The front-running Northern Bulls have New Zealand’s Otago Highlanders in their sights in this weekend’s Super 14 round.
Fernando Alonso expects a tight battle at the opening race of the Formula One season in Melbourne this weekend.
Fina weighed in on a row over hi-tech swimsuits on Thursday, declaring swimmers cannot wear anything at all under their costume.
When a dark intruder smashed through his bedroom window and bounced on his bed, Beat Ettlin at first was relieved to discover it was a kangaroo.
ARU chief John O’Neill has called for a later start to next season’s Super 14 after SA flanker Juan Smith collapsed with heat exhaustion this weekend.
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/ 27 February 2009
Australia flanker Phil Waugh celebrated his 100th Super 14 appearance by leading the Waratahs to a 34-16 win over the Highlanders on Friday.
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/ 27 February 2009
Australian firefighters bracing for a renewed threat from wildfires were cautiously optimistic they had prevented the blazes flaring again.
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/ 26 February 2009
Hundreds of Australian schools and childcare centres will be closed on Friday because of a resurgent threat from wildfires, officials said.
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/ 23 February 2009
New Zealand teenager Danny Lee rocketed more than 400 places in the world golf rankings on Monday after his sensational Johnnie Walker Classic win.
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/ 20 February 2009
The Force opened their Super 14 account with a 16-10 victory over a dogged Cheetahs team in hot and humid conditions in Perth on Friday.
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/ 20 February 2009
Kurtley Beale kicked the Waratahs to a hard-fought 11-7 victory over the Chiefs in a Super 14 clash on Friday.
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/ 19 February 2009
The death toll in the worst wildfires in Australia’s history has risen to 208, after seven more bodies were found, police said on Thursday.
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/ 18 February 2009
Cricket commentator Richie Benaud announced on Wednesday he will retire next year, ending half-a-century of broadcasting which made him an icon.
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/ 18 February 2009
Arson is suspected, but Australians must accept pollution and unbridled growth are firebugs too, writes Tim Flannery.
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/ 17 February 2009
The death toll in the worst wildfires in Australia’s history has risen to 200, police said on Tuesday.
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/ 17 February 2009
More than 18 000 people from nearly 200 countries have applied for the "best job in the world".
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/ 16 February 2009
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says the pressure will be all on South Africa when the teams play for No. 1 Test team status.
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/ 14 February 2009
Survivors made a return on Saturday to a town burnt to ashes in Australia’s deadliest bushfires, as police picked through the crime scene.
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/ 13 February 2009
New Zealand’s Auckland Blues scored three tries in a devastating 12-minute blitz to defeat Australia’s Western Force in the Super 14 on Friday.
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/ 13 February 2009
Australian authorities charged a man on Friday with arson causing death in connection with one of a swarm of wildfires that killed hundreds of people.
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/ 12 February 2009
Arsonists lit a wildfire that killed 21 people in Australia and are suspected of starting another that razed a whole town, police said on Thursday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Australian police investigated fresh arson attacks and looting on Wednesday as angry survivors pressed for access to towns devastated by wildfires.
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/ 10 February 2009
Firefighters struggled on Tuesday to save Australian communities threatened by searing wildfires that have already claimed 181 lives.
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/ 10 February 2009
The severity of the situation in Yarra Valley in Australia has brought people together, bonded by their common loss after fires swept the region.
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/ 9 February 2009
Fires that have claimed 166 lives have threatened to engulf a dozen more Australian communities, leaving a grim legacy of charred homes and bodies.
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/ 9 February 2009
Weary firefighters and rescuers pulled the remains of dozens of people from charred buildings on Monday as the death toll rose to 130.
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/ 8 February 2009
At least 93 people have been killed and entire towns razed in the worst wildfire disaster in Australian history.
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/ 8 February 2009
The death toll in a massive Australian bush fire rose to 84 on Sunday, making it the deadliest bush fire in Australian history, police said.
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/ 8 February 2009
Survivors of Australia’s deadly bush fires on Sunday described how a thick blanket of black ash blotted out the sun.
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/ 7 February 2009
Aircraft dropped water bombs on raging Australian bush fires on Saturday as a ”once in a century” heatwave sparked dozens of blazes.
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/ 3 February 2009
An Australian man was caught with two live pigeons stuffed in his trousers as he got off a flight from the Middle East, authorities said on Tuesday.
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/ 3 February 2009
Australia unveiled a stimulus package and Japan announced a share-buying programme to assist banks on Tuesday in efforts to buoy their economies.