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Australia shocks Argentina 2-0 in men's Olympic soccer

Two-time Olympic men's soccer champion Argentina was stunned 2-0 by Australia in their opening game at the Tokyo Games on Thursday. In its first Olympic game since 2008, Australia took the lead through Lachlan Wales' tap-in the 14th minute at the Sapporo Dome. Marco Tilio secured the victory in the 80th, just a minute after coming off the bench. Australia is top of Group C ahead Egypt and Spain, who drew 0-0 in the other game. The Argentines won Olympic gold in 2004 and 2008. Australia's best showing was fourth place in 1992.

Australia's Olympic chief, leader in spat after Brisbane gets 2032 nod

Australia's highest-ranking Olympic official and current premier of state of Queensland where the 2032 Summer Games will be held have put an early test to old adage that sports and politics don't mix

US closely monitoring trade situation between Australia and China: USTR

United States is closely monitoring the trade situation between China and Australia, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai has said

Australian regulator to probe Amazon.com, eBay and other online markets

The Australian antitrust regulator on Thursday kicked off an inquiry into local units of Amazon.com Inc, eBay Inc and other online markets to ensure fairness in a sector where sales have soared

Japanese envoy to Australia says Tokyo 'struggles every day' with China

Japan's relationship with China was no better than notoriously strained Sino-Australian relations, the Japanese ambassador to Australia said on Wednesday

Japan tops Australia in softball as delayed Tokyo Olympic Games open

Host Japan got off to a winning start when the Tokyo Olympics got underway after a one-year delay, beating Australia 8-1 on Wednesday in softball behind 39-year-old pitcher Yukiko Ueno

Australian Olympic equestrian rider suspended after positive cocaine test

Australian equestrian rider Jamie Kermond has been provisionally suspended just days before Tokyo Olympic Games for returning a positive drug test for cocaine

World Coronavirus dispatch: Delta variant accounts for 83% of US cases

UK suffers worst death toll in months, Delta variant accounts for 83 per cent of US cases, Virus spread grows in France

Australian Olympic Committee to send largest ever contingent to Tokyo

Australian Olympic Committee has added 16 athletes to its contingent, making it Australia's largest ever team for an Olympic Games on foreign soil

China hits Australian industries with economic sanctions amid souring ties

China has hit several Australian industries with economic sanctions as part of punishment over Canberra's criticism of Beijing blocking investigations into origin of pandemic

Adviser Glass Lewis flags risks from Adani 'unconscionable conduct'

Glass Lewis has recommended shareholders vote against reelection of a member of Adani Enterprises' risk committee after a court criticised "unconscionable conduct" in its Australian port business

Sydney Airport target of $16.7 bn bid from infrastructure investors

The proposal comes as record-low interest rates prompt pension funds and their investment managers to chase higher yields.

Australia to send second largest athletes team to Tokyo Olympics since 2004

Australia will send 472 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, the second-largest team sent overseas by the country since the 2004 Athens Games

Facebook set to finance regional Australia newspaper 'innovation fund'

Terms of the deal including time frame, the amount of money and how it will be divided or spent were not disclosed

Once a Covid-hero, how Australia transformed into a vaccine laggard?

Australia is ahead of only near neighbour New Zealand among the 38 OECD nations in administering doses

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Experts urge people to avoid pets if infected

How Australia became a vaccine laggard, Brazil vaccine scandal poses fresh political threat to Bolsonaro, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Australia men's football team announced for Tokyo Olympics 2021

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) on Tuesday revealed its men's football team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, with the "Olyroos" returning to the Olympic arena for the first time since Beijing 2008.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Russia realised late it has a vaccine problem

Delta variant threatens to destroy another European summer, Australia's widening outbreak forces more curbs, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Covid lockdown extended for 14 days in Sydney amid Delta variant spike

Australia on Saturday extended lockdown for 14 days in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong to curb the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19

38% Australians who lost jobs during pandemic were younger than 25: Study

More than one-third or 38 per cent of Australians who lost their jobs during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic were younger than 25, a government study has found.