"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Opals may have been around for thousands of years, but they’re having a major resurgence in the jewelry ...

The Opals needed to defeat Puerto Rico by at least 25 points to keep their Olympic campaign alive, and the Aussies held their nerve to clinch an entertaining 96-69 victory. They only scored the ...

The Opals have suffered their worst loss at an Olympic Games on Monday night, outplayed by an inspired Nigeria in one of the biggest boilovers in women's basketball history. It was the first time ...

Clutch Cayla George buckets in a seven-point defeat of France have steered the Opals from oblivion, into the Paris Games women's basketball quarterfinals and away from an early United States meeting.

Rain in the outback South Australian town of Andamooka usually comes with the promise of rare opals washing up — prompting locals to walk the streets with buckets, in search of newly unveiled rock and ...

The Opals have ensured they will be competing in Paris after beating Germany in the qualifying tournament.(X: Basketball Australia) In short: The Opals have defeated Germany 85-52 to qualify for their ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The opal was once synonymous with dreary Victorian rings and cheap Australian souvenirs. Its reputation was so ...