Twice runner-up Daniil Medvedev battled back from the brink of defeat to make the Australian Open third round on a day of close shaves but fellow third seed Elena Rybakina’s title bid was cut short after a 42-point super tiebreak.

The 42 special administrators of the 12 municipal councils are appointed on merit.

Golden State Warriors’ match against the Dallas Mavericks scheduled for today has been postponed after the death on Wednesday of their assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, the National Basketball Association (NBA) said in a statement.

The National Fire Authority crews have been battling a string of residential fires throughout the Central, Eastern, and Western divisions over the past 72 hours, leaving 24 people homeless and causing an estimated $480,000 in damages.

The Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management has reaffirmed its commitment to leading and coordinating Fiji’s Shelter Cluster during a workshop held yesterday in Suva.

Minister for Women, Children, and Social Protection, Lynda Tabuya, received a courtesy visit from the Delegation of the European Union Pacific Office Ambassador, Barbara Plinkert yesterday.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been grounded in Switzerland after his plane had a “critical failure” due to an oxygen leak, officials said.

The U.S. military said on Wednesday its forces conducted strikes on 14 Houthi missiles that were loaded to be fired from Yemen, in the fourth day of U.S. strikes in less than a week.

The Fiji Babaas side scraped through a determined effort from Tabadamu to win 17-12 in its second pool match at the McDonald’s Fiji Coral Coast 7s in Sigatoka.

Spanish police have arrested 18 people alleged to be involved in a shamanic organisation that sold hallucinogenic drugs to its members.

Former England speedster Dan Norton is cherishing his first visit to Fiji as an ambassador for the McDonald’s Fiji Coral Coast 7s.

Fiji Football has clarified that the only transfer application that has been successful so far in this pre-season window is of Rusiate Matarerega.