Born on August 8, 1981, in Basel, Switzerland, Federer's journey to stardom began at a young age when he picked up a racket and fell in love with the sport. His talent was unmistakable, and it wasn't long before his skills were honed under the guidance of Australian coach Pet...
First, the German 4×100 m women's relay team of Dallmann, Goetz, Steffen and Liebs took the Australian 4×100 m freestyle relay (Mills, Lenton, Thomas and Henry) world record of 3:35.94, clocking a time of 3:35.22. The German women's relay team of Dallman, Samulski,...
Lafayette's own Chanda Rubin's professional tennis career spanned 15 years. She won the 1996 Australian Open in doubles, reaching the semifinals of singles competition that year as well. She was a three-time French Open singles quarterfinalist. A member of both the Southern Tennis Hall of Fam...
Hence the off-field escapades that put him on the front pages as well as the back and cost him the support of large swathes of the Australian public. His private life was often turbulent and never dull, but the more trouble he seemed to be in, the better he appeared to play on the ...
Australia competes in truly international sports such as tennis, rugby, cricket, and of late, soccer. It has produced champions in swimming, golf, cycling, athletics, field hockey, Formula 1, and boxing. Australian women have one of the best soccer teams in the world.Melbourne is considered ...
Williams discovered she was pregnant shortly before the 2017 Australian Open and, with medical clearance, she won the tournament. Meeting Venus in the final -- for the ninth time with a Grand Slam trophy on the line -- Serena notched her 23rd and final major title.Venus lat...
“Sweetie” by their father who dreams of being an actor, or maybe a singer, or possibly some sort of creative something or other if she can get her shit together. It’s an incredible introduction to a major talent, and right from the get-go, you can see the Australian filmmaker ...
The main course of Serena Williams’ 2017 Australian Open victory was that it gave her 23 Grand Slam titles, which broke a tie with Steffi Graf for the most in the Open era. But Williams, then 35, also set other Open-era records, becoming the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam, and ...
’ 2017 Australian Open victory was that it gave her23 Grand Slam titles, which broke a tie with Steffi Graf for the most inthe Open era. But Williams, then 35, also set other Open-era records, becoming the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam, and in capturing her seventh Australian Open...
While some saw a new millennium as an opportunity to create music unlike anything anyone had ever heard before, Australian superstar Kylie Minogue took a different approach. With “Spinning Around,” the songstress nailed the classic, disco-inspired Europop sound that would carry her into the 21st...