Cory Bennett drilled a goal from a penalty corner with 90 seconds remaining, but Australia's defence held until the end. Both teams went into the match unbeaten from their three prior games. New Zealand will now play England in tomorrow's semifinal while Australia play India.
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Medal coming in the bowls
The open triples B6/B7/B8 lawn bowls team of Barry Wynks, Bruce Wakefield and Mark Noble will play for a gold medal today. They easily saw of England to advance to the gold medal match where they will face Australia.
Dirk to keep on playing
German basketball star Dirk Nowitzki has vowed to play one more season in the NBA after a storied carrer with the Dallas Mavericks. The 39-year-old, who is recovering from minor surgery on his left ankle, made the annoucement before the last game of the season against the Phoenix Suns. With 31,187 points he is in sixth place on the all-time scorer list and is the only non-American in the top 10.
President sorry for fountain jump
Roma president James Pallotta says he will pay a fine and has apologised to Mayor Virginia Raggi for jumping into a downtown fountain to celebrate the win over Barcelona.
Surrounded by a crowd of flag-waving Roma fans, Pallotta was seen performing a backward somersault in his dress shirt and pants into a fountain in the Piazza del Popolo.
Pallotta was ecstatic after Roma surprised Barcelona with a 3-0 win yesterday to overturn a three-goal first-leg deficit in the Champions League quarterfinals.
Kiwi sprinter out in semifinals
Joseph Millar failed to reach the 200m final at the Commonwealth Games after finishing sixth in his semifinal. The first two runners along with the three next fastest competitors advanced to the final. Millar ran a time of 21.01 seconds, 0.41 seconds outside of qualifying for the final. Canadian Aaron Brown ran the fastest time of 20.18 seconds.
