19
SYDNEY, March 10 (Xinhua/APP): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Australia has reached 100, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced on Tuesday. “Within Australia, we now have 100 officially confirmed cases and sadly there have been three lives lost,” Hunt said. The figure includes a number of patients who have subsequently recovered from the…
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Richardson added to Australia one-day squad for South Africa
Sydney, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): Pace bowler Jhye Richardson was added Wednesday to the Australia one-day international squad for three clashes in South Africa beginning Saturday. Selectors also named an unchanged line-up for the one-day series against New Zealand at home next month. Richardson dislocated his shoulder ahead of last year’s World Cup in England but…
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Rain hits cricket’s star-studded Australia bushfire fundraiser
Sydney, Feb 6 (AFP/APP): A star-studded charity game to aid Australian bushfire relief was on Thursday moved from the Sydney Cricket Ground to Melbourne due to forecast torrential rain, forcing some players to drop out. Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting were to come out of retirement to skipper the teams on Saturday to raise money…
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Firefighting plane ‘may have crashed’ while battling Australia blaze
Sydney, Jan 23 (AFP/APP): A water-bombing plane may have crashed while fighting a massive bushfire in mountains near Sydney, Australian authorities said, as blazes flared across the country Thursday. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service said it was “investigating reports of a serious incident involving an aircraft in southern NSW this afternoon”. “Contact was…
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Tendulkar, Walsh to coach Aussie bushfire relief match
Sydney, Jan 21 (AFP/APP): Cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Courtney Walsh will coach star-studded teams in a charity match to raise funds for victims of Australia’s bushfires, organisers said Tuesday. The former Test captains are the latest players to come out of retirement for the appeal, joining Aussie greats Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Michael Clarke…
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Rain offers hope in Australian bushfire fight
Sydney, Jan 14 (AFP/APP): Forecasts of heavy rain offered hope Tuesday in the months-long battle to contain Australia’s unprecedented bushfires, but smoke lifted pollution levels in the nation’s second biggest city to among the worst in the world. Cool weather over recent days has already given some respite for exhausted firefighters spread out across vast…
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Djokovic survives scare to send Serbia into ATP Cup semis
Sydney, Jan 10 (AFP/APP): Novak Djokovic dropped his first set of the ATP Cup Friday in a titanic struggle with Canada’s Denis Shapovalov, surviving a scare before rallying to guide Serbia into a semi-final against Russia. The world number two was made to work hard in a hot and humid Sydney by the 14th-ranked young…