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Four mornings a week, Mikayla Rose gets up before dawn, before her kids and hits the pavement. She runs and runs, sometimes as far as 30 kilometres before she gets home, returning to her daily routine and her three children. “Every single morning when the alarm goes off, I think ‘No!’ I think about turning […]

The athlete has admitted to killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year, but denies premeditated murder. Pistorius has repeatedly said he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder in their home. The Times reported that prosecutor, Gerrie Nel told the court yesterday that Pistorius had adapted his account. “I asked you first you said […]

In an interview with Fortune magazine, the 83-year-old News Corporation chief said he was “shocked” to learn that Deng wrote diary entries about the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He also revealed that he found out about the alleged encounters between his wife and Blair while he was on a trip to Australia. Murdoch said […]

When Adam Scott broke through last April for the first ever Aussie victory in the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, the elation of the victory soon turned to an unlikely topic among golf fans: What will he serve at the champions’ dinner? The Masters is a tournament steeped in tradition, among them that […]

The US commercials, which suggest that women who don’t wax turn into men overnight,are part of a campaign with the tagline “Don’t risk dudeness”. The four commercials show a hairy and overweight man playing the role of a woman who has suddenly realised she has body hair despite shaving the day before. In one of […]

The deal, which has been recommended to David Jones shareholders by its board of directors, is offering $4.00 for each share, about 25 per cent above the current David Jones share price. In recent months David Jones has been the subject of recurring speculation about a takeover from competitor Myer but the new offer from […]

After a gruelling four-year investigation, Hughes was convicted this week in a Sydney court of 10 counts of sexual abuse against a number of child victims in crimes that range back more than 20 years. Sarah, who endured seeing Hughes expose himself to her while she was on set, and who told her story first […]

Throughout the former paralympian runner’s sobbing and tearful testimony, June, who along with her husband has waited 15 months to hear some kind of apology from the man who shot dead her daughter, remained stony faced and implacable. It was the face of a woman who has already run her own emotional race and is […]

The 25-year-old took a break from the sport after the London Olympics and has been deciding whether to return to the pool. Rice has since moved to Sydney and spent her time working in breakfast television with the Today Show. The former Celebrity Apprentice star has been plagued by a serious shoulder injury. She said […]

The 31-year-old five-time Olympic gold medallist contracted the bugs after undergoing surgeries on his shoulder at a hospital near his home in Switzerland’s Ronco sopra Ascona. Thorpe has since returned to Sydney, where he is receiving treatment. His manager, James Erskine, told the Australian Associated Press that his condition was “not life-threatening”. “He’s contracted two […]