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Australia crush Sri Lanka in second Test to complete rare series sweep

9 février 2025 à 07:46

Australia have capped off a brilliant summer with a nine-wicket defeat of Sri Lanka that confirms their first clean sweep of a subcontinent Test series in almost 20 years.

Chasing just 75 runs in sunny Galle on Sunday, Australia (75-1) secured victory in the second Test and two-match series when Marnus Labuschagne (26 not out) hit the winning run to square leg just before lunch on day four.

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© Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images

Australia’s Tyler Wright makes surfing history with second Pipe Pro title

9 février 2025 à 04:29
  • Two-time world champion defeats Simmers in women’s final
  • Mamiya first surfer in 19 years to win successive Pipeline events

Australia’s Tyler Wright has made surfing history, becoming the first woman to win Hawaii’s iconic Pipe Pro event twice as she snapped her title drought. The two-time world champion beat American defending world champion Caitlin Simmers in a low-scoring final on Sunday (AEDT) at Banzai Pipeline.

Wright won the first women’s Pipe Pro in 2020 and Simmers took out the event a year ago. Simmers was shut down on a wave with a minute left, and Wright won the opening round of the season 7.70 to 3.94.

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© Photograph: Brian Bielmann/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Brian Bielmann/AFP/Getty Images

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