THE All Blacks need to dump the throat-slitting gesture at the end of the Kapa O Pango haka as it reminds people the “Maoris (sic) once engaged in unspeakable conduct”, according to an Australian commentator.

THE family of a private detective found with an axe in his head received apologies from police and lawyers as three men were cleared of murder.

Australians: Origins to Eureka

Pyrrha stuck to her guns in determined fashion to land the totesport 0800 221 221 Chartwell Fillies' Stakes at Lingfield.

Experts searching for alternative Maori names for New Zealand’s two main islands were startled to find their commonly used English names – North Island and South Island – were never made legal, they revealed today.

NFL legend Brett Favre has announced his retirement for the second time today.

DARREN SUTHERLAND is not just going to be a world champion — he is going to be one of the great world champions — according to his trainer Brian Lawrence.

AMAZING the conundrums the world of nature throws up. We have a situation in the Burren, Co Clare, where a campaign is underway to save a herd of Old Irish goats, while 12,000 miles away in New Zealand the conservation authorities are intent in wiping out another ancient breed of goats.

EVEN for non-sports enthusiasts, there can be no doubt they know how much the All Blacks rugby brand has done for New Zealand tourism over the years.

A plant thought to be near extinction has been found growing abundantly on an island off New Zealand.

A 176-year-old tortoise, believed by some to have been owned by Charles Darwin, has died at the Australian zoo owned by “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin.

The transit of Venus across the face of the Sun has started as thousands of people have watched the rare moment this morning.

A flintlock pistol reputed to have belonged to the explorer Captain James Cook is going under the hammer today.