G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: After biting Sean Fitzpatrick’s ear: “For an 18-month suspension, I feel I probably should have torn it off. Then at least I could say, ‘Look, I’ve returned to South Africa with the guy’s ear.’” - Johan le Roux

Short and sweet this morning.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏅 Tennis hero Ash Barty, cricket icon Shane Warne and some of the key faces responsible for guiding Australia through the coronavirus pandemic have been recognised in the 2022 Queen's Birthday honours.

❌ Andrew Johns is in disbelief that Felise Kaufusi only received an $1800 fine for his elbow to Sam Walker's face.

Wests Tigers are hell-bent on securing Cameron Ciraldo as their new head coach and will meet with the Panthers assistant this week, according to Michael Chammas. (nine)

👊🏻 Australia's standing within the UFC may never have been stronger than it is right now - and it took another step up with a trio of Australians claiming victory in Singapore on Sunday.

Jack Della Maddalena and Jake Matthews were both promoted to the main pay-per-view card and repaid the faith shown in them by fight organisers, each recording impressive finishes.

🥊 A world title fight between Tim Tszyu and Jermell Charlo has officially been locked in, with the Australian to get a crack at the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO super-welterweight titles.

Western Bulldogs star Bailey Smith is expected to accept a strike under the AFL’s drugs policy and be unavailable until Round 18 after his illicit drug use. (Fox)

🏉 Former rugby league star Suliasi Vunivalu is one of six uncapped players named in Australia's squad for next month's three-Test series against England.

Captain Michael Hooper leads the expanded 35-man squad but experienced utility back Reece Hodge misses out. (rugby.com.au)

Playmaker Kurtley Beale, back in the international picture after returning to Australia following a spell in France, is injured and also misses out.

The series begins in Perth on 2 July.

🌍 World Sport

👊🏻 Jiri Prochazka beat Glover Teixeira to become the new light-heavyweight champion at UFC 275.

Prochazka, of the Czech Republic, won with a rear-naked choke submission late on in the fifth round in Singapore.

⛳️ A dramatic week for professional golf concluded with former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel pocketing AU$6.7m, with a one-stroke victory at the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational event in Hertfordshire.

⚽️ Manchester United will join the race for Poland striker Robert Lewandowski should the 33-year-old's dream move to Barcelona fail to come off, with the Spanish giants attempting to move on some of their high earners. (Sun on Sunday)

⚽️ Liverpool have reached a verbal agreement to buy 22-year-old Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez from Benfica and are preparing the paperwork to complete a deal worth £85m. (Observer)

The deal means Senegal striker Sadio Mane, 30, is edging closer to a move from Liverpool to Bayern Munich. (Sunday Telegraph)

⚽️ Coach Mauricio Pochettino is to leave Paris St-Germain following talks with the club at the end of last week.

Zinedine Zidane, Jose Mourinho, and Nice coach Christophe Galtier are among those linked with replacing Pochettino. Zidane is the most likely.

🏎 Max Verstappen won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and took control of the World Championship after an engine failure on Charles Leclerc's Ferrari.

Leclerc's second engine-related retirement from the lead in three grands prix leaves him trailing Verstappen by 34 points, despite six pole positions in eight races.

Scintillating centuries from Joe Root and Ollie Pope kept England in the second Test with New Zealand on a riotous third day at Trent Bridge.

New Zealand 553: Mitchell 190, Blundell 106England 473-5: Root 163*, Pope 145. England trail by 80 runs

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