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'So happy': Minjee leads Australia to world golf glory

'So happy': Minjee leads Australia to world golf glory

Australia's women's golf stars are on top of the world after beating the top-seeded USA to claim the LPGA Tour's prestigious International Crown event in Seoul.

Wallabies to call on reserves after lock injury toll

Wallabies to call on reserves after lock injury toll

Wallabies to call on reserves after lock injury toll

Wallabies to call on reserves after lock injury toll

Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt will send an SOS back to Australia after likely losing two locks ahead of their Test against England at Twickenham.

King breaks World Cup record to keep Australia unbeaten

King breaks World Cup record to keep Australia unbeaten

King breaks World Cup record to keep Australia unbeaten

King breaks World Cup record to keep Australia unbeaten

Alana King's superb World Cup has continued, with the legspinner claiming 7-18 to bowl Australia to a seven-wicket win over South Africa.

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Aussie golf aces battle into women's 'World Cup' semis

Aussie golf aces battle into women's 'World Cup' semis

Australia have produced another stirring back-nine recovery to book their place in the semi-finals of women's golf's unofficial "World Cup" in South Korea.

Trump shadow looms large as PM scales regional summits

Trump shadow looms large as PM scales regional summits

World leaders including Anthony Albanese will jostle for position at major regional summits as talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping take centre stage.

Lee, Kyriacou inch Australia close to Crown semi-finals

Lee, Kyriacou inch Australia close to Crown semi-finals

Minjee Lee and Steph Kyriacou have edged star-studded Team Australia closer to the semi-finals at the prestigious International Crown in Seoul.

King's spin makes Australia queens of the middle overs

King's spin makes Australia queens of the middle overs

One key factor in Australia's game is helping their push to claim a second straight ODI World Cup, and Alana King's 3-38 from her past 20 overs highlights it.

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Mandhana leads India towards another Australia showdown

Mandhana leads India towards another Australia showdown

Mandhana leads India towards another Australia showdown

Mandhana leads India towards another Australia showdown

India have reached the semi-finals of the women's World Cup, where a last-four rematch with unbeaten Australia may well soon await.

Australian golfers split first-day fourballs with Thais

Australian golfers split first-day fourballs with Thais

Australian golfers split first-day fourballs with Thais

Australian golfers split first-day fourballs with Thais

Minjee Lee and Steph Kyriacou have helped Australian share first-day spoils with defending champions Thailand at the LPGA's International Crown teams event.

Aussie King puts England in a spin in World Cup clash

Aussie King puts England in a spin in World Cup clash

Aussie King puts England in a spin in World Cup clash

Aussie King puts England in a spin in World Cup clash

Australia's Alana King has spun her web beautifully, doing most to restrict England to 9-244 in the World Cup clash between the unbeaten Ashes rivals.

N Korea fires missiles before leaders meet in S Korea

N Korea fires missiles before leaders meet in S Korea

N Korea fires missiles before leaders meet in S Korea

N Korea fires missiles before leaders meet in S Korea

North Korea has fired several short-range ballistic missiles in a northeasterly direction, South Korea's military says.

'Very excited': Aussie golfers eye acclaimed team title

'Very excited': Aussie golfers eye acclaimed team title

'Very excited': Aussie golfers eye acclaimed team title

'Very excited': Aussie golfers eye acclaimed team title

Major winners Minjee Lee, Hannah Green and Grace Kim will lead a powerful Australian side at women's golf's International Crown teams' event in South Korea.

Healy out of blockbuster World Cup clash with injury

Healy out of blockbuster World Cup clash with injury

Healy out of blockbuster World Cup clash with injury

Healy out of blockbuster World Cup clash with injury

Alyssa Healy has suffered another injury at the pointy end of a World Cup, ruled out of Australia's clash with England with the finals on the horizon.

Skipper keeps Sri Lanka alive with stunning last over

Skipper keeps Sri Lanka alive with stunning last over

Skipper keeps Sri Lanka alive with stunning last over

Skipper keeps Sri Lanka alive with stunning last over

Sri Lanka remain with a chance of progressing in the Women's Cricket World Cup but Bangladesh are out after an extraordinary finish in Navi Mumbai.

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World Cup rests make Molineux's return a rollercoaster

Sophie Molineux waited 10 months to get back on the field for Australia's World Cup defence, making forced resting to manage her knee an emotional battle.

Medvedev a seed too far for battling Duckworth

Australian seed-slayer James Duckworth has finally met his match in Almaty, where Daniil Medvedev dug deep to beat him in three sets in the semis.

'I look up to her a lot': Litchfield follows Healy path

Alyssa Healy has joined an elite band of women batters with 7000 international runs, and Australia's captain is inspiring her brilliant young opening partner.

'Ducks' out to break ATP title duck in home from home

Four years since he last reached an ATP tournament semi-final in Kazakhstan, Australian James Duckworth is back in the last-four at the Almaty Open

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Minjee makes move as Kim leads BMW Ladies Championship

Australian golf star Minjee Lee has jumped up into a tie for sixth at the halfway point of the LPGA Tour's BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea.

Another Healy ton powers Aussies into World Cup semis

Skipper Alyssa Healy has made up for a bad day in the field with another century to power champions Australia into the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Medvedev turns Aussie slayer again in Kazakhstan

Adam Walton has lost to the rejuvenated Daniil Medvedev in the last-16 of the Almaty Open while fellow Sydneysider Aleksandar Vukic was also defeated.

Kancha Sherpa, who climbed Everest with Hillary, dies

The family of Kancha Sherpa, a member of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition, says he has died in Kathmandu at the age of 92.

Aussie golfers off the pace at BMW Ladies Championship

Aussie golf stars Minjee Lee and defending champion Hannah Green are both six shots off the lead after the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship in Korea.

Sutherland shines with ball in Aussie World Cup defence

She could be the world's best allrounder but Annabel Sutherland has been leading the way as Australia's key bowler in their World Cup defence.

England saved by World Cup rain as Aussies go joint top

England have been left grateful to snaffle a point after their World Cup match with Pakistan was rained off as they faced likely defeat in Colombo.

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