Новости за 31.07.2021

The AFL has been forced to postpone three Round 20 matches scheduled to be played in Queensland this weekend due to the snap lockdown in Brisbane and south east Queensland.

The Australian Sharks’ Olympic campaign suffered a fatal setback yesterday when they were thumped 16-5 by Spain before Croatia beat Serbia 14-12 to make certain Australia will not progress from the preliminary round.

The Australian men’s water polo team has suffered a costly loss to defending champions Spain in Tokyo.

Victoria has recorded two new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, with one case out in the community while infectious, say health authorities.

Eminent surgeon David Kennedy, who has died at 91, was guided by his professional obligation to spot and develop talent. David was born in South Yarra into a Presbyterian medical family.

The army will be sent in to door-knock people in Sydney who have tested positive to COVID-19, as NSW continues to battle an outbreak of the Delta variant.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Donald Trump remains the party’s most popular politician, though he has not yet said if he will run for president again in the 2024 election.

This salad is lovely with so many things, but try it with grilled fish, lamb chops or braised beef.

After a brilliant week in and on the water, attention turns elsewhere in week two. Athletics, boxing, football, hockey, skateboarding, equestrian. Take your pick, there’s plenty to keep an eye on.

Weeks before the Olympics began, Australia didn’t have a men’s 800 runner qualified for the Games. Incredibly, they now have three in the semis.

“The fact that they can name it and attend to it is liberating people from carrying it in secret.”

American gymnast Simone Biles has withdrawn from event finals for vault and the uneven bars at the Tokyo Olympics, USA Gymnastics said on Saturday.

Kaylee McKeown has won her second gold at these Games after a crushing victory in the 200m backstroke final, while Australia picked up bronze in the mixed 4x100m medley relay.

The race was only a fifth of the distance, but the men and women fell over the line in Tokyo just as exhausted.

NSW has recorded 210 new local cases of COVID-19, Health Minister Brad Hazzard has announced, with a 14th death linked to the outbreak.

Patrick Tiernan said he never thought of stopping. You don’t come this far to fall that short.

More than 9300 patients are hospitalised, up from 1845 a month ago and nearing the record 10,179 set on July of last year.

Police are attempting to stop a repeat of last weekend’s anti-lockdown protest, which saw thousands of people take to the streets and mounted police pelted with pot plants.

Blessing Okagbare, competing in her fourth Olympics and having won long jump silver in 2008, had competed in the 100m heats on Friday and was due to run again.

We have the benefit of others’ hindsight. We can’t afford not to make it our foresight.

Parts of Queensland will go into lockdown from 4pm on Saturday as the state recorded seven new cases of COVID-19.

Parts of Queensland will go into lockdown from 4pm on Saturday as the state recorded seven new cases of COVID-19.

The Kangaroos stormed out to a 41-point lead late in the second term, seeming likely to claim an upset victory. But as any North die hard would know, the game was far from over. The rain began to pour into the opened Docklands stadium - much to Brad Scott’s dismay - as Jimmy Bartel put the Cats in front at the death through a contentious 50-metre penalty.

One of the most significant changes made to the ADF in recent times was about who could work, not how they did so.