Novak Djokovic of Serbia in action against Frances TiafoeWorld No 1 Novak Djokovic was made to look human for a few games by Frances Tiafoe overnight, and even dropped a set – a rarity for him in these early rounds of the Australian Open.In the last four years of major tennis, this was only the…
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No linespeople: What the Australian Open looks like during COVID-19
by news-editorby news-editor7:00 AM ETJake MichaelsCloseESPN Associate EditorJake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He joined ESPN in June, 2013 and works as an Associate Editor, covering sport in Australia and around the world.Matt WalshCloseAssistant EditorMatt Walsh is a Melbourne-based sports journalist who willingly travels…
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F*ck Love (Savage) debuted at No. 3 in August 2020 under its original title, F*ck Love, and returned to that peak position in November after the release of the deluxe edition, F*ck Love (Savage).“Huge congratulations to The Kid Laroi on hitting the top of the ARIA Albums Chart,” comments ARIA’s newly appointed CEO, Annabelle Herd.…
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The bushfire near Perth destroyed dozens of homes and scorched more than 10,000 hectares Australian firefighters have managed to contain a bushfire burning near Perth, authorities said Saturday, allowing them to downgrade the blaze which has destroyed 86 homes. Despite another night battling the fire amid strong winds on the fringes of Australia’s fourth-biggest city,…
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Australian Open 2021 draw: Predictions; players, matches to watch
by news-editorby news-editorIt’s a longstanding complaint: tennis lags behind other sports in data. This article published last week—Why Tennis isn’t ready to play Moneyball—enumerated the reasons why it’s so hard to come by uniform stats. If predictive analysis is a challenge in normal times, imagine the difficulty today. If we can’t get a reliable winners-to-errors count, what…
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Bee morphological features can predict their nighttime feeding behaviorsBee species Merglossa gemmata, one of four now known to forage after sunset in Australia. Researchers spotted the mostly black bee on the blossoms of a weeping paperbark plant. Credit: James Dorey Flinders UniversityLocking eyes with a bee is an opportunity offered only by photography. And while…
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RBA’s Lowe Says Australian Rates to Stay Low for ‘a While Yet’
by news-editorby news-editorNo results matched your search Economy8 hours ago (Feb 04, 2021 06:18PM ET) © Bloomberg. Philip Lowe, the Australian Reserve Bank Governor, delivers a speech at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Lowe praised the country’s quantitative-easing program and warned it would be premature to consider withdrawing monetary stimulus…
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The Australian Open has been one of the biggest events in the history of tennis. It has seen so much success, but this success wouldn’t have been possible if they didn’t have sponsors, and here are the sponsors of the 2021 edition of the event. Australian Open Sponsors The major partner of the Melbourne Slam…
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An Australian man in the US has pleaded guilty to securities fraud for cheating investors of over US$90 million by squandering money they spent on his cryptocurrency fund, prosecutors said.Stefan He Qin, 24, entered the plea to a single count of the fraud charge in Manhattan federal court.Authorities said the fraud occurred from 2017 to…