CRICKET - South Africa captain Graeme Smith says his side deserves to start the Test series against Australia as heavy favourites due to their standing as the No.1 team in the world.
OLYMPICS - Slopestyle skier Anna Segal came within a whisker of capturing Australia's first medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics when she finished fourth, Canadian Kim Lamarre snatching bronze from her grasp on the penultimate run of the final.
CRICKET - Shane Warne says England's "incredible decision" to axe Kevin Pietersen from their future plans is one they are very likely to regret.
OLYMPICS - Swiss Iouri Podladtchikov produced one of the big upsets of the Olympics as he dethroned US superstar Shaun White to win men's snowboard halfpipe gold, two-time defending champion White shunted off the podium altogether by a pair of Japanese teenagers.
SOCCER - Sydney FC senior duo Nick Carle and Matt Thompson are shocked and bemused by the club's disciplinary action against them, the players' union says, as the issue threatens to tear apart the embattled A-League side.
