Josh Hazlewood is tantalisingly close to collecting a baggy green cap this week as Australia contemplates making changes to their pace attack for the second Test at the Gabba.

Supercars will race under lights in 2018 after a night race was confirmed at Sydney Motorsport Park next August.

Some key recent events on the AOC battleground and how the AOC vote works

Wanderers management and players are set to hold crisis talks over a bitter pay dispute.

Australia captain Michael Clarke and coach Darren Lehmann choked back tears as Phillip Hughes was given a moving send-off by cricket fans.

Mitchell Johnson rattled India and himself after the tourists made a cavalier start to their innings in Adelaide.

New Zealand minnows Auckland City will play the champions of South America in the semi-final of the Club World Cup after pulling off their second miracle victory in four days.

Nash Rawiller will have to see a sports psychologist after he was hit with an eighth careless riding suspension in just over a year during his Missile Stakes victory.

The NRL has released the full draw for the 2015 season with officials hopeful a reduction of matches during the State of Origin period will ease the burden on the game's elite players.

Even if you are not religious in any way, questions must be asked about business-as-usual on the last sports-free days of the year.