The Kookaburras have won their first World Cup in 24 years, defeating Germany 2-1 in the 2010 World Cup final in New Delhi, India.

Despite some close calls Germany could not break through the determined Kookaburras defence, with Australia holding on to win a memorable final and re-establish themselves as the best team in the world.

The Kookaburras will meet Germany for the third consecutive World Cup final after defeating the Netherlands 2-1 during the semi final in New Delhi, India.

With Germany having won the two previous finals against Australia in 2002 and 2006, the Kookaburras will be looking to gain some revenge when the 2010 final is played on Saturday 13 March.

“This has been such an amazing night for me and I’d like to thank the Grammys. I’d like to thank my family including my husband, I love you,” Beyonce

“I don’t want to find excuses for my loss, but, you know, I went to vomit and I had diarrhoea before the match. Just a terrible feeling. It’s been a great tournament for me, so it’s just a bad way to not to be able physically go through the whole match.” Djokovic

“I was in good shape, maybe a little bit better than him. I saw he was not very good, but sometimes, you know, he do that and he win…” Tsonga

German designer Karl Lagerfeld watches models presenting his creations for Chanel during the spring-summer 2010 haute couture collection show in Paris.

“I’m here again in the last four, It’s just much more than what I could expect and the dream continues. But there’s still a long way to go. I’ll just try to be focused on what I have to do on the court and hope it keeps going this way. I’ll have good recovery and two good nights. That’s what I need. But it’s just a great feeling to be in the semis of the first Grand Slam since I’m back.” Justine Henin

The Australia Day celebrations in Sydney are befitting of Australia’s oldest and biggest city with events and activities spread far and wide, on the beaches, in the backyards, in the sky and in parks, it’s a day to celebrate in true Aussie style

“Being in the quarter-final gives a lot of me confidence but I’ve got a really difficult match against Andy, He’s one of the more talented players on the tour. He can play aggressive, play offensive. I will try to play aggressive and play behind the line but if I don’t do that then I will have a flight home.” Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal beat Ivo Karlovic 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4 to book a quarter-final meeting with Britain’s Andy Murray at the Australian Open.

British fans are supporting their country sports persons in Australian Open Tennis 2010 in Melbourne Park

“I followed it on the TV and saw the devastation, On Saturday morning I thought we should do something, I called up Tennis Australia chief Craig Tiley and said ‘is it possible?’ “He said probably not. “I called up a few players just in case and they were like, ‘we should do it straight away.’ In 24 hours we were able to pull this thing off.” Roger Federer