Sport News Update, what you need to know

Sport News Update, what you need to know.

AFL - Sydney's AFL premiership hopes took a further dive on Sunday when they crashed to a 52-point loss to West Coast at Domain Stadium - just a week after copping an 89-point hiding at the hands of Hawthorn.

RUGBY LEAGUE - Former referee Bill Harrigan claims Cronulla star Andrew Fifita should be banned from the NRL for 12 months if allegations he abused a rugby league match official at a junior game are proven correct.

TENNIS - Samantha Stosur clinched her second title of the season at the Bad Gastein Open claycourt event in Austria, rallying from the brink of defeat to triumph 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 over Italian third seed Karin Knapp.

RUGBY UNION - Wallaby Quade Cooper has been forced to apologise for a late-night expletive-laden tweet, the playmaker claiming he was reacting to personal criticism rather than attacking the selection policy of Test coach Michael Cheika.

CYCLING - Chris Froome has won his second Tour de France, with Sunday's final stage in Paris cut short with organisers neutralising the finish due to the rain on the cobblestones.


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