We’ve all had that heartbreaking moment of seeing someone we really, really fancy and suspect to be our soulmates, only to let them walk away without saying a word. Most of us ponder what could have been and lament our…
Woman sits on a road surrounded by crabs
A woman has captured herself casually sitting in the middle of a road as millions of crabs start their annual march to the Christmas Island shoreline. In the shot, photographer Kirsty Faulkner, 40, is surrounded by a swarm of red…
China says nobody can stand in its way in Pacific Island cooperation (Vanguard)
No country can block China’s cooperation with island nations in the Pacific and the area is no country’s sphere of influence, a senior diplomat said on Tuesday. The diplomat said this ahead of a summit between President Xi Jinping and…
Usain Bolt leaves Central Coast Mariners football team (CNN)
Usain Bolt’s soccer career in Australia has come to an end with the announcement Friday that the Olympic sprint champion and the Central Coast Mariners have failed to reach a deal. Bolt made the move from sprinter to soccer player…
Bolt has slim chances in football, Says Ex-Australia coach Postecoglou (Vanguard)
Former Australia coach, Ange Postecoglou has cast doubt on Usain Bolt’s hopes of re-inventing himself as a football player and earning a professional A-League contract at the age of 32. The Olympic champion sprinter is undergoing trials at Central Coast…
Doctor accused of peeping under women’s skirts (DVR)
A Cape Town doctor working in Australia has been accused of peeping under women’s skirts in a shopping mall. Mohamed Zaahid Pandie, 44, who is originally from Bo-Kaap, has been suspended without pay from the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane,…
Man wins lotto twice in one day (Newsweek)
A man in Queensland, Australia shockingly won the lotto twice in one day after he bought two identical entries by “accident.” The man, who asked to remain anonymous, had two of the four winning lotto tickets in Australia’s Saturday Gold…
British man dies after being bitten by sea snake in Australia (Metro)
A British fisherman has died after being bitten by a sea snake while working on a trawler off the northern Australian coast. The 23-year-old, who has not yet been identified, was pulling in a net in a remote part of…
Williams to face Federer at Hopman Cup (BBC)
Serena Williams is set to face Roger Federer in her first event of the 2019 season when the USA play Switzerland in the mixed doubles at the Hopman Cup. Williams, 37, has not played since her controversial US Open final…
Australia football body adopts reforms after FIFA threat (Guardian)
Australia’s football governing body voted for wide-ranging reforms Tuesday against the wishes of its outgoing chairman, ending a long-running battle that saw FIFA threaten to take over the federation. Football Federation Australia’s 10-member Congress — nine state and territory associations,…
