Sports News Update, what you need to know

Sports News Update, what you need to know.

TENNIS - Aussie Bernard Tomic has set up a quarter-final clash with world No.1 Novak Djokovic after taking down Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-7 6-4 at the Shanghai Masters.

SURFING - Aussie Tyler Wright has claimed claim back-to-back WSL titles in France, but Mick Fanning's lead at the top of the men's ranking has been cut after he bombed out in the quarter-finals as Brazilian Gabriel Medina emerged with the title.

CRICKET - England captain Alastair Cook produced an unbeaten century to lead his team's remarkable fightback, England to 3-290 after day three, trailing Pakistan's mammoth first innings by 233 runs with seven wickets intact.

BOXING - The young matador gored the old bull as New Zealand's exciting young heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker stopped Australian-based veteran Kali Meehan inside three rounds in Auckland on Thursday.

RUGBY UNION - Scotland are appealing against the three-week suspensions handed to Ross Ford and Jonny Gray that have ruled both forwards out of the remainder of the Rugby World Cup.


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