WINTER OLYMPICS - It was a night of spills for the Aussies in Sochi, with the nation's most successful Winter Olympian Dale Begg-Smith crashing out during qualifying in the men's moguls and speed skater Daniel Greig tumbling out of contention in the men's 500m.
CRICKET - Brad Haddin, one of the standout performers of the Ashes whitewash, concedes South Africa will provide much sterner resistance than England in the upcoming Test series.
RUGBY LEAGUE - Manly legend Steve Menzies is expected to come out of retirement at the the tender age of 40 to play for the Sea Eagles in this weekend's Auckland Nines.
CRICKET - The son-in-law of Indian cricket board boss and ICC chairman-designate Narainswamy Srinivasan has been found guilty of betting and passing on information to illegal bookmakers by a committee investigating match-fixing in the Indian Premier League.
