Tuesday 25 January 2022
Sabalenka lost an epic fourth-round clash to veteran Kaia Kanepi.
Meanwhile, former world number one Andy Murray lost out to Japanese player Taro Daniel in the second round.
An court appeal is scheduled for tomorrow, just a day before the tennis player is scheduled to play his first match of the Australian Open.
Sinéad Goldrick and Lauren Magee have been catapulted into the starting team to face Richmond.
The Australian government has warned it could still force the Serb to leave by cancelling his visa for a second time.
The men’s tennis world No 1 is currently being held at an immigration detention facility in Melbourne.
Marcus Harris top-scored with a battling 76 against a dangerous English attack.
The defending champion had refused to reveal whether he was inoculated against coronavirus, a requirement to play.
Melbourne Demons and Western Bulldogs play the final in Perth after a chaotic week in their home city.
The earthquake was the largest to rattle Australia since a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck in 2019.
The city as been in strict lockdown for seven weeks as the city struggles to curb a Delta outbreak.
Police made 200 arrests as six officers were taken to hospital in the clashes.
New South Wales, where Sydney is located, reported 825 infections — a record for the entire country
About 12 million people are under lockdown in Melbourne and Sydney.
The largely Covid-free country is trying to halt an outbreak of the Delta variant.
A slow roll out of vaccines and hotel quarantine failings have been blamed for the spike in cases.
Australia and New Zealand have hosted some of the largest sporting attendances since Covid-19 hit.
Niamh McEvoy has been ‘a highly valued and much-loved member of our team,’ the club say.
The regular season concluded today.
There were three more AFLW games down for decision on Sunday.
The Mayo great played a key role as GWS Giants defeated St Kilda.
The latest games involving Irish players in the AFLW took place this morning.
The world number one ended Aslan Karatsev’s remarkable run in straight sets.
Earlier, a badly-cramping Daniil Medvedev won a brutal all-Russian clash against Andrey Rublev.
On the women’s side as three-time major winner Osaka showed her superiority to reach her fourth Grand Slam semi-final.
The Austrian won in five sets — 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4.
Different outcomes for the Irish players in action in Round 1 this week.
Two of the new cases were players. taking the total infections to seven since more than 1,000 people arrived in largely coronavirus-free Australia.
Victoria Azarenka, 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens and Japan’s Kei Nishikori were among those on the flight.
The Victoria Government said it wouldn’t apologise for saving people’s lives.
Locals are calling it a “donut day”.
Strict Covid-19 restrictions have just been lifted in Melbourne.
Melbourne and the surrounding state of Victoria has been the epicentre of Australia’s second wave.
The Australian state of Victoria reported only two new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday and no deaths.
People will still be confined to within five kilometres of their homes, however.
Health officials recorded 63 new cases in Victoria today.
‘Yes, young people can make mistakes, but we expect better.’
Melbourne residents are currently enduring a raft of restrictions including an overnight curfew.
Sinead Goldrick and Niamh McEvoy are heading back to Melbourne.
Non-essential businesses are shut and an overnight curfew is in effect in Melbourne as part of the restrictions in Victoria.
