SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia’s Bondi Beach is set for a major makeover, with concrete car parks to be replaced with grass, trees and a boardwalk in an ambitious overhaul of the world-renowned site.The draft proposal, which local authorities hope will cement Bondi’s status as a world-class ...

SYDNEY In a first, Cricket Australia (CA) has transformed a stand, Bay 10, at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) into a temporary beach for the upcoming third and final Test match between Australia and Sri Lanka starting Thursday. The pop-up beach will be launched on Wednesday by Australia cricketers ...

PEBBLE BEACH  - Phil Mickelson totally upstaged playing partner Tiger Woods while charging past overnight leader Charlie Wi to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in spectacular fashion by two shots on Sunday.Six strokes behind South Korean Wi going into the final round at Pebble Beach Golf ...

A POD of 90 pilot whales stranded on a remote beach at the top of New Zealand’s South Island on Monday, a media report said. A Department of Conservation manager, John Mason, appealed for volunteers to go to the area, off Farewell Spit, to assist efforts to refloat them, the Nelson Mail ...

Pakistan clinched the kabaddi gold medal after beating India 42-33 at the inaugural South Asian Beach Games in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. Previously, Pakistan had defeated Sri Lanka, Nepal and India to finish at the top of the group and faced India in the final. This was Pakistans first gold medal at ...

KOMMETJIE BEACH, South Africa (Reuters) - About 55 whales were stranded on a beach near Cape Town on Saturday and high waves were hampering efforts by rescue teams to get them back into the water. Volunteers and marine scientists worked to save the whales shortly after the adults and calves first ...

KARACHI (PPI) - The date of March 6, 2009 set a landmark in the history of Pakistan and will always be remembered as the "Day of the dolphin stranding", being the first of its kind ever to be reported on the coast of Pakistan at Gadani beach. Around 250 dolphins were reported to be stranded on the ...

DELRAY BEACH (AFP) - American Mardy Fish rallied to beat Evgeny Korolev 7-5, 6-3 Sunday, becoming the first top seed to win the ATP Delray Beach International Championship in the 17-year history of the event. Fish also became the first American to win it since 2003, when journeyman Jan-Michael ...

Beach parties in Goa are to be banned over the Christmas and New Year because of security fears following the Mumbai attacks, the authorities in Panaji said on Saturday. "Taking into consideration all the aspects, we have decided that beach parties would not be allowed from December 23 to January ...

KUTA (Indonesia) (AFP) - Some of the butchest bodybuilders in Asia slip into their briefs, oil their muscles, flex their brawny shoulders and strike a pose. The sport, or art as they like to call it, is mocked by many, but few dare argue the point face to face. Bodybuilding isn't a discipline ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Wrestling Federation (PWF) finalised a three-man squad for the upcoming 1st Asian Beach Games scheduled to be held in Bali, Indonesia, from October 18 to 28. The fourth member of the team will be selected in a couple of days. Haider Ali, Muhammad Ali and Usman Majeed ...

Karachi - A memorandum of understanding was signed by WWF Pakistan and Dawood Corporation (Pvt.) Limited at Karachi to collaborate for the establishment of a regular beach cleaning mechanism at Sandspit Beach. Regional Director WWF Pakistan, Dr. Ghulam Akbar, and CEO, Dawood Corporation (Pvt.) ...

My last week in San Diego was totally relaxed. Most of the time was spent with the children and eating at my favourite terrace restaurants on Del Mar, overlooking the ocean, sang and hollered with Zia and his friends at the Shout, a piano bar in the Gas Lamp Quarter, where two young pianist belted ...