A not entirely fruitless endeavour.

The dream scenario for Australia sees Nathan Lyon claiming his 400th Test wicket as he bowls his team to a series victory in his 100th game - but time is running out.

Dozens of Australian Open players will be forced to quarantine for 14 days – without training – after new tournament arrivals tested positive for COVID-19.

The Australian Open has been hit by a fourth case of COVID-19, breaches of quarantine, player anger over hard lockdown and a delay in training.

The Border-Gavaskar Test series is set for a thrilling climax after another stirring fightback on day three of the fourth and final Test by India.

A record seventh-wicket partnership between a pair of Indian no-names stretched belief - and this series - to the wire.

Testing is underway to help NSW experts link the seven cases back to known clusters. If they can, Sydney will remain on track to meeting Queensland's border rules.

People who are vision or hearing impaired have served on juries in NZ, the UK and the US, but they still aren't allowed on a jury in Victoria.

Seven days earlier Victory, inspired by Lisa De Vanna, had beaten City 6-0. But on Sunday the light blues turned the tables in dramatic style despite crowd abuse.

Shayleen Frail has recounted the fatal moments a car mounted the curb in Wellington and struck and killed her sons Sheldon, 6, and Shane, 7.

Residents from across Sydney took to social media on Saturday night to report sightings of the meteor, the last one of note since July.

Teenage guard Josh Giddey is only two games into his NBL career but he proved a match-winner for his Adelaide 36ers as they beat the Phoenix in double-overtime on Sunday.

Dismissing India took longer than the home side would have liked but a trademark rush of David Warner runs ensured Australia finished day three at the Gabba with momentum.

They are businessmen born in mainland China, serve on top advisory committees to Beijing and profess patriotism for the motherland. Now, they are seeking to bring that ardour to Hong Kong, as the founders of the city's newest political party.

Macarthur FC notched a 2-1 victory on Sunday but the Newcastle Jets deserved much more after a dominant second-half performance.

Maddison Hickson, 23, is behind bars after her father Michael John Carroll died at a home near Maitland on Saturday.

Health Minister Greg Hunt said there were no plans to change the vaccine schedule, but the government would accept any additional advice from the medical watchdog.

Iconic fast-food chain Pizza Hut could list onto the ASX in the next 12 months after experiencing significant growth throughout COVID-19.

Under the plan, the maximum price a passenger would pay for a standard trip would be $4.90, or $4.40 if using the standard Smartrider, and $3.90 for the Smartrider auto-reload.

By this point the physical work should have been done in the recent off-season, and given this off-season happened after a year of pandemic disruptions every player has been well aware that situations can change on a whim. 

Tennis players have reacted angrily to the news that they are facing 14 days stuck in their hotel rooms with no practice, after people on their charter flights to Australia returned positive COVID-19 tests.

It was once a stop on the hippie trail and inspiration for the Lonely Planet guidebooks. So how did Afghanistan come to be defined by war and terrorism?

The heat will be on all around Muswellbrook at today’s meeting, with the feature Summer Sizzler set to erupt in forecast 34-degree heat.

As ever in mid-January all eyes were on the Gold Coast but Remarque's Sydney debut may prove a better Slipper pointer than Shaquero's victory in the Magic Millions.

An eight-race card in the upper Hunter kicks off the week for Racing NSW.

Leicester City maintained their impressive form as a 2-0 home win against Southampton extended their unbeaten Premier League run to five games to lift them into second place on Saturday.

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Once a hub for both Western and Indian tourists, Kashmir has been reeling for more than a year. First, India brought in security forces. Then the coronavirus struck.

Sunday's AFLW practice match between Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney was called off early after a collision that led to Giants player Brid Stack being taken to hospital.

In a spectacular Prada Cup challenger race off Auckland, American boat Patriot flew through the air, tipped over and had to be saved from sinking.

A compelling summer has justified Cricket Australia's push for five-Test series between Australia and India but logistical and commercial factors make it challenging.

Indian star Cheteshwar Pujara hasn't had the series he would have liked but the reasons why he has struggled to have "aggressive intent" are nuanced.

The airport wants the right to block developments in areas affected by flight noise, in a bid to prevent a future Sydney Airport-style curfew.

Several health experts are urging the Victorian government to embrace rapid antigen testing for coronavirus, arguing that the technology is cheap, improving in accuracy, and could help keep borders open and strengthen hotel quarantine.

The blaze started just before 11.15am on Saturday near Modong Nature Reserve and as of 12.47pm it had jumped Thomas Road, burning in the rear of at least three properties of Cumming Road. 

Banking regulators are prepared to tighten lending standards if record low interest rates deliver the nation a new housing boom.

From vintage Bond to ARIA-winning jazz and soul, there's heaps to do in and around Melbourne this week

William Barton and Veronique Serret together adds up to something quite special.

It’s hard to outcamp the inherent campiness of a nineteenth-century operetta set on a British navel vessel.

James Harden made Nets history on debut for the franchise, and the team might still find another gear when Kyrie Irving gets back.

A land, air and water search is underway for New Zealander Tane Huffman, who failed to return from his swim on Saturday.

The opening salvo would herald a 10-day blitz of executive actions as Biden seeks to act swiftly to redirect the country in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency without waiting for Congress.

Thousands of Hondurans, many of them families with children, are travelling in a migrant caravan headed for the United States as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take power.

Jack Dorsey was working remotely on a private island in French Polynesia when a Twitter executive phoned to reveal the decision to lock down President Trump's account.

Police have been told the man, believed to be aged 41, was with five other men on separate inflatable lilos when he became wedged on a large submerged rock about 1pm.

Severe thunderstorms could lash parts of the south-east on Sunday afternoon and evening.

Remote learning, working from home and general isolation exposed vulnerabilities in relationships as services report more couples seeking separation advice as pandemic drags on.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian voiced frustration with Victoria's travel restrictions on Sunday, saying that the NSW-Victorian border should have reopened "quite a while back".

The far-right media personality posted a video that showed supporters of Trump taking selfies with officers in the Capitol, telling the officers and each other: "This is only the beginning."

The AFLW season is set to kick off on January 28, but with Australia's interstate borders impacted by differing closures and travel rules, and the possibility of more outbreaks always on the cards, the fixture needs to be flexible.