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BRISBANE, Australia, Jan 4, 2024 (AFP) – Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko ended Karolina Pliskova’s title defence when she downed the Czech star 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to book a quarter-final against Victoria Azarenka at the Brisbane International on Thursday. The 26-year-old former French Open champion needed assistance from the trainer during the third set as she struggled with the heat and humidity. But she managed to recover enough to overcome Pliskova in 2hr 13min. “It was very, […]
BRISBANE, Australia, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) – Rafael Nadal was handed a dream start to his comeback tournament after drawing a qualifier Saturday in the opening round of the Brisbane International. The 37-year-old Spaniard has been out of the game for almost 12 months following hip surgery after the 2023 Australian Open in January. It was feared that Nadal, the winner of 22 Grand Slam singles titles, would never play professionally again. However, he has […]
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BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s third-largest city of Brisbane and other parts of Queensland state will enter a snap Covid-19 lockdown from Saturday as authorities race to contain an emerging outbreak of the Delta strain. Millions of residents in the city and several other areas will be placed under stay-at-home orders from Saturday afternoon for three days, state Deputy Premier Steven Miles said. “The only way to beat the Delta strain is to move quickly, […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — More than two million people in Brisbane were ordered into a three-day lockdown Monday after a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Australia’s third-biggest city. It is the second snap lockdown of the greater Brisbane area this year, and comes after seven people tested positive for Covid-19 — the first significant community outbreak in Australia in weeks. “This is the UK strain. It is highly infectious. We need to […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australian firefighters have managed to control a bushfire that burned more than half of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Fraser Island, around two months after a suspected illegal campfire sparked the blaze. The fire on the world’s largest sand island, off Australia’s east coast, destroyed large swathes of the isle’s forests before heavy downpours arrived over the weekend. “With the help of welcome rainfall and a massive response from crews, the fire […]
(Eagle News) — A Filipino student drowned off Australian waters on Monday, Feb. 25. The Department of Foreign Affairs did not give a name but said the 24-year-old victim who drowned off Flinders Beach in North Stradbroke Island was studying at Queensford College in Brisbane, based on a report from Ambassador to Australia Ma. Hellen De la Vega. The DFA extended its condolences to the victim’s family, who has requested its assistance in the repatriation […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A dead koala has been found screwed to a pole in Australia in a “sickening” act that sparked outrage Thursday on social media. Koala Rescue Queensland (KRQ) responded to a report of one of the furry animals climbing a picnic shelter at Brooloo Park Lookout near Gympie, 175 kilometers (around 100 miles) north of Brisbane, on Wednesday. But on closer inspection, it was found to be dead and screwed in place. […]
(Agence France Presse) — Manny Pacquiao said on Sunday he still wanted a rematch with Jeff Horn after the Filipino boxing hero pulled out of their scheduled bout in Australia later his year. Queensland’s premier, whose state government was the financial backer of a November 12 fight, announced on Friday that Pacquiao “cannot return to the ring” due to other commitments. “It will not push through there in Australia. But we are bringing the fight here […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao says he will “continue to fight” as the new World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jeff Horn called for a rematch to validate the Australian’s stunning victory. Philippine legend Pacquiao, winner of an unprecedented eight world titles in different weight divisions, defiantly suggested he was not ready to hang up his gloves after controversially losing to Horn in Brisbane on July 2. “I love this sport and until the passion […]
The Philippine Games and Amusement Board on Wednesday thanked the World Boxing Organization for looking into the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn fight on July 2, but also blamed American referee Mark Nelson for the results. “No matter what review they do, it will be hard to change the result as the referee didn’t call it close,” GAB chairman Abraham Kahlil Mitra said in a statement sent to AFP on Wednesday. According to Mitra, “The judges’ scores would have […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has said it will review the scoring of the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn welterweight title bout after the Philippine world champion’s shock loss, but the verdict will stand. The WBO announced the move on its website after Pacquiao, backed by the Philippine government’s sports regulatory body, criticised the referee and the judges and demanded a review. The Filipino regulator, the Games and Amusements Board, has also called […]
