🗞 A defensive masterclass

G'day sports fans,

"I never comment on umpires and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat." Terry Wallace

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after Australia lose nine wickets in a session.

Australia's captain admits batters focussed too much on the sweep shot and went away from their plans and methods, which resulted in a critical collapse that handed India the Delhi Test.

India 262 (Axar 74, Kohli 44, Lyon 5-67) and 118 for 4 beat Australia 263 (Khawaja 81, Handscomb 72*, Shami 4-60) and 113 (Head 43, Jadeja 7-42, Ashwin 3-59) by six wickets

🏀 Barry Brown Jr's brilliance catapulted the New Zealand Breakers into their first NBL grand final since 2015 with a 92-77 victory over the Tasmania JackJumpers in Game 3 of the semifinals. While, A fourth-quarter defensive masterclass propelled the Sydney Kings into their second successive Grand Final with a 79-64 victory over the Cairns Taipans.

🏉 Sharks ran away with a comfortable 36-16 win over the Canterbury Bulldogs at Belmore, but finished seven offloads short of the target of 10 required to take away maximum points from the match.

Maximum points would've seen the Sharks drawing level with eventual Challenge winners Manly, where a count-back would've seen them win the $100k prize due to having a better point differential.

⚽️ Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers played an instant classic, with the final score ending 4-4 at Coopers Stadium – a competition first.

🏉 St Helens fullback Jack Welsby may have played himself further onto the radar of NRL clubs following a player of the match performance in the World Club Challenge.

🇦🇺 Collingwood insists it doesn’t have a widespread illicit substance issue, claiming Jack Ginnivan’s drug use was an “isolated incident” as more details emerge around how the club found out.

⚽️ A late comeback from a fierce Spain has not dimmed one of the most impressive performances of the Tony Gustavsson era as the Matildas grabbed a 3-2 Cup of Nations win on Sunday.

🌎 World Sport

⚽️ Marcus Rashford scored twice to continue his hot streak and help Manchester United overcome Leicester in the Premier League 3-0.

Rashford is in the form of his career and is leading United's resurgence, taking his tally to 24 goals for the season with strikes in each half at Old Trafford.

🏏 England swiftly wrapped up an impressive 267-run victory over New Zealand on the fourth day of the first Test in Mount Maunganui.

⚽️ Chelsea manager Graham Potter says captain Cesar Azpilicueta is "conscious" and "speaking" in hospital after suffering a head injury during Saturday's home defeat by Southampton.

🏀 Kevin Love plans to sign with the Miami Heat after clearing waivers, his agent, Jeff Schwartz, told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

⛳️ No.34 ranked player Thomas Pieters, and past PGA Tour winners Danny Lee and Brendan Steele have signed up to join the LIV Golf League, which begins its second season in Mexico next week.

⚽️ British Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Manchester United takeover bid is £1bn less than the £5bn offered by Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani. (Foot Mercato - in French)

📺 Live Sports TV Guide

TODAY

🚘 06:30 - NASCAR Cup Series - NASCAR Daytona 500, Round 1 (Fox Sports)

⚽️ 07:00 - Spanish La Liga - Barcelona v Cadiz CF (Optus Sport 2)

🏒 07:00 - NHL - Colorado Avalanche v Edmonton Oilers (ESPN)

🏉 07:05 - Top 14 - Bordeaux Begles v ASM Clermont Auvergne (beIN SPORTS 2)

🏀 11:30 - NBA All-Star Week - NBA All-Star Game (ESPN)

TUESDAY

🏏 01:00 - Pakistan Super League - Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi (Fox Sports)

🏒 08:00 - NHL - San Jose Sharks v Seattle Kraken (ESPN 2)

🏒 11:00 - NHL - Pittsburgh Penguins v New York Islanders (ESPN 2)

🏀 11:00 - Men's NCAA - Duke Blue Devils v Louisville Cardinals (ESPN)

13:00 - Men's NCAA - Texas Christian University v Kansas Jayhawks (ESPN)