Visitors' woes portend death of Tests
Simon Heffer 9:50 AM Without the ICC shifting its money-obsessed focus away from T20, and putting both its cash and its moral force behind Test cricket, Test cricket is dead.
Cricket
We can learn from Gayle's indecent proposal
Laura Walters 10:36 AM Maybe Gayle's comments are a blessing in disguise, maybe it takes an indecent proposal to get people to start changing behaviour.
Comments cause uncomfortable interview
Matt Bungard and Adam Morton 9:33 AM West Indian cricket star Chris Gayle has drawn stern criticism online after making advances at Channel Ten sideline reporter Mel McLaughlin during a post-innings interview.
Battle for day-night hosting rights intensifies
Andrew Wu 8:41 AM The inter-city rivalry intensifies as Melbourne jumps on the bandwagon for some pink ball action and the SCG signals it is also keen to host a day-night Test.
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Hayne's NFL fate rests with new coach
8:30 AM American Football: It will be up to the new coach to decide if Hayne and other 49ers players stay with the team, along with the offensive, defensive and special teams coordinators.
Titans lose Elgey for 2016 season
9:16 AM League: Gold Coast are set to be without emerging halfback Kane Elgey for the entire 2016 NRL season with a major knee injury.
Andy Friend named new Sevens coach
9:05 AM Rugby: The Australian Sevens program has named Andy Friend as the national men's Sevens head coach on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
Real Madrid sack Benitez, appoint Zidane
6:58 AM Football: Real Madrid have sacked coach Rafa Benitez after less than half a season in charge and promoted former France and Real great Zinedine Zidane from the B team to replace him.
Stosur fights back to progress
Linda Pearce 8:22 PM Tennis: It was a battle but Sam Stosur has got her Australian summer of tennis off to a winning start.
Sydney FC in hunt to sign Kuranyi
Dominic Bossi 8:08 PM Football: One of Germany's most talented strikers in recent years could be on his way to the A-League with Sydney FC turning their attention towards Kevin Kuranyi.
League
Roberts expects backlash from Titans fans
2:38 PM New Brisbane recruit James Roberts expects to cop some stick from former Gold Coast teammates on the field but says there are no hard feelings.
Bennett keeping mum on captain
Laine Clark 2:15 PM ​Wayne Bennett knows who will be the next Brisbane captain. He just isn't telling anyone - not yet anyway.
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Football
Mariners' O'Donovan cited over headbutt
Dominic Bossi 5:28 PM Central Coast look set to lose their Irish striker for at least two weeks after he was summoned to a disciplinary hearing.
A-League lacks cash to combat BBL
Michael Lynch 1:36 PM As the Big Bash League sweeps like a torrent across the Australian summer landscape rival sports have tempered valour with discretion and battened down the hatches.
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Horseracing
McEvoy hopes to make it a Magic Millions
Chris Roots 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 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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Azarenka starts 2016 with strong showing
Phil Lutton 11:08 PM Tennis: The former Australian Open champion has set up a second round clash with world number two and top seed Simona Halep.
Jarryd Hayne hopes to return to 49ers
Peter Mitchell 7:48 PM American football: Jarryd Hayne's first season with the San Francisco 49ers was a roller-coaster of highs and lows, so it was no surprise the final day was full of drama.
Halep learning the lingo
Linda Pearce 4:13 PM Tennis: Simona Halep has learnt to say "hello, mate", in an amusingly broad Australian accent thanks to new coach Darren Cahill.
Sam Groth stutters in first-round exit
Phil Lutton 12:35 AM Tennis: The big-serving world number 60 failed to get past Korean teenager Hyeon Chung in his first appearance of 2016.
Federer's journey from crazy to zen
Linda Pearce Tennis: No names were mentioned; none were needed. The reformed version of the once sad and mad guy who was the young Roger Federer was on stage.
Injured Tomljanovic beaten, but still hopeful
Linda Pearce 5:09 PM Tennis: Ajla Tomljanovic plays as an Australian-awaiting-citizenship at the grand slams and as a Croatian the rest of the time
Highlights
Eels and Souths sound out Richardson
Rugby league off-season? What rugby league off-season? Parramatta have targeted Shane Richardson to come on board as chief executive – but they could have competition.
Jarryd Hayne helps 49ers to last game win
On the bench for most of the game against St Louis Rams, Jarryd Hayne did come on late as a special teams player and made an important intervention.
One-dayers are neither here nor there - put them to rest
If it stops raining by then, Sydney will host its next international cricket on January 23, a 50-over match between Australia and India.
Ben Stokes scores fastest ever 250
England all-rounder Ben Stokes reflects on his incredible record-breaking innings of 285 in the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
Full-time referees aren't the answer
Quantity or quality? Another weekend of bad decisions questions whether the FFA spent wisely making three refs full-time.
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.
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