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  • Serena targets Australian Open title defence

    Serena targets Australian Open title defence

    Former world number one and new mum Serena Williams is targeting a return to Melbourne Park next year to defend her Australian Open title, tournament director Craig Tiley said on Tuesday.

    Williams, who won her 23rd Grand Slam title when pregnant at the 2017 tournament in January, gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on Sept. 1.

    She has just three months to get fit if she is to defend her title.

    “Serena will be back,” Tiley told reporters in Melbourne.

    “She wants to come back in 2018 and defend her title and she’s in training now.

    “There are several months to go and obviously it will be up to her as to where she is with her fitness.”

    The 36-year-old would be competing for a tournament record A$4 million ($3.11 million) winner’s purse in 2018, with total prize money hiked 10 per cent to A$55 million.

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  • Police arrest man 47 years after committing crime

    Police on Thursday arrested a man 47 years after he abducted and murdered a toddler from an Australian beach.

    The 63-year-old man, is accused of abducting and killing a three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer, whose disappearance Brad Ainsworth, New South Wales police detective, told reporters that the man, who was once considered as a person of interest, was arrested in Melbourne.

    From a beach in the town of Wollongong, south of Sydney, puzzled officials for decades.

    “I’m not going to get into the specifics of the actual detail of the offences, but I can say that they’re quite horrific and they’ll be unfolding in court,” Ainsworth said.

    Grimmer vanished from a changing area at Fairy Meadow Beach, where she had spent the morning with her mother and three brothers.

    She was never seen again and her body was never found.

    Police believe Grimmer died within an hour of her abduction, Ainsworth said.

    The arrested man was 16 when Grimmer went missing and he had been interviewed in the months after the toddler disappeared, but was never charged. Police reopened the case last year.

     

  • Serena celebrates with new shoes

    Serena celebrates with new shoes

    Serena Williams wasted little time in commemorating her record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title in the open era with a brand-spanking pair of new red-and-black shoes.
    With the number 23 etched into the side, the Nike trainers were paraded around by the 35-year-old as she soaked up the post-match pleasantries.
    Victory over her sister saw her edge past Steffi Graf to become the greatest Major winner of the open era in women’s tennis.
    Despite finally surpassing the German, she still sits short of the overall record, which is held by Margaret Court who won 24 Grand Slam titles
    Serena drew level with Graf when she triumphed over world No 2 Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon final last summer.
    Having reached at least the semi-final stage of the last 10 Grand Slam tournaments, Williams stands an excellent chance of matching and perhaps overhauling Court’s record.
    After clinching the trophy in Melbourne, Serena paid tribute to her beaten sister Venus, saying: ‘I want to congratulate Venus, she is an amazing person and there’s no way I would be at 23 (Grand Slams) without her, there’s no way I would be at one.
    ‘Thanks for inspiring me and making me the best player I can be. She has made an incredible comeback.
    ‘This was a tough one and I just kept praying.

  • Melbourne International Research Scholarships (MIRS)

    University of Melbourne
    Masters/PhD Degree
    Study in: Australia
    Next course starts 2015
    Brief description:

    The Melbourne International Research Scholarships (MIRS) is awarded to international students wishing to undertake graduate research degree studies at the University of Melbourne.

     

    Host Institution(s):

    University of Melbourne, Australia.

    Field of study:

    Any eligible graduate research degree offered at University of Melbourne

     

    Number of Awards:

    About 150

     

    Target group:

    International students Scholarship value/inclusions:

    Benefits provided by the MIRS include living allowance, relocation grant, thesis allowance, and paid sick, maternity and parenting leave.  Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) is also included.

    Eligibility:

    To be considered for the MIRS, you must:

    •be an international applicant  (i.e. a citizen of a country other than Australia or New Zealand, and not an Australian permanent resident);

    •have completed tertiary studies that are at least equivalent to a four-year honours degree at an Australian university with a minimum result of first class honours;

    •have applied for admission to undertake a master or doctorate by research degree or be currently enrolled in a research degree at the University of Melbourne

     

    Application instructions:

    MIRS applicants should submit complete both their applications for admission and scholarship by the next deadline, 31 October 2014.

    It is important to visit the official website to access the application form for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.

     

    Website: Official Scholarship Website:http://wwwstudenteforms. app.unimelb.edu.au/apex/f?p= 153:2:0:::2:P2_ID:361