Melbourne - Reigning Australian Open junior champion Bernard Tomic faces pressure to keep his family in check after an on-court incident which resulted in an apology on Saturday from his over- wrought father.

John Tomic was hammered in the local press after yanking his son off court during a minor event near Perth earlier this month, complaining that foot faults against an opponent were not being called.

The incident provoked an International Tennis Federation Investigation and could result in the youngster not being able to play in the Australia open, which start on January
19.

It also brought back nightmares of the template for poor tennis parents, Serbian bad dad Damir Dokic, now estranged from his daughter Jelena.

Melbourne, Dec 13 : Western Australia and Victoria believe that they have missed out on a minimum of 600,000 Australian dollars and will ask Cricket Australia for compensation following the cancellation of the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India.

Tournament officials decided on Friday not to stage the event, which was cancelled due to the Mumbai terrorist attacks. The tournament will now be held in October 2009.

Melbourne, Dec 13 : A solo adventurer rowing from Peru to Sydney has been rescued off the coast of Australia after being at sea since February 21.

Rower Alexandro Bellini's wife telephoned water police to say her husband needed help, 65 nautical miles off Laurieton on the New South Wales mid-north coast, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The 30-year-old man had contacted his wife to say he was nearing exhaustion. He had been at sea since leaving Lima, Peru on February 21

The police vessel Nemesis was dispatched and Australian Search and Rescue (AusSAR) in Canberra sent an aircraft to the area.

Melbourne, December 13: Cate Blanchett has revealed that she would love to don the wedding gown one more time – because she regrets having no pictures of the special day.

The Academy Award-winning Australian actress had tied the knot with playwright hubby Andrew Upton in 1997 and is a proud mother of three children.

‘An Ideal Husband’ star said that she would be keen on recapturing the moments of D-day since she had no photographs to revisit her memories.

Melbourne, Dec. 13: Australia’s key batsmen are likely to get fast bowler Brett Lee into the nets more aften than he would like in preparing themselves for the expected thunderbolts from South African pacer Dale Steyn during the forthcoming Test series Down Under.

Opener Mathew Hayden told the Daily Telegraph that Australia''s batsmen have asked Lee to work overtime to provide them with custom-made net practice ahead of their battle with Steyn.

Melbourne, December 13: Facebook has apparently started to leave its impact on judicial systems also, with the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory ruling that a default judgement can be served on defendants by notification on the social networking website.

This is believed to be the first instance when any court in the world has ordered the use of a social networking website for serving a default judgement on the defendant, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

A default judgement is given by the court where the defendant does not appear in court to defend the case. Once the court awards it, the plaintiff must serve it on the defendant, which is usually done by way of personal service or post.