Sport News Update, what you need to know

Sport News Update, what you need to know.

OLYMPICS - Australia has their first medal of the Sochi Games with Torah Bright becoming Australia's most successful female Winter Olympian by claiming silver in the women's halfpipe.

CRICKET - Shaun Marsh celebrated his recall with a classy unbeaten hundred as he combined with Steve Smith to rescue Australia on the opening day of the first Test against South Africa, the tourists 4-297 at stumps.

AFL - Geelong forward George Burbury suffered a broken jaw in a sickening collision with former Collingwood skipper Nick Maxwell as the Cats got the AFL pre-season underway with a 0.16.8 (104) to 1.13.15 (102) win.

RUGBY LEAGUE - Teenage winger Joe Burgess grabbed four tries as Wigan produced a second-half scoring blitz to beat the New Zealand Warriors 46-22 in a rugby league trial match at Waikato Stadium on Wednesday night.

OLYMPICS - Australia's Lydia Lassila has become the first woman to land a quad-twisting triple somersault in training, but the defending gold medallist from Vancouver is undecided whether she'll use the jump in Friday's aerials competition in Sochi.


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