Sydney  - An English teenager docked in Tasmania on Saturday at the half-way point of his attempt to break a round-the-world sailing record held by an Australian.

Mike Perham, only just 17, hopes to break the record set 10 years ago by Melbourne's Jesse Martin, who was 18 when he circumnavigated the globe alone.

Perham, who set out in November, said his worst moment came a week ago off the coast of West Australia.

Sydney, Apr. 4 : Australian opener Phillip Hughes has become the youngest player ever to win the prestigious Steve Waugh Medal.

Hughes received the coveted gong for being New South Wale''s most outstanding cricketer this summer.

The 20-year-old made it a one-horse race with 231 votes - 72 votes clear of his nearest rival, fast bowler Aaron Bird.

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Sydney, April 3 : An international team of astronomers has completed the most accurate map of hundreds of thousands of galaxies in our region of the universe.

According to a report by ABC News, the map, charted by Australian, British and American astronomers at the Anglo Australian Observatory in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, shows where galaxies are, in respect to each other, and to our own.

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Sydney, Apr 3 : Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds and three uncapped players have been selected in the team's preliminary 30-man squad for this year's Twenty20 world championship in England.

Symonds had a shocking season and suffered from injury, poor form and controversy in addition to undergoing counselling for personal problems.

The three uncapped players among the group are Western Australian spinner Aaron Heal, Victorian batsman Rob Quiney and South Australian wicketkeeper Graham Manou.