Nick Kyrgios has moved into the last 16 in Washington after taking down Tommy Paul in straight sets.
Nick Kyrgios saved five match points against Frances Tiafoe, icing two matches in a day to progress to the Washington Open semi-finals.The Australian looked set for a straight-sets exit in his quarter-final against Tiafoe with the American having an opportunity to close out the match on serve in the second-set tiebreak.
Canterbury winger Josh Addo-Carr says Mick Potter would have his full support if he chose to take a coaching job elsewhere from 2023.Since taking over from Trent Barrett on an interim basis in May, Potter has hoisted the Bulldogs from the bottom of the ladder by reinvigorating their attack.
Israeli air strikes have pounded Gaza while the militant Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel as a cross-border clash continued into a second day, killing at least six people, including four children.Hamas, the Islamist group which controls the enclave, said the children were among the dead from a blast on Saturday close to the Jabalya refugee camp and blamed Israel.
Kids' noses may be better at fighting off COVID-19 than those of adults.Dr Kirsty Short from the school of chemistry and molecular biosciences at the University of Queensland says it may be one reason immune responses among children have proved more effective against the virus.
Australia faces a surge in prostate cancer cases over the next two decades as the nation's male population increases and ages, research shows.The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia says cases are expected to rise 43 per cent by 2040.
Details of the federal government's proposal for an aged care wage rise are set to be revealed in a submission to the fair work umpire.A significant and meaningful pay rise for workers in the sector will be advocated for by the government in Monday's submission, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells says.
Kurtis Marschall has emulated the great Steve Hooker, the man who first inspired him to take up pole vaulting, by winning back-to-back Commonwealth gold medals.Marschall was staring down an early exit when he needed three attempts to get over his second height of 5.
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More than a quarter of Australian mortgage holders have seen their home loan repayments rise by more than six per cent since the start of the year.That's according to research from online financial broker Savvy, which found 25.
The family of singer Judith Durham have accepted an offer from the Victorian government for a state funeral to honour her life.The Seekers' singer died in palliative care on Friday night aged 79 after complications arising from a long-standing lung disease.
The federal government is "very, very" confident its climate bill enshrining a 43 per cent emissions reduction target will pass the Senate.The bill to lock in that target, based on 2005 levels by 2030, on the way to net zero emissions by 2050 passed the lower house on Thursday 89 votes to 55 with the support of the Greens and crossbench independent MPs.
Australian investors will soon gain a better understanding of how some of the country's biggest corporations are navigating cost pressures, labour shortages and slowing consumer demand.Commonwealth Bank (CBA), Telstra, News Corporation, AMP, IAG and QBE Insurance will be among the companies reporting full-year results this week as earnings season kicks into high gear.
Ollie Hoare has joined the legendary Herb Elliott as the only Australians to win the Commonwealth 1500m or mile title with one of the greatest runs in the nation's track history.Hoare was fourth at the top of the final straight but powered home to win in three minutes 30.
Large pumps have sucked water from a flooded coal mine in Mexico as authorities weigh whether to send divers to try to save 10 miners who have been trapped underground for more than three days.The miners became trapped at a mine in the northern border state of Coahuila on Wednesday afternoon when their excavation work caused a tunnel wall to collapse, triggering flooding in three wells.
Veteran federal political journalist David Barnett, who spearheaded the first official Canberra bureau of Australian Associated Press more than 50 years ago, has died aged 90.Mr Barnett became the national newswire's first bureau chief in 1971 overseeing two journalists in what's now called Old Parliament House.
Folk music icon and much-loved Australian entertainer Judith Durham has died aged 79.Durham died in Melbourne on Friday night after suffering complications from a long-standing lung disease, her management said.
The 26-year-old says she isn't letting the negativity to deter her from her lifestyle.
Runaway construction costs, trade shortages and an immigration backlog point to further housing deficits, experts say.Tying the scenario together is Australia's June quarter headline inflation jump to 6.
The NSW Labor opposition will seek to expand an inquiry into former deputy premier John Barilaro's appointment to a US trade job to look at other lucrative overseas-based roles.An upper house inquiry is currently probing how Mr Barilaro landed the $500,000 a year New York role amid criticism over the propriety of the appointment.
Ending his most recent COVID-19 isolation, US President Joe Biden has left the White House for the first time since becoming infected with the coronavirus last month.Biden has reunited with first lady Jill Biden in their home state of Delaware.
