Thursday, December 18, 2025

Indigenous Football Week kicking goals in remote communities

Shadeene Evans grew up like most of the kids in her remote community, kicking a football with bare feet on grass or red dust.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Indigenous Football Week kicking goals in remote communities

Shadeene Evans grew up like most of the kids in her remote community, kicking a football with bare feet on grass or red dust.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

F1 cancels season-opening Australian GP amid virus concerns

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — As thousands of fans queued to get into the Australian Grand Prix, seemingly unperturbed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Formula One teams and drivers were packing up to leave.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

F1 cancels season-opening Australian GP amid virus concerns

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — As thousands of fans queued to get into the Australian Grand Prix for the first Formula One weekend of the season, the teams and drivers were packing up to leave.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Djokovic completes Australian Open hat trick

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Sloane's stunner Down Under

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Radwanska advances to 3rd round

MELBOURNE, Australia - Agnieszka Radwanska extended the best winning streak of the year to 11 matches as she rolled into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu on Wednesday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Djokovic wins a classic final Australian Open

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Azarenka romps, now No. 1

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Azarenka ousts Clijsters in semifinals

MELBOURNE, Australia - Victoria Azarenka reached her first Grand Slam final and staked a claim for the No. 1 ranking, beating defending champion Kim Clijsters 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open semifinals Thursday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Clijsters beats Wozniacki to move to semis

MELBOURNE, Australia - Defending champion Kim Clijsters beat top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 7-6 (4) to reach the AustralianOpen semifinals on Tuesday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Serena ousted in fourth round

MELBOURNE, Australia - Serena Williams lost at the Australian Open for the first time since 2008, struggling with her serve and hitting too many unforced errors in a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Ekaterina Makarova on Monday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Serena, Djokovic move into third round at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Serena Williams was only two points from her 500th career match win when she tumbled to the court in the second round of the Australian Open.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Clijsters cruises past Gacon in second round

MELBOURNE, Australia - Defending champion Kim Clijsters cruised into the third round of the Australian Open and then showed just how much support she has at Rod Laver Arena by getting the crowd to sing 'Happy Birthday' to her younger sister.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Azarenka breezes in opener

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Djokovic wins Australian Open, joins multi-major winner club

MELBOURNE, Australia - Novak Djokovic gave his old friend Andy Murray a sympathetic hug and a few consoling words, then got on with the real celebrations.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Clijsters marches into semis

MELBOURNE, Australia - Kim Clijsters moved into an Australian Open semifinal showdown with second-ranked Vera Zvonareva, beating Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday as air force planes flew overhead as part of celebrations for the national holiday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Murray on to quarters; Roddick, Soderling ousted

MELBOURNE, Australia - Andy Murray moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals without dropping a set, beating No. 11 Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday in an impressive victory that will heighten expectations about him breaking a long British drought.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Nadal breezes into 3rd round

MELBOURNE, Australia - Rafael Nadal extended his Grand Slam winning streak to 23 matches Thursday, beating American qualifier Ryan Sweeting 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in the second round of the Australian Open.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Nadal advances quickly at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Rafael Nadal's quest to complete his "Rafa Slam" at the Australian Open started with a first-round victory that lasted only 11 games and certainly helped him conserve plenty of energy.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Federer, Roddick advance on first day

MELBOURNE, Australia - Roger Federer started his Australian Open title defense with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Lukas Lacko on Monday, showing some of the sublime shot-making skills that make him the most obvious hurdle to Rafael Nadal's pursuit of a "Rafa Slam."
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO