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Australia the favourite as Women's T20 World Cup kicks off in UAE

Bigger and better is the mantra for women's cricket as the T20 World Cup gets underway on Thursday.The International Cricket ...

Australia look to cement dominance in women's T20 World Cup

DUBAI, OCT 1: Australia are hot favourites for their seventh title at the women's T20 World Cup starting Thursday in ...

Head glad of all-round return in Australia's series win over England

BRISTOL, SEPT 30: Australia's Travis Head was proud of his performances with both bat and ball as the world champions ...

Brook says return to form 'a matter of time' as England hammer Australia

LONDON, SEPT 28: England captain Harry Brook insisted he was always confident of coming good after starring in a 186-run ...

AL leader held while fleeing to Australia with husband

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Shirin Chowdhury, chairman of Agla Union Parishad under Nababganj upazila of Dhaka and Dhaka District Mohila Awami League vice-president, has ...

'Business as usual' for Australia match-winner Carey amid boos

LEEDS, SEPT 22: Alex Carey had no qualms about being cast in the role of pantomime villain after his superb ...

Carey takes Australia to 270 in 2nd ODI against England after collapse

LEEDS, SEPT 21: Australia were indebted to Alex Carey's dashing 74 for taking them to 270 all out in the ...

Brook 'not too fussed' by England's batting in heavy Australia loss

NOTTINGHAM, SEPT 20: Harry Brook said he was "not too fussed" after England's batting collapse during a heavy one-day international ...

Head seals Australia win over England in 1st ODI

NOTTINGHAM, SEPT 20: Travis Head's superb career-best 154 not out saw depleted world champions Australia to a seven-wicket win over ...

Australia put teenage quick Beardman on standby for England ODIs

LONDON, SEPT 17: Australia have placed Mahli Beardman, a 19-year-old paceman with just six overs in senior professional cricket behind ...

Tom Sermanni named interim coach of Australia's Matildas

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Football Australia on Tuesday named Tom Sermanni as interim Matildas coach, replacing Tony Gustavsson who left the side following a ...

Alcaraz gives Spain Davis delight as Australia, United States and Germany also qualify

PARIS, SEPT 14: France crashed out of the Davis Cup Friday when world No.3 Carlos Alcaraz beat Ugo Humbert 6-3, ...

Spanish star Juan Mata eager to kickstart career in Australia

SYDNEY, SEPT 14: Former Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata brushed off concerns about his fitness on Saturday, saying ...

Livingstone levels T20 series for England against Australia

CARDIFF, SEPT 14: Liam Livingstone said he is thriving on extra responsibility up the order after his 87 levelled England's ...

Head, Zampa star as Australia beat England in 1st T20

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT 12: Travis Head made a valuable 59 and leg-spinner Adam Zampa took two cheap wickets as Australia beat ...

Head, Zampa star as Australia beat England in 1st T20

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Travis Head made a valuable 59 and leg-spinner Adam Zampa took two cheap wickets as Australia beat England by 28 ...

Australian envoy meets Fakhrul, talks polls

Acting High Commissioner of Australia in Dhaka, Nardia Simpson, on Wednesday met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and ...

Australia 'extremely disappointed' with Indonesia draw in World Cup qualifier

JAKARTA, SEPT 11: Australia football head coach Graham Arnold said his side were "extremely disappointed" after their goal-drought continued into ...

Australian hockey star Craig banned after Olympic cocaine bust

Australian hockey player Tom Craig has been banned for 12 months following his arrest during the Paris Olympics last month ...

Australian High Commissioner meets Mirza Fakhrul

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Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson met with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday (September 11) ...

Australia plans social media minimum age limit

SYDNEY, Sept 10: Australia plans to set a minimum age limit for children to use social media citing concerns about ...

Inglis's century sets-up Australia's T20 series win over Scotland

EDINBURGH, SEPT 7: Josh Inglis's record-breaking century laid the platform for Australia's 70 run-hammering of Scotland in Edinburgh on Friday ...

England captain Buttler ruled out of Australia T20 series

LONDON, SEPT 6: England captain Jos Buttler has been ruled out of the upcoming Twenty20 series against Australia, with Phil ...

Coal generates less than 50pc of Australian electricity for first time

SYDNEY, Sep 4: Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia's electricity in the last week of August, dropping to ...

Australia's Raygun 'sorry' about Olympic backlash

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Australia's "Raygun" has apologised for the backlash that her widely ridiculed Paris Olympics performance brought to the broader breakdancing community.Rachael ...

Australia, Canada contribute Tk 10cr to BRAC for flood response

Australia and Canada, under the Strategic Partnership Arrangement (SPA) with BRAC, have contributed Tk 10 crore towards flood response and ...

Australia to donate 1b AUS$ for flood victims in BD: Envoy

Acting Australian High Commissioner to Bangla-desh Nardia Simpson on Thursday said Australia would donate AUS$ 1 billion to a charity ...

Indonesia, Australia sign ‘historic’ defence pact

MAGELANG, Aug 29: Indonesia and Australia signed a new defence agreement Thursday, pledging closer cooperation to counter security threats in ...

Australia to cap foreign student numbers at 270,000

SYDNEY, Aug 27: Australia plans to cap foreign student numbers from next year, the government said Tuesday, curbing a multi-billion ...

Australian envoy welcomes Prof Yunus's commitment to human rights

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Acting Australian High Commissioner Nardia Simpson has praised a recent statement by Chief Adviser Prof Dr. Muhammad Yunus, which reaffirmed ...