If five matches in 14 days wasn't tough enough, Adelaide coach Aurelio Vidmar expects his charges to cop a physical battering in Friday night's A-League clash with Central Coast at Hindmarsh Stadiu

At least 19 teenagers and children died during a stampede at a disco organised to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Tanzania, reports said.

An Australian customs vessel has offloaded 14 people on Christmas Island after intercepting a boat off Australia's north-west coast last week.

ANZ Banking Group Ltd's Australian operations chief pledged the bank would pass on as much of an expected official rate cut as it could, while pointing to the "unbelievable volatility" in global cr

Tour Down Under officials expect to know on Friday whether Lance Armstrong will make his comeback to professional cycling in their event next January.

A new national education authority is key to the Rudd government's plan to introduce a national curriculum and rank schools according to performance, Education Minister Julia Gillard says.

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has taken aim at the NRL salary cap as he prepares to lose his 11th player from the Storm's era of three straight grand finals.

Police have arrested the son of a hostel owner in Croatia over the disappearance of Melbourne backpacker Britt Lapthorne, the Nine network reported.

(AAP) Rio Tinto Ltd shares surged on Wednesday after the Australian competition watchdog gave the green light to BHP Billiton's proposed $US120 billion ($A151.32 billion) takeover of the group and

(AAP) Melbourne fullback Billy Slater has admitted to studying tape of Manly No.1 Brett Stewart in a bid to imitate the man he will go up against in Sunday's NRL grand final.