Your guide to the Big Bash League

Jesse Hogan 1:42 PM   CRICKET Everything you need to know about the teams and players ahead of the 2015-16 tournament.

Victory suffer shock defeat to Glory

12:10 AM   SOCCER Melbourne Victory's title defence is on shaky ground after slumping to a shock 1-0 loss to struggling Perth Glory.

A-League scores: Glory v Victory

8:55 PM   A-LEAGUE Follow live scores and statistics as Perth Glory host Melbourne Victory in a rescheduled A-League match from round five.

New Saint Freeman does hammy

Jake Niall 6:10 PM   AFL St Kilda recruit Nathan Freeman, the top 10 draft pick who was severely hamstrung in his brief career at Collingwood, has suffered another hamstring injury.

Is the AFL switching places with the EPL?

Rohan Connolly 7:00 PM   AFL Is the AFL competition really as even these days as we'd like to think?

Lyon, Hazlewood set to be big money winners

Chris Barrett 12:34 AM   CRICKET In a few months' time Australia's selectors will play paymasters to the country's leading players. Who gets what is anything but clear.

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AOC predicts bumper gold medal tally

Tom Decent 11:03 AM   OLYMPICS The Australian Olympic Committee has predicted Australia will buck the trend of a declining medal haul since Sydney 2000 and win 13 gold medals at the Rio Olympic Games.

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Pain of 2015 driving Carlton leader Gibbs

Matt Murnane 12:49 PM   AFL Bryce Gibbs says the pain of 2015 is driving him this pre-season as the Blues cross their fingers that a group of key players can finally put injury behind them get a clear run playing the team together.

'Just another game' for City captain

Daniel Cherny 12:05 PM   SOCCER Never mind that Melbourne City have won three games in a row. Never mind that they've scored 14 goals in three weeks. Never mind that they've got the competition's form player.

Matosevic through in Open play-offs

Jason Phelan 7:44 PM   TENNIS Marinko Matosevic can talk the talk and the fiery Victorian is starting to walk the walk at the Australian Open wildcard play-offs.

Moody's staff blamed for high readings

Patrick Bartley and Larissa Nicholson 7:34 PM   HORSE RACING Staff bungling led to the unlawfully high reading of cobalt in Peter Moody's horse Lidari, senior counsel for the trainer told Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday.

Opal to become Port's first female player

Jason Phelan 6:38 PM   AFL Olympic basketballer Erin Phillips has agreed to become Port Adelaide's first female AFL player should the Power be granted entry into the new national women's league.

Bravo reveals hurt from Windies snubs

Jesse Hogan 4:49 PM   Dwayne Bravo has launched a passionate defence of playing BBL instead of the Tests against Australia.

When Cousins visits at Christmas

Daniel Cherny 2:57 PM   More than five years since ending his brief foray at the club, Ben Cousins has returned to Richmond.

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Arnold facing possible touchline ban

Dominic Bossi 5:26 PM   Sydney FC are claiming a misunderstanding over words as their defence for coach Graham Arnold, who faces a possible touchline ban from Football Federation of Australia due to his post-match comments.

Brumbies target million-dollar profit after board meeting

Chris Dutton 10:04 PM   The ACT Brumbies are confident they can buck declining crowd trends and a tight financial market to turn a $1.68 million loss into more than a $1 million profit in the next 12 months.

Ricky Stuart to embrace pressure of justifying Canberra Raiders faith

Jon Tuxworth 6:44 PM   Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has set his sights on ensuring the team's rebuild ends in premiership glory, and will embrace the pressure to deliver after the club's enormous show of faith in extending his contract until the end of the 2018 season. 

Ferrari 'not involved' in F1 data case

8:41 PM   Mercedes have no reason to suspect any confidential engine data downloaded by a departing employee has fallen into Ferrari's hands, the Formula One world champions said on Tuesday.

Rodionova juggles Tiger and tennis

8:53 AM   Arina Rodionova received just the birthday present she was after at the Australian Open wildcard play-offs on Tuesday, and with a bit of luck she might get the perfect wedding gift on Sunday.

Nicklaus sees big challenge awaiting Woods

8:33 PM   Jack Nicklaus believes Tiger Woods will resume his chase of the Golden Bear's all-time record of 18 major professional golf titles but believes he may have trouble with the emerging young guns.

Banned trainers lose horses

Patrick Bartley 7:16 PM   The fallout from the cobalt crisis that has racked Australian racing continued on Wednesday, when disqualified training partnership Lee and Shannon Hope lost six of their stable.

Kings gain upset win over United

Roy Ward 10:32 PM   Melbourne United barely made a shot in a final term loss to Sydney Kings on Wednesday night.

Olympians warned about social media

David Sygall 6:42 PM   OLYMPICS The exponential rise of social media is best summed up by the fact that in Beijing in 2008 it was a non-issue and in London in 2012 it cost Australia medals.

Sprint to finish line to be ready for Rio

Kristen Tsiamis 4:35 PM   OLYMPICS Olympic gold medallist Sally Pearson is back in full training but admits she faces an uphill battle to be at her peak for the Rio de Janeiro Games.