With the ear-popping crack of a bat, shouts of “Shabash!” rang out on a recent Sunday afternoon at Silver Spring’s Galway Park. “Shabash!” “Shabash!” The Urdu word for “excellent,” shabash also is a term among cricket players worldwide — whether from India or Pakistan, England or Australia, Jamaica or Guyana — to cheer on outstanding batting, bowling and fielding, the game’s essential skills. Read full article > >

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Mr. Gibb was one of three singing brothers in the long-running Anglo-Australian pop group that shot to fame in the 1970s.

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Burt Bacharach is calling from the future, but also from the past. On a hotel telephone across the international date line, the 83-year-old songwriter is on tour in Australia, where it’s tomorrow morning. But he’s happy to zip down memory lane, 55 years back, across Broadway and into the lobby of the Brill Building, the fabled Manhattan song factory where he first crossed paths with Hal David. Read full article > >

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Watch highlights from a dramatic game as Great Britain’s men miss out on a place in the final of the Olympic hockey test event after a 3-3 draw with Australia on the London 2012 pitch. (UK users only)

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Australia’s Casey Stoner will start Sunday’s Portuguese MotoGP on pole, despite leaving it late to record the best qualifying lap.

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Two British tourists from Wales have been fined a thousand Australian dollars for stealing a penguin named Dirk from a theme park in Brisbane.

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The family of an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after eating a KFC chicken meal is awarded $8.3m (£5.1m) in damages.

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An Australian High Court ruling deals a blow to major film and television studios in a landmark case over illegal video downloads.

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Ray Isle ( @islewine on Twitter ) is Food & Wine's executive wine editor. We trust his every cork pop and decant – and the man can sniff out a bargain to boot. Take it away, Ray. Ah, tax day: The forms are filled out, the check is written, the postal deadline is met. All that’s left to do now is nurse the pain. Clearly, what's needed is a glass of wine (or a shot or two of whiskey), but with what money are you supposed to buy that wine now that you’ve given your all to the IRS? Here, for medicinal purposes, are a few good bottles that even those quarters stuck between the couch cushions and that jar of pennies in the garage might conceivably cover. NV Jaume Serra Cristalino Brut Cava Technically this Spanish sparkler runs about $10, but it’s often on sale for $7 or less. For the price, it’s a bargain: crisp, citrusy and perfectly refreshing. 2010 Vieille Ferme Cotes de Luberon Blanc This affordable brand comes from the Rhône Valley’s Perrin family, who also makes one of the greatest Châteauneuf-du-Pâpes, Château Beaucastel . Beaucastel itself runs about $100 a bottle, but this full-bodied, lightly nutty French white is available for a song ($10 or so). 2011 Yalumba Y Series Viognier Viognier, when done badly, tends to smell like overripe peaches (often slathered with oak sauce). When done well – as with this $10 wine from Australia – it’s fragrant and crisp, its flavor suggesting apricots and mandarin oranges, with a pretty floral aroma. It lifts the heart, rather than dragging it down. 2011 Domaine Sainte Eugénie Corbières Rosé Rosé season is upon us. There’s not much that’s more pleasant than sitting out on the porch on a spring evening, drinking rosé, snacking on olives and saucisson sec (or prosciutto; or almonds; or potato chips; or a bag of White Castle sliders – you name it, dry rosés are absurdly adaptable). This pale, wild berry-scented wine from France’s Languedoc-Roussillon region is a fine example, and runs about $10. 2010 Purato Nero D’Avola Smoky and blackberry-ish and mighty tasty, this $11 Sicilian red is also as green as can be – it’s USDA-certified organic, the bottle is 85 percent recycled glass and the label is made from recycled paper and printed with soy-based ink. Negligible environmental destruction, lots of flavor: Rachel Carson would be proud. More from Food & Wine 50 Best Bars in America Best Pizza Places in the U.S. Best Burgers in the U.S. America’s Best Doughnuts Spring Recipes

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Bob Brown, the leader of Australia’s Greens on whom PM Julia Gillard depends for her wafer-thin majority, resigns.

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Track cyclist Victoria Pendleton overcomes a bruising collision with Australia’s Anna Meares to win world sprint gold in Melbourne.

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Live BBC coverage of the World Track Cycling Championships from Hisense Arena, Melbourne where the likes of Britain’s Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton plus Australia’s Jack Bobridge will be vying for a World title ahead of London 2012. (UK only).

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Following allegations by an Australian agency that Apple’s advertising deceived people into thinking its new iPad could run on on all 4G networks, the company has said that it will offer refunds to any iPad buyers who believe they’ve been misled. Read full article > >

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