Andre Ayew has revealed how his father, legendary former Ghana and Marseille player Abedi Pele, helped persuade him to rejoin Swansea City. The Swans spent a club-record £18m – possibly rising to...
The Western Force made their final pitch for retention in the Super Rugby competition with an emotional 40-11 win over the New South Wales Waratahs in Perth on Saturday night. Tipped to be the...
Canterbury Crusaders and the Golden Lions are embroiled in a final-round battle this weekend to claim the top rankings spot and home advantage throughout the Super Rugby playoffs. The Crusaders, just...
Australia has bought back most of a contentious mining licence issued for a huge Chinese-run coal mine near prime agricultural land, officials said Wednesday, but farmers are still not happy. Chinese...
South Africa's Western Stormers clinched third spot in the Super Rugby's finals series with a smashing win over Japan's Sunwolves as ACT Brumbies lost their chance following a last-gasp loss this...
Pumas scrum-half Tomas Cubelli makes his return from a lengthy injury for the ACT Brumbies but cancer survivor Christian Lealiifano's expected comeback has been delayed in this weekend's penultimate...
England called up uncapped quintet Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Tom Curran, Mason Crane and Craig Overton on Monday for their three-match Twenty20 series against South Africa. The five, who have no...
Australia's largest state Sunday said it was building a separate prison wing for extremist inmates to tackle radicalisation following a rise in homegrown attacks. New South Wales, home to about a...
Passengers on an Australian domestic flight left the plane via an emergency exit Tuesday after a man allegedly left a threatening note in the toilet in what appears to be a prank. The 42 passengers...
Two Filipino seamen who mysteriously disappeared or died in separate incidents on a Japanese coal ship in Australian waters were killed, a coroner ruled Wednesday. In 2012 Cesar Llanto, 42, chief...
One of Australia's biggest draw cards, the Sydney Vivid light show, got underway Friday with police vowing to take to the skies, streets and waterways in the wake of the terror attack in Britain this...
Police underestimated the threat posed by a self-styled Islamic cleric during a Sydney cafe siege and took too long to storm the building, an inquest found Wednesday, but it absolved them of blame...
A 92-year-old RAF veteran has become Britain’s oldest paedophile to be caught by online vigilantes after trying to meet an 11-year-old girl for sex. Ivor Gifford, of Abertillery, South Wales, faces...
The Canterbury Crusaders vanquished another title rival this weekend as New Zealand teams tightened their grip on Super Rugby ahead of next month's British and Irish Lions tour. The seven-time...
Australian police have smashed a massive fraud syndicate and seized planes, guns, and luxury cars, they said Thursday, with a top-ranking tax official and his son embroiled in the scam. Nine people...
Southern Kings defeated a fellow South African side for the first time in Super Rugby when they edged Coastal Sharks 35-32 Saturday after a thriller in Port Elizabeth. It was also the first time the...
An Australian celebrity chef has been charged with assault after he allegedly shoved a young football fan in Sydney. Video captured MasterChef Australia judge George Calombaris being heckled by...
A 12-year-old boy who was apparently trying to drive across Australia has been stopped by police 1,300km (800 miles) into his journey. The boy was pulled over in Broken Hill in the New South Wales...
A girl of eight who survived when the car she was in sank in Australia, killing three family members, has described her desperate struggle to raise the alarm. Chloe Kabealo said she had unbuckled her...
A 12-year-old boy trying to drive from coast-to-coast through the vast Australian outback was stopped by traffic police more than a thousand kilometres into the epic road trip, authorities said...
