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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2020, file photo, Sofia Kenin of the U.S. holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after defeating Spain's Garbine Muguruza in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia. Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley will be looking at the delayed running of both the U.S. Open and French Open to help plan contingencies for the first Grand Slam tournament of 2021, but Tiley says the tournament has already decided on how the Australian Open will shape up in January, reduced seating due to social distancing, players in a secure biosecurity &quot;bubble&quot; and the likelihood of no overseas spectators. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

2021 Australian Open: Smaller crowds, player bio-security

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2019, file photo, Behrouz Boochani, the Kurdish film-maker, writer and refugee who has documented life inside the Australian offshore immigration camp on Manus Island, poses for a portrait in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand immigration on Friday confirmed that Boochani, who fled Iran and then exposed Australia’s degrading treatment of asylum-seekers while being held against his will for six years, has been granted refugee status in New Zealand. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Journalist held for 6 years gains New Zealand refugee status

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, July 23, 2020. There were few bare faces among rush-hour commuters in Australia’s second-largest city on Thursday morning as Melbourne residents were largely complying with a new law making face coverings compulsory. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

‘Just got to suck it up:’ Masks mandatory in Australian city

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this June 16, 2019, file photo, protesters march on the streets against an extradition bill in Hong Kong. With Britain the latest country to scrap an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, the focus has returned to concerns over Chinese justice that sparked months of anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous city last year. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Fear of Chinese justice at core of Hong Kong concerns

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

Men’s T20 World Cup delayed to 2021 because of pandemic

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List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

David Fusitu'a, left, of the Warriors falls to the ground after taking the high ball against Treymain Spry, centre, of the Titans during their National Rugby League match on the Gold Coast, Friday, July 10, 2020. The Warriors club confirmed this week that Fusitu'a, Ken Maumalo, Agnatius Paasi and King Vuniyayawa will leave their team base on July 27 so they can be with their families. The Warriors arrived in Australia on May 3 after being given permission to enter the country despite a general ban on incoming travelers due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)

Road blues a major concern for NRL’s New Zealand Warriors

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

New Zealand open to hosting a delayed Rugby Championship

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

A police officer directs traffic at a roadblock in suburban Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Thousands of residents in dozens of suburbs of Melbourne, are preparing to lockdown for a month with the Victoria state premier warning a state-wide shutdown is possible if coronavirus cases continue to rise. (Daniel Pockett/AAP Image via AP)

Sunshine State beckons for Aussie sports amid coronavirus

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

National Archives of Australia Director-General David Ficker speaks, in Canberra, Tuesday, July 14, 2020, about the release of more than 1,200 pages of letters between Queen Elizabeth II's office and Governor-General Sir John Kerr from August 1974 to December 1977. Queen Elizabeth II's office assured her representative in Australia he had the power to bring down the Australian government a week before he took the extraordinary move in 1975 and created a political crisis, according to the released letters. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Queen’s Australia rep was assured of power before ‘75 crisis

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Journalists take picture and video over the water-filled barriers after an opening ceremony for China's new Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. China's new national security office in Hong Kong got off to an early start on Wednesday with an official opening amidst heavy police presence. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Australia to offer residence option to 10,000 Hong Kongers

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Teenage surfer killed by shark, 2nd in Australia in a week

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People gesture to each other as they walk outside public housing towers that are a hotspot for COVID-19 in Melbourne in Melbourne, Friday, July 10, 2020. Australia's Victoria state reported the new daily record of coronavirus cases. (Daniel Pockett/AAP Image via AP)

Australian state records record 288 new coronavirus cases

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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2017, file photo, winner Alex Pullin from Australia cheers at the snow boarding cross World Cup in Feldberg, Germany. Two-time world snowboard champion and Winter Olympian Alex Pullin drowned Wednesday, July 8, 2020, while spearfishing on Australia’s Gold Coast. (Patrick Seeger/dpa via AP, File)

Snowboard world champion Pullin drowns in diving mishap

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Residents walk pas the Australian embassy in Beijing, China April 9, 2019. In a notice issued June 5, 2020, China is advising its citizens not to visit Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against Asians, in what appears to be Beijing's latest attempt to punish the country for advocating an investigation into the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China dismisses Australian warning of arbitrary detention

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Journalists take picture and video over the water-filled barriers after an opening ceremony for China's new Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. China's new national security office in Hong Kong got off to an early start on Wednesday with an official opening amidst heavy police presence. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Australia ends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends visas

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A woman looks out a window from a locked-down public housing tower in Melbourne, Monday, July 6, 2020. As Australia is emerging from pandemic restrictions, the Victoria state capital Melbourne is buckling down with more extreme and divisive measures that are causing anger and igniting arguments over who is to blame as the disease spreads again at an alarming rate. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Australia’s 2nd largest city foils nation’s pandemic success

By ANDY BROWNBILL and ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australia warns of ‘arbitrary detention’ risk in China

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press