Sport News Update, what you need to know

Sport News Update, what you need to know.

TENNIS - Thanasi Kokkinakis overcame a two-set deficit and survived three match points to oust fellow Aussie Bernard Tomic and set up a third-round French Open showdown with Novak Djokovic, while in the women's Serena Williams and Petra Kvitova both came back from a set down to reach the third round.

SOCCER - Beleaguered FIFA president Sepp Blatter has warned of "more bad news" for football's scandal tainted world body but rejected calls to resign over a widening corruption scandal.

GOLF - World golf No.1 Rory McIlroy again struggled in front of his home crowd, producing a bewildering 9-over-par 80 - his worst score of the season - in the opening round of the Irish Open.

AFL - Sacked Carlton coach Mick Malthouse is bullish about the embattled AFL club, saying they are bottoming out and he will happily watch tonight's match against Sydney because the players are "my boys".


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