Новости за 25.09.2015

This hammer-and-tongs preliminary final became a milestone for both clubs, though neither would admit it.

The senior airport customs officer sat behind the scenes and quietly facilitated the importation of millions of dollars worth of pseudoephedrine - the precursor to the drug ice.

Swiss authorities have opened criminal proceedings against Joseph "Sepp" Blatter, the president of soccer's governing body, the country's attorney-general said in a statement on Friday.

The man who devised and ran Australia's doomed bid to host the soccer World Cup was being paid by the other side at the same time, and he claimed legendary SBS commentator Les Murray was part of his "team".

Hawthorn's heroic victory over Fremantle in Friday night's preliminary final at Domain stadium was soured by a series of ugly incidents involving Fremantle supporters that are bound to have repercussions for the Dockers.

BATH: Scrum coach Mario Ledesma has a message for any Wallabies hoping for a free ride against Uruguay: prepare to be smashed, kicked, grabbed and punched.

The Wallabies have rolled out their third captain in as many Tests as Dean Mumm takes the reins against Uruguay, just months after making his Australian rugby comeback.

It was a night to forget for Shaun Kenny-Dowell while Justin Hodges faces a nervous wait to see if he can play in the NRL grand final.

US teen Michelle Carter faces 20 year prison term if convicted after 'strongly influencing' suicide of 18 year old boyfriend.

Recalled winger Drew Mitchell has unfinished World Cup business and his mission in England is fuelled by those who still doubt the ARU's historic eligibility backflip which revived his Test dreams.

The Carrum Downs mother who was allegedly struck by a motorcyclist in a shopping centre car park has died of her injuries.

Hawthorn's chances of an amazing premiership three-peat remain very much intact.

House Speaker John Boehner, faced with a constant conservative rebellion, told Republicans Friday morning that he will resign at the end of October, according to aides and lawmakers in a closed-door meeting.

It's the dream of many Australians to make it big in the United States - whether in Hollywood, Silicon Valley or Wall Street - but comic book artist Nicola Scott has done just that, without leaving her Potts Point studio.

Every government does it, and every opposition rails against it. Appointing political fellow-travellers and ex-colleagues to government boards is common practice in Australia.

Malcolm Turnbull is confronting two ugly realities as he responds to his own instinct and the pressure of others to end the suffering of asylum seekers in limbo on Manus Island and Nauru.

Fans of actor Juliette Lewis have come up with the perfect response to that paparazzi photo of her with her hand down her pants.

Sir Harold Murray Knight KBE, DSC was an Australian economist, best known as the third governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, serving from 1975 to 1982.

The Greens hope to continue their march on Melbourne's inner city and score an upset win in Melbourne Ports, a seat held by Labor by for more than half a century.

Female scientists from around the world will voyage to Antarctica to turn up the heat on global warming.

A new Australian picture book aimed at gay children has become a symbol of defiance in Russia.

The death toll is still climbing after a horrifying stampede in the environs of Mecca, site of the annual Haj, the holiest pilgrimage in Islam. More than 700 pilgrims were crushed to death in Mina, a bowl-shaped desert plain that becomes a vast and crammed temporary encampment during the Haj.

Junk food is widely assumed to treat our pocket more kindly than nutritional food. But is it true?

Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson says his team did not handle the pressure of finals football while Brisbane counterpart Wayne Bennett did not think he would progress to a grand final in his first season back.

What would you do if you had a potentially lethal illness, knew of a "miracle" cure but couldn't afford to buy the medicine from the drug company which owned the patent?