⁍ The Australian men’s cricket team is slated to host India in the traditional Boxing Day test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from Dec. 26.
⁍ The world’s top tennis players are due to play the Australian Open, 2021’s first Grand Slam, in January.
⁍ Restaurants, pubs and retail businesses in Melbourne, home to 5 million people, will reopen from Wednesday after more than three months under a stringent lockdown.
– The terror threat level in Melbourne remains at “critical,” meaning an attack is imminent, but the city’s businesses are set to reopen Wednesday after more than three months under a lockdown, Reuters reports. Restaurants, bars, and retail businesses will be allowed to open their doors to the public, and residents will be allowed to visit houses for the first time since the city was locked down following the Paris attacks in November. “I am very confident we’ll get a crowd at the (MCG) for the Boxing Day test,” Victoria state premier Daniel Andrews told reporters. “I don’t know how big it will be but there will be a crowd there. That is the advice I have and that is what we’re working towards.” The Australian men’s cricket team is slated to host India in the traditional Boxing Day test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from Dec. 26, while the world’s top tennis players are due to play the Australian Open, 2021’s first Grand Slam, in January.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-australia-sport-int/end-of-melbourne-lockdown-paves-way-for-crowds-at-cricket-tennis-idUSKBN27C056