SYDNEY- - Australia were closing on an innings victory with England fighting a desperate rearguard on 93 for four at stumps on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes test on Sunday, still 210 runs from forcing their hosts to bat again.
SYDNEY- - Australia captain Steve Smith continued to be England's Ashes nemesis on Friday as he passed 6,000 test runs in an unbeaten knock of 44 to help his team to 193 for two at close of play on the second day of the fifth test.
LONDON- - Arsenal and Chelsea made a mockery of talk of player fatigue at the end of a festive slog of Premier League action as Hector Bellerin's stoppage-time stunner earned the hosts a 2-2 draw in a scintillating derby on Wednesday.
SYDNEY-- Australia stunned England with two late wickets, including that of Joe Root for 83, to leave the tourists wobbling on 233 for five at the end of the rain-disrupted opening day of the fifth and final Ashes test on Thursday.
ENGLAND- - Virgil van Dijk, the world's most expensive defender, could make his Liverpool debut against local rivals Everton at Anfield in Friday night's opening FA Cup third-round clash.
