G'day sports fans,

🎾 Classic quote: "Sure, on a given day I could beat him. But it would have to be a day he had food poisoning." - Mel Purcell outlining how he would dethrone Ivan Lendl.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 Poms ‘throw in the towel’ as ‘embarrassing’ 10-56 collapse seals Ashes humiliation

Australia 303 (Head 101, Green 74) and 155 (Carey 48, Wood 6-37) beat England 188 (Cummins 4-45) and 124 (Boland 3-18, Green 3-21, Cummins 3-42) by 146 runs

Australia's seamers, sparked by an electric Cameron Green spell, ran through England to win the fifth and final Test in Hobart by 146 runs inside three days and seal the Ashes 4-0.

Travis Head was awarded player of the series after top-scoring with 357 runs at 59.50, most crucially a stunning ton at the Gabba.

🏏 The Melbourne Stars kept their season alive with an eight-wicket win over Brisbane Heat at the MCG.

Glenn Maxwell was the hero, adding 37 runs after taking one of the catches of the summer, while Joe Clarke added 62 for the hosts.

🎾 Novak Djokovic has left Australia after losing a Federal Court bid to overturn his visa cancellation, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has confirmed.

The world No.1 was spotted at Melbourne Airport on Sunday night, awaiting deportation on the eve of the Australian Open, after the Federal Court unanimously ruled to dismiss his application to have his visa cancellation overturned.

In a statement Mr Djokovic said he was "extremely disappointed with the court ruling" but he respected it and vowed to "cooperate with the relevant authorities".

For everyone else, it's time for the first Grand Slam of the year (Twitter)

🏉 Newcastle Knights co-captain Jayden Brailey is expected to miss a significant portion of this year's NRL season after injuring his Achilles at a pre-season training session yesterday.

🏀 The New Zealand Breakers have been overrun a couple of times in #NBL22 but switched the tide on Sunday turning a 10-point deficit with five minutes to go into an impressive 82-75 victory over the Sydney Kings.

🚴🏻 Tasmanian Nicole Frain has scored the biggest win of her career, taking out the elite women's road race at the Australian road cycling championships.

Coolangatta: She came, she saw and she conquered - Racenet — www.racenet.com.au

The race caller anointed her the hottest girl on the Gold Coast and Coolangatta might just be the hottest filly in racing after taking out the Magic Millions 2YO Classic in a ding-dong battle against Russian Conquest.

🌍 World Sport

⚽️ Rafael Benitez has been sacked as Everton manager after less than seven months in charge.

The Toffees appointed the former Liverpool manager, 61, as Carlo Ancelotti's successor in June.

Everton, who lost 2-1 to Norwich City on Saturday, have won only one of their last 13 Premier League games and sit 16th in the table, six points above the relegation places.

💰 Real Madrid or Barcelona must spend 350 million euros to sign Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, a figure that includes the 21-year-old's transfer fee, wages across a six-year deal, and commissions paid to agent Mino Raiola and his father. (Marca)

⚽️ Liverpool moved up to second in the Premier League as they overcame a stubborn Brentford side to take all three points at Anfield. Jack Harrison scored his first career hat-trick as Leeds United won a thrilling Premier League victory over West Ham at London Stadium. (3-2)

🏉 European Champions Cup: Leinster recorded their biggest European win (89-17), with a 13-try dismantling of Montpellier on their return to action following a five-week lay-off. While Exeter wing Tom O'Flaherty scored a hat-trick as Chiefs ran rampant in the second half to exact Champions Cup revenge on Glasgow in an eight-try win (52-17).

🏏 Virat Kohli has stepped down as captain of India's Test team after seven years in the position. (nine)

🏈 The Buffalo Bills condemned Bill Belichick to the biggest play-off defeat of his coaching career as they beat the New England Patriots 47-17.

The third-seeded Bills advanced to the divisional round to host either the Cincinnati Bengals, who beat the Raiders earlier in the day, or travel to Kansas City, depending on the outcome of the Chiefs game against Pittsburgh.

⚽️ Ukrainian side FC Chernomorets Odessa announced new signing Douglas Bergvist by drawing their kit on an old picture of him in Microsoft Paint. 

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