'Remarkable day' as Aussie Army live-fires powerful weapon for first time
national
War
Weapons
queensland
Australia CONTACT US
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
7NEWS
an hour ago
- 7NEWS
Australia's amazing bowling line-up dominate top 10 Test rankings after West Indies rout
The Australian bowlers' destruction of West Indies in Kingston has resulted in five of their record-breaking attack now flourishing in the top 10 of the ICC's Test bowling rankings. Scott Boland's three wickets in each innings at Sabina Park, including a hat-trick as Australia sealed their whitewash three-Test triumph by, incredibly, bowling out the home side for 27, has ensured the veteran paceman moves up six places into a career-best sixth place in the rankings. The late-blooming 36-year-old, who never lets Australia down whenever he gets the chance with his 62 wickets at 16.53 apiece, has joined captain Pat Cummins (third), Josh Hazlewood (fourth), Nathan Lyon (eighth) and Mitchell Starc (10th) in a rare single-country domination of the bowling table. Boland's PB is quite staggering with respected sports reporter Harrison Reid noting that: 'The sixth best bowler in the world isn't in his own country's best four.' The ICC said you would have to go back to 1958 to find a similar domination of the table. A historical rating showed that England had half-a-dozen bowlers in the top 12 back in 1958, including the likes of Jim Laker, Tony Lock, Freddie Trueman and Brian Statham. Still, though, top of the current pile remains the uniquely brilliant Indian quick, Jasprit Bumrah, whose seven wickets during their defeat by England at Lord's this week enabled him to stay 50 points ahead of Australia's World Test final tormentor, South African Kagiso Rabada. Meanwhile, Joe Root's knocks of 104 and 40 in the enthralling third-Test win have ensured he goes back to the top of the batting rankings, a week after his fellow Yorkshire star Harry Brook had gone to No.1. It's the eighth time Root has taken top spot and, at 34, he's the oldest No.1 batter since Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara was leading the way back in December 2014 at the age of 37. It's not looking so healthy for the Australian batters on the world stage, after some of their top-order struggles in the Caribbean, with only fourth-placed veteran Steve Smith in the top 10 with a ranking of 816 compared to Root's 888. Travis Head is the next best Aussie in 11th place on 740.
Perth Now
an hour ago
- Perth Now
'Own up': Tszyu backs his corner after Fundora fiasco
Tim Tszyu is sticking doggedly with his trusted entourage, confident there will be no devastating repeat of last year's corner carnage in his much-anticipated rematch with Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas. Tszyu's corner came under fire and candidly conceded they "needed an uppercut" for allowing their superstar charge to lose his WBO super-welterweight strap in controversial fashion. Sixteen months on and acknowledging the great fortune of being offered a world-title rematch, Team Tszyu are promising "no excuses" after again pinning their faith in trainer and uncle Igor Goloubev, strength and conditioning coach Dave Barker and cut man Mark Gambin. Gambin was unable to stem the fountain of blood that streamed out of a savage cut to the top of his head after accidentally walking into the 197cm high Fundora's elbow late in the second round. The Australian famously fought on for 10 rounds half blinded only to suffer a split-decision loss. Apart from Gambin being armed with additional shots of adrenaline for the return bout at the MGM Grand on Sunday (AEST), the Tszyu camp is backing the corner to do the job following a brutal review of last year's debacle. "After the whole team got together and had a real frank and honest open session, we agreed that this was the best course forward," Tszyu's manager Glenn Jennings told AAP. "The one thing you can't buy in corners is loyalty and respect, and these boys have been with us forever so there was never any intention to make any changes." After also being heavily concussed in a second world-title loss last year to Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev, team doctor Bill Anseline, was also flying in from Sydney this week to be at the blockbuster fight. Jennings insists Tszyu has forgotten the 2024 fiasco. "It was one of those things that you couldn't in a million years repeat," Jennings said. "A ruptured carotid artery is just unheard of, but you might as well turn on a gas sprinkler system in your head and try and put it out with vaseline and adrenaline. "Doctor Bill said he does that when he removes cancers in the head. He said it takes him 20 minutes to sort that shit out. "It was just unfortunate. It was a one-in-a-million misfortune. It tested all of us. It tested Tim. "He fought 10 rounds without clear vision and still only got beaten by a one-point split decision. "So it tells you a lot about the kid. The kid is a genuine matador. "He's going to go out there, round after round losing that much blood and literally put his life on the line." Tszyu says he has moved on. "Look, I believe everyone needs to own up and everyone has to improve and everyone has done that and I'm a loyal guy," he said. "I'm true to who I stand by with. That's how I am. I don't really care about the cut man because I'm not intending to use him." What Jennings now accepts is the corner should have given more consideration to asking for the fight to be stopped before the fifth round and be declared a no-contest. "In context now looking back, it's easy to pull it apart. On the night under the duress and everything going on, it's not so easy," Jennings said. "But what we do know now is Tim didn't want the fight to stop. Coach Igor didn't want the fight to stop because his fighter didn't want the fight to stop. It didn't mean he didn't care. "But you've also got a doctor who's saying 'no, he's fine', and you've got a referee who's saying nothing. "And keep in mind that at no stage did the referee tell us that it was an accidental elbow. "So if you pull early, you lose. If you pull late, you're in trouble. "So here's the problem. If we've got it right, we'd be geniuses. If we get it wrong, we're arseholes." This AAP article was made possible by support from No Limit Boxing.
Perth Now
2 hours ago
- Perth Now
Aussie bowlers command Test rankings after Windies rout
The Australian bowlers' destruction of West Indies in Kingston has resulted in five of their record-breaking attack now flourishing in the top 10 of the ICC's Test bowling rankings. Scott Boland's three wickets in each innings at Sabina Park, including a hat-trick as Australia sealed their whitewash three-Test triumph by, incredibly, bowling out the home side for 27, has ensured the veteran paceman moves up six places into a career-best sixth place in the rankings. The late-blooming 36-year-old, who never lets Australia down whenever he gets the chance with his 62 wickets at 16.53 apiece, has joined captain Pat Cummins (third), Josh Hazlewood (fourth), Nathan Lyon (eighth) and Mitchell Starc (10th) in a rare single-country domination of the bowling table. The ICC said you would have to go back to 1958 to find a similar domination of the table. A historical rating showed that England had half-a-dozen bowlers in the top 12 back in 1958, including the likes of Jim Laker, Tony Lock, Freddie Trueman and Brian Statham. Still, though, top of the current pile remains the uniquely brilliant Indian quick, Jasprit Bumrah, whose seven wickets during their defeat by England at Lord's this week enabled him to stay 50 points ahead of Australia's World Test final tormentor, South African Kagiso Rabada. Meanwhile, Joe Root's knocks of 104 and 40 in the enthralling third-Test win have ensured he goes back to the top of the batting rankings, a week after his fellow Yorkshire star Harry Brook had gone to No.1. It's the eighth time Root has taken top spot and, at 34, he's the oldest No.1 batter since Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara was leading the way back in December 2014 at the age of 37. It's not looking so healthy for the Australian batters on the world stage, after some of their top-order struggles in the Caribbean, with only fourth-placed veteran Steve Smith in the top 10 with a ranking of 816 compared to Root's 888. Travis Head is the next best Aussie in 11th place on 740.
