Sport News Update, what you need to know

Sport News Update, what you need to know.

CRICKET - Steve Smith was fined for Australia's slow over-rate in the second Test and risks a one-match ban if found guilty of the same offence in the next year.

SOCCER - Perth's detractors are still waiting for the Glory's wheels to fall off, but Kenny Lowe's men continue to impress while A-League rivals around them fell over on the weekend.

SOCCER - Sydney FC say Sasa Ognenovski's season could be over as the side's injury crisis worsened.

CRICKET - Dashing Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi announced Sunday he would retire from one-day cricket after next year's World Cup but continue to play Twenty20 until 2016.

CRICKET - It was supposed to be Joe Burns' night, but Mike Hussey and Jacques Kallis stole his thunder as the Sydney Thunder rolled Brisbane Heat in the BBL.

SOCCER - A bloodied and bandaged Martin Skrtel headed home a last-gasp 97th-minute equaliser to earn Liverpool a 2-2 draw against Arsenal in the Premier League at Anfield on Sunday.

BOXING - Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who has suffered from Parkinson's Disease for three decades, was in stable condition after being hospitalised with a "mild" case of pneumonia, his spokesman said late Saturday.


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