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Japan's PM calls snap election after 3 months in office

Japan's PM calls snap election after 3 months in office

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of parliament, paving the way for a snap election.

Gardner gets better of Lanning again in key WPL battle

Gardner gets better of Lanning again in key WPL battle

Gardner gets better of Lanning again in key WPL battle

Gardner gets better of Lanning again in key WPL battle

Ash Gardner has again won the battle of Australian WPL skippers with her Gujarat Giants eking out a key victory over Meg Lanning's UP Warriorz.

Capitals down Indians as WPL play-off chase hits logjam

Capitals down Indians as WPL play-off chase hits logjam

Capitals down Indians as WPL play-off chase hits logjam

Capitals down Indians as WPL play-off chase hits logjam

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru side of Grace Harris and Georgia Voll is almost certain to play in the WPL final as the pack compresses behind them.

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Gardner half-century can't halt the RCB juggernaut

Gardner half-century can't halt the RCB juggernaut

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have become the first team to book a first play-off spot in the Women's Premier League despite Ash Gardner's defiant 54 for Gujarat.

Aussie surfers make waves at junior world titles

Aussie surfers make waves at junior world titles

Australians Dane Henry and Isla Huppatz are junior world surfing champions after claiming titles in the Philippines.

Body found as search for plane crash victims continues

Body found as search for plane crash victims continues

Indonesian authorities have located a body and the wreckage of a plane carrying 10 people that came down near a fog-covered mountain in South Sulawesi.

Lambert shows off his speed in snowboard cross blitz

Lambert shows off his speed in snowboard cross blitz

Adam Lambert has capped a mammoth weekend for Australia's Winter Olympians, winning gold at the snowboard cross World Cup in China.

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Syria army continues advance against Kurdish-held towns

Syria army continues advance against Kurdish-held towns

Syria army continues advance against Kurdish-held towns

Syria army continues advance against Kurdish-held towns

Syrian forces have captured a city and two dams as they push further into Kurdish-held territory, state media says.

Voll back with a bang while Aussie teen shines in WPL

Voll back with a bang while Aussie teen shines in WPL

Voll back with a bang while Aussie teen shines in WPL

Voll back with a bang while Aussie teen shines in WPL

Recalled opener Georgia Voll has guided Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a WPL win, while Lucy Hamilton announced herself in India as a teenage Aussie star.

Unruffled Rennie shows nerves of Steel with Kobe win

Unruffled Rennie shows nerves of Steel with Kobe win

Unruffled Rennie shows nerves of Steel with Kobe win

Unruffled Rennie shows nerves of Steel with Kobe win

With his team going great guns in Japan, former Wallabies mentor Dave Rennie is one of a number of options to become the new All Blacks coach.

Mooney misses out again as Gardner's WPL Giants flop

Mooney misses out again as Gardner's WPL Giants flop

Mooney misses out again as Gardner's WPL Giants flop

Mooney misses out again as Gardner's WPL Giants flop

The WBBL's leading 2026 batter Beth Mooney hasn't yet got going in India's WPL, with the great opener missing out again in their defeat to Bengaluru.

S.Korea court jails ex-president Yoon for obstruction

S.Korea court jails ex-president Yoon for obstruction

S.Korea court jails ex-president Yoon for obstruction

S.Korea court jails ex-president Yoon for obstruction

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol has been sentenced to five years in prison on some charges related to his failed martial law decree.

Lanning's wait is over as her WPL side win at last

Lanning's wait is over as her WPL side win at last

Lanning's wait is over as her WPL side win at last

Lanning's wait is over as her WPL side win at last

Meg Lanning's UP Warriorz are finally off the mark after gaining their first WPL victory in a seven-wicket defeat of front-runners Mumbai Indians.

Another crane collapse in Thailand, killing two people

Another crane collapse in Thailand, killing two people

Another crane collapse in Thailand, killing two people

Another crane collapse in Thailand, killing two people

Two people are dead after a construction crane collapsed in Thailand, a day after a crane accident caused ⁠the deaths of 32 train passengers.

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Lanning back in the runs but her WPL charges lose again

Former Australia skipper Meg Lanning has scored a record-equalling 10th WPL half-century -- but her UP Warriorz team have lost again in a last-ball thriller.

At least 32 killed after crane falls on Thai train

A construction crane has crashed onto a moving passenger train in northeastern Thailand, triggering a derailment that killed at least 32 people.

Australia set for Lahore exams before T20 World Cup

Pakistan is looking forward to three T20 internationals the team will play in Lahore against Australia in the build-up to the World Cup.

Crane falls on a train in Thailand, killing at least 30

A train travelling from Thailand's capital has derailed after a construction crane fell on one of its carriages, ‌killing 30 people and injuring ‍many others.

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Carey shines again to boost recall chatter

Nicola Carey has made an impact batting, bowling and fielding as Mumbai Indians beat a Gujarat Giants side featuring three Australian caps in the WPL.

Harris onslaught sends Lanning to second defeat in two

Grace Harris has smashed Meg Lanning's UP Warriorz all around the park hitting 85 in 40 balls for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Women's Premier League.

Why Sean Abbott won't give up on T20 World Cup hopes

Sydney Sixers gun Sean Abbott missed the cut for Australia's Twenty20 World Cup squad but is on stand-by for a late call-up.

Gardner leads Australians' super show in India's WPL

Australians Nicola Carey, Georgia Wareham, Ash Gardner and Phoebe Litchfield have all lit up the second day of action in India's Women's Premier League.

Carey shines on WPL bow but eclipsed by epic de Klerk

The WPL in India has exploded into life with Nicola Carey making a fine debut, only to be overshadowed by South African hitter Nadine de Klerk.

'Meg-astar' out to make more history in India's WPL

Mighty Meg Lanning seems to be playing better with age - and she's out to lift the WPL title that would cap her matchless captaincy career.

Myanmar's military-backed party leads election

Partial results from Myanmar's first election since 2020, show the junta-backed party winning by a wide margin as expected.

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