AUSTRALIA have overcome emotion, a determined Indian team and doubts about Nathan Lyon’s fourth-innings bowling to win the Test at Adelaide.

WITH Mitchell Marsh hobbling, selectors might struggle to replace him for the Boxing Day Test. If it comes to that.

STEVE Smith was the Sydney Sixers’ captain for the corresponding match last year. Time flies, huh?

You can never be too sure who has the job captaining the Australian cricket team these days.

Manly have produced an early second-half blitz to down the Warriors and keep their playoff hopes alive. The Storm and Souths were other winners.

In regional towns across Australia sport is an important thread binding communities together, but for veterans living with injuries and PTSD, being on a team is even more important. That connection can be a lifeline.

PHILLIP Hughes’ older brother Jason has made an emotional return to grade cricket and scored 63 _ the score his sibling was on when his life effectively finished.

AUSTRALIA have won two Tests but looks set to make two changes for Boxing Day, with Mitchell Marsh unlikely to be fit and Ryan Harris confident.

Stewards have passed the Randwick surface fit for racing.

ADAM Scott got the fast start he craved.

BOO Weekley shot to the lead in the opening round of the Australian PGA Championship yesterday.

THE cold-shooting NZ Breakers have crashed to their heaviest loss of the NBL season in Cairns but cling to the top of the standings.

It's an impressive feat — but just how did the Canberra Capitals go from back-to-back losses to championship glory in the space of a year?

SPARE us the coincidences. Everything was adding up to 63 after the Phillip Hughes tragedy. Everything else was equalling 408.

WADE Ormsby has spent years picking the brain of Adam Scott and days enjoying his hospitality on Queensland's Gold Coast.