CRICKET - Australia have all but relinquished the Ashes urn after serving up one of the country's worst days of Test cricket - the tourists bowled out for a remarkable 60 before an unbeaten Joe Root century powered England to 4-274 on the opening day of the fourth Test.
GOLF - A pair of late bogeys dropped Jason Day out of a share of the early lead during the opening round of the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational, the Aussie signing off for a 3-under 67.
SWIMMING - Cameron McEvoy has claimed Australia's only medal at the world swimming championships in Russia on Thursday night - claiming silver in the 100m freestyle final won by Chinese swimmer Ning Zetao.
RUGBY LEAGUE - Cronulla boss Lyall Gorman says Andrew Fifita's six-game ban will hurt the Sharks' NRL finals push, but the suspension and the $30,000 fine meted out to the former representative star was deserved.
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