Sport News Update, what you need to know

Sport News Update, what you need to know.

AFL - WADA will appeal the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal's decision to acquit 34 current and former Essendon players of drugs charges at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

RUGBY LEAGUE - John Sutton will continue to be monitored for a potentially serious eye injury suffered in South Sydney's 16-10 win over St George Illawarra on Monday night, which ended the Dragons' six-game winning streak.

CRICKET - Kevin Pietersen is set for peace talks with new England chief Andrew Strauss after the exiled batsman blasted a career-best score of 326 not out to boost his hopes of an international recall.

SOCCER - Wellington Phoenix striker Nathan Burns says earning a Socceroos recall was the biggest driver behind his effort to take home the Johnny Warren Medal as the A-League's Player of the Year award on Monday night.

CYCLING - Australia's Michael Matthews has burst from the pack to win a bunch sprint to claim the third stage of the Giro d'Italia and consolidate his hold on the race-leader's pink jersey.


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