After Cape Verde’s heroics against Spain, more great World Cup underdog stories
From Sparwasser being the toast of East Germany to Cameroon’s rumbling of Argentina, the finals are littered with upsets Cape Verde’s stunning draw against Spain produced some incredible statistics. The…
Portugal hope Cristiano Ronaldo’s milestone World Cup is no millstone
His team and opponents laud him, but Wednesday’s game with the DRC is a test of his powers at a sixth World Cup Inside the home of Houston’s world-famous rodeo,…
Mbappé’s belter steals show as fluid France see off late Senegal challenge
This was an ominous start from the World Cup favourites. A spluttering first-half performance gave way to a second period characterised by a combination of physical intensity and technical ability…
Norway’s Erling Haaland punishes Iraq with double on World Cup debut
Surely nobody expected anything different. Erling Haaland arrival on the biggest football stage of all involved a match-defining performance. Kylian Mbappé had laid down a marker with two goals in…
A rat sighting in New Zealand can trigger an urgent response. Meet the ‘ghostbusters’ hunting them down
Detector teams in Wellington react to ‘intel’ from the public about pest sightings as part of the country’s push to eradicate all introduced predators In many places around the world,…
Kenyan student Sheila Chebii fell 15 floors to her death while working at a Sydney hotel. Her family want answers
A month after the tragedy, mystery surrounds the death of the ‘cheerful’ 25-year-old who came to Australia to pursue her dreams Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates…
Has a sick person you love gone down a medical conspiracy wormhole? Here’s what to do
My cousin died two days after a risky and unproven procedure overseas. So I went digging for answers For women, starting around your mid-30s, it’s par for the course to…
Tom Holland confirms that he and Zendaya are married
The actor told Esquire magazine the couple have ‘a relationship that will stand the test of time’ and his family ‘were all there’ for the wedding Tom Holland, the British…
Russian frigate fires warning shots at British yacht in Channel
Shots fired within 500 metres of vessel near Isle of Wight amid heightened tensions between London and Moscow A Russian warship fired warning shots within a few hundred metres of…
The NDIS spent a year fighting our request to give our quadriplegic kid a wheelchair. Talk about wasteful | Natasha Sholl
What’s frustrating about Labor’s budget cuts is that they imply disabled people are to blame for cost blowouts When our son was 11 I was looking to restore order in…