Oscar Jenkins, once feared dead, is believed to be alive and in Russian captivity. Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called for his release and warned Moscow the federal government's response will be "unequivocal" if he is not treated humanely.

Moscow might keep Australian war prisoner Oscar Jenkins for a future high-profile swap with Russians held in jail in the West, an expert says.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Australia has received confirmation that prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins is still alive after being captured by Russian Forces.

Russian officials have confirmed Oscar Jenkins is alive, Penny Wong has said, ending nearly a month of uncertainty around the captured Australian fighter’s fate.

Tennis Australia says it has advised its players against competing in Russia following reports that Davis Cup team member Thanasi Kokkinakis featured in an exhibition in St. Petersburg two months ago.

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Aryna Sabalenka’s bid for a third consecutive Australian Open championship will continue after she got past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a surprisingly difficult quarterfinal.

Only three other men have managed the feat at Melbourne Park since the turn of the century – Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Svitolina reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park for a third time, but her first for six years. She has reached the last four in Grand Slams on three previous occasions, at Wimbledon in 2019 and 2023, and the US Open in 2019, but never in Australia.

Thirty-nine-year-old Hsieh, who last year retired from singles, is also defending her mixed doubles title with partner Jan Zielinski of Poland, with whom she won at Wimbledon last year. The sixth seeds are today to play Irina Khromacheva of Russia and Jackson Withrow of the US in the second round.

Straight up, I’ve loved the Australian Open forever. On TV since Edo and his fantastic moustache took the 1976 title, and in real life since the 1980s when I’d catch the train from school to Kooyong to park up in the back row of centre court and critique players’ legs.

Australian officials believe Australian soldier Oscar Jenkins, who travelled to fight in defence of Ukraine, is alive and in Russian captivity, rather than dead as had been feared.