CRICKET - Medium-pacer Daniel Worrall will make his international one-day debut for Australia in Tuesday's one-off clash with Ireland in South Africa.
CRICKET - India celebrated their 500th Test with victory over New Zealand in Kanpur, overcoming the tourists' dogged resistance on the final day to claim the series opener by 197 runs.
SOCCER - Tottenham's Harry Kane could return earlier than expected from an ankle injury. The striker was initially feared to miss around eight weeks but it is understood to now be closer to six.
TENNIS - Australia's Samantha Stosur has suffered a straight-sets first-round defeat to Caroline Wozniacki at the Wuhan Open in China. Australian Daria Gavrilova went down 6-2 6-2 to former world No.1 Jelena Jankovic.
SOCCER - World soccer's governing body FIFA has come under fire for winding up its anti-racism task force, with former presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan describing the move as worrying and shameful.
SOCCER - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane says there's no rift between him and Cristiano Ronaldo, despite the team's talisman appearing to react angrily to being substituted in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Las Palmas.
CYCLING - Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins did not use a medical exemption to gain a performance boost before major races, according to Team Sky. Wiggins is under scrutiny after his anti-doping records were among those leaked by cyber hackers.
