MARKO PANTELIC missed a glorious late chance to send Serbia into the World Cup second round last night.

Australia 2 Serbia 1

SERBIA coach Radomir Antic is backing his players to make history tonight – but claims they are under no pressure.

Germany 0 Serbia 1

CHILE coach Marcelo Bielsa claimed his team must play better despite opening their World Cup campaign in impressive fashion yesterday.

Honduras 0 Chile 1

Half the World Cup venues are now under police control after the local organising committee confirmed the force had stepped in at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg following strike action by workers for a private security firm.

NEW Zealand manager Ricki Herbert has hailed his team’s 1-1 World Cup draw with Slovakia yesterday as the best result in the nation’s football history.

CHILE coach Marcelo Bielsa has played down suggestions he has unfinished business at the World Cup.

Australia goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer says it is up to the experienced players in the squad to ensure morale remains high in the wake of the 4-0 thrashing by Germany in their opening group game.

Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has been charged with ensuring Ivory Coast deliver an “honourable” performance at this summer’s World Cup after he was last night appointed to lead the team in South Africa.

Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio was taken to hospital by air-ambulance from his African movie set on Friday), amid fears he had suffered internal injuries during a fall.

Englishman David Lynn got a shock after a curtailed first round of the Dunhill Championship in South Africa.

Former Springbok rugby star Vleis Visagie who accidentally shot dead his teenage daughter thinking she was a car thief is not to face charges.

The pilot of a South African air force jet parachuted through the windscreen of on oncoming truck and was killed after his plane crashed near a main road today.

A coach driver whose tour bus plunged down a South African mountain killing 27 Britians has been convicted of causing their deaths.