BBL live: Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder
Simon Holt 10:38 PM Join the live coverage as bottom-placed Brisbane Heat host Sydney Thunder at the Gabba in game 18 of the Big Bash League.
Cricket
Ticket sales through roof for Sydney derby
Tom Decent 6:25 PM The Sixers are expecting to smash the SCG domestic crowd record and potentially welcome up to 42,000 fans through the turnstiles at their next Sydney derby as Big Bash fever grips the country.
O'Keefe solid but outshone by Lyon
Jesse Hogan 7:34 PM Spin-friendly SCG pitch gives Australia's spin twins a chance to shine amid the gloom.
Australia eyeing Windies whitewash
Andrew Wu 8:05 PM Australia remain confident they can defy a bleak forecast and an improving West Indies side to win in Sydney and complete a 3-0 whitewash.
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Top stories
Boomers stars sticking together: Baynes
Michael Carayannis 12:21 PM Basketball: Banter. And plenty of it looms as Australian's weapon to finally winning an Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro.
Another rival looms in Hayne's headlights
9:59 AM American Football: Jarryd Hayne has some solid competition for a spot in the San Francisco 49ers' season finale against the St Louis Rams.
Nadal's Open preparation begins in style
10:51 AM Tennis: Rafael Nadal's preparations for the Australian Open have gotten off to a winning start, claiming an exhibition tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
Sydney miss chance to sign Crouch
Dominic Bossi 9:39 PM Football: Peter Crouch celebrating a goal doing the robot in a Sydney FC jersey would provide a much-needed injection of life into the A-League.
Ben Simmons stars in LSU win
4:33 PM Basketball: Australian basketball star Ben Simmons has produced his second-highest scoring game of the season.
Arsenal go clear, Leicester held, relief for Utd
4:40 AM Football: Arsenal's Premier League title charge gathered momentum as they moved two points clear at the top with a scrappy 1-0 victory over Newcastle United on Saturday as Leicester City's push faltered.
League
Walters must embrace off-field madness
Phil Lutton The new Queensland coach has plenty of pedigree but 2016 will bring with it a huge set of new challenges as he locks horns with Laurie Daley.
Matagi putting in the hard yards for Penrith
Daniel Lane 1:45 AM Penrith recruit Suaia Matagi has hammered himself over the festive season, but not with an excessive amount of food and drink.
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Football
City fight back to earn point against Sydney FC
Michael Lynch Sometimes football defies logic and flies in the face of reality, leaving fans, players and coaches alike scratching their heads as to how a particular result came about.
Former EPL player found dead in Germany
6:35 AM A body found in the Rhine river on New Year's Eve has been identified Saturday as that of former Ivory Coast footballer Steve Gohouri.
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Horseracing
McEvoy hopes to make it a Magic Millions
Chris Roots 2:59 PM Kerrin McEvoy heads to the richest day of racing in Australian history with a book of rides that might have him living up to the tag of Magic Millions at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Get Kensington track right this time, please
Chris Roots 3:19 PM The Kensington track will not be replaced until winter because that is the optimum time to plant a new surface, and the Australian Turf Club and Racing NSW must get it right this time.
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More sport
Sale boss backs Cipriani for England recall
1:35 PM Rugby: Sale boss Steve Diamond insisted Danny Cipriani deserves a place in England's Six Nations squad after the five-eighth's superb individual display.
Anderson cruises into PDC Worlds final
1:35 PM Darts: Gary Anderson produced a flawless display including a nine-dart finish to cruise into the final of the PDC World Championship with a 6-0 victory over Dutchman Jelle Klaasen.
Gavrilova a top-40 hit
Linda Pearce 12:50 AM Tennis: Daria Gavrilova was not even ranked in the world's top 150 when renowned coach David Taylor jokingly asked last January when she thought she would get to double figures.
New coach, same grand old Federer
Linda Pearce Tennis: Roger Federer has brought a new coaching team member, Ivan Ljubicic, to oversee his title defence at the Brisbane International.
A year of wheel drama, on and off the bike
Rupert Guinness Cycling: From the continued scrutiny of Tour de France winner Chris Froome to Lance Armstrong's attempts to muscle back into the limelight, 2015 was an incident-packed year.
The growing pains of Jarryd Hayne
American Football: Early in the San Francisco 49ers' game against the Detroit Lions last weekend a play was drawn up for Jarryd Hayne to score a touchdown.
Highlights
On a damp day, grim defence is mixed with pace and spin
With water added, the product will go further. That may be a familiar story to patrons of the Sydney Cricket Ground's beverage concessions.
Nadal excited for 2016 season
After winning the Mubadala Tennis Championship, Rafael Nadal says he is looking forward to the upcoming campaign
Test cricket facing challenges but won't die easily
Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin were supposed to be circling the SCG in the back of a couple of utes at tea time on Sunday but didn't bring their raincoats.
Scorchers get easy win over Sixers
Guided by openers Shaun Marsh and Michael Klinger again, the Scorchers leap to the top of the BBL table, with a nine-wicket win over the Sydney Sixers.
League is missing a trick with the Nines
​The increasing success of abbreviated versions of cricket and colleague Phil Gould's criticism of the NRL Nines would appear to be quite disparate subjects.
Guests could make a huge difference
Graham Arnold is right. The phones are running hot. The big question, though, is by April 1, when the Japanese transfer window closes, will the A-League be behind or in front?
Andy Carroll buries former club
Andy Carroll scores as West Ham upset Liverpool. While Arsenal go top of the league as Leicester fail to overcome Bournemouth.
The Jarryd Hayne report card
Hayne still has plenty to learn and his presence on next season's 53-man roster is by no means guaranteed. He only appeared in seven of the 49ers' first 15 games this year.
The year of the A-League: a New Year's resolution for football
Football in Australia should have a New Year's resolution: to make 2016 the year of the professional competition.
Sydney comeback denies City A-League win
Milos Ninkovic equalises twice to ensure Sydney FC leaves AAMI Park with a 2-2 draw against Melbourne City.
Record crowd turns out for Stars' BBL win
Fans turned out en masse at the MCG and Luke Wright stepped up to the plate with a century as Melbourne Stars defeated Melbourne Renegades.
Roar win and top A-League table
Brisbane Roar defeat Perth Glory by the odd goal of three at home.
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