Australia may build a new stadium to host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2032 Olympics if Brisbane secures the Games, Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Thursday.
Brisbane took a major step towards being named 2032 (...)
Many nations in the Asia-Pacific region are rolling out the first shots for COVID-19 this week.
Here's a look at major developments:
SOUTH KOREA
South Korea's top infectious disease experts warned that vaccines will not bring the disease to a quick (...)
Football Australia has pledged its full support for Katrina Gorry after the Brisbane Roar midfielder revealed on Monday she is pregnant and will miss this year's Tokyo Olympics.
The governing body had reviewed its parental leave policy in 2019 to (...)
Tennis fans wearing masks filtered into Melbourne Park on Monday for the start of the Australian Open, this year's first Grand Slam event, as the host city recorded one new locally acquired case of the novel coronavirus.
Players and staff arriving (...)
South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai will be among the favourites to advance to the knockout rounds of this year's Asian Champions League after the defending champions were drawn to face a pair of debutants in the competition's group phase on (...)
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Thousands of people took to the streets in European and Asian cities on Saturday, demonstrating in support of U.S. protests against police brutality.
The rolling, global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities, (...)
Thousands took to the streets in Australia on Saturday, and hundreds did in Japan, to support protests across the United States against police brutality, while demonstrations were expected in South Korea with a virtual rally in Thailand.
The (...)
A U.S. biotechnology company began injecting a coronavirus vaccine candidate into people in Australia on Tuesday with hopes of releasing a proven vaccine this year.
Novavax will inject 131 volunteers in the first phase of the trial testing the (...)
Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were released from an Australian hospital on Tuesday, five days after they were diagnosed with the new coronavirus, media reported.
Queensland state's health department would not comment on media reports that the (...)
The coach of the Chinese women's soccer team has praised the "strong hearts" of his players after they emerged undefeated from an Olympic qualifying tournament in Australia despite their preparations being thrown into chaos by the coronavirus.
The (...)
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) said on Thursday it is postponing all domestic games due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic as the total number of confirmed deaths from the newly identified pathogen in the country rose to (...)
World number one Rafa Nadal won a battle of attrition against fellow left-hander Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan 7-6(4) 6-4 to seal Spain's spot in the final eight of the inaugural ATP Cup in Perth on Wednesday.
Meanwhile his long-time rival, world (...)
Tennis world number two Novak Djokovic said he is concerned that smoke might cause some problems at the Australian Open later this month as bushfires continued to blaze across large sections of the southeast on Sunday.
Hundreds of fires in New South (...)
Former world number one Andy Murray is in line to play Grigor Dimitrov in the opening round of the inaugural ATP Cup, with Bulgaria qualifying among the final six teams in the nation-based tournament.
Briton Murray, on the comeback trail after hip (...)
Australian officials on Wednesday ordered residents and tourists to get out of the way of fast-approaching flames as firefighters struggled to contain more than 150 bushfires raging on both the east and west coasts.
While cooler weather overnight (...)
Reigning Wimbledon champion Simona Halep will play in the inaugural Adelaide International ahead of next year's Australian Open, organizers said on Friday.
Adelaide International, a combined ATP and WTA event, replaces the Sydney International which (...)
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has praised Southeast Queensland's early planning for a potential bid for the 2032 Summer Games after meeting with the mayor of Brisbane on Monday.
Queensland state capital Brisbane and nearby (...)
World number nine Ashleigh Barty kept alive Australia's hopes of advancing to their first Fed Cup final in 26 years when she beat former world number one Victoria Azarenka in the second singles of the tie against Belarus in Brisbane on (...)
Pope Francis, ending a landmark conference on sexual abuse of minors by clergy, called on Sunday for an “all-out battle” against a crime he called abominable and that should be “erased from the face of the earth”.
At the end of a Mass in the (...)
A look at the records of Spain's Rafa Nadal and Serbia's Novak Djokovic before their title clash at the Australian Open on Sunday (prefix number denotes seeding):
2-RAFA NADAL
Age: 32
ATP ranking: 2
ATP titles: 80
Coaches: Carlos Moya, Francisco (...)
A new documentary on DW follows the charismatic young Mexican maestra over 14 month as she conducts on three continents. As she tells DW, the sheer fact that she is a female conductor is still fascinating to many.A rising star in classical music, (...)
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer loom over Melbourne Park for the year's opening Grand Slam as favorites for the Australian Open as questions remain as to whether one of Generation Next could finally end their stranglehold.
The Serbian world number (...)
Karolina Pliskova has won her second Brisbane International title, beating Lesia Tsurenko 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 after being just two points from defeat.
Serving for the title at 5-4 Sunday, Tsurenko lost 13 straight points. It came after Tsurenko rolled her (...)
Australia's government is confident it has grounds to strip an alleged Islamic State recruiter of citizenship, a minister said on Wednesday, as questions arose over whether doing so could be illegal and leave the man stateless.
The case highlights (...)
