IT'S MIDDAY. AFTER NINE DAYS TRAPPED IN A CAVE, THE THAI YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM AND THEIR COACH ARE FOUND. BUT WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET THEM OUT? KIWI KAYAKER SCOTT DONALDSON MAKES HISTORY, PADDLING ACROSS THE TASMAN SOLO. WHAT KEPT HIM GOING FOR 62 DAYS AT SEA? AND MORE DRAMA AT THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP AS BELGIUM STEALS A PLACE IN THE LAST EIGHT. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 THAILAND IS CELEBRATING AFTER ALL 12 BOYS AND THEIR FOOTBALL COACH WERE FOUND ALIVE AFTER GOING MISSING IN FLOODED CAVES NINE DAYS AGO. THEY WERE DISCOVERED BY NAVAL SPECIAL FORCES WHO WILL NOW WORK TO EXTRACT THE TEAM SAFELY WITH RISING WATER AND RESTRICTED ACCESS. THE BBC'S JONATHAN HEAD HAS THE LATEST. THIS WAS THE MOMENT THEY WERE FOUND. BRITISH CAVE DIVER JOHN VOLANTHEN CALLED OUT TO THE MISSING GROUP IN A CAVE DEEP UNDER THE MOUNTAINS. AS THE DIVERS TURNED TO LEAVE, PROMISING TO RETURN WITH BACKUP, ONE OF THE BOYS SAYS TO THEM, 'PLEASE TELL THEM WE'RE HUNGRY.' FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE BOYS, A JOYOUS END TO NINE AGONIZING DAYS OF WAITING, HOPING AND AT TIMES DESPAIRING. TRANSLATOR: TODAY'S THE BEST DAY. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MY SON FOR SO MANY DAYS. I AM SO EXCITED. THE FIRST THING I WILL DO IS HUG HIM. AND FOR THE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS, OFFICIALS, CLIMBERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY MULTINATIONAL SEARCH OPERATION, A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT ` MOST OF ALL, FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNOR, WHO HAS BEEN THE PUBLIC FACE OF THIS RESCUE AND ORDERED THE OFFICIALS WORKING ON IT TO THINK OF THE BOYS AS THEIR OWN SONS. THEY WERE ALL MEMBERS OF A FOOTBALL SQUAD WHO HAD ENTERED THE CAVES AFTER A SATURDAY PRACTICE WITH THEIR COACH. THEIR BICYCLES WERE FOUND CHAINED TO THE RAILINGS AT THE ENTRANCE. IT WAS PRESUMED THEY HAD BEEN CUT OFF BY FAST-RISING WATER. THE THAI GOVERNMENT HAS THROWN EVERYTHING AT THIS EFFORT TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. THEY ARE NOW PUMPING THOUSANDS OF GALLONS AN HOUR FROM THE CAVES TO HELP TO GET THEM OUT. MORE RAIN LATER THIS WEEK WILL COMPLICATE THINGS. BUT THIS ASTONISHING NEWS OF THE BOYS' SURVIVAL WILL SURELY SPUR EVERYONE ON. AND ABC CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN WAS THERE WHEN THE NEWS BROKE THAT THE GROUP HAD BEEN FOUND ALIVE. WE HAVE JUST HEARD NEWS THAT THAT SOCCER TEAM AND THEIR SOCCER COACH HAVE BEEN FOUND ALIVE INSIDE THIS CAVE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY. WE ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE. YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TURNED UP. I MEAN, IT IS A MASSIVE SCRUM. JOURNALISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE COME TO CONGREGATE. THE VOLUNTEERS, THE RESCUERS ALL WENT UP WITH SCREAMS OF JOY WHEN THEY HEARD, BECAUSE THIS WASN'T REALLY EXPECTED TO HAPPEN SO WHAT THE RESCUERS HAVE DECIDED TO DO IS SEND IN A MEDIC. SO ONE MEDIC HAS STAYED IN THERE. HE HAS SWUM INSIDE THE CAVE. HE IS SITTING WITH THE GROUP AS WE SPEAK, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE OK, GIVING THEM THE NOURISHMENT THEY NEED, AND THEN TOMORROW, THE PROCESS OF GETTING THEM OUT WILL BEGIN. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A 48-YEAR-OLD IN HUNTLY. THE MAN'S BODY WAS FOUND IN HIS HOME ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. STAYING POSITIVE WHEN YOU'RE GOING BACKWARDS... THAT'S THE BIGGEST BATTLE WHEN KAYAKING ACROSS THE TASMAN. MATAMATA'S SCOTT DONALDSON SPENT TWO MONTHS AT SEA, REACHING THE NEW PLYMOUTH SHORELINE LAST NIGHT TO BECOME THE FIRST PERSON TO COMPLETE THE FEAT SOLO. MICHAEL CROPP HAS MORE. SECOND TIME LUCKY. SCOTT DONALDSON TAKES HIS FIRST STEPS AFTER LEAVING COFFS HARBOUR IN NEW SOUTH WALES ON MAY 2ND. A LITTLE WEAK, A LITTLE JADED. A LITTLE WEAK, A LITTLE JADED. I'VE BEEN SITTING DOWN FOR WAY TOO LONG, SO MY LEGS DON'T REALLY WORK PROPERLY. THE WHOLE THING'S A BIT FORREST GUMP, AND I DEFINITELY RUN LIKE FORREST GUMP RIGHT NOW. BUT IT WASN'T ALL SMOOTH SAILING. THE HARD PART WAS LYING IN A CABIN GOING BACKWARDS FOR DAYS ON END, GETTING RATTLED ABOUT IN STORMS. THAT'S PRETTY HARD TO COPE WITH. SO YOU NEED TO USE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF MOTIVATION WHILE YOU'RE LYING THERE DOING NOTHING. THAT'S PROBABLY HARDER THAN MOTIVATING YOURSELF TO GET OUT THERE AND PADDLE. A GPS TRACKER SHOWED HIS KAYAK WAS PUSHED BACK AND AROUND MORE THAN 3000KM. SCOTT DONALDSON TRIED ONCE BEFORE IN 2014 BUT HAD TO BE RESCUED WHEN HIS RUDDER BROKE IN HEAVY SEAS. THE PRIME MINISTER SENDS HER CONGRATULATIONS, SAYING HE'S STUNNED US ALL. TRULY AMAZING. THE VOYAGE RAISING AWARENESS FOR ASTHMA NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. ALL VERY RELEVANT WHEN I HAD TO BASICALLY GET OUT OF THE KAYAK, DO THE MEDIA AND THEN WE WENT STRAIGHT TO HOSPITAL WITH THE YOUNG FELLA'S ASTHMA FOR HALF THE NIGHT. AND NOW HE'S SPENT HIS FIRST NIGHT ON DRY LAND, THE ADVENTURER'S GOT A BIT OF CATCHING UP TO DO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD. I'VE SEEN NOTHING, HEARD NOTHING, AND IT'S ALL BEEN A BIT OF A FUZZ. MICHAEL CROPP, 1 NEWS A NURSE WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY SAYS SHE'S DISAPPOINTED BY THE LATEST PAY OFFER FROM THE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS. WHILE THERE'S NO CASH BOOST IN THE LATEST PROPOSAL, DHBs HAVE PROMISED TO INCREASE STAFF NUMBERS WHILE THE LATEST OFFER HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE NURSES' UNION, STRIKES ARE STILL POSSIBLE IF IT IS REJECTED. A LOT OF US FEEL REALLY STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE FIGHTING FOR SAFE STAFFING, THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE DHBs TAKE FOR GRANTED, THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR PATIENTS SAFE AND KEEPING OUR STAFF SAFE. AND SO NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AND TO HAVE THAT IN OUR CONTRACT FOR 15 YEARS WITH NO NOTICEABLE CHANGE, AND IN FACT GOING BACKWARDS IN THAT RESPECT IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING. BUT ACTING PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAYS THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH CASH TO GO AROUND. WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN DO. AND WE'RE A NEW GOVERNMENT THAT INHERITED DEFICITS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. YOU NAME IT AND THERE WAS A DEFICIT THERE. AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE NURSES CAN SEE THE PERSPECTIVE IN WHICH THEY FIT AND SEEING THAT A GOVERNMENT DOES UNDERSTAND, BUT WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. ONLINE VOTING ON THE LATEST OFFER CLOSES ON MONDAY. THE GOVERNMENT'S STEPS TO END THE GENDER PAY GAP WITHIN THE PUBLIC SECTOR HAS BEEN HAILED AS A POSITIVE. WOMEN'S MINISTER JULIE ANNE GENTER ANNOUNCED THE FIVE PRINCIPALS YESTERDAY, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN, GILL GREER, SAYS THE PLAN IS WELL LAID OUT. NOW, OF COURSE, THEY NEED TO REALLY PAINT A PICTURE OF WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR TRULY GENDER-EQUAL PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THEN PUT THE PLANS IN PLACE, THE PROGRAMMES TO TRAIN PEOPLE, THE POLICIES AND PROCESSES, AND BRING ALL PEOPLE ON BOARD, BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE PARTNERSHIP. AND THAT WILL ALSO TAKE TIME. DONALD TRUMP'S FORMER LAWYER, MICHAEL COHEN, HAS REVEALED THAT HIS FAMILY AND COUNTRY WILL ALWAYS COME FIRST OVER THE US PRESIDENT. HE ALSO SAID HE COULD WORK WITH FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IF HE HAD TO. IT FOLLOWS PREVIOUS COMMENTS CEMENTING HIS LOYALTY TO MR TRUMP, SAYING HE WOULD 'TAKE A BULLET FOR HIM. THE ABC'S ARLETTE SAENZ HAS THIS. MICHAEL COHEN HAS DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A FIX-IT GUY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE HAS EVEN SAID HE WILL TAKE A BULLET FOR HIS BOSS AND TOLD FOX NEWS LAST YEAR... AND I WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT MR TRUMP. BUT IN AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH ABC'S GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, COHEN MAKES CLEAR WHERE HIS ALLEGIANCE STANDS, SAYING... FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE INVESTIGATING COHEN FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAW AND POSSIBLE FINANCIAL CRIMES TIED TO HIS PERSONAL BUSINESS DEALINGS. HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMES YET. IN APRIL THE FBI RAIDED COHEN'S HOMEMADE OFFICE, IN APRIL THE FBI RAIDED COHEN'S HOME AND OFFICE, SEIZING A HOST OF DOCUMENTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP LASHED OUT. IT'S A DISGRACEFUL SITUATION. IT IS A TOTAL WITCHHUNT. BUT COHEN SAYS... YOU DON'T DO THIS INTERVIEW AND SAY THESE THINGS UNLESS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A POSSIBLE DEAL WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. HIS COMMENTS ARE A STRONG SIGNAL THAT COHEN MAY BE WILLING TO STRIKE A DEAL WITH FEDERAL PROSECUTORS. LAST MONTH THE PRESIDENT TOLD ABC NEWS HE IS NOT WORRIED COHEN MIGHT FLIP. JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE WORRIED THAT HE'S GOING TO CORROBORATE` NO, I'M NOT WORRIED, BECAUSE I DID NOTHING WRONG. NORTH KOREA MIGHT NOT BE STICKING TO ITS PROMISE OF PEACE AND DENUCLEARISATION AFTER REPORTS IT'S CONTINUING ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMME. THE REPORTS, BASED ON U.S. INTELLIGENCE LEAKS, SUGGEST THE COUNTRY IS STILL UPGRADING NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT SITES. THE ALLEGATIONS SAY PYONGYANG IS PRODUCING MORE MOBILE LAUNCH VEHICLES FOR BALLISTIC MISSILES AND EXPANDING MISSILE PRODUCTION OF SOLID FUEL ENGINES, WHICH ARE EASIER TO LAUNCH. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` LIKE FINDING A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK. A REMARKABLE STORY OF SURVIVAL ON THE HIGH SEAS. ANOTHER TWO TEAMS SAY GOODBYE TO THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. AND A PAIR OF FAVOURITES MOVE ON. PLUS, FISTS, FEET AND CHAIRS ARE FLYING AS AUSTRALIA AND THE PHILIPPINES RUMBLE ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. IS COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS AFTER AN AMAZING RESCUE AT SEA. THE CREW MEMBER (33) WAS LOST IN THE WATER FOR NEARLY 24 HOURS AFTER GOING OVERBOARD JUST NORTH OF CUBA. AS THE ABC'S ELIZABETH HUR EXPLAINS, AT ONE POINT THE SEARCH WAS EVEN CALLED OFF WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A PASSING SHIP CAME TO THE RESCUE. AN INCREDIBLE RESCUE ` A CREW MEMBER FROM THE NORWEGIAN GETAWAY LOST AT SEA FOR 22 HOURS FOUND ALIVE. THE SEARCH ` NOT EASY. IT WAS EVEN SUSPENDED AFTER THE COASTGUARD, JOINING THE SEARCH AND TRAVELLING MORE THAN 1600 SQUARE MILES, FOUND NOTHING ON SATURDAY. THEN ON SUNDAY, A WORKER ON ANOTHER CRUISE SHIP, CARNIVAL GLORY, SPOTTED THE 33-YEAR-OLD, AND RESCUERS, USING A LIFEBOAT, PULLED THE MAN TO SAFETY 21 MILES NORTH OF CUBA. WE SLOWED DOWN, TURNED THE SHIP AROUND AND MANOEUVRED THE CARNIVAL GLORY NEAR WHERE THE PERSON WAS IN THE WATER. A HOTEL STEWARD ABOARD CARNIVAL GLORY REPORTED SEEING A PERSON IN THE WATER, NOTIFYING BRIDGE OFFICERS, THE RESCUE OPERATIONS. U-TURN AND STARTED HEADING BACK, AND THEN WE NOTICED THAT ALL THE CREW MEMBERS WERE USING BINOCULARS, TRYING TO FIND THE CREW MEMBER IN THE OCEAN. THAT RESCUED CREW MEMBER NOW RECOVERING IN STABLE CONDITION. I WAS ON THE LIFEBOAT AND WAS PART OF THE CREW THAT PULLED HIM OUT OF THE WATER. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY DISTRESSED FROM BEING IN THE WATER FOR SO LONG. A NEW SOUTH WALES MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE AFTER ALLEGEDLY SETTING HIS HOUSE ON FIRE AND LOCKING HER INSIDE. THE INCIDENT WAS A RESULT OF AN ALLEGED MARITAL DISPUTE. NINE NEWS CORRESPONDENT KELLY FEDOR REPORTS. IT LOOKED LIKE A TRAGIC AN ALL TOO COMMON HOUSE FIRE. IT LOOKED LIKE A TRAGIC AND ALL TOO COMMON HOUSE FIRE. BUT TODAY THE SUPREME COURT HEARD CHILLING ALLEGATIONS THIS MAN, WHO WE CAN'T IDENTIFY, USED PETROL TO LIGHT THAT BLAZE, THEN LOCKED HIS WIFE IN A BEDROOM TO DIE. TODAY HE FACED TRIAL, CHARGED WITH HER MURDER. A SOMBRE LOOK ON HIS FACE AS THE JURY HEARD WHAT THE CROWN SAID WERE HER FINAL SCREAMS FOR HELP IN A 000 CALL. THE COURT HEARD THE COUPLE'S NINE-YEAR-OLD SON TOLD POLICE... HIS YOUNGER BROTHER TOLD THEM... CROWN PROSECUTOR CHRIS MAXWELL, QC, TOLD THE JURY IT WAS AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE. THE CROWN ALLEGED THE VICTIM WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING HER HUSBAND. IN THE 11 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE, SHE MET ANOTHER MAN ON A DATING WEBSITE, IN THE 11 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE, SHE MET ANOTHER MAN ON A DATING WEBSITE, MOVED TWO BAGS OF PROPERTY TO HIS HOME AND SIGNED A LEASE FOR A NEW FLAT NEARBY. SHE HAD ALSO WRITTEN THIS TEXT MESSAGE TO HER HUSBAND. THE ACCUSED HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. HIS BARRISTER, CAROLYN DAVENPORT, SC, ARGUED THAT INVESTIGATORS COULD NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY A HEATER CAUSED THE BLAZE. GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL HAS WON SUPPORT FROM KEY ALLIES OVER HER MIGRATION POLICY, WHICH INVOLVES EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ACCEPTING AND EVENLY SPREADING MIGRANTS. IT COMES AS HER INTERIOR MINISTER, HORST SEEHOFER, OVER HER STANCE. TOP OFFICIALS FROM BAVARIA'S CHRISTIAN SOCIAL UNION SAY THEY WANT TO STAY IN GOVERNMENT WITH MERKEL'S CDU PARTY. A NURSING HOME IN AUSTRALIA HAS RECEIVED ONE OF THE WORST REPORT CARDS OF ANY CENTRE IN THE COUNTRY, FAILING 98% OF ITS CRITICAL OPERATING STANDARDS. RESIDENTS AT THE ARK NURSING HOME IN THE WESTERN SYDNEY SUBURB OF PARRAMATTA WERE FOUND TO BE AT 'SERIOUS RISK'. NINE NEWS CORRESPONDENT EDDIE MYER REPORTS. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CARE OF ITS RESIDENTS, THIS NURSING HOME HAS FAILED ON EVERY KEY MEASURE. LIONEL PAGET (90) WAS AN 11-YEAR RESIDENT AT THE CENTRE UNTIL HIS DEATH TWO WEEKS AGO. HIS NEPHEW DARRYN WITNESSED HIS CARE IN HIS DYING WEEKS. I'M REALLY ANGRY. I'M DISGUSTED HOW THEY CAN LET THINGS GO. HE SAYS HE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR HIS UNCLE'S COLOSTOMY BAG TO BE CHANGED, ONLY TO SEE IT FULL EACH TIME HE VISITED. AN AUDIT BETWEEN APRIL 20 AND 30 THIS YEAR FOUND THE HOME FAILED TO MEET 43 OUT OF 44 EXPECTED STANDARDS FOUND THE HOME FAILED TO MEET 43 OUT OF 44 EXPECTED STANDARDS RELATING TO THE CARE OF ITS RESIDENTS. AMONG THOSE,... ...BASICALLY FAILING TO MAINTAIN THE COMFORT AND DIGNITY OF TERMINALLY ILL RESIDENTS. AUDITORS FOUND RESIDENTS DIDN'T HAVE EASY ACCESS TO WATER, WERE LIVING IN PAIN, AND WERE FEARFUL OF SOME FELLOW RESIDENTS WITH UNMANAGED BEHAVIOUR. IT'S OBVIOUSLY VERY CONCERNING TO SEE A NURSING HOME BASICALLY FAILING EVERYTHING THERE IS TO FAIL. RESIDENTS MUST HAVE BEEN SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF THAT NEGLECT. IN A STATEMENT, ARK HEALTHCARE PARRAMATTA SAID IT WAS 'VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE INSPECTION' BUT WAS 'TAKING THE MATTER SERIOUSLY' WHILE 'WORKING ACTIVELY TO REMEDY THE ISSUES RAISED'. SERIOUS CONCERNS HAVE ALSO BEEN RAISED ABOUT CARE AT ARK'S RUSSELL LEA HOME, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN SANCTIONED. ARK WILL LOSE ITS ACCREDITATION ON JULY 21 AND ITS FUNDING. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE THERE IS NOT COMPROMISED. DARRYN PAGET WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE THE FACILITY CLOSED UNTIL IT'S FIXED, FOR THE SAKE OF RESIDENTS. TO MAKE SURE THEY DO HAVE A HAPPY ENDING TO LIFE, NOT TO BE MISTREATED. TO YOUR MIDDAY SPORT NOW, AND BELGIUM HAVE BOOKED A PLACE INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP IN THE MOST DRAMATIC OF CIRCUMSTANCES. THEIR 3-2 COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN OVER JAPAN WILL NOW SEE THEM PLAY BRAZIL. VICTOR WATERS HAS THE ACTION FROM RUSSIA. THE STAR-STUDDED BELGIUM CAME INTO THIS WORLD CUP AS THE ULTIMATE DARK HORSE. JAPAN, THOUGH, CLEARY DIDN'T READ THE SCRIPT. IT'S MISSED BY VERTONGHEN. GREAT CHANCE FOR HARAGUCHI! HE SCORES! OH, WE'RE ON THE WAY TO YET ANOTHER HUGE UPSET! THE BLUE SAMURAI DREW FIRST BLOOD MINUTES AFTER THE BREAK. AND THERE WAS MORE TO COME. TRYING TO FIND ROOM FOR THE SHOT. HE'LL EVENTUALLY COMMIT. 2-0! TAKESHI INUI! WHAT A STRIKE! TWO GOALS IN FOUR MINUTES, AND THE WORLD CUP OF UPSETS LOOKED TO HAVE ITS NEXT VICTIM. BELGIUM, THOUGH, WEREN'T ABOUT TO SURRENDER. CONVINCING FROM KAWASHIMA. BACK IN. OH, WHAT A HEADER! VERTONGHEN'S FREAK HEADER WAS THE JOLT BELGIUM NEEDED. AS JAPAN'S DEFENSIVE SHIELD WEAKENED, A DEVILISH HEADER BROUGHT THE RED DEVILS BACK FROM THE BRINK. AND WITH SECONDS LEFT, THE COMEBACK WAS COMPLETE. JAPAN DESPERATE TO COVER THE SPACES. THEY CAN'T DO SO FOR THE MOMENT. LUKAKU! HERE'S A WINNER! OH, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? JAPAN GOING FROM BEDLAM TO HEARTBREAK AS BELGIUM BOOKED A QUARTER-FINAL CLASH WITH BRAZIL. BLAZES INTO THE PATH OF NEYMAR. NEYMAR! GOTTA BE TWO! BRAZIL ARE ON THEIR WAY INTO THE LAST EIGHT. THE FIVE-TIME CHAMPIONS TOO STRONG FOR GIANT-KILLERS MEXICO. TOMORROW IT'S ENGLAND'S DATE WITH DESTINY 12 YEARS AFTER THEIR LAST KNOCKOUT WIN. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. IT'S BEEN A WINNING START FOR ROGER FEDERER AS HE SEEKS TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AND SECURE A RECORD-EXTENDING NINTH CROWN. ELSEWHERE IT WAS ALSO A VICTORIOUS RETURN FOR SERENA WILLIAMS AS SHE CONTINUES HER COMEBACK AFTER CHILDBIRTH. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON REPORTS. VIEWED FROM SPACE, THE WIMBLEDON QUEUES WOULD GIVE A LESSON IN HUMAN PATIENCE FOR ANY ALIEN LIFE FORM. THESE PEOPLE WILL WALK IN LINE TO THE TENNIS, WHOEVER IS PLAYING. BUT WE ALL KNOW WHO IS MISSING. WELL, FOR BRITISH TENNIS RIGHT NOW, ANDY MURRAY MAY SEEM IRREPLACEABLE. AND HIS ABSENCE CERTAINLY LEAVES A HOLE. SO WHO COULD FILL IT TODAY? WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE GREATEST MALE PLAYER OF ALL TIME? ROGER FEDERER IS PLAYING IN HIS 20TH CONSECUTIVE WIMBLEDON. WHILE OTHERS AT SPRINT, HE STILL JUST GLIDES. WHILE OTHERS SPRINT, HE STILL JUST GLIDES. (CROWD CHEERS) ON CENTRE TODAY, HE NEEDED JUST 79 MINUTES TO DEFEAT DUSAN LAJOVIC. PERFECT? WELL, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN WOULD NOTICE THAT GIRL'S SIGN AND MAKE HER DAY BEFORE HE LEFT COURT. WELL, OF COURSE HE DID. HE IS ROGER FEDERER. AT 19, KATIE SWAN OF BRISTOL IS MAKING HER NAME. TODAY SHE BEAT AN OPPONENT RANKED 168 PLACES ABOVE HER. WELL, SWAN HAS A MENTOR IN HER MANAGEMENT COMPANY CALLED ANDY MURRAY. MAYBE WE ARE MISSING THE MAN BUT SEEING HIS INFLUENCE. SERENA WILLIAMS HAS REDISCOVERED HER GAME, A MOTHER NOW, OF COURSE. AND TODAY SHE DUG DEEP. 7-5, 6-3 AGAINST ARANTXA RUS, A DETERMINED DUTCH OPPONENT. 'I DIDN'T PLAY MY BEST, BUT I WILL GET THERE,' SERENA SAID. AND WHO WOULD DOUBT HER? A TIMELESS START TO THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE'S PLAYED MORE THAN 70 GAMES FOR THE ALL BLACKS. BUT THIS WEEKEND WYATT CROCKETT WILL CLOCK UP HIS 200TH SUPER RUGBY GAME FOR THE CRUSADERS. AND AS JORDAN OPPERT REPORTS, THE FRANCHISE HAS DONE SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL TO MARK THE OCCASION. HE DEBUTED IN THE RED JERSEY AGAINST THE HIGHLANDERS IN 2006. 13 YEARS LATER, HE'LL MEET THEM AGAIN FOR HIS 200TH. BUT THIS TIME, HE WON'T RUN OUT ON TO AMI STADIUM. HE'LL RUN OUT ON TO WYATT CROCKETT STADIUM. IT'S A HUGE HONOUR. AND THE CRUSADERS HAVE BEEN AMAZING TO ME FOR MY WHOLE CAREER. THEY'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AFTER ME, SO IT'S REALLY COOL. AND TO HAVE THE FAMILY COME DOWN AND EXPERIENCE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE STADIUM IS NAMED AFTER ME IS QUITE NICE TOO. THE CRUSADERS CEO SAYS IT'S UNHEARD OF FOR A PLAYER TO STICK TO ONE FRANCHISE, BUT CROCKETT IS THE EPITOME OF A LOYAL RUGBY PLAYER. 200 SUPER RUGBY GAMES FOR CROCK ` IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT OVER MANY, MANY YEARS, AND WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT WITH SOME SORT OF GRAND GESTURE THAT WOULD MARK THE OCCASION. FORWARDS COACH JASON RYAN SAYS IT'S A WAY THE CRUSADERS CAN GIVE BACK TO A REAL TEAM MAN. LIKE ANY YOUNG PLAYER, YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD TO GET TO PROFESSIONAL RUGBY, AND WHEN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER, YOU HAVE TO WORK EVEN HARDER, COS THE GAME'S GETTING FASTER ALL THE TIME. 3500 SCRUMS LATER, WITH HIS EARS STILL INTACT, CROCKETT SAYS THIS WOULD RATE AS ONE OF HIS HIGHEST RUGBY CAREER ACCOLADES. I'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE PLAYED FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE FOR THIS TEAM. WHEN YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO AND YOU ENJOY COMING TO WORK EACH DAY, IT MAKES IT EASY TO STAY AROUND. AND JUST AS WELL A FURTHER 2000 TEMPORARY SEATS HAVE BEEN ADDED, BECAUSE A CROCKETT CLAN OF MORE THAN 40 FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL BE THERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT TO SEE THEIR FAMILY NAME UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS. JORDAN OPPERT, ONE NEWS INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL OFFICIALS HAVE OPENED INVESTIGATIONS INTO A MASS BRAWL THAT BROKE OUT DURING AUSTRALIA'S WORLD CUP QUALIFIER VICTORY OVER THE PHILIPPINES. THE FIGHT WAS SPARKED IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND RESULTED IN 13 PLAYERS EJECTED FOR THE MELEE, NINE OF THEM FROM THE PHILIPPINES. THE MATCH WAS EVENTUALLY CALLED OFF WHEN THE PHILIPPINES WERE LEFT WITH ONLY ONE PLAYER ON THE COURT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT. BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. 12 BOYS AND THEIR FOOTBALL COACH HAVE BEEN FOUND ALIVE AFTER NINE DAYS STRANDED IN FLOODED CAVES IN THAILAND. KIWI SCOTT DONALDSON HAS SPENT HIS FIRST NIGHT ON DRY LAND AFTER KAYAKING ACROSS THE TASMAN SOLO. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF TODAY'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY GLENNA CASALME, TRACEY DAWSON AND JUNE YEOW.