SOCCER - Socceroos captain Mile Jedinak will put his injured ankle to the test on Friday in a last-ditch bid to play against South Korea in Saturday night's Asian Cup encounter.
TENNIS - Bounced out of the Sydney International in two hard-fought tie-break sets, Bernard Tomic will now turn his attention to the Australian Open and Friday's draw - where he will hope to fare batter than last year's first-round match-up with Rafael Nadal.
CRICKET - A record-equalling Chris Lynn half-century set the foundation for a comfortable Brisbane Heat win which ended Hobart's Big Bash League finals hopes.
GOLF - Rory McIlroy produced a Seve Ballesteros-like recovery shot but his five-under-par 67 was still three adrift of triple champion Martin Kaymer after the opening round in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.
SOCCER - Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta and defender Mathieu Debuchy are both set to be out of action for three months each, with Gunners boss Arsene Wenger indicating he will need to bring in reinforcements during the current transfer window.
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