Sport News Update, what you need to know

Sport News Update, what you need to know

CRICKET - Alastair Cook has revealed he will reconsider his role as captain of England after his side lost the one-day series to Australia with a comprehensive seven-wicket defeat at the SCG to go 3-0 down in the best of five series.

TENNIS - Casey Dellacqua's Australian Open may be over but she insists that at 28, her late-career resurgence is just getting started.

SOCCER - Samuel Eto'o's hat-trick led Chelsea to a 3-1 win over Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, piling pressure on the Premier League champions who are now 14 points adrift of leaders Arsenal.

CRICKET - Batsman Alex Doolan is expected to be included when Australia's squad to tour South Africa is announced on Monday.

CYCLING - Italian cycling star Giovanni Visconti was to have surgery on Sunday night after suffering a broken leg in the Tour Down Under, with German sprint ace Marcel Kittel winning the 50km prelude street race.

SPEED SKATING - Australian long track speed skater Daniel Greig has won his second silver medal in as many days at the ISU World Sprint Championships to finish third in the overall standings.

GOLF - Spain's Pablo Larrazabal ended his title drought on the European Tour by holding off Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship by one shot.


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