Home hero Alex de Minaur and American Coco Gauff punched their tickets to the second round of the Australian Open on day two, but it wasn't such a happy story for fan favourite Alex Eala, who was sent packing by Alycia Parks.

Tennis player Zeynep Sonmez paused her game at the Australian Open to help a ball girl who collapsed on the court mid-match on Jan. 18. The athlete was up against Ekaterina Alexandrova at the time.

Zeynep Sönmez has stopped a game to help an ailing ballkid during her first-round win over Ekaterina Alexandrova at the Australian Open.

Dozens of teenagers filmed hooning through a golf course on e-bikes on Sydney’s Northern Beaches have left police and local residents alarmed and triggered a major safety debate.

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Sydney is now home to the world’s best fish market following the Minns Labor Government completing the new Sydney Fish Market that officially opens for business today.

The attack on a boy in Sydney Harbour is the latest in a four-fold increase in shark bites along the NSW coast in recent years.

Falls of 80mm to 140mm were recorded in "one to three hours" on Sydney's Northern Beaches and the Central Coast, Weatherzone reported yesterday. The weather reporting site said these were comparable to tropical monsoon falls and consituted "one in 200-to-500-year events".