CRICKET - Further showers are predicted for day two of the SCG Test, with Australia seeking four quick wickets after West Indies collapsed to be 6-207 after the opening day.
SOCCER - Champions Chelsea rediscovered the winning habit with a convincing 3-0 victory at Crystal Palace as Tottenham lost ground on the Premier League top three after a 1-1 draw at Everton in the day's other match.
TENNIS - Australia's experienced Hopman Cup team couldn't replicate their younger compatriots from earlier in the day with Lleyton Hewitt and Jarmila Wolfe both losing to their Czech Republic opponents after Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova beat Germany's Alexander Zverev and Sabine Lisicki to open the tournament.
CRICKET - Chris Lynn appears on track for an international recall after helping Brisbane Heat keep their BBL finals hopes alive with a 32-ball 75 in a six-wicket win over the Sydney Thunder, who have now lost two straight.
SOCCER - Hunter Stadium has finally become a happy A-League hunting ground for Kevin Muscat, after his below-par Melbourne Victory scraped a 1-0 win against Newcastle, their first their in more than six years to snap a five-match winless slump.
CRICKET - Ben Stokes slammed Test cricket's second-fastest double century and combined with Jonny Bairstow for a sensational 399-run stand as England took a stranglehold after two days of the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
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