11 h. ago Tim Henman is left in a sweaty mess as heat bomb hits the Australian Open

The extreme heat in Melbourne has taken its toll on all those at the Australian Open - and Tim Henman is no exception judging by recent footage.

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12 h. ago Tim Henman is left in a sweaty mess as heat bomb hits the Australian Open tennis

The extreme heat in Melbourne has taken its toll on all those at the Australian Open - and Tim Henman is no exception judging by recent footage.

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12 h. ago Australian Open’s hottest temperatures in 17 years causes play suspension

The tournament’s organised invoked their extreme heat policy as temperatures soared to a height of 43ºC

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20 h. ago What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out

Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s southern states are scorching in extreme heat that could break temperature records in Victoria and South Australia on Tuesday.January and all-time records were forecast to be set in both states, with temperatures approaching 50C across inland areas, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Australian Open insulates tennis from extreme heat but still faces million

Crowd numbers shrink and fans keep Melbourne Park visits briefRod Laver and Margaret Court Arenas protected by roofs and airconTens of thousands of tennis fans are expected to stay away from the Australian Open on Tuesday as temperatures climb above 40C, but the Melbourne Park grand slam has largely been able to insulate itself – physically and commercially – from the effects of extreme heat.The daytime attendance for the heat-affected Saturday was 51,048, down more than 10,000 compared with the previous and following days, and an even greater decline is expected on Tuesday given widespread publicity of the Victorian heatwave. Sales of $35 ground passes have been slow and queues at security appeared shorter than usual shortly after gates opened at 9am. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds

Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immuneThe number of people living with extreme heat will more than double by 2050 if global heating reaches 2C, according to a new study that shows how the energy demands for air conditioners and heating systems are expected to change across the world.No region will escape the impact, say the authors. Although the tropics and southern hemisphere will be worst affected by rising heat, the countries in the north will also find it difficult to adapt because their built environments are primarily designed to deal with a cooler climate. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Australian Open live: Latest scores as Sinner set for quarter

Sinner did not have to face the same extreme heat but encountered some difficulty closing out the win as the defending champion returned to the quarter-finals

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37 h. ago Australian Open live: Latest scores as Sinner discovers quarter

Sinner did not have to face the same extreme heat but encountered some difficulty closing out the win as the defending champion returned to the quarter-finals

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37 h. ago Sinner v Darderi live: Australian Open latest score updates as defending champion passes another test

Sinner did not have to face the same extreme heat as the defending champion returned for the quarter-finals

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38 h. ago A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar review – survival in a climate

This moral thriller offers a perceptive account of specifically Indian anxietiesThe title characters of Megha Majumdar’s second novel are a young man referred to only by a nickname, Boomba, and a woman known as Ma. Each regards themselves as a guardian, and the other as a thief. The reader is not asked to take sides, but instead to observe how the world makes thieves of guardians, and vice versa.A Guardian and a Thief takes place over what is meant to be the last week of Ma living in Kolkata. She, her father and her two-year-old daughter are about to join Ma’s husband in the United States, as the recipients of prized “climate visas”. Floods and extreme heat have turned Kolkata into a city of persistent food shortages. Black marketeers hoard eggs, fruit and vegetables, while fish, previously the cornerstone of Bengali cooking, has vanished altogether. The terrifying word famine is disinterred. This is one of the many ways in which climate change has sent Kolk...

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40 h. ago Sinner v Darderi live: Australian Open latest score updates after ‘lucky’ escape for defending champion

Sinner will not have to face the same extreme heat as the defending champion bids for the quarter-finals

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3 d. ago ‘I feel like I’ll never be cold again’: How tennis stars coped with Melbourne heat | Tumaini Carayol

Extreme heat wreaked havoc on Saturday’s schedule but tennis has changed its ways of dealing with extreme heatEven before the first set and first hour of his match elapsed, Tomas Machac had asked the umpire for the tournament doctor, trainer and pickle juice, the drink du jour for tackling cramps. Those preventive measures taken in the intense early stages of his third-round tussle with Lorenzo Musetti proved to be sensible, for the pair would spend a brutal four hours, 25 minutes on court.Four hours of that took place inside an open John Cain Arena, a furnace in suffocating heat. “We knew today was going to be really, really hot,” Musetti said. “I think I managed well to finish the match without cramping.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Spizzirri acknowledges 'funny timing' but accepts Australian Open heat rules after loss to Sinner

Eliot Spizzirri was leading a struggling Jannik Sinner in the third round of the Australian Open when the extreme heat rule was enforced

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3 d. ago Australian Open 2026: Van de Zandschulp v Djokovic, Kalinskaya v Swiatek – live

Third-round matches continue at Melbourne Park Follow us on Bluesky | And you can also mail LukePlay is yet to resume on the outside courts due to the extreme heat.Iga Swiatek, the No 2 seed in the women’s draw, is under way against Anna Kalinskaya on Margaret Court Arena. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘I got lucky’: Jannik Sinner overcomes cramp and extreme heat to hold off spirited Spizzirri

Australian Open reigning champion beats world No 85 by 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4Italian makes most of suspension in play in win at Melbourne ParkThe grim expression across Jannik Sinner’s face as he limped gingerly to the bathroom said enough. As play was briefly suspended in the overbearing Australian heat, the two-time defending champion was suffering from full-body cramps and at serious risk of also enduring one of the great Australian Open upsets in recent memory.Sinner, the second seed, survived thanks to the combined force of his supreme mental toughness and a significant amount of luck, holding off a spirited challenge from Eliot Spizzirri to reach the fourth round at Melbourne Park with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Australian Open controversy as Jannik Sinner goes to the verge of collapsing, play suspended on outside courts as extreme heat ravages Melbourne Park

Defending champion Jannik Sinnerwas left on the verge of physical collapse as extreme heat triggered one of the most contentious moments of the Australian Openon Saturday

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3 d. ago Australian Open 2026: Sinner beats the heat and Spizzirri, Keys and Pegula ease through – live

Updates from day seven at Melbourne Park Play suspended on outside courts amid extreme heat Any thoughts? Get in touch with an emailPliskova 0-1 Keys (9)* The 186cm Czech intersperses a trademark ace between a series of unforced errors to hand Keys a couple of break points. She saves the first but Keys secures the early advantage with a lovely in-to-out forehand winner. The champion has started strongly, striking the ball cleanly from the baseline. Pliskova, by contrast, looks a bit flat-footed and lacking timing.The players are out on RLA. Key’s’s neon green Nike outfit is irridescent in the bright sunshine. Pliskova is serving in orange Adidas. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Australian Open schedule change announced amid forecasts of extreme heat

Extreme heat is expected in Melbourne and Australian Open organisers have responded by changing Saturday’s schedule

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5 d. ago Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds

Extreme heat ‘is getting worse and whether we like it or not there’s ultimately a limit to what we can actually physically cope with,’ scientist saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHuman-caused global heating made the intense heatwave that affected much of Australia in early January five times more likely, new analysis suggests.The heatwave earlier this month was the most severe since the 2019-20 black summer, with temperatures over 40C in Melbourne and Sydney, even hotter conditions in regional Victoria and New South Wales, and extreme heat also affecting Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Rio de Janeiro zoo animals are treated to popsicles as the city faces scorching summer weather

Animals at Rio de Janeiro’s BioParque zoo received popsicles and frozen treats Tuesday as the city faced another day of extreme heat during Brazil’s summer

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