Not even a global pandemic could hinder Tasmanian sporting achievement in 2020. The second half of my top 10 stories of the year (the first five were in last week's column, get with the game) sees more of our champions keeping Tasmania on the global sporting map.

Tournament tennis made a long-awaited return to the Border on Friday with day one of the Margaret Court Cup at the Albury grasscourts. Rising star Chelsea McGrath won through to the last 16 in the open women's singles with a gritty 6-4,

Two of Cricket North's youngest A-grade spinners put their success down to making the most of their opportunities. South Launceston' Mowbray's Sam Freeman will go into the weekend's T20 cup as their sides' frontline spinner despite being aged just 18 and 17 respectively.

Chicago Bulls (4-5, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (6-3, third in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Friday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Zach LaVine and the Chicago Bulls take on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in non-conference action.

Chris Childs scored 20 points and Peter Kiss had a triple-double with 12 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to lift Bryant to a 93-68 win over Central Connecticut on Thursday. Kiss recorded the first triple-double in the program's Division I history.

Macarthur FC coach Ante Milicic says his team have a second chance to celebrate their arrival in the A-League against Wellington Phoenix on Saturday.

A 39-year-old debutant helped lift the Canberra Cavalry to its third win of the Australian Baseball League season, despite knowing little more than half of his teammates' names. Casey's Dean Stoka was shocked to find himself starting on the mound in Canberra's 4-2 win over the Melbourne Aces at Narrabundah …

European football continues to be hit hard by COVID-19 with Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane having to isolate while England's FA Cup faces major disruption.

India's two most established batsmen will start day three at the crease as they mount an attack on Australia's first-innings total of 338, which was once again inflated by a century from Steve Smith.

Buninyong Cricket Club is heralding the installation of a new turf pitch at its home ground as the completion of its arrival into the region's top division.