Samu Kerevi's two-try brace drove Australia to 33-21 Rugby Championship victory over Argentina at Twickenham, to ease pressure on boss Michael Cheika.

A 43-year-old homeless man whose body was found among rubbish in a waste management depot in Dublin died due to suffocation.

Scotland are reeling from the injustice of being denied a place in the World Cup semi-finals by Craig Joubert after the South African referee awarded Australia an incorrect last-gasp penalty.

Australia 63 Uruguay 3: Australia head coach Michael Cheika has refused to stoke the fires of controversy ahead of an anticipated titanic World Cup tussle with England.

Revenues and margins at Europe’s big three credit rating agencies are back to pre-financial crisis levels and the trio are in line for more business, despite a welter of new rules aimed at reducing their influence, a regulator said on Monday.

Ireland 26 Australia 23

Ireland fended off a relentless late onslaught to grind past Australia 26-23, despite being outscored three tries to two in Dublin.

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has seen Michael Cheika make his mark on teams in Dublin, Paris and Sydney, and the one constant he expects to have been passed on to the Wallabies by their new boss is a collective work ethic.

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Wales 28 Australia 33

Nick Phipps has hailed new Australia coach Michael Cheika for instilling “so much passion and pride” into the Wallabies set-up.

Australia 28 New Zealand 29

Australia 32 Argentina 25

Australia wrapped up a series whitewash over France with a comprehensive 39-13 victory in the third and final Test at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney.

There was a suspicion that England were beginning to believe their own press as the Stuart Lancaster regime took hold — but who better to bring them back to earth than Clive Woodward.

England 14 Australia 20

SAMOA produced one of their most memorable victories in international rugby yesterday, dealing a damaging World Cup blow to Ireland’s key group rivals only two months out from the tournament.

Surprise Australia call-up Nick Phipps discovered he had been named in the Wallabies party for their spring tour after a night out celebrating the Commonwealth Games silver medal he won as part of his country's Sevens team.

Four members of the Australian Sevens team have been included in a 36-man Wallabies squad for their upcoming tour of Hong Kong and Europe which includes a tie against Munster.

LEADING trainer Ferdy Murphy was yesterday fined £4,000 by the Jockey Club for comments made on the BBC programme ‘Kenyon Confronts’ earlier this year.

Irish trainer Ferdy Murphy has been fined almost €7,000 by the Jockey Club in Britain for bringing racing into disrepute.

Jockey Club officials today issued a statement outlining the reasons behind Roger Buffham’s dismissal as head of security last year.

JEREMY PHIPPS resigned from his position as director of security at the Jockey Club last night, conceding in a letter to senior steward Christopher Spence that his role had become ‘‘untenable’’ and that he had caused ‘‘embarrassment, for which I apologise most sincerely’’.

Jeremy Phipps has resigned as director of security at the British Jockey Club following his contribution to the Panorama programme "The Corruption of Racing".

Racing’s seedier side will be revealed on Sunday when the BBC’s Panorama programme screens its expose of the sport in ‘The Corruption of Racing’.

A British county court judge hearing a case in which a former pub landlord is suing Guinness for damages has found himself watching a video of a stripper gyrating on a dining chair.