Zico Positioning for Fifa Election

The former Brazilian international footballer, Zico, has confirmed that he intends to stand for election to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of Fifa. Football's world governing body is currently engulfed in a corruption scandal. Zico said he felt it was his duty to use his experience and knowledge of the game to stand for the top job.

The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has said Islamic State is a death cult with global ambitions which must be opposed. Mr Abbott told delegates at the opening of an Asia-Pacific conference in Sydney that terrorism was the region's biggest security challenge. He said the only really effective defence against terrorism was persuading people that it was pointless.

America has the bald eagle, France has the Gallic rooster and now Britain has the robin. In an unofficial competition to name a national bird a quarter of a million Britons voted and the robin came out on top.

(Picture: Zico; Credit: AFP)