Chelsea's Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has signed a new three-year contract, the Premier League club said.

Celtic has ended a six-year wait for an away victory in Europe with a 2-0 defeat of Dinamo Moscow, sealing its place in the play-off round for the Champions League group stages.

Parramatta is set to parade Timana Tahu before the Eels faithful on Sunday, just days after the dual international was finally granted a release from his rugby union contract.

Coach Robbie Deans' late arrival in South Africa has not affected the Wallabies' preparations for their Tri-Nations clash with the Springboks, assistant coach Jim Williams said. Deans did not travel with the team to South Africa last Friday as he rushed to New Zealand to see his gravely ill father Tony, who died later that day.

Fast bowler Brett Lee insists he is ready to make a dramatic return from injury in the fourth Test as Australia looks to revive its Ashes campaign.

The 32-year old will become the only player in the Swans' 135-year history to play 300 matches.

Australia faces slipping to its lowest place in the history of ICC Test rankings if it cannot conjure an Ashes win.

Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick and captain Kevin Muscat do not want to label the side as they gear up for the defence of their A-League championship.

The world's fastest man could light up Melbourne in October if an ambitious plan to bring Usain Bolt to Australia comes to fruition.

Former world No. 8 Alicia Molik has earmarked a small $US25,000 Pro Circuit event in Darwin next month to launch her return from almost a year in retirement.

A world Test championship aimed at protecting the future of the five-day game will be discussed at a meeting of cricket's law-makers in November, according to a report in England on Wednesday.

West Coast midfielder Daniel Kerr will not play again in 2009 after failing to overcome an abdominal problem.

Sydney Swans veteran Michael O'Loughlin says he never expected to become the first footballer to play 300 AFL games for the club.

Richmond veteran Matthew Richardson will miss the rest of the AFL season with a hamstring injury.

Unseeded Maria Sharapova has easily defeated Australia's Jarmila Groth 6-0, 6-4 in the first round of the WTA Los Angeles Tennis Championship.

Vice-captain Michael Clarke will miss training today after suffering an abdominal strain while making the century that saved the third Ashes Test for Australia.

French Top 14 rugby union side Bayonne has confirmed it has been in contact with sacked Wallabies winger Lote Tuqiri.

England's selectors have included left-arm quick Ryan Sidebottom and uncapped batsman Jonathan Trott in a 14-man squad for the fourth Test against Australia at Headingley.

Brisbane Broncos great Steve Renouf says there is still time for the club to turn its flailing NRL season around.

Johnathan Thurston is one of the premier rugby league players in the world, but according to Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith, the North Queensland superstar still plays the game like a seven-year-old.