Nervous or not? I will let you be the judge of that. Michael Clarke, 34, returns to Pratten Park, where he first played cricket at the age of thirteen, watched by his parents; Deborah and Les.

Unlike any other player today, he brought his own bat, ball and soundtrack to his comeback game at inner-western Sydney.

As the saying goes, ‘when you fall own, get back up’, so did Clarke by defying all odds against him. This is the same game he left last August when he was defeated, thereby announcing his retirement.

And who better to support him other than his wife Kyly who gave him the good-luck kiss before the game together with their three months old baby Kelsey who attended too.

Clarke also came with his PR and personal sponsors. “I’m probably different” is what he said to Fox Sports.

He stood out from his teammates when he put on a black shirt with white stripes. His teammates, they have white with black stripes shirts.

The Australian test team are playing in Christchurch, a mere 2140 kilometres from Ashfield.

Clark is batting against Randwick and Petersham at number 3.

While on his third ball, it would have turned out disastrous but as we know Clarke, he saved the game by providing a small edge falling just short off the slips.

Clark had said he would not rule out a return to first-class cricket when interviewed by The Sunday Telegraph.

He fled being run out when he climbed back to his fold after running a single.

He finally gave in just after 2 pm. He had a LBW for 48 runs.

Clarke signed every kid’s shirt and scrap of paper during his breaks reminding them to always say ‘please’.

Safe to say the crowd was larger than usual. He said, “No matter who I play for, I always get nervous before I bat”.

According to the Inquiry, the officials of Greyhound racing NSW have refused to submit information of individual involved in live baiting to RSPCA due to privacy concerns.

The stewards of greyhound racing were told to “downplay” greyhound injuries and deaths to avoid negative publicity, the inquiry into the greyhound racing industry heard.

The special commission in charge of greyhound racing was told that the diary, which contained “valuable information”, was taken during a raid in February, 2015 on an anonymous trainer who was suspected of using live animals to train greyhounds in his property in Sydney.

David O’Shannessy, who is RSPCA’s chief inspector, told the commission of inquiry on Thursday that the society had asked Greyhound racing NSW to pinpoint the people in the diary that had a list of Christina names alongside telephone numbers.

David said the racing organization was not going to assist in the case unless they received a formal notice that prompt them to release the information.

On the other hand, RSPCA did not think it was necessary in the circumstances and did not want to be seen doing anything that will jeopardize any awaiting court cases.

The special commission was setup following last year’s scandal on live baiting that forced the industry to shake up.

The former CEO of Greyhound racing NSW, Brent Hogan alongside other board members had to step down from their positions after the scandal broke.

The inquiry was told that the stewards of greyhound racing were told to “cease” from offering too much information regarding injuries and deaths of greyhounds, because the industry was going to be affected by negative publicity.

The chief inspector of RSPCA said they had received a number of complaints within a year regarding greyhounds but the number rose to 100 in 2015 after the exposure of live baiting. With regards to that, the CEO of greyhound was recalled to provide evidence to the inquiry.

34-year-old Serena Williams is America’s professional tennis player with over30 titles in the both Grand slams and Olympic gold medals. Serena pulled out of this years’ Teninis Open to be held in Qatar because of flu.

Williams said, “ I have come down with flu and this does not make me feel 100 percent. I need to take this time off to recover but I look forward to going back to Doha and seeing my fans soon.”

At 34, Williams is still ranked number 1 by Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) in women’s singles tennis. Her passion and ability in making shots among other players makes her the greatest female tennis player in history, a status she boosted with a trio of major titles in 2015.

The only thing that seems to slow her down are injuries. However, all the trainings and matches over the past two years have taken a combined toll. Therefore, if an ailment pops ups, for instance knee problems during any Open, then it becomes a major concern.

Serena is the youngest daughter of Richard and Oracene Williams. Together with her sister Venus, they have grown to becoming great sports champions. Therefore, at this stage of her career, the most important thing for her is to be healthy as close as 100% for top events even if it means participating in smaller tournaments. The main question as for now is how this flu could affect her availability for most majors.

Serena holds most of the titles in major doubles, singles and mixed doubles than other active tennis players. She has won 2 titles in mixed doubles, 13 titles in doubles and 19 in singles. Therefore, it is important that she get back to full strength so that she may continue being the gold standard of women’s tennis.

Christian Ronaldo scored his 12th goal of the season in the Champions League with an a amazing strike into the top corner, putting Real Madrid on the edge against AS Roma with a 2-0 win on Wednesday.

Roma frustrated Real Madrid in the first half but Ronaldo ended their resistance by boldly controlling a fine pass from Marcelo before releasing a powerful and curling shot that bounced off Alessandro Florenzi and twisted over the goal keeper into the net.

The much struggled finish ignited a joyous celebration from Ronaldo who ran across the field to embrace their coach Zinedine Zidane.

“Ronaldo played well and the rest of the team as well,” Zidane said.

“I am delighted about the celebration but most importantly that he scored,” Zidane added.

Coach Zinedine Zidane is a Frenchman who is a former player of Real and haswon the Champions league back in 2002 and today, is now developing his career as coach.

“Today has been a very special day, the team played well but it was also a difficult match because Roma also played well”

“This was one of our best performance this season against a top team,” Florenzi said.

“We are bitter because we played very well but the scores are not pleasing.” He added.

During the first half, Real did not have any single short on target, but they have to thank Raphael Varane who came to their rescue when the ball was superbly intercepted from Mohamed Salah to Diego Perotti, before a shot was blocked by El Shaarawy.

Coach Zidane remains unbeaten ever since he took over leadership from Rafa Benitez, who was sacked last month.

“We are very happy with Zinedine Zidane and I am pleased that we are moving on the same wavelength,” Ramos said.

Ivan Johnson, an ex NBA player has had his lifetime ban from the professional league in Philippines for a blasphemous outburst at an official reduced to one year. This came after he made a personal apology, according to the league officials.

The banish of Johnson, who is an ex Atlanta Hawk occurred on Saturday’s mid game after he used the “F-word” in argument with Chito Narvasa, the commissioner of Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

The league spokesman Willie Marcial said that Narvasa reduced the lifetime ban to one season after having a meeting with a player from the Talk N’ Text Tropang texters team.

“He apologized for his actions, he explained that he is different on the court. His intentions was to show that he is a good man and he also loves his fans in Philippines.” Marcial said in a meeting that included Johnson and his family.

31- year old Johnson is married to one wife and is a father of two children.

After the incident, the PBA reduced Johnson’s fine from 250,000 to 150,000 pesos.

Johnson, who is 6 ft 8inch, has had tough season, having been suspended for one game earlier this month for fighting with a player of an opposing team.

In fact, he was banned for life in 2010 by Korean Basketball league for making an obscene gesture at the referee.

In addition to that, he was also fined for different altercations with fans and officials during 2011-2013 abbreviated NBA career.

Marcial said if Johnson misbehaves again, he will be banned for life in the Philippines.

In his post on twitter, Johnson said,“ This lifetime base is truly unfortunate and devastating for me because I feel at home and welcomed when I play here at Philippines.”

Players from foreign countries are highly valued in Philippines’ crazy Basketball as they can dominate a role in PBA, which is highly competitive.

The signing of Josh Shaw by Gloucestershire from Yorkshire has been finalized on a season-long loan.Shaw , who is 20 years of age is a right arm seamer and passed through the system of Headingley Academy, made his senior debut last summer by playing two matches in the NatWest T20 Blast Competition.

It is expected that Shaw will be playing in all the three formats for Gloucestershire and he is looking forward to having a place in Richard Dawson’s senior team as the head coach.

Shaw, who represented England under 19s in 2014 said, “ This is going to a great opportunity for me to develop my career into being a professional cricketer.”

“It is my hope that I may once again work with Richard Dawson who trained me at Yorkshire a few years ago before he was moved to Gloucestershire.” He added.

MartynMoxon, the Director of cricket at Yorkshire said, “ Shaw needs to play against quality opposition in the three formats. Gloucestershire is an advanced club and Richard Dawson is converting them into being a strong unit.”

“ They have proved their proficiency by winning the Royal London One Day cup final in the previous season. It is only fair that Shaw play his cricket at such a level.”

Dawson, the head coach of Gloucestershire added by saying, “ It is an honor to have Josh from Yorkshire for a season-long loan. He is a bowler with great potential and this will make our squad competitive at the same time giving him an opportunity to develop his game in the different formats.”

Will Brown, who is the chief executive of Gloucestershire said , “Having Josh on our team for the 2016 seasons represents another great signing for us and we are glad to have him in the club.”

Brent Hogan, the former head of Greyhound Racing NSW isproviding evidence at the special commission of Inquiry in the next two days concerning the high rates of Greyhound injuries and poor welfare standards in the industry. The Inquiry already heard that the Officials played down the injuries in order to avoid negative publicity and no deaths were reported.

Mr Hogan stepped down as Greyhound’s Racing NSW CEO last year due to the wake of Four Corners on live baiting.

An email was sent to Commissioner MicaherMcHugh from the chief steward of GRNSW which urged the officials to downplay the injuries of the dogs in post-race events to avoid negativity. The mail suggested that a broken leg can be referred to as an injured leg.

According to the suggested policy, if a dog was put down after a race, it is only the injury that will be reported and not the death itself. As such, this policy misled the public and therefore policy change was necessary.

Mr Hogan told the commission that the change of policy was intended only to make it easier for steward’s report and make the language consistent.

According to the commissioner, it appears to him that the policy was made deliberately to excite the interest of animal welfare groups.

“ Do you agree that this policy mislead the public?” the commissioner asked.

Mr Hogan replied, “Looking back to it, Yes.”

The commission has previously been told that up to 17,000 dogs were not allowed to race because they were not good enough. In fact, every month, over 600 greyhounds are reported to be injured in Australia, suffering from different and serious bone fractures as well as musculoskeletal injuries.

“Nonetheless, it is clear that the controlling bodies have failed to keep and also publish comprehensive injury reports,” Stephen Rushton, the assisting counsel to the inquiry said.