8:57am:
Japan's Naoki Yuasa clears a pole during the first run of an alpine ski, men's World Cup night slalom, in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy. Photo: Elvis Piazzi
8:53am: Cricket. Australian captain Michael Clarke has reclaimed the top spot in the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
Clarke, who entered the Hobart Test trailing Shivnarine Chanderpaul by just one point, now leads the West Indian by nine points.
Clarke’s knocks of 74 and 57 in the Hobart Test against Sri Lanka, won by Australia by 137 runs, played a part in helping him reach the top, the International Cricket Council said in a statement.
Other big gainers were Australia’s Mike Hussey. Hussey returned to the top 10 in ninth position after rising four places following his unbeaten knocks of 115 and 31 in Hobart.
8:44am:
Aussies roll Sri Lanka in Hobart
Australia takes eight wickets on the final day to beat Sri Lanka by 137 runs in their first Test in Hobart.
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8:42am: NFL. The New York Jets will start Greg McElroy at quarterback against the San Diego Chargers this week over Mark Sanchez, who had five turnovers in a 14-10 loss in Tennessee that ended the team’s chances of making the National Football League playoffs.
McElroy, 24, will be making his first NFL start on December 23 when the Jets (6-8) host the Chargers. McElroy was selected by the Jets in the seventh round of the 2011 draft out of the University of Alabama and has been the third-string quarterback for most of this season behind Sanchez and Tim Tebow.
He made his NFL debut on December 2 after Sanchez was benched and led the Jets to a 7-6 comeback win against the Arizona Cardinals.
8:39am:
Kyle Anderson of Australia in action during his first round match against Steve Beaton of England, on day two of the World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace in London. Photo: Charlie Crowhurst
8:39am: Basketball. Tickets for the game between the first-place New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets at Madison Square Garden are the most expensive of the National Basketball Association season on the resale market.
The average listing for the game, the first between the two teams at the Knicks’ home court in Manhattan, is $US630.51, according to ticket-aggregator TiqIQ.
That eclipses the previous high of the NBA season, the $US529.39 average listing for a Nov. 26 game between the same teams at Barclays Center.
8:35am: Football. Liverpool forward Suso has been fined STG10,000 ($A15,000) after labelling teammate Jose Enrique ‘‘gay’’ on Twitter.
Suso sparked protests last month when he posted a photo on the micro-blogging website of Reds defender Enrique having his teeth whitened and added a tweet that read: ‘‘What fememk is he doing? This guy is gay...he does everything except play football.’’
He later deleted the tweet and uploaded the photo with a different comment, saying: ‘‘I dunno what to say...’’
But the Football Association, which earlier this year fined Ashley Cole STG90,000 after the Chelsea and England star wrote a critical tweet about the governing body relating to the John Terry-Anton Ferdinand racism hearing, took exception to Suso’s orginal comment and warned the 19-year-old about his future conduct.
8:30am:
Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger kicks the ball away from Augsburg's Matthias Ostrzolek during their German Soccer Cup round 16 match. Photo: Matthias Schrader
8:29am: League. On-field referees will be required to make a decision on a try-scoring situation before referring it to the video referee in one of several significant changes made by the ARL Commission for next season.
The ARLC deciding to scrap the benefit-of-the-doubt rule and put more onus on the on-field referees to make decisions.
A new rule tightening State of Origin eligibility criteria was introduced, while the shoulder charge will no longer be automatically referred to the judiciary panel.
8:26am: Football. Barcelona’s star Argentinian striker Lionel Messi has pledged to stay with the Spanish giants until June 2018 by renewing his contract, the club says.
Currently leading the league by a huge nine points, Barcelona also have agreed contract renewals with Spain internationals and long-time club stalwarts Carles Puyol and Xavi Hernandez.
A statement from the club said an agreement had been agreed with Messi, 25, whose current contract expires in 2016, and that he would sign his new deal ‘‘in the coming weeks’’.
Today's back page of the Sydney Morning Herald.
8:22am: Here's today's back page. Andrew Wu reported on Peter Siddle's angry reaction to reports he had tampered with the ball during the Test against Sri Lanka, while Sebastian Hassett had the story about Central Coast Mariners wanting to sign Alessandro Del Piero from Sydney FC.
8:15am BEN COADY: Welcome to SportsDay live for Wednesday, December 19. We'll be covering the wash-up from Australia's First Test win over Sri Lanka where the talking points are the claims over ball-tampering and Michael Clarke's hammy watch. We'll also be keeping you up to date with all the local and international news from the world of sport.
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