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Serena Williams injures ankle in win at Brisbane
Serena Williams injured her left ankle on Wednesday while playing her first tournament since September in what looms as a major setback for her Australian Open preparations.
Williams, in her first tr
Top-form Serena out of love with tennis
Serena Williams says she has fallen out of love with tennis despite recording an impressive comeback win over Chanelle Scheepers in the first round of the Brisbane International on Monday.
Playing he
Vettori shrugs off throwing away Test 100
New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori was philosophical about his brain snap which cost him his first Test century against Australia at the Gabba on Friday.
Oz man proposes to girlfriend with ‘will you marry me’ tattoo on wrist
A man from Brisbane popped the question to his girlfriend by getting ‘will you marry me’ tattooed on his wrists.
“I really wanted to do something different, or something special,” Brisbane Times quot
$50,000 of jewels thrown out with the rubbish
An Australian man has pleaded with his local council to sift through their rubbish tips on Tuesday after accidentally throwing out $50,000 (US$53,000) of his wife's jewellery.
The man, who only wante
Live rat found in Aussie loaf
An Australian woman said on Thursday she was horrified after finding a live rat nestled inside a loaf of bread she bought at a supermarket.
The woman, who had been shopping in Aitkenvale, in Queensla
Chef in Oz kills ex-wife over orgasm jibe
A chef residing in Australia has claimed that he choked his ex-wife to death because she launched a verbal attack on his sexual incompetence, a court heard on Monday.
A jury has heard how Jiagen Pan
Australia extends solidarity to flood-hit Brazil
Flood-stricken Australia on Saturday expressed its sympathy and solidarity with Brazil, where floods and landslides have killed more than 500 people.
Mud, stench as Australian flood clean-up begins
Grandmother Irene comstive shakes with sorrow as she surveys the damage to her Brisbane home following the city's worst flooding in almost four decades.
Australia floods inundate Brisbane
Australia's third-biggest city Brisbane was besieged Wednesday by once-in-a-century floods that could hit up to 20,000 homes, as the death toll in raging torrents rose to 12.
Thousands of people took refuge with friends and central districts were eerily quiet as the river city of two million battened down for its worst deluge since 1893, as floods spread across vast areas of Australia's northeast.
