I have always believed that it is the job of selectors to unearth champions, not pick those who make up the numbers.

As 104 yachts prepare to battle for the biggest title in Australian sailing, we unpack some of the quirks of the Boxing Day challenge.

Pat Cummins believes Sam Konstas’ youth will help him on the biggest possible Test debut stage. Cummins should know. He was the previous teenage Test debutant for Australia, 13 years ago.

After a tour in which the visiting Indian team has had to monitor crowd numbers at training including when about 5000 supporters turned up in Adelaide, there was a different mood at the MCG nets ahead of Boxing Day.

Anna Meares oversaw Australia's most successful Olympic campaign in Paris. Now, the chef de mission could be the inspiration Comanche needs to avenge last year's heartbreaking Sydney to Hobart loss.

Ezra Mam is facing a nine-week suspension as details of the breach notice he received from the NRL emerge.

Andrew Bogut played several Christmas Day games in the NBA. When he came home, he helped to launch a new tradition with the Sydney Kings.

If the Dolphins thought a Wayne Bennett preseason was gruelling, apparently it is nothing compared to what Kristian Woolf has dished up.

NSW young gun Sam Konstas will make his debut for Australia in the Boxing Day Test but doubt remains over Travis Head after the batter spent just 25 minutes in the nets at training on Tuesday.

Sailors were warned of gale force winds, lightning and abrupt weather changes in the final days before the Boxing Day race.

Players and coaches on both sides of the BBL fixture wondered whether a football game would have been permitted to be played on the patchy outfield, and it was hard to blame them.

Joel Embiid is ejected from the court in the first half of the 76ers clash against Spurs.

Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards takes aim at the match officiating against the Golden State Warriors.

The NRL will not allow Ezra Mam to serve part of his proposed nine-game ban in the pre-season All-Stars clash, meaning the entire suspension must be taken with Brisbane.

The left-hander’s attacking style is a rejection of the survival-first mentality that hinders many batters.