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Nick Kyrgios describes himself as a “chaotic mess, but an entertainer” as he prepares to return in Brisbane and awaits a call on his Australian Open status. Source link

Steve Smith launches an impassioned defence of the out-of-form Cameron Green, but cannot guarantee the all-rounder’s place in Australia’s XI for the final Ashes Test. Source link

Diane Crump, who in 1969 became the first woman to ride professionally in a horse race in the United States, dies at 77. Source link

Officers will carry long-arm firearms as part of a bolstered police presence at the Ashes Test in Sydney in the wake of the Bondi terror attack. Source link

Just over two weeks from the season-opening major, former world number one Naomi Osaka reveals she is not at full health after contracting a viral illness over the Christmas period. Source link

Figure skater Anastasia Golubeva becomes an Australian citizen, just six weeks out from the Milano-Cortina Olympics. Source link

With one ball remaining on day two of the fifth Ashes Test in 2003, Steve Waugh stared down a century and his own cricketing mortality before securing one of the most famous centuries of his storied career.  Source link

Australia’s teen sensation is forced to lay low, with team captain Lleyton Hewitt hoping it is just a 24-hour thing. Source link

Todd Murphy could play his first Test match on Australian soil as the curator of the SCG allays fears over the pitch. Source link

Venus Williams will play in the main draw of the Australian Open for the first time since 2021, 28 years after she first graced Melbourne Park. Source link