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Sebastian Vettel says he has enormous respect for his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, as the German world motor racing champion attempts to bury the hatchet before the Australian finally...

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Coca-Cola has bowed to pressure over where it gets its sugar from, announcing that it will take a zero tolerance approach to illegal land grabs for sugar plantations in Cambodia and Brazil. Audio

The All Whites believe if they can weather the first 15 to 20 minutes of their football World Cup qualifier against Mexico on Thursday morning the home town crowd could...

All Whites captain Winston Reid has been ruled out of Thursday morning's World Cup playoff in Mexico, and the return match in Wellington, with an ankle injury that's set to...

Nigeria have become the most successful team in under-17 football World Cup history, beating holders Mexico 3-0 in the final in Abu Dhabi. The game was a rematch of the...

Brazil and Germany have presented a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly calling for all countries to guarantee privacy rights on the internet and in other communications.

Police in Brazil say they have charged Canadian singer Justin Bieber with defacing a wall in Rio de Janeiro.

The FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants to get rid of World Cup qualifying playoff ties in future, saying it is a hard way for teams to miss out on the...

The father of surfing's newest junior world champion, Ella Williams, says the win is like a fairytale come true.

The 18-year-old Whangamata surfer Ella Williams has won the women's world junior title in Brazil. Williams beat American Tatiana Weston-Webb in the final of the Association of Surfing Professionals…

The young New Zealand surfer Ella Williams is into the quarter-finals of the Junior World Surfing Championships in Brazil. 18-year-old Williams, from Whangamata, beat Leticia Canales Bilbao of Britain…

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has said discerning foreign leaders' intentions is a key goal of US spying operations.

Protesters in Brazil have set fire to buses and trucks for the second consecutive night on the outskirts of the country's largest city, Sao Paulo.

McDonald's has ditched Heinz ketchup from its stores worldwide, ending a 40 year relationship.

Police in Brazil fired tear gas and arrested scores of protesters in Sao Paulo when a march demanding free public transportation for students turned violent.

European Union countries have announced the first steps to address allegations that the United States has been spying on its allies.

Vanuatu pair Henriette Iatika and Miller Elwin have lost their first two matches at the Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Xiamen, China. The Pacific Games champions were granted a...

Ange Postecoglou is set to be officially unveiled as Australian football coach today after accepting an offer to become the Socceroos' saviour. Postecoglou is expected to lead the Socceroos...

An international consortium has won the rights to explore Brazil's biggest oilfield at an auction in Rio de Janeiro.

Continental giants Portugal and Sweden have been drawn together in the pick of the Fifa World Cup qualifying play-offs in Europe. Former champions France have been given a favourable pairing...

Mexico's new coach Miguel Herrera says the country's prestige as a football nation is at stake in next month's World Cup playoff against New Zealand. And he's named a locally-based...

International spot prices for sugar jumped to a one-year high on Saturday when a fire in Brazil's largest port burned 180,000 tonnes of raw sugar, and damaged six warehouses.