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Kasatkina determined to 'pay back' Australia after emotional home debut
Daria Kasatkina admits she held back tears and dealt with severe nerves during an agonising three-set loss at the Brisbane International.
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Tears for Thanasi, grins for Nick as Special Ks make their return
Thanasi Kokkinakis said he didn't think he'd be able to return to tennis after a 2025 blighted by injury. Instead he's made a winning return alongside doubles partner and all-round showman Nick Kyrgios.
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Damien Martyn awakes from coma in 'some sort of miracle', thanks public
Former Australian Test batsman Damien Martyn is awake and talking after being in an induced coma for several days.
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Weary Australia eyes Ashes finish line as England senses opportunity
Only the rain could slow England's progress on day one in Sydney, as a weary Australia reflected its coach's claims the series really ended in Adelaide.
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Five quick hits: Spinless Aussies 'pushed into' 137-year first and Brook bemuses
Australia opts not to pick a spinner for another Test, breaking a streak of 137 years at the SCG, which rises as one to honour the heroes of the Bondi terror attack. Here are the quick hits from the Ashes.
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England 18yo Littler wins back-to-back world darts titles
Luke Littler underlines his status as a generational talent in darts with a comfortable victory in the final of the World Darts Championship in London.
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'National crisis': Sports stars call for Bondi federal royal commission
Ian Thorpe, Jess Fox and Lleyton Hewitt are among more than 60 Australian sports stars joining public calls for a Commonwealth royal commission into the Bondi terror attack.
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'It's just poor': Controversial bad light call prematurely halts English charge
The top two men's Test batters in the world make hay against a spinless Australian attack, only to be stopped by the weather.
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Aussie teen makes history with World Cup gold ahead of Winter Olympics
With the Winter Olympics on the horizon, 15-year-old Indra Brown wins her first World Cup freeski halfpipe gold in Calgary, with Valentino Guseli also winning gold in the snowboard halfpipe.
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Former North Melbourne AFL player Phoenix Spicer dies aged 23
Phoenix Spicer, who played 12 AFL matches for North Melbourne, has died at the age of 23.