Cricket is not just Australia versus England. There are many teams playing without Test status, many from developing countries and all with a passion for the game.

India is not usually a happy hunting ground for pacemen, but skipper Virat Kohli has warned his batsmen of Mitchell Starc's abilities ahead of the first Test with Australia in Pune.

India is not usually a happy hunting ground for pacemen, but skipper Virat Kohli has warned his batsmen of Mitchell Starc's abilities ahead of the first Test with Australia in Pune.

Gamba Osaka inflicts an embarrassing 3-0 loss on Adelaide United in the Asian Champions League, but Reds coach Guillermo Amor is looking for the positives.

Gamba Osaka inflicts an embarrassing 3-0 loss on Adelaide United in the Asian Champions League, but Reds coach Guillermo Amor is looking for the positives.

The Melbourne Rebels' horror run of luck has contributed to a disappointing 56-18 loss to the Blues in the first game of the Super Rugby season.

The Melbourne Rebels' horror run of luck has contributed to a disappointing 56-18 loss to the Blues in the first game of the Super Rugby season.

Matt Renshaw's half-century gives Australia reason to smile, but day one of the first Test against India in Pune goes largely as expected.

Former AFL champion Ben Cousins is refused bail in a Perth court after being charged with aggravated stalking of his former partner and the mother of his children, after a magistrate says the risk he will reoffend is too high, given he is a "very heavy meth user".

If any more proof is needed that football is a cut-throat business, Leicester's ruthless sacking of club hero Claudio Ranieri seals the argument.

Australia dominates day two in Pune, with Steve O'Keefe sparking a massive Indian collapse. Relive the action as it happened in our live blog.

For a team that was tipped to finish on the bottom of the NBL ladder, the Illawarra Hawks' climb to the 2016/17 grand final has been the sweetest of journeys.

Melbourne gymnasts Georgia-Rose Brown and Luke Wadsworth have home soil advantage at this week's Gymnastics World Cup.

AFL boss Gillon McLachlan says the league never misled Essendon over the doping scandal, as a recording emerges of angry senior Bombers officials accusing AFL of lying to them.

The Tokyo Olympics could feature up to three mixed shooting events, as part of a plan to achieve the IOC's goal of 50 per cent female participation.

The Leicester City fairytale is officially over with manager Claudio Ranieri sacked less than a year after the most unlikely triumph in Premier League history.

Australia's Matt Renshaw ran into one of the biggest problems of being a touring cricketer in India on day one and it had nothing to do with Virat Kohli, spinners or anything cricket-related.

Sydney FC return to winning ways in the A-League, with Bobo's double and Manny Muscat's calamitous defending giving the Sky Blues a 3-1 win over a 10-man Melbourne City.

Sydney FC return to winning ways in the A-League, with Bobo's double and Manny Muscat's calamitous defending giving the Sky Blues a 3-1 win over a 10-man Melbourne City.

The Queensland Reds snatch a come-from-behind 28-26 win over the Sharks in their Super Rugby season opener.