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Medvedev to the ball boy: “I’m worried what you just heard was, ‘Bring me a lot of pickle juice.’ What I said was, ‘Bring me all the pickle juice you have.’”

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

👋🏼 The Western Sydney Wanderers have sacked coach Carl Robinson, with Saturday night’s defeat to Brisbane Roar the final straw.

🏉 South Sydney Rabbitohs’ superstar Latrell Mitchell is free to play in the Charity Shield against St George Illawarra despite being suspended for the opening two rounds of the 2022 NRL season. (Fox)

🏀 Wildcats centre Matt Hodgson looks set for a stint on the sidelines after he was ejected during Perth's 96-81 loss to the Sydney Kings for igniting a scuffle.

⚽️ Matildas dumped out of Asian Cup in shock quarter-final defeat to South Korea

• Australia stunned by 87th minute goal in 1-0 defeat

• Matildas handed wake-up call after dominating group stage

🏏 Australia and England have played out a dramatic Test draw at Manuka Oval, after a remarkable fightback with the ball from the hosts in the dying overs denied the tourists' charge for victory.

🐴 Race is on to end the dominance of Verry Elleegant and Nature Strip (racenet)

🐴 The ability of Kacy Fogden’s blistering two-year-old Sydney winner Best Of Bordeaux was somewhat hidden thanks to an error in the barrier trial results at Doomben in September but she can hide it no more after he announced himself as a Golden Slipper contender on Saturday. (racenet)

🇦🇺 AFLW: Gold Coast stun Richmond, North Melbourne too strong for Carlton: The Suns upset the Tigers by five points in a thrilling contest, while the Kangaroos break down the Blues intense defensive pressure to run away with an important 30-point victory.

🌍 World Sport

🏆 Rafael Nadal won a record 21st Grand Slam men's title in the most stunning fashion, fighting back from two sets down to beat Russia's Daniil Medvedev in a classic Australian Open final.

Backed by a loud Melbourne crowd, sixth seed Nadal rallied to win 2-6 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-4 7-5 on Rod Laver Arena.

US Open champion Medvedev was going for his second successive major title.

Medvedev, 25, was in command before Nadal showed all of his renowned grit and fight to earn an extraordinary win.

⚽️ Barcelona are nearing an agreement with Arsenal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang loan until summer. The main issue to resolve is salary.

⚽️ Liverpool have signed Colombia winger Luis Diaz from Porto in a deal worth 45m euros (£37.5m), with a further 15m euros (£12.5m) in potential bonuses.

⚽️ Newcastle United have signed Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes from Lyon.

The 24-year-old defensive midfielder has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract at St James' Park.

🏈 NFL: Bengals v Chiefs (7am): The Bengals have covered six straight games and four straight road games. They are also 5-1 against the spread as a road underdog this season. But Kansas City has covered six straight home games and is 7-1 against the spread in its past eight games against teams with winning records.

🏈 NFL: 49ers v Rams (10:30am): Los Angeles is 6-2 against the spread in its past eight games, but San Francisco is 9-2 against the spread in its past 11 -- with four straight covers. Plus, the 49ers are 4-1 against the spread in the playoffs under coach.

📲 Social media reacts to the news that Tom Brady plans to retire (ESPN)

After 22 seasons and a historic seven Super Bowl rings with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tom Brady is set to retire, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Darlington and Adam Schefter.

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