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“He’s well above anything else I’ve ever seen. He’s an alien.” - Lionel Messi's Barcelona teammate Carlos Puyol.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 Australia claimed victory over South Africa inside two days of the first Test as 19 wickets fell on the second day's play in Brisbane.

Resuming on 145-5, Australia were bowled out for 218, before dismissing South Africa for just 99.

Captain Pat Cummins took 5-42 and Mitchell Starc 2-26 to leave Australia needing 34 runs to win.

The hosts chased down their target in 7.5 overs, despite pace bowler Kagiso Rabada's 4-13 on a green pitch.

It is the first two-day Test in Australia for 91 years.

First Test, Brisbane Cricket Ground

• South Africa 152 (Verreynne 64, Lyon 3-14) & 99 (Cummins 5-42)

• Australia 218 (Head 92, Rabada 4-76) & 35-4 (Rabada 4-13)

Extra's top scored with 19 in the second innings.

Australia win by six wickets

🥊 Get a hobby mate: Aussie boxer Harry Garside woke up and ran 100kms across Bondi (on the sand). It took 13 hours.

🏏 Melbourne Renegades veteran Aaron Finch has hit a superb 71 not out to guide his side to victory against the Sydney Thunder at Marvel Stadium on Sunday night.

🎯 Aussie Damon Heta took out two-time Adrian Lewis 3-0, in the World Darts Championship averaging 96.17.

⚽️ The fallout continues following these scenes, dressed up as protests for hosting the Grand Finals in Sydney for the next 3 years.

"We will be moving swiftly and we will be taking the strongest sanctions that are available," FA chief executive James Johnson said in response to the pitch invasion at the Melbourne Derby.

🏊🏼‍♂️ Australia and the USA split the gold medal in the men's 4x100m medley relay in a dead heat world record swim, bringing the curtain down at the World Swimming Championships

The hometown boys trailed for most of the race before Kyle Chalmers made up an incredible amount of ground in the anchor leg, going past Italy's Alessandro Miressi and touching the wall at the exact same time as American Kieran Smith.

The time of 3:18.98 was good enough for a world record as Chalmers, Isaac Cooper, Joshua Yong and Matthew Temple shared the spoils with Smith, Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink and Trenton Julian.

🌍 World Sport

⚽️ Lionel Messi finally achieved his World Cup dream as Argentina won their third crown on penalties following one of the greatest finals in the tournament's history at Lusail Stadium.

Argentina won the shootout 4-2 after a spectacular game which developed into the much-anticipated confrontation between the 35-year-old maestro Messi and his France opposite number Kylian Mbappe, who scored a hat-trick - the first in a World Cup final since 1966 - but still ended up on the losing side.

Messi looked to be securing the one major honour missing from his glittering collection in comfort as Argentina cruised into a two-goal lead, only for an explosive intervention from Mbappe to turn a spectacular encounter on its head with two goals inside two mintutes late on.

Messi bundled Argentina back in front in extra time, but Mbappe completed his treble from the spot two minutes from the end of a frantic, chaotic added spell.

And so it went to penalties, with the two greats opening the scoring. But Argentina and Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez saved from Kingsley Coman, before Aurelian Tchouameni missed, leaving Gonzalo Montiel to win the World Cup.

Messi, a World Cup winner at last, collapsed to his knees in the centre circle and was engulfled by jubilant Argentina team-mates.

Lionel Messi is the first player to score in the group stage, round of 16, quater-final, semi-final and final in a single edition of the World Cup.

• Golden Boot: MBappe (8 goals)

• Golden Ball: Messi (his second)

• Golden Glove: Martinez (ARG)

⚽️ Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea target Youssoufa Moukoko, 18, is not close to signing a new contract at Borussia Dortmund, the Germany striker's agent has confirmed. (Liverpool Echo)

🐴 Jockey Frankie Dettori has announced that 2023 will be his final season.

The 52-year-old, one of the sport's best-known figures, has ridden more than 3,300 British winners since his first back in 1987.

He is still widely remembered for his Magnificent Seven achievement at Ascot in September 1996, where he went through the card, taking all seven races at odds of 25,051-1.

🏃🏽‍♂️ Randolph Ross, part of the United States' Olympic gold-winning 4x400m squad, has been banned for three years for faking a 'whereabouts' email to doping bosses.

🏈 NFL officials were forced to stop the game between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins in remarkable scenes, after fans pelted players with snowballs.

⚾️ In October, Cory Youmans caught Aaron Judge's record 62nd home run ball.

A month later, he turned down a US$3 million offer for it — instead choosing to put it up for auction.

The bidding just closed... at $1.5 million.

🏉 Former England lock Steve Borthwick is set to be named as the country's new coach on Monday, according to British media reports.

Borthwick, 43, is in line to replace the sacked Eddie Jones after impressing with his work as director of rugby at English Premiership club Leicester whom he led to last season's Premiership title.

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