CRICKET - Gary Ballance has paid the price for England's Lord's thumping, the out-of-form No.3 dumped for next week's third Test at Edgbaston in preference for Jonny Bairstow.
SOCCER - Manchester City's $107m man Raheem Sterling wasted no time making an impact for the Premier league giants, finding the net just three minutes into his City debut in Tuesday night's penalty shootout win over AS Roma at the MCG.
SURFING - Surfing world champion Mick Fanning says he'll get back in the water - including at Jeffrey's Bay - once he deals with the emotional trauma of his terrifying shark attack in South Africa.
CRICKET - Australia's Ellyse Perry blamed a poor start with the bat for her team's loss in the opening Women's Ashes one-day international, England chasing down the tourist's 238 with four wickets to spare.
CYCLING - Chris Froome's Sky team have shared a "billion points of data" with the UK Anti-Doping Agency in a bid to quash speculation their team leader is cheating.
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