Snooker: Home favourite Neil Robertson stormed into the quarter-finals of the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo with a devastating whitewash of Jamie Jones. The former world champion, looking for a second ranking tournament victory of the season after winning the Wuxi Classic in China at the weekend, reeled off breaks of 103, 86, 140 and 80 to secure his passage in a 5-0 rout, and will meet Robert Milkins in the last eight. Judd Trump will join Robertson in the next round after beating Scot Alan McManus. Trump raced into a 3-0 lead before McManus hit back to win three of the next four frames, only to succumb in the eighth to lose 5-3.

Golf: Samuel Henry “Errie” Ball, the last surviving player who competed in the inaugural Masters Tournament of 1934, died on Wednesday in Florida at the age of 103. Born in Bangor, Wales to one of Britain's most esteemed golfing families, Ball went on to compete in 25 major championships and became the PGA of America’s oldest and longest-serving member.

Athletics: Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were named to Jamaica’s 68-member team for this month’s Commonwealth Games, a source with the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association said yesterday. Both sprinters, who each received medical exceptions to miss last week’s Jamaican senior trials, have only been entered to compete in the 4x100m relays, the source told Reuters. In early June Bolt withdrew from meetings at the Ostrava World Challenge and Paris Diamond League meet because he felt his conditioning was not at his required standard.

Basket, NBA: The Brooklyn Nets quickly settled a coaching overhaul by hiring Lionel Hollins as their new head coach, the National Basketball Association team said. Hollins, a former head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, takes over for Jason Kidd, who left Brooklyn to join Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday. “We are excited to welcome Lionel as the new head coach of Brooklyn Nets,” Nets team manager Billy King said.