BRISBANE (Australia) - NEW Zealand stunned hot favourites Australia to capture their first World Cup crown with a 34-20 surprise victory in the final at Lang Park here on Saturday.
HOBART (Australia) - AUSTRALIAN Formula One driver Mark Webber suffered a broken right leg when hit by a car on Saturday during a charity multi-sports race, a race official said.
'He'll likely have a pin inserted in the leg today, and spend three days in hospital,' event director Geoff Donohue said. Webber, who drives for F1's Red Bull team, was riding a bicycle along a road near historic Port Arthur in the southeast of the island state of Tasmania when he collided with a four-wheel drive vehicle, Tasmania Police Sergeant Jon Ford said.
TOKYO - TOKYO'S bid committee for the 2016 Olympics says the Japanese government's US$100 billion (S$152 billion) loan to the International Monetary Fund demonstrates the resilience of the country and the bid against the global economic downturn.
'Japan's loan to the IMF and its strong banking sector demonstrates the county's ability to withstand the current global economic situation,' Tokyo's bid committee said in a statement released on Friday.
