ATHLETICS

CANCER TREATMENT FOR BENAUD

Former Australia cricket captain and broadcaster Richie Benaud has skin cancer. The 84-year-old is undergoing radiation therapy and made his illness public at an event in Sydney. “I’m coping with it very well – the doctors are pleased,” Benaud said. Benaud is receiving treatment for skin cancers on his forehead and the top of his head. “I recommend to everyone they wear protection. Eighty-fouryear-olds don’t seem to mend as well as they used to,” he said. “When I was a kid, we never ever wore a cap. I wish I had. You live and learn as you go along.” Benaud, who played 63 Tests, has not commentated since a car crash in October last year.