Melbourne, Australia  - Mark Philippoussis will make a return to tennis two years after last playing professionally as he enters the senior event at the Australian Open.

The 32-year-old double Grand Slam finalist sprang the surprise on Monday with the first major of the season now a month away. Philippoussis last competed in January
2007, going down with injury at the Hopman Cup.

Melbourne, Dec 21 : Barely 48 hours after arriving in Sydney with his girlfriend, Australian actress Abbie Cornish, Ryan Phillippe attacked photographers at Circular Quay.

Cornish, 26, had been guest of honour at Calvin Klein''s lavish, high-class 40th anniversary party on Cockatoo Island.

However, as the couple left the venue, a drunk Phillippe clashed with photographers.

"We''re tired and I''m drunk and I don''t want you hassling my girl,'''' the Daily Telegraph quoted him, as saying.

Cornish, who has been dating Phillippe for about a year, managed to keep her dignity throughout the incident.

Melbourne, December 21 : Mobile phones may soon come to be used for such downloads as may save their users' lives.

The Red Cross has launched a text service in first aid, which has found favour with thousands of people, who keep downloading cardio pulmonary resuscitation instructions to their handsets.

Within seconds an animated instruction appears on screen, advising on how to deliver CPR.

A diagram tells cell phone users how to clear the airways, start breathing, and compressions. The download costs three dollars.

Melbourne - Former world number four Jelena Dokic achieved the first step of a tennis comeback dream on Sunday, defeating teenaged Monika Wejnert 6-7 (3-7),
7-5, 6-3 to claim an Australian Open wild card spot.

The week-long effort from Dokic ended with a fighting victory, where she lost the opening set in a tiebreaker, and recovered from a break down in the second and finally clinched victory over her Queensland opponent.

"I don't have to worry about the Australian Open now," said Dokic, who will be making her third main draw showing at the major after playing in 2001 and 2006.

Melbourne, Dec 21: Australia is all set to take the radical step of rotating players from the Test side for the first time in 130 years as Ricky Ponting's squad faces a tough playing schedule.

Key stakeholders in Australian cricket have raised the issue of resting players from the Test arena to minimise the risk of burning out of elite cricketers, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The move has the support of coach Tim Nielsen, who said: "I'd like to think all of our contracted players will be up for grabs for any game we need."

The world champions face an enormous test of endurance over the next 15 months, playing up to 86 international matches across three forms of the game.

Melbourne, Dec. 21: With Christmas on its way, everyone is busy planning how best they can celebrate and make it a joyous occasion.

A look at some of the stars' plans suggests that they all have different views about it, and that family is the most important part of the celebrations.

Aussie actor Hugh Jackman has revealed that he and his family will be spending Christmas in the US, and that he will not be missing warmer holiday celebrations Down Under.

"I'm going to be in New York with my family," the Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.

"I'll be going to The Nutcracker, I''ll be going to Rockefeller Plaza, I''ll be going to The Rockettes and maybe catch a Knicks game or two.