Growing up in one of India’s poorest regions, parents told their kids to study and not hang around with Akash Deep because he was a bad influence. Deep dreamed of becoming a professional cricketer instead.

Daniel Dubois demands Oleksandr Usyk meets him in the ring for a title fight rematch.

It is unusual for a personal batting coach to work with a player in the lead-up to a Test match, but the fact Sam Konstas’ mentor is en route to Melbourne suggests the 19-year-old is firming for a celebrated Boxing Day debut against India.

Tiger Woods is back playing golf after undergoing back surgery in September — teaming up with his 15-year-old son Charlie at the PNC Championship.

Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk was too strong for Tyson Fury for the second time in a year, after an Aussie was swiftly knocked out in an earlier fight.