Australia ended Serbia’s quest for the last 16 at the World Cup with a fighting 2-1 victory but it was not enough to take them into the knockout round at the Mbombela Stadium here on Wednesday.

The police raided the headquarters of the Belgian Catholic church on Thursday following fresh accusations of child sex abuse involving priests.

England’s Wayne Rooney joins the celebrations with goal-scorer Jermain Defoe (centre, not seen) after the opening goal during their World Cup Group C match against Slovenia in Port Elizabeth on Wednes

An imprisoned and impoverished Adolf Hitler wrote to a car dealer begging for a discount on a Mercedes he had his eye on, according to a letter being auctioned in Germany in July.

South Africa’s batsmen, led by Jacques Kallis, took the time to have a glorified net session, and improve their batting averages, as the second Test against West Indies meandered to an inevitable draw.

Eoin Morgan’s unbeaten 103 saw England to a come from behind four-wicket win over Australia in the first one-day international here on Tuesday.
England, chasing 268 for victory, were in dire straits at 97/4. But former Ireland batsman Morgan’s second ODI hundred for his adopted country turned the tide and gave England a 1-0 lead in the five match series. He ended the match and went to his hundred with a four, having faced 85 balls with 16 fours.

Martin Demichelis struck a late goal to set up Argentina for a 2-0 World Cup win over Greece on Tuesday, top spot in Group B and a second-round showdown with Mexico.

South Korea progressed to the second round of the World Cup for only the second time in eight attempts after a 2-2 draw with Nigeria in their final Group B match here on Tuesday.

England’s World Cup campaign finally took off on Wednesday at the third attempt as Fabio Capello’s side qualified for the last 16 with a 1-0 win over Slovenia.
But the United States took top spot in Group C with an injury-time winner over Algeria, meaning England finished runners-up and Slovenia — who had begun the day on top of the table — were eliminated.

They have braved gunfire, dog bites and threats from people with baseball bats.