Prime Minister Julia Gillard has intervened in the sports betting debate, demanding TV and radio networks ban the promotion of live odds and restrict gambling advertisements during sporting matches.
TRE CIME DI LAVAREDO: Vincenzo Nibali of Italy won the second last of 21 stages of the Giro d'Italia in a blinding snow storm, proving in emphatic fashion on Saturday afternoon that he will be a more than deserving overall winner when the race finishes in Brescia on Sunday.
It was billed as the ultimate wedding with a conscience.
One Bendigo family has shunned former bullies, shed almost 80 kilos and is now eyeing the top title in this year’s The Biggest Loser competition.
Rona Newton-John, the older sister of Olivia Newton-John, has died in the US.The 70-year-old British-born and Melbourne-raised model and actress was diagnosed with brain cancer last month.
A man armed with a box cutter has attacked a French soldier patrolling the business district of Paris, stabbing him in the neck.
The Brumbies are perfectly positioned to charge towards a drought-breaking finals appearance after a successful revenge mission in Auckland on Saturday night.
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier hacked to death in a London street by two Islamists.
