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Beetlejuice the Musical is calling curtains early on its Australian run. On Friday the producer, the Michael Cassel Group, said in a statement the “difficult decision” had been made to cancel the show midway through its Brisbane leg. All performances in Sydney, Perth and Adelaide have been cancelled. Loading… “For a production of this scale,…

Cristian Volpato has played just 74 minutes of soccer for Australia, but against the United States he showed exactly why the Socceroos were so keen to recruit him. The 22-year old showed the class and composure some of his teammates had struggled to find in a firey game in which the USA side relentlessly closed…

In the extraordinary World Cup clash between Paraguay and Türkiye, FIFA’s new laws took centre stage. An incident late in the first half of the frenetic contest saw the players from both sides come together in the centre of the field. After the players separated, referee Iván Barton was called to the VAR monitor to…

A woman has been killed and nearly 1,700 tourists evacuated due to a large fire at a hotel in the Dominican beach resort town of Bayahibe, authorities say. Francesca Valentino, a 46-year-old Italian woman, died in the fire at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel, an emergency service said in a statement. Three people were…

Two brothers have been refused bail after allegedly participating in a riot in Newcastle, riding recklessly through the city streets and attempting to evade police. About 200 people gathered at Dangar Park in Mayfield on June 14 for a clothing giveaway event for Australian streetwear brand Bad Apples. The event quickly descended into chaos, with…

Dolphins halfback Isaiya Katoa is missing for the Dolphins’ showdown with the Tigers due to a knee injury, while Origin forward Kulikefu Finefeuiaki backs up. Later, the Panthers are on the Gold Coast to face the Titans, before the Bulldogs take on Manly. Follow all the action in our live blog below, check out all…

Adelaide Crows fans erupted in applause at the sixth minute of the team’s match against Melbourne to wish former number-six player Tony Modra well in his recovery from a serious truck crash.  SA Health said on Saturday that the 57-year-old Waitpinga man was now in a stable condition at the Flinders Medical Centre. He underwent…

Scotland feels hard done by in their defeat against Morocco, Canadian star Ismaël Koné has vowed to return after his sickening leg break, and a former NFL legend is on hand to photograph as the son of another of the NFL alumni cohort scores for his country. Here are the quick hits for today’s action…

The big footy-related news off the field in the last couple of days has been the terrible truck crash involving former Adelaide Crows and Fremantle star forward Tony Modra. Modra crashed his truck at Back Valley on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula on Thursday evening. His friend and former teammate Mark Ricciuto has updated Fox Footy…

Taylor Swift is topping the charts again and her return to country music comes as the genre is experiencing a boom few predicted. As other music festivals around the nation falter, cancel and fold, country has been bucking the trend. Just five years ago, country music artists thought they were watching their genre die. Audiences…