AUSTRALIA has the race that stops a nation - but what about the soccer star who halts crime when he takes the field?

The Sun newspaper reports Hernandez is so popular in his native Mexico that crime there drops when he plays for the Red Devils - and more pregnant women go into labour.

Mexico City policeman Jorge Carlos Martinez told The Sun: "Crimes like car jacking, muggings and robberies go down. It seems even the criminals want to take time off to see our hero play. Also the birth rates go up."

Read more on how the crime rate in Mexico drops when Javier Hernandez plays for Manchester United at The Sun