A few points:
Cricket: Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have received their punishment for spot fixing by the ICC with all three banned for at least five years with the former two having another five and two years suspended respectively. Curiously the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt vaguely described the outcome as regrettable without any reported explanation of whether the cheating or the sentences were giving him cause for regret.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/9389867.stm
If their appeals are unsuccessful then it may mean the end of Butt and Asif's international careers as they will be in their 30s once they have served their ban and after being out of the game so long will find it difficult to break back into the Pakistan team. Amir will still only be 23 and his promising career may well be able to continue if he works hard enough which seems to reflect the mood at the time where the consensus seemed to be that he was immature and led astray.
   England's one day series against Australia finally limped to an end with the visitors eventually losing 6-1 and managing to find defeat where victory looked certain. This feels slightly surreal now in the knowledge that this tour will go down as one of England's finest performances for winning the Ashes in Australia for the first time in 24 years despite it seeming rather a long time ago now.

Football: Belatedly I know but I thought I should pay tribute to Gary Neville after he announced his retirement last week. He is one of those divisive figures who is adored by his own supporters but derided by opposition fans, though often with tongue in cheek as Liverpool fans demonstrated when filling his drive with empty milk bottles after Liverpool beat Manchester United in what used to be the Milk Cup.
   One club players are a rarity nowadays so to have several at Manchester United is impressive, especially given that they have been performing at a consistently high level for so long. Such loyalty is always appreciated by the fans and whilst it may have been easy for Neville to stay as he supports the club himself and continued to win trophies there that in itself is not a guarantee that you will stay at the club as his brother and best friend can testify. Disappointingly there is still nobody who comes close to him for England but perhaps now is the time for someone to step from under his shadow.

Motor Racing: Thankfully surgery appears to have been successful so far on Robert Kubica after crashing in a rally. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9389513.stm
From talk of losing his hand to mentioning that he may only miss the first few months of the Formula 1 season is an incredible turnaround and whilst the latter sounds optimistic, as he may even have reservations about racing for a while even if fully fit, it is a remarkable tribute to the medical team looking after him and a reminder of the dangers of the sport.