# Melbourne

All time

# surprise package

Russian qualifier extends fairytale run to Australian Open semis

On the women’s side as three-time major winner Osaka showed her superiority to reach her fourth Grand Slam semi-final.

2.9k

Feb 16th 2021, 7:54 AM

# Melbourne

Thiem comes back from two sets down to silence Kyrgios in Australian Open epic

The Austrian won in five sets — 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4.

4.9k

Feb 12th 2021, 12:47 PM

# AFLW

Dublin's Goldrick wins with Melbourne as Clare's Considine triumphs against Eagles Irish trio

Different outcomes for the Irish players in action in Round 1 this week.

7.4k

Jan 30th 2021, 11:27 AM

# Backlash

New coronavirus cases hit troubled Australian Open build-up

Two of the new cases were players. taking the total infections to seven since more than 1,000 people arrived in largely coronavirus-free Australia.

29.9k

Jan 19th 2021, 8:16 AM

# Flight Risk

Disarray as two test positive for virus on Australian Open plane

Victoria Azarenka, 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens and Japan’s Kei Nishikori were among those on the flight.

5.9k

Jan 16th 2021, 9:52 AM

# Victoria

Melbourne lockdown of public housing towers 'breached human rights'

The Victoria Government said it wouldn’t apologise for saving people’s lives.

19.2k

Dec 17th 2020, 10:29 AM

# good news

Australia records zero Covid-19 cases for the first time since June

Locals are calling it a “donut day”.

32.3k

Nov 1st 2020, 12:59 PM

# Explainer

How a four-month lockdown in Melbourne crushed a Covid-19 surge

Strict Covid-19 restrictions have just been lifted in Melbourne.

34.6k

Oct 27th 2020, 1:32 PM

# Australia

Virus-beating Melbourne readies for reopening party after two days with no new cases

Melbourne and the surrounding state of Victoria has been the epicentre of Australia’s second wave.

32.0k

Oct 27th 2020, 7:58 AM

# Australia

Melbourne eases lockdown as virus cases decline

The Australian state of Victoria reported only two new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday and no deaths.

29.9k

Oct 18th 2020, 11:50 AM

# Australia

Overnight curfew in Melbourne to be lifted after almost two months as Covid-19 cases drop

People will still be confined to within five kilometres of their homes, however.

30.2k

Sep 27th 2020, 8:54 AM

# Victoria

Melbourne to remain in lockdown until end of October

Health officials recorded 63 new cases in Victoria today.

62.1k

Sep 6th 2020, 10:52 AM

# In trouble

Aussie Rules players banned for virus breach after strip club brawl

‘Yes, young people can make mistakes, but we expect better.’

10.8k

Sep 4th 2020, 11:10 AM

# Coronavirus

Australia virus cases drop after lengthy Melbourne lockdown

Melbourne residents are currently enduring a raft of restrictions including an overnight curfew.

18.4k

Aug 31st 2020, 6:43 AM

# Signed Up

Dublin duo to return to Melbourne for 2021 season due to 'unfinished business'

Sinead Goldrick and Niamh McEvoy are heading back to Melbourne.

8.7k

Aug 12th 2020, 10:06 AM

# Victoria

Australia's worst-hit state beginning to flatten the curve after tougher restrictions implemented

Non-essential businesses are shut and an overnight curfew is in effect in Melbourne as part of the restrictions in Victoria.

21.7k

Aug 12th 2020, 7:05 AM

# Around The World

Between two clubs: Setting the Goldrick standard in South Dublin and Melbourne

Sinéad Goldrick on all things Foxrock-Cabinteely, Dublin and Melbourne FC, their similar cultures and her rollercoaster experience over the past few months.

8.2k

Jul 26th 2020, 6:30 AM

# Melbourne

Covid-19: Australia to slash quota of citizens who are allowed re-enter the country

Australia closed its international borders to all but returning citizens and permanent residents in late March, but a quota on numbers is in place.

27.4k

Jul 10th 2020, 6:56 AM

# Lockdown

Shoppers in Melbourne strip the shelves ahead of midnight lockdown

Australia yesterday confirmed a further 134 infections in the past 24 hours.

41.9k

Jul 8th 2020, 7:29 AM

# Covid-19

Melbourne goes back under lockdown after worrying spike in virus cases

Australia will also effectively seal off the wider state of Victoria from the rest of the country.

44.8k

Jul 7th 2020, 7:22 AM

# England

Tougher restrictions imposed in UK as Leicester goes back into lockdown

Non-essential shops will be closed from today as Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks to shift focus to the recovery from the pandemic.

20.0k

Jun 30th 2020, 8:36 AM

# Coronavirus

Australia to deploy 1,000 troops to Melbourne virus outbreak

Victoria state has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases, recording almost 150 new infections over the past week.

37.5k

Jun 25th 2020, 7:02 AM

# dubs down under

'You can get wrapped up in sport and think it's the be all and end all - but the people are more important'

Dublin and Melbourne star Niamh McEvoy on the AFLW through the Covid-19 crisis and her debut season there.

29.8k

Mar 22nd 2020, 5:00 PM

# Homeward Bound

Dublin All-Ireland winning duo head home from AFLW amidst Covid-19 crisis

Sinead Goldrick and Niamh McEvoy are heading home to Ireland.

7.5k

Mar 19th 2020, 9:56 AM

# Australia

Two killed after passenger train derails near Melbourne

The train came off its tracks near the town of Wallan, around 45km north of Melbourne.

17.0k

Feb 20th 2020, 10:53 AM

# australian open

Osaka lies in wait for Coco Gauff after 15-year-old battles from a set down

Elsewhere, there were victories for big guns Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in Melbourne today.

5.0k

Updated

Jan 22nd 2020, 12:50 PM

# The Comeback Kid

After 6 years in Australia, the All-Ireland winner starting out again with Cork

Ten years after winning Sam Maguire, Ciaran Sheehan will be back in the Cork ranks for the 2020 season.

40.1k

Dec 21st 2019, 8:00 AM

# capital loss

All-Ireland winning Dublin duo sign for AFLW side Melbourne - making it 18 Irish for 2020

All-Star defender Sinéad Goldrick and key forward Niamh McEvoy become the first Dubs to join the Irish invasion Down Under.

38.7k

Oct 2nd 2019, 12:00 PM

# Australia

Cardinal George Pell loses appeal against convictions for child sex abuse

He was once the Vatican’s third highest-ranking official.

10.6k

Aug 21st 2019, 7:16 AM

# Melbourne

Cardinal George Pell begins appeal against child sexual assault conviction

Pell is most senior Catholic ever jailed for child sex abuse.

8.1k

Jun 5th 2019, 7:01 AM

# Melbourne

Cardinal George Pell to appeal against his convictions for sex attacks on two choirboys

The most senior figure in the Catholic church to be convicted of historical child sexual offences, Pell was sentenced in March to six years in prison.

11.6k

Jun 3rd 2019, 7:43 AM