Sydney news

Brazilian tennis great Gustavo Kuerten has been selected to light the Olympic Cauldron at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after soccer great Pele declined to take part because of health problems, the UOL Internet news service reported.

A 20-year-old man is recovering in hospital after he was shot during a targeted attack at Heckenberg in Sydney's south-west.

US stocks notched their best day in a month on Friday, helped by robust labour market data.

A pair of gun enthusiasts facing calls for police to revoke their firearm licenses say videos they filmed of the Greens logo being shot at and teddy bears dressed as Muslim terrorists exploding in flames are "a bit of harmless fun".

The global copper market is in trouble, says Goldman; prices may slump to their lowest since 2009.

The Boomers centre and NBA championship winner was in particularly fine form on the eve of Australia's first group game against France on Friday.

Thanasi Kokkinakis has weighed in on the war between Nick Kyrgios and Kitty Chiller, admitting he doesn't feel sorry for Australia's controversial tennis star.

Jeff Hudson amassed 14 kilograms of letters and documents in the nine years he spent fighting REST Industry Super.

A hamstring injury for Australia's gold medal hope Jared Tallent has forced him to pull out of the 20km walk.

Aluminium led most industrial metals higher, while copper posted its biggest weekly loss in a month.

Australia's tennis stars are used to five-star accommodation, but in the highly criticised athletes' village at the Rio Olympics, Sam Stosur can't even have a warm shower.

Not everyone can be over the moon at 'winning silver' at an Olympic Games, which is why our athletes deserve some slack at their most emotionally vulnerable moment.

Brazilian soccer legend Pele will not light the Olympic cauldron at Friday's opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, a spokesman for the 75-year-old said.

Gina Rinehart's personal security team has protested that her safety could be compromised if she attends the AOC President's reception at the Edge hotel in Rio on August 15.

Donald Trump once owned a professional American football team, and nearly bought another. He's also hosted several professional boxing bouts.

Irish boxer Michael O'Reilly has been suspended provisionally after failing a dope test carried out before he arrived at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Videos from the fatal shooting of a black teenager by Chicago police show officers firing into a car that was being driven away from them.

Britain's vote to leave the EU may lead Goldman to restructure some of its European businesses.

The US economy roared ahead last month, as employers added far more jobs than expected.

Northern Ireland police have arrested a man over the shooting dead of 10 Protestant textile workers in 1976 in one of the deadliest of three decades of sectarian attacks in Northern Ireland.

A day out from his team's crunch match with Germany, Matildas coach Alen Stajcic has refused to discuss the fitness of star defender Steph Catley.

Former deputy mayor Salim Mehajer has been found not guilty of using a mobile phone whilst driving in a Sydney court on Friday.

In 2013, Collette Dinnigan shocked the fashion world by announcing she was shutting up shop and turning her back on the multimillion-dollar empire she had single-handedly built, and which had consumed her for two decades.

The trade protectionism advocated by the US presidential candidates may have several dangerous ramifications.

The Olympic Village has been hit by its first scandal, with a Moroccan boxer arrested by Brazilian police after allegedly assaulting two female room cleaners.

Russian officials have denied any links to a man who police say wrestled and killed a mugger near the Rio Olympic Park on Thursday.

Gen LaCaze and Ryan Gregson have been together for three years. When the athletics start the two middle distance runners will put the Olympics first.

Japan's Emperor Akihito will make a video address to the nation on Monday, the Imperial Household Agency said, amid media reports that the 82-year-old monarch wants to abdicate.

So "370,000 Australians think about ending their life every year", and " one in three of the deaths of people aged 15 to 19 is due to suicide"?

Back-to-back summits offer Turnbull an important chance to redefine the tarnished view of him as a leader. Just watch out for Kevin.

Competition watchdog says it will advocate for "commercially relevant penalties" for misbehaving companies.

When the body of financial adviser Steve Halgryn washed up on a Sunshine Coast beach, the initial focus was finding out how he died.

Australia has a love affair with luxury cars, but now the car is more likely to be a prestige German than a locally made Falcon or Commodore.

The trouble with the Reserve Bank's continuing cuts in the official interest rate, is that it could leave people thinking the economy's in bad shape.

The Australian's Bill Leak, who has drawn flak over a cartoon he drew that has been widely condemned as racist, has described his critics as "tantrum-throwers" who are "sanctimonious Tweety Birds".

As Pankaj and Radhika Oswal's battle with ANZ and receivers at PPB, a Federal Court order in Perth will make life easier for the billionaire couple.

GALLE: Stunned Australian coach Darren Lehmann has delivered a biting assessment of his team, declaring the tourists were "not up to international standard" on a day their Test hopes were all but torpedoed.

​Manly coach Trent Barrett has lashed out at a call made by an NRL touch judge that resulted in Parramatta nailing a 78th minute penalty to steal a 10-9 win on Friday night.

A Kiwi from a rugby coaching dynasty has led a club rugby revival in Sydney.

It was the topic Parramatta Eels didn't want to touch after former star Kieren Foran's gambling habits were brought up yet again.

Knights warrior Jeremy Smith knows the finish line is getting nearer.

Parramatta coach Brad Arthur has re-signed for an additional two seasons in a move that provides much-needed stability to the club.

Sometimes pride means much more than points. With nothing to play for after a season from hell, Parramatta Eels showed their true motivation

Germany's high court on Thursday said it rejected the creation of a third gender category of "inter" to describe people born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit the typical definitions of female or male.

Apparent inconsistencies in her account of immigrating to the United States from Slovenia in the 1990s have reporters asking questions.

I wish the Olympics still had their magic, and maybe they'll return. But this one has lost me.

No Olympic Games in the last 20 years have arrived with fewer expectations than Rio de Janeiro's.

Mitchell Starc provided his second lion-hearted performance in as many days, but Australia suffered after another batting meltdown.

Richmond showed what they were made of in a tenacious win against Collingwood after a shocking start.

The outbreak has rocked the industry and cut profits, Australia's biggest melon grower says.