If you're struggling for superlatives for the giant Swede in his first season in England, just compare his impact to that of the club's captain, his fading contemporary who has been usurped as the club's talisman by a player who had not ever played in ...

IT LOOKS like a regular hoon; tearing down suburban streets, fishtailing his Red Commodore from left to right, and pulling off a few daring donuts in front of crowds of shoppers. But these acts, reckless and brazen, are meek compared to the violence ...

And if it actually was a league to itself, there would be one club topping the pile. While Chelsea are seven points clear at the top of the table, it is Liverpool who once again showed they can match it with the big boys, even though they copped a late ...

The UN Security Council has imposed new sanctions on North Korea aimed at cutting the Asian country's annual export revenue by a quarter in response to Pyongyang's fifth and largest nuclear test in September. The 15-member council unanimously ...

The Turkish government has condemned a car bomb attack targeting a governor's office in the southern city of Adana, which left two people dead and more than 30 injured. The blast came only weeks after the US warned extremists were planning attacks.

Taiwan has issued a landfall warning for Typhoon Malakas, which is expected to bring strong winds to the eastern and northern parts of the country. It comes as at least eight people have been reported dead after Typhoon Meranti lashed much of ...

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its 2014 global economic growth forecast, warning of "negative surprises" from the United States and China and geopolitical risks in Ukraine and the Middle East. The IMF projected global growth of 3.4 per cent for ...

Rory McIlroy's class shines through in British Open triumph 6:17. Play video. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/. There was a slight jitter on the final day but in the end Rory McIlroy finished the tournament how he began, on top and on form to take out the ...

AN hour or so before Israeli troops invaded Gaza yesterday morning, Arnold Roth, a Melbourne-raised Jew living in Jerusalem, wrote an email to the Herald Sun. The world was absorbing fresh notions of Israeli superiority. Its tanks and troops poured in to a ...

Forbes hands Beyoncé the top spot on the one hundred most powerful celebrities list. We all knew it, but now she has the accolade to prove it. Beyoncé has knocked Oprah Winfrey off the top spot of the Forbes World's Most Powerful Celebrities List and it's no ...

Video; Image. Suarez banned for 9 internationals, 4 months all football 0:38. Play video. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/. Luis Suarez's World Cup is over after Fifa handed him a nine match ban from international football and four-month ban from all ...

Video; Image. Netherlands take out Group B with 2-0 win over Chile 1:34. Play video. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/. Netherlands claimed top spot in Group B at the 2014 World Cup, with Leroy Fer and Memphis Depay bagging the goals in a 2-0 win ...

Video; Image. VIDEO: Germany trounce Portugal, 4-0 1:50. Play video. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/. A hat-trick from Thomas Mueller has guilded Germany to a 4-0 thumping of Portugal in Salvador in their opening World Cup Group G clash.

JAMES Packer's investment in Beats Music is poised to deliver a rich payday for the billionaire businessman after technology giant Apple agreed to buy the digital music service. Apple announced early on Thursday that it would pay $US3 billion ($3.2 billion) ...

Video; Image. PM confirms unpopular budget measures 2:16. Play video. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/. PM Tony Abbott says Australia needs a 'tough budget now for a bright future tomorrow'. Sky News; 29 Apr 2014; News. Prime Minister Tony Abbott ...

THERE is something old fashioned, in a modern kind of way, about James Horwill. At a Classic Wallabies function the day before the game against the Force earlier this month, the Reds captain was a guest of honour among a crowd that was much more Baby ...

Passenger 'drunk, aggressive' on flight 0:32. Play video. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/. A man has been detained after banging on the cockpit door of a Virgin Australia plane flying to Bali. Sky News; 26 Apr 2014; News. FRIENDS of the Australian ...

Video; Image. Sherpas mourn those killed in Everest avalanche 1:19. Play video. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/. Nepalese march in honor of the Sherpas who were killed in Friday's avalance on Mount Everest. Nathan Frandino reports. Reuters; 23 Apr ...

A TROPICAL storm has hampered the aerial search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet as an underwater drone scours the final third of the narrowed-down search area. The decision to suspend the aerial search on Tuesday came just just hours after ...

A TROPICAL storm has hampered the aerial search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet as an underwater drone scours the final third of the narrowed-down search area. The decision to suspend the aerial search on Tuesday came just just hours after ...