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Perth Now
a day ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Asian powerhouses loom for Matildas in Asian Cup draw
The Matildas could be pitted against defending champions China to kickstart their Women's Asian Cup campaign as they seek glory on home soil. Australia have been placed in pot one alongside world No.7 Japan and No.9 North Korea for Tuesday night's draw for the 2026 tournament at Sydney's Town Hall. It means Joe Montemurro's team will face either 2022 winners China, runners-up South Korea or Vietnam in the opener at Perth's Optus Stadium on March 1. Australia will also play one of the Philippines, Taiwan and Uzbekistan from pot three, and Iran, India and Bangladesh from pot four. The seedings for the tournament, which will run until March 21, are based on the latest FIFA women's world ranking. Looking to repeat their 2010 trophy run, the Matildas - ranked world No.15 - have just two international windows to find their footing under Montemurro before the Asian Cup kicks off. Australia netted two wins, a draw and a loss against Slovenia and Panama in their first window under Montemurro. The Matildas were lucky to escape with an error-riddled 3-0 win over world No.38 Slovenia, and followed it up with a 1-1 draw. With a handful of players departing halfway through the window, Australia then slumped to a shock 1-0 loss to world No.56 Panama before pulling off a 3-2 comeback win. Australia did not play China or Vietnam in the last Asian Cup, but suffered a shock 1-0 quarter-final loss to South Korea. The Matildas have since defeated South Korea, claiming a clean sweep of their two-game friendly series in May without conceding a goal. The impact of a deep run from the host side following the 2023 World Cup isn't lost on former Matildas striker Sarah Walsh, who played the last time Australia hosted a Women's Asian Cup in 2006. But Walsh, now the chief operating officer of the local organising committee, is also aiming to engage Australia's vast Asian diaspora to fill the nation's biggest stadiums. Games will also be hosted in Sydney and on the Gold Coast. "Building off the foundations of 2023 is a double-edged sword," Walsh said. "Having expectations around a FIFA tournament for a continental tournament is our challenge, but the beauty of that is that we're able to tap into a fantastic market. "The Matildas, we know the ticket sales will be strong ... but this is much broader than that. "This is about bringing multicultural Australia to life." The prize money for the winners is not yet known, with China netting $US1 million in 2022. Asked about a possible increase in prize money, Walsh said: "Yeah, I'd like to see progression. "I have no doubt that this will be the highest standard delivered for a Women's Asian Cup." 2026 WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP POTS: POT ONE: Australia, Japan, North Korea POT TWO: China, South Korea, Vietnam POT THREE: Philippines, Taiwan, Uzbekistan POT FOUR: Iran, India, Bangladesh
AU Financial Review
5 days ago
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is now a billionaire as shares soar
Alphabet's earnings beat Wednesday was the latest milestone in what's been an explosive run since early 2023, during which the company has added more than $US1 trillion ($2 trillion) in market value and returned about 120 per cent to investors. It's also made its CEO, Sundar Pichai, a billionaire. With Alphabet's shares approaching an all-time high, Pichai, 53, is now worth $US1.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That's a rare feat for a non-founding chief executive officer, especially in a tech industry where many top executives — including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia's Jensen Huang — owe their fortunes to founding equity stakes in their companies.
Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Google's cricket-loving CEO has just become a billionaire
Alphabet's earnings beat was the latest milestone in what's been an explosive run since early 2023, during which Google's parent company has added more than $US1 trillion ($1.5 trillion) in market value and returned about 120 per cent to investors. It's also made its CEO, Sundar Pichai, a billionaire. With Alphabet's shares approaching an all-time high, Pichai, 53, is now worth $US1.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That's a rare feat for a non-founding chief executive officer, especially in a tech industry where many top executives — including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia's Jensen Huang — owe their fortunes to founding equity stakes in their companies. Although he wasn't there for the company's creation in 1998, Pichai became its longest-serving CEO this month. August will mark his 10th anniversary since assuming the role. A spokesperson for the California-based company declined to comment on Pichai's net worth. Modest background Loading Born into a middle-class family, Pichai grew up in a two-room apartment in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The family didn't own a car and only got its first telephone when he was 12. When Pichai won a graduate scholarship to Stanford University in 1993, his family spent more than his father's annual salary — $USUS1000 — to buy a plane ticket to California. After being hired in 2004 by Google — as the company was then known — Pichai spent more than a decade working his way up the ranks, helping to develop the Chrome browser and leading the Android division before he was tapped as CEO in 2015. That was the same year Google restructured itself to become a subsidiary of parent company Alphabet and began more heavily emphasising components of its business beyond its core search function. Pichai was also named CEO of Alphabet in 2019.
The Age
5 days ago
- Business
- The Age
Google's cricket-loving CEO has just become a billionaire
Alphabet's earnings beat was the latest milestone in what's been an explosive run since early 2023, during which Google's parent company has added more than $US1 trillion ($1.5 trillion) in market value and returned about 120 per cent to investors. It's also made its CEO, Sundar Pichai, a billionaire. With Alphabet's shares approaching an all-time high, Pichai, 53, is now worth $US1.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That's a rare feat for a non-founding chief executive officer, especially in a tech industry where many top executives — including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia's Jensen Huang — owe their fortunes to founding equity stakes in their companies. Although he wasn't there for the company's creation in 1998, Pichai became its longest-serving CEO this month. August will mark his 10th anniversary since assuming the role. A spokesperson for the California-based company declined to comment on Pichai's net worth. Modest background Loading Born into a middle-class family, Pichai grew up in a two-room apartment in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The family didn't own a car and only got its first telephone when he was 12. When Pichai won a graduate scholarship to Stanford University in 1993, his family spent more than his father's annual salary — $USUS1000 — to buy a plane ticket to California. After being hired in 2004 by Google — as the company was then known — Pichai spent more than a decade working his way up the ranks, helping to develop the Chrome browser and leading the Android division before he was tapped as CEO in 2015. That was the same year Google restructured itself to become a subsidiary of parent company Alphabet and began more heavily emphasising components of its business beyond its core search function. Pichai was also named CEO of Alphabet in 2019.
Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Turn AUKUS shipyard into joint naval base with the US, Morrison urges
Washington: Scott Morrison says a planned AUKUS shipbuilding facility in Western Australia should become a joint base with the US to help address the Trump administration's 'legitimate issues' with the submarine deal he designed and announced as prime minister in 2021. The controversial idea, with advocates in both Canberra and Washington, would allow the upgraded facility at Henderson, south of Perth, to host and repair American submarines, not just Australian ones, and give the US direct access to the Indian Ocean, a strategic asset. As the Pentagon reviews the AUKUS agreement to see if it fits with President Donald Trump's 'America First' agenda, one of the key issues is whether the US can part with the three nuclear-powered submarines Australia is due to buy. The slow rate of production is a problem, as is a severe maintenance backlog. Australia has paid $US1 billion (about $1. 6 billion) to the US maritime industrial base so far, with another $US1 billion due by year's end. Morrison - who now provides strategic advice for corporations, including defence industry clients - said the US appreciated and valued AUKUS, 'but that doesn't mean there aren't issues'. Loading 'The issues that [US defence undersecretary] Elbridge Colby has been raising, he's been raising those for years, and they're legitimate issues, and they go to the US's capability to produce submarines,' he said. 'There are many ways you can get more subs out at sea, and it's not just about how quickly you build them; it's also how you maintain them. Australia, through Henderson, has a real opportunity to add to that.' Asked if he meant maintaining US boats at the facility, he said yes. 'That would significantly add to the capability of the US to do what it needs to do.'
