The Australian mens basketball team have been buoyed by the return of star center Andrew Bogut, who had his first hit out in more than six weeks in the Boomers 82-53 Olympic Games warm-up win against China.Bogut took straight to the court with his knee heavily strapped against the Chinese and played the first six minutes of the match in a good sign hell be right to participate in the Boomers Olympic campaign.And it didnt take long for the newly minted Dallas Maverick to be in the thick of the action, the 31-year-old remonstrating with Chinas NBA draft pick Qi Zhou for apparently elbowing him in the face.Bogut went on to play nine minutes and finished with three rebounds and an assist.Joe Ingles led the way for the Boomers and looked in fine touch with a game-high 21 points on nine of 12 shooting as well as six rebounds.Coach Andrej Lemanis used 11 players in the Australians final warm-up fixture, though point guard Patty Mills sat out the match.Assistant coach Luc Longley was happy to see Bogut back on court.I think his first game back from an injury is always difficult. Were fairly happy with how he moved, how he looked on the court and will build from that, he said.Former NBA No.1 draft pick Bogut had been under an injury cloud but was named in the Boomers squad for the Games, the Australians desperately seeking his defensive nous and physicality to improve their chances of a maiden mens Olympic basketball medal in Rio.Bogut had sustained a knee injury after a heavy fall during the fifth game of the NBA Finals, in which his Golden State Warriors fell to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and had not played since mid-June.He was subsequently traded to the Mavericks for the 2016-17 season.A championship winner with Golden State, Bogut has spoken little about his injury over the past month, and has instead been in the headlines more for a Twitter feud with Australian womens player Liz Cambage.The Boomers offered up a mixed bag in their past four matches, book-ending the clashes with wins over world No.4 Argentina and China but suffering substantial losses to Brazil and Lithuania.Australias Olympic campaign starts with a match against France on Aug. 6, the U.S. also featuring in their group.Were ready [but] we havent played great yet, Longley said. 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And although the concept was devised by Hamiltons Mercedes team, the Briton made clear he was not a fan.Please no! he posted on Instagram. This is the worst looking mod in Formula 1 history.I appreciate the quest for safety but this is Formula 1, and the way it is now is perfectly fine. Kimi Raikkonen tests out his Ferrari with the new safety halo during pre-season testing in Barcelona. Halo device splits opinion in the F1 paddockBut Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, who followed team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, in testing the device at Barcelona, says there can be no justification for not adopting the halo devvice if it saves lives.dddddddddddd.You can see what you need to see, said Vettel. We can improve it aesthetically and in terms of how much is in your way. We will see evolutions. In principle, it doesnt look very good but if it helps save lives then there would be at least two drivers in the last four years who would be still around - Henry Surtees and Justin Wilson. Nothing justifies not having these two guys around any more.Although teams have agreed with the FIA that some form of head protection structure for drivers will be introduced next year, reaching consensus on the wider direction F1 should take with its regulations remains a challenge.F1s rulemakers have been criticised over the past week for the uncertainty surrounding qualifying rules heading into the new season, while a final blueprint has still not been agreed for 2017s planned design overhaul.Asked in a media session at the Circuit de Catalunya if he thought F1 was fundamentally broke, lacking direction, or in rude health, Hamilton replied: Probably the first two you suggested. The halo concept was devised by Hamiltons Mercedes team I dont really want to say too much about it, but I do agree with the first two things you suggested.Hamilton was the second leading driver to speak out against the state of the sport at Barcelona after his former team-mate Fernando Alonso said he was saddened by the chaos surrounding elimination-style qualifying.If I was a sportsman from another sport I would look at Formula 1 a bit surprised, Alonso said. I dont think it is right and there are too many changes.The first race of the 2016 F1 season, the Australian GP, is exclusively live on Sky Sports F1. The race in Melbourne starts at 5am on Sunday March 20. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here Also See: Alonso saddened by F1 Halo device splits opinion ' ' '