A six-month-old baby had a miraculous escape after his stroller rolled off a railway station platform and into the path of an incoming train.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Vanderbilt Commodores are about to go down under for some preseason bonding and extra play time.
Three more men were charged Wednesday with conspiring to carry out a terrorist act on a military base, bringing the total to four, police in Victoria, Australia, said.
Four suspects accused of planning to carry out a terrorist attack on a military base in Australia were arrested in early morning busts across Melbourne on Tuesday, authorities said.
The Cruise girls spend mother-daughter time bonding
Suri hangs with kangaroos, Tom turns 47 and Katie prepares to work
Australia's reputation as the happy-go-lucky country was turned on its head in the late 1990s as the usually safe streets of the Victorian capital were transformed into a gangland war zone.
Britain's Jenson Button backed up his season-opening victory in Melbourne by claiming pole for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on Saturday.
Toyota, Williams and Brawn GP have all been cleared to race in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne after the FIA threw out a protest made by three of their Formula One rivals.
Tiger Woods will make his first appearance Down Under since 1998 when he plays in the Australian Masters, tournament organizers confirmed on Thursday.
A six-month-old baby had a miraculous escape after his stroller rolled off a railway station platform and into the path of an incoming train.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Vanderbilt Commodores are about to go down under for some preseason bonding and extra play time.
Three more men were charged Wednesday with conspiring to carry out a terrorist act on a military base, bringing the total to four, police in Victoria, Australia, said.
Four suspects accused of planning to carry out a terrorist attack on a military base in Australia were arrested in early morning busts across Melbourne on Tuesday, authorities said.
The Cruise girls spend mother-daughter time bonding
Suri hangs with kangaroos, Tom turns 47 and Katie prepares to work
Australia's reputation as the happy-go-lucky country was turned on its head in the late 1990s as the usually safe streets of the Victorian capital were transformed into a gangland war zone.
Britain's Jenson Button backed up his season-opening victory in Melbourne by claiming pole for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on Saturday.
Toyota, Williams and Brawn GP have all been cleared to race in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne after the FIA threw out a protest made by three of their Formula One rivals.
Tiger Woods will make his first appearance Down Under since 1998 when he plays in the Australian Masters, tournament organizers confirmed on Thursday.
Two men, who were arrested Thursday in connection with the deadly wildfires that have swept through southeastern Australia, were released without being charged, police said.
Deadly bushfires raged on in southeast Australia on Sunday despite cooler temperatures and scores of firefighters trying to control the flames.
An Australian man has been charged with murder after witnesses said he threw his four-year-old daughter from a busy bridge in Melbourne.
Jelena Jankovic is making a reputation for herself as one of the hardest working women in tennis.
2007 champion Serena Williams marched into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-1 6-4 win over Shua Peng of China on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal moved closer to his first hard-court Grand Slam title with another emphatic victory to claim a third round clash against Tommy Haas at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Tournament favorite Andy Murray has been seeded only fourth for the men's singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne next week.
Exhibitions during the offseason are a double-edged sword, no matter how you look at them. You answered a question about players complaining of the long season, yet booking numerous exhibitions during the offseason. While I lean towards the argument of players losing credibility for this phenomenon, I have to think they are acting partially as ambassadors of the sport and taking the sport (and themselves) to places that have little tennis exposure. -- J. Duncan, Flagstaff, Ariz.
The all-too-quick international break is over, as is your fearless ranker's. I'm back from Down Under, where I got a quick glimpse into Australian football. No, not this kind. Or this kind. Though now that you mention it, it was highly amusing to run into this (we think) Aussie rules legend in Melbourne.
The fickle storm that stuck around for five days and carved a dizzying path that included three separate landfalls dumped more than two feet of rain in some places
A Qantas flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne made an emergency landing in the Philippines on Friday after a hole appeared in the fuselage and the cabin lost pressure suddenly.
Larysa Latynina holds more Olympic medals than any other competitor, male or female, in any sport and was responsible for establishing the Soviet Union as the dominant force in gymnastics.
Radiohead made news when it allowed its fans to pay whatever they thought was reasonable to download the band's latest album. Now, innovative restaurants around the world are doing the same thing -- letting their patrons decide how much their meal is worth.
Lewis Hamilton may rue being so dismissive of his competition after dominating the opening Australian Grand Prix.
Australian Grand Prix chiefs have ruled out the prospect of a floodlit race in Melbourne, despite a veiled warning from Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone that they could lose their place on the calendar.
World record holder Asafa Powell made a positive start to his Olympic season on Thursday with an easy win in the 100 meters at the Melbourne Grand Prix.
Herewith, 50 thoughts on a strange and captivating Australian Open, trying to incorporate as many of your questions as possible. We'll return to our regular format next week.
Rafael Nadal took a short cut into the Australian Open quarterfinals on Sunday when Paul-Henri Mathieu retired at 6-4 3-0 with a left calf muscle injury after just 50 minutes in Melbourne.
Twenty-seven miners were rescued Monday less than five hours after a landslide trapped them deep below ground in a gold mine west of Melbourne, Australia, police said.
Australia is in danger of losing its grand prix unless it moves the event to the evening, Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone told an Australian newspaper on Sunday.
For many of us the thought of going to the gym makes us sweat -- in fear. Common anxieties include the crowds, the strange machines, the unforgiving exercise clothes and the likelihood of doing the exercises all wrong.
Michael Phelps was flipping through TV channels in his Melbourne hotel room last Friday when, for the first time all week, he was stopped cold. Phelps had come across Pardon the Interruption, and hosts Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser were yapping -- in between Final Four forecasts and spring training rants -- about Phelps's historic performance at the world swimming championships. Where did he belong on the sporting landscape? Was he elevating his niche sport to watercooler status? "Awesome," said Phelps, a sports-TV junkie. "I watch these guys all the time, and now they're talking about swimming."
American Michael Phelps broke Ian Thorpe's 200 meters freestyle world record to win gold during a dramatic night at the world championships in Melbourne on Tuesday.
As the Formula One season begins this weekend in Melbourne, SI.com thought it would be fun to debate whether open-wheel racing is more difficult than the stock cars of NASCAR. Lars Anderson and Mark Zeske each offer their opinions.
The winds of change have swept across Formula One at hurricane strength for the 2007 season, which opens this weekend in Australia. Fernando Alonso, the winner of the past two world championships with Renault, has switched to McLaren-Mercedes. Kimi Raikkonen has moved into the retired Michael Schumacher's Ferrari. And a slew of technical restrictions has been instituted in hopes of placing an increased emphasis on teams and drivers.
The vibrant city of Melbourne, Australia, is rich in cultural life and good food. Budget Travel highlights a handful of memorable eateries.
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She looked pretty, Maria Sharapova did -- pretty damn uncomfortable. With on-court conditions resembling the inside of a kiln, Sharapova was basted in sweat, alternately flushed and pale, during her first-round Australian Open match last week. While the top-seeded Russian overcame a feisty opponent, France's Camille Pin, and temperatures that reached 116° on the court, after the match she called on tournament organizers to rethink the event's Extreme Heat Policy, which outlines conditions for suspending a match before it begins but does not allow for a match in progress to be suspended. "It's inhumanly possible to play three hours in that kind of heat," she said.
World number one Justine Henin-Hardenne will miss this month's Australian Open because of "personal family reasons".
England are considering playing a second spinner in the fifth and final Ashes test against Australia in Sydney.
The Scene spent the day in Melbourne with actress Holly Valance. Do you have a favorite hangout in Australia's second city? What do you think of Holly's work? Send us your suggestions and ideas and we'll post your comments here.
The Scene caught up with Holly Valance in Melbourne to talk shopping, nightlife and living the good life...
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If Sydney is Australia's glamorous socialite, Melbourne is its hipper, younger, southern sister. Lounging on the banks of the brown Yarra river, hugging Port Phillip Bay, it's the heart and the height of Australian culture, cuisine, fashion and sport.
Holly Valance -- real name Holly Vukadinovic -- is the latest graduate from the prestigious Erinsbrough Fame Academy, also known as "Neighbours," the wobbly soap phenomenon set in a fictitious Melbourne suburb that has been drawing inexplicably massive audiences for more than two decades.
England captain Andrew Flintoff will battle through painful ankle problems to play in the last two Ashes Tests.
Here are airline restrictions put in place since the discovery of an alleged terror plot aimed at airliners flying between Great Britain and the United States. This information comes from each country's domestic security and aviation agencies:
In her first TV interview since her recovery, Kylie Minogue fought back tears as she described the moment she discovered she had breast cancer.
The 18th Commonwealth Games closed in Melbourne on Sunday after 12 days of intense competition, drama and emotion between the mostly former British colonies.
Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince completed half-centuries in a 144-run stand to lead a South African fightback on the opening day of the third and final Test against Australia.
Brasil 1 forged ahead in light winds as the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race got underway without a hitch from Cape Town's Table Bay.
A leading Australian swimming coach has been forced to apologize to his national federation after running a "commando" style training camp involving mock "executions."
Australian police expect to make more arrests as part of a counterterrorism swoop which saw 17 men held in custody Tuesday after raids in Sydney and Melbourne.
The airline industry is in trouble in the United States. But elsewhere, it's blue skies and big opportunity--especially for niche players in regions with only one major airline. Launching at the en...
Australian mare Makybe Diva has won an historic third straight victory in this year's rich Melbourne Cup horse race.
Pop singer Kylie Minogue's manager has confirmed she will undergo surgery this week for breast cancer.
Pop singer Kylie Minogue has begun treatment for breast cancer at a private Catholic hospital in the southern Australian city of Melbourne.
Dozens of people were hospitalized after a mystery illness struck an Australian airport, forcing hundreds of people to be evacuated from the terminal.
World cricket opened its collective hearts and wallets to the victims of the Asian tsunami with $11 million raised from the one-day charity match in Melbourne on Monday.
Australia's death toll from the Asian tsunamis has risen to 13 after the body of an Australian Rules football player was identified in Thailand.
Troy Broadbridge, a 24-year-old player with the Melbourne Demons in Australian Rules football's premier competition, is among the Australians missing in Phuket, Thailand, after tsunamis hit the region.
Australian mare Makybe Diva has pulled off an historic back-to-back victory in this year's Melbourne Cup horse race.
Australian police have found a three-week old baby girl that was mysteriously snatched from a suburban shopping center car park by a couple who attacked the mother with pepper spray.
Scotland have made two changes for Sunday's first Test against Australia in Melbourne, promoting fullback Hugo Southwell and flyhalf Dan Parks to the starting line-up.
Ralf Schumacher's Williams lapped faster than brother Michael's Ferrari at a freezing Imola as Formula One's top teams tested their new cars together for the first time.
Jetstar, the new discount carrier set up by Australia's biggest airline Qantas, is to operate some services from a secondary airport outside Melbourne.
MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) - Champion Andre Agassi dismissed Sweden's Thomas Enqvist 6-0 6-3 6-3 in a stunning display to reach the Australian Open fourth round.
Former Australian cricket great David Hookes is in critical condition after being apparently bashed during a brawl outside a hotel late Sunday night in the southern Australian city of Melbourne.
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