Sports

Carl­ton and St Kil­da begun with a bang upon the return of AFL action on Thurs­day night.

David Warn­er has wast­ed no time redis­cov­er­ing his touch with the bat, crack­ing 87 dur­ing NSW’s six-wick­et win over South Aus­tralia on Thursday.

Michael Vaugh­an has dou­bled-down on his assess­ment of England’s bat­ting, slam­ming his for­mer side for a “ter­ri­ble Bat­ting dis­play” against India on day one of the fourth Test in Ahmedabad.

Syd­ney super­star Lance Franklin will train with the club’s main group on Fri­day as he press­es his case to be a shock Round 1 selection.

Retired rug­by league cham­pi­on Coop­er Cronk has caused a stir in NRL land after being seen help­ing Mel­bourne play­ers dur­ing a train­ing ses­sion on Wednesday.

Tal­ent­ed Bris­bane teenag­er Tesi Niu will face court on Fri­day on a seri­ous dri­ving charge.

The Pak­istan Super League was sus­pend­ed on Thurs­day after sev­en coro­n­avirus cas­es came to light, the country’s crick­et board said.

Israel Folau’s return to the NRL has the back­ing of two of Queensland’s skip­pers with Ori­gin skip­per Daly Cher­ry-Evans and Bron­cos cap­tain Alex Glenn back­ing a return to the NRL.

Souths’ own­er Rus­sell Crowe has bro­ken his silence on teenage super­star Joseph Suaalii’s defec­tion to arch rivals the Roost­ers on a deal worth the same mon­ey he was on at Souths.

Colling­wood gun Jor­dan De Goey is fit and ready to take on Rich­mond in Fri­day night’s AAMI Com­mu­ni­ty Series clash.

Less “teething issues” — and more young guns emerg­ing against AFL-qual­i­ty opposition.

Rich­mond is still among the teams to beat in the AFL – but two fel­low con­tenders loom as the Tigers’ biggest threats this year.