After a defence employee handed confidential information to weapons company Thales, only to join the company later, a former defence minister has blasted the defence department that continues to award contracts to the same company.

The Archbishop had faced calls to resign after a report last week found he had taken insufficient action to stop a person it described as arguably the Church of England's most prolific serial abuser.

Despite winning two international titles this year, the Australian men's netball team is making more headlines for its dance moves. That's after players copped backlash when a video of them copying Deadpool's NSYNC Bye Bye Bye went viral.

India coach Gautam Gambhir has staunchly defended Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, firing back at Australian legend Ricky Ponting for his criticism of the out-of-form stars.

Xavier Coates has admitted it has been "tough" to deal with PNG fans calling him a traitor for choosing to represent Australia, but he has received an unlikely ally.