As Australia and India battle each other in the second Test, they are also facing a shared enemy — an unpredictable, untameable pitch that is making every delivery absolutely must-watch.

A battling half-century by Australia opener Marcus Harris and Travis Head's middle-order recovery helps Australia split the honours with India on the first day at Perth Stadium.

Half-centuries to Marcus Harris and Travis Head help Australia recover to a relatively strong position on day one of the second Test against India in Perth.

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino says the majority of national football federations back bringing forward the expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams to Qatar 2022.

Three years on from the greyhound live baiting scandal that rocked the industry, fewer than half of the recommendations made by an inquiry into the sport in Queensland have been implemented.

Adam Ashley-Cooper and Kurtley Beale have been left out of the Wallabies line-up for Saturday's Test against England at Twickenham for inviting guests into their hotel room after the defeat against Wales.

The tiny WA town of Narrikup is home to the biggest bat in the Southern Hemisphere and what is believed to be the world's first-ever cricket bat boundary fence.

Australia tries to clinch the T20 series against India after winning game one in Brisbane, but the game is abandoned due to bad weather.

Australian Test captain Tim Paine says Marcus Harris and Aaron Finch are in the box seat to open against India in the first Test of the summer.

Polish driver Robert Kubica will make a return to Formula One, eight years after a rally crash that nearly cost him his right hand.