This Lonely Seahorse Is Lost In An Invasion Of Crabs
What do you do when your home is invaded by thousands of crawling crabs? A lonely seahorse living under Port Phillip Bay’s Rye Pier in Melbourne, Australia, is still trying…
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No Quit, for Serena Williams, Is a Double-Edged Sword
MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams is now prepared to confess what led to her stumbling about the grass in a bizarre and brief doubles match at Wimbledon last year. “I…
Novak Djokovic Defeats Andy Murray to Win Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic won his Open era-record fifth Australian Open title Sunday night, beating sixth-seeded Andy Murray, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0, in the final. –…
Australian Open: Djokovic outlasts Murray for fifth title
The world No. 1 beat sixth-seed Andy Murray 7-6 (5) 6-7 (4) 6-3 6-0 in a nearly four-hour contest in Melbourne to become just the second man to claim five…
Novak Djokovic Wins His 5th Australian Open Title
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open title and extended Andy Murray’s misery at Melbourne Park by beating the Scotsman 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0…
Australian Open Intent on Leading the World in Pampering Players
MELBOURNE, Australia — For decades, professional tennis players struggled with tournament organizers to get more money and better services, and while that battle is far from over, the level of…
Djokovic Beats Defending Champ Wawrinka to Reach Final
MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic reached his fifth Australian Open final with a five-set win over defending champion Stan Wawrinka that fell flat compared with their previous encounters at Melbourne…
Melbourne Cup memories: The legs that stopped a nation
On a sultry spring day in 1965, silence descended on the packed crowd gathered at Australia’s biggest sporting event. All eyes were on British supermodel Jean Shrimpton as she arrived…
Maria Sharapova Breezes Past Compatriot to Reach Final
MELBOURNE, Australia — As it turned out, an Australian Open semifinal was not Maria Sharapova’s toughest all-Russian match in Melbourne this year. That came in the second round, when she…
Australian Open: Serena Williams’ win means trouble for her rivals
The world No. 1 has never lost in Melbourne when she’s played a semifinal or finalgoing 10-0with her record overall in grand slam semifinals and finals an impressive 40-7. Further…
Nick Kyrgios Is Nicknamed the Wild Thing, With Good Reason
On Tennis By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer has packed up the family, the nannies and his hopes for this year’s Australian Open and flown off to Zurich…
Down but not out: Relief as seagull recovers after being bowled over during TV cricket match
As more than 30,000 spectators looked on at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) during Wednesday night’s T20 “Big Bash” league clash between the Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers, visiting batsman…
Australian Open: Pregnant Li Na credits husband with ‘ace’
The two-time grand slam champion, who retired from tennis in 2014, chose to start spreading the news about her pregnancy at the Australian Open in the Rod Laver Stadium. “Me…
Australian Open: Rafael Nadal wins in comeback but Ana Ivanovic crashes out
After all Nadal last competed at a major at Wimbledon and had lost both singles matches that he contested this year as he returned from appendix surgery. Nadal — who…
Restaurant wish list: 15 global eateries we’re dying to try in 2015
Here are some restaurant openings and events we can’t wait to experience, as well as a few classics worth revisiting. Santina (New York) The Mario Carbone, Jeff Zalaznick and Rich…