Status under threat

REUTERS: Australian sports crowds long-cherished status as among the world's worst behaved has taken a major battering overnight following the continued boorish behaviour of English cricket fans at Headingley.

This is after the status of our cricket fans was eclipsed by racist Indian fans in 2007. Most recently, China came from nowhere to claim number one on the list after crowds pelted Australia's under 19 women's soccer team with bottles.