INDIA copped another howler from the umpires yesterday but their refusal to allow use of the DRS means there is little sympathy for them.

CHRIS Rogers isn’t a man entirely comfortable with a lot of attention.

ONE problem is seemingly solved, but another looms just around the corner for Western Sydney.

A LEADING Australian athlete has been implicated in claims of a massive drugs cover-up that has engulfed the world of track and field.

AFTER being written off on day one, Mitchell Starc fought back with bat and ball on day three of the Gabba Test.

Victoria turf officials have found two leading trainers guilty of cobalt-related infringements.

GEOFF Lawson is hoping the selectors will go all the way and select rising paceman Josh Hazlewood for the second Test against India.

BRISBANE’S iconic football ground, Lang Park, might be nicknamed The Cauldron, but yesterday the Gabba became the Slow Cooker.

SOCCEROOS coach Ange Postecoglou has rewarded fine A-League form in his extended 46-man squad for the Asian Cup.

FOR nigh on 70 years, 87 has always been the most evocative number in Australian cricket but its days are, as it were, numbered.

OVERCAST morning. Moody. Sean Abbot received possession of the cherry. Gentle applause from Members pavilions.

ONCE the world’s best youngster, Daria Gavrilova defied a cursed household this week to claim a wildcard into the Australian Open.

DALE Steyn has ripped through the West Indian batting as South Africa hurried to victory by an innings and 220 runs in their first Test.

ASADA’s failure to secure testimony of two reluctant witnesses puts doubt over prosecution of 34 current and former Essendon footballers.

Two-time Dally M winner Jarryd Hayne could have all of his rugby league honours taken away from him if his appeal against his near six-year sentence is exhausted.

Growing pains have hit the AFL hard.

THE Kookaburras will have the opportunity to avenge the Hockeyroos’ loss to Argentina in the men’s Champions Trophy quarter-final today.

RICHIE Benaud said a good captain needed a sense of humour and Steve Smith needed one as the runs piled up and the bowlers limped off yesterday.

Pat Cummins warns England's batsmen to prepare themselves for plenty of short-pitched bowling when the Ashes series begins next month.

Fast footy, controversial subs and some serious fatigue — all of the AFL's new rules and tweaks were on display in Richmond's opening win over Carlton, and there was a bit to like and a bit to be worried about.

The Scot's career is almost certainly over after hobbling out of the Australian Open, but his legacy of fighting for every point will ensure he is remembered as one of the greats.

THERE was no hiding that the main praise was due to Australia’s new captain, Steve Smith, winner of the man-of-the-match award.

WARNER struck out in his grief to hit a hundred. Smith hinted at more and Clarke limped from the middle.

FFA announced it will pay three fulltime A-League referees almost $100,000 a year as the cash fight with the Matildas rages on.

In the moments after a collision left Australian international Hayley Raso with three broken vertebrae, she feared she may never walk again. Two months later she is back working towards fitness and a place at next year's World Cup finals.