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[daily_bulletin] mclaren punished after spy row; wales welcome australia in world cup; motogp of portugal preview mclaren rocked by spy row verdict. wales welcome australia as rugby world cup hots up. and stoner in sight of title as motogp moves to portugal. f1 mclaren mclaren received their punishment in the formula one spying case following a second fia hearing in paris on thursday. the british-based team have been fined 100 million dollars and docked all their points in the 2007 constructors' championship. it follows the discovery of lengthy technical dossier belonging to ferrari at the home mclaren's chief designer, mike coughlan - who was later suspended. mclaren drivers lewis hamilton and fernando alonso, who currently lie in first and second place in the championship standings, can continue to compete. an emotional team-boss ron dennis faced reporters following the verdict. soundbite (english) "the most important thing is that we are going motor racing this weekend, the rest of the season and every season. this means our drivers can continue to compete for the world championship, however, having been at the hearing today i do not accept that we deserved to be penalised or our reputation damaged in this way." supercaption: ron dennis, mclaren team principal and chairman and c.e.o. of mclaren group soundbite (english) "today's evidence given to the fia by our drivers, engineers and staff, clearly demonstrated that we did not use any leaked information to gain a competitive advantage." supercaption: ron dennis soundbite (english) "we have not at any stage used any intellectual property of any other team. we have got the best drivers and we have got the best car and we intend to win the world championship." supercaption: ron dennis mclaren must prove there is no ferrari "intellectual property" in their cars before racing next year, or face further punishment. rugby wales france may be the official hosts of the world cup, but on saturday attention will shift to cardiff's millennium stadium for the crunch pool b clash between wales and australia. the game will almost certainly decide who finishes top of the pool. australia opened their campaign with a 91-3 thrashing of japan last saturday but wallabies coach john connolly prefers to consider the side's form in recent months as a guide to how they could get on in the tournament. soundbite (english) "we're comfortable (with) where we're at. i mean, i think the tri-nations was a good measure for us that we know...we're ranked second in the world on the irb standings. we're confident against anyone we play against and it comes down to the day and we're confident where the players are at." supercaption: john connolly, australia head coach wales trailed canada 17-9 just after half-time in their world cup opener, but went on to win 42-17 after veteran trio gareth thomas, stephen jones and colin charvis came on as substitutes. the three have been handed starting berths on saturday for what coach gareth jenkins admits is a crucial match. soundbite (english) "yes, it's probably the biggest game in the tournament as far as we're concerned. it's the game, arguably, that will decide who tops this group. and we've got an ambition to do well in this tournament and winning this game would be huge for us." supercaption: gareth jenkins, wales coach wales drew 29-all with australia at the millennium stadium last november, and another tight contest can be expected on saturday. motogp portugal casey stoner has a chance to clinch his first motogp title at sunday's race at estoril in portugal. in his second motogp season, the 21-year-old ducati rider leads the standings by 85 points with five races left. if stoner posts his 10th win of the season on sunday, and his nearest rival valentino rossi finishes outside the top five, the australian will be crowned champion. at estoril on thursday, a relaxed stoner was oozing confidence. soundbite (english). "there are not too many races left but we are still going to try and go out there and see how many more we can win or lose - whatever. we feel that we have got a good package and we are getting a little bit stronger every race and a little bit of a better feeling with it so i think that after the practice sessions we had here last year we are looking quite confident for this circuit. the bridgestone tyres have been working very well, we struggled here a little bit last year but i think they (bridgestone) have done their homework and they will be ready to come out strong - along with myself. supercaption: casey stoner, ducati stoner has been in unstoppable form, winning the last three races from pole position. ends duration: 4 minutes and 41 seconds