greenlight. and we meet mr beast the man who made almost $54 million last year and has topped the youtube rich list. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the unvaccinated worls bumber one tennis star novak djokovic is again facing detention in australia after his visa was revoked for a second time. his lawyers are appealing to the federal court and the matter will be heard on sunday morning local time. djokovic is still scheduled to play in the australian open in melbourne on monday. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is there. voice over: this is nine news. voice over: live from sydney, seven news. just moments ago, - the immigration minister has cancelled novak djokovic s visa. i paul kadak. it s a story that made headlines here in australia and around the world. for days, novak djokovic has been on the court training, and now, the government has announced its decision. the tennis star s visa has been cancelled again and, for the second time, he fa
Us up to speed with the latest in the court appeal. the expectation is in a couple of hours he may well be put into immigration. a judge may decide that he can stay in his other accommodation. after he was detained at melbourne airport about 1.5 weeks ago, he was brought here to an immigration detention hotel quite close to the centre of melbourne. he may be brought back here. we don t know. what we do know is there was a brief preliminary hearing in court today essentially, it was a procedural matter dealing with administrative items ahead of a full appeal for novak djokovic against the decision by australia s immigration minister alex hawke to cancel his visa and that will take place on sunday morning. so, today, if you like, to use a tennis term, is a bit of a warm up for the main event tomorrow. 0k. but it is going to the wire
It s a story that made headlines here in australia and around the world. for days, novak djokovic has been on the court training, and now, the government has announced its decision. the tennis star s visa has been cancelled again and, for the second time, he faces deportation from australia. in his statement, the country s immigration minister alex hawke said today: the prime minister, scott morrison, said the sacrifices australians made throughout the pandemic should be protected. mr morrison s government has faced heavy criticism for allowing the unvaccinated player into australia in the first place while the country struggled with a spike in covid i9 case numbers. i think it was a pretty mess up that they did, but now i think they corrected the way. it s unfortunate that novak won t be playing,
Greenlight. and we meet mr beast the man who made almost $54 million last year and has topped the youtube rich list. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the unvaccinated worls bumber one tennis star novak djokovic is again facing detention in australia after his visa was revoked for a second time. his lawyers are appealing to the federal court and the matter will be heard on sunday morning local time. djokovic is still scheduled to play in the australian open in melbourne on monday. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is there. voice over: this is nine news. voice over: live from sydney, seven news. just moments ago, - the immigration minister has cancelled novak djokovic s visa. i paul kadak.
You know, the tournament it s a pretty big loss. yeah, i think if everyone else has to follow the rules, why can t he? and, obviously, he thought he was above it all. andy murray says the controversy has been bad for the sport. itjust seems like it s dragged on for quite a long time now and, yeah, not great for the tennis, not great for the australian open, not great for novak. his former coach, the multiple grand slam winner boris becker, said this story has become about more than just sport. he s only a tennis player. we re alljust sportsmen, we re not politicians. if we are used in a political way, then we don t have a chance. the world number one is still fighting to defend his title here. whether or not he ll be able to play, the australian open will take place under the shadow of a controversy that has gone way beyond tennis. shaimaa khalil in melbourne. phil mercer is also in melbourne for us and brought