🗞 Frankie goes to Hollywood.

G'day sports fans,

Monday motivation: “You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.” —J. Askenberg

🎾 Nick Kyrgios has dropped off the ATP Tour rankings after almost an entire calendar year of inactivity.

Kyrgios, 28, has played just one match in 2023, a first-round defeat to Yibing Wu at the Stuttgart Open in June.

His last win on tour was over a year ago at the 2022 Japan Open.

The points from that tournament have now dropped off Kyrgios’ ranking, so he has no points against his name.

🏉 Incoming Titans coach Des Hasler has made a bold call, declaring his new club’s premiership window is open ahead of the 2024 season.

Titans were the lowest placing Queensland team in 2023, finishing one spot below NRL newcomers the Dolphins.

But for Hasler, he is looking at the positives on the Gold Coast and pointed to the young crop of stars the Titans boast.

Tino Fa’asuamaleaui (aged 23), David Fifita (23), AJ Brimson (24), Jayden Campbell (23), Moeaki Fotuaika (23) and Alofiana Khan-Pereira (21) are all under 25.

🏍️ MotoGP race director Mike Webb expects negotiations to move the date of the Australian Grand Prix to avoid weather disruptions at future races.

Sunday running at Phillip Island was declared with only the Moto3 race and half the Moto2 race completed. MotoGP riders never took to the circuit, with wind speed too extreme for track action.

📺 After his heartbreaking defeat Alexander Volkanovski revealed he's been dealing with mental struggles with inactivity, and ‘needed this fight for more than money’ (Twitter)

🐴 Trainer Ben Hayes has rebuffed any distance queries on Cox Plate contender Mr Brightside in the lead-up to Australia's weight-for-age championship.

The $8 third favourite with TAB for the Cox Plate on Saturday at The Valley, has won 10 of 15 starts at 1600m, including three at the highest level and the All-Star Mile.

Mr Brightside competed twice at 2000m last season and finished fourth and seventh respectively in the Might And Power Stakes and Cox Plate.

"I don't think 2000 is the issue…We're very confident in him, he's never let us down and I don't think he will."

🏀 The Tasmania JackJumpers rode the hot form of Jordan Crawford to snap the Sydney Kings' three-game winning streak with a 105-95 triumph on the road.

Crawford had 12 points to three-quarter time and exploded in the final period at Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday, nailing four consecutive three-pointers to spark a stunning 12-0 run.

🏏 Australian selectors might want to think twice about overlooking Grace Harris in the future after the Brisbane Heat opener blasted the highest score in WBBL history, smashing a remarkable 136 not out off just 59 deliveries in her side’s big win over the Scorchers.

⚽️ In the first round of the Isuzu UTE A-League, Adelaide United FC pumped Central Coast Mariners 3-0. The spoils were shared between MacArthur FC and Brisbane Roar 1-1, Western United saw off Melbourne City 2-1 at AAMI Park, while Australia Cup champions Sydney FC fell to a 2-0 defeat against Melbourne Victory in the ‘Big Blue’ at Allianz Stadium.

While on Sunday Wellington and Western Sydney Wanderers played out a 0-0 stalemate.

🏊🏼‍♀️ Australian swim star Kaylee McKeown broke a second world record in the space of two days at the World Cup meet in Budapest.

The 22-year-old Queenslander bettered her own 100m backstroke record on Sunday morning AEDT with a time of 57.33 seconds, shaving 0.12 off the mark that she set in Adelaide before the Tokyo Olympic Games.

It follows her record-breaking swim on Friday evening when she clocked 26.86 for 50m backstroke, eclipsing the previous record of 26.98 set by China's Liu Xiang in 2018.

🏉 Dally M Rookie of the Year Sunia Turuva’s late try has helped Fiji to a 22-18 win and get out of jail against a brave Cook Islands side in Port Moresby.

⚽️ Aston Villa continued their fine form under manager Unai Emery by holding off West Ham to move back to the brink of the Premier League's top four.

🏏 Virat Kohli made a masterful 95 and Mohammed Shami claimed 5-54 as World Cup hosts India beat New Zealand by four wickets in Dharamsala.

Table toppers India are the only unbeaten side left after five matches.

⚽️ Arsenal, Newcastle United, Tottenham and West Ham are among a number of clubs to have watched Valencia's 20-year-old Spanish midfielder Javi Guerra.

🐴 Frankie Dettori, 52, added two more winners to his 37-year and counting career total of more than 3,300 on his final day of UK racing.

The 52-year-old jockey made his last ride in Britain a winning one with an inspired last-to-first victory on King Of Steel in the Champion Stakes.

Dettori said: "I'm too happy to cry."

He will head for races in the United States, Melbourne, and Hong Kong before an extended stint based in the California from the start of next year.

🏈 The Las Vegas Raiders have informed teams around the NFL that they are not trading Davante Adams before the Oct. 31 deadline, regardless of how unhappy the star receiver is with the offense, league sources told ESPN.

❤️ The world of football has united in tribute to Manchester United and England legend Sir Bobby Charlton, who died on Saturday.

Charlton, who "passed peacefully in the early hours of the morning", lifted three league titles, an FA Cup and a European Cup in a distinguished 17-year career at Old Trafford.

He also scored 49 goals in 106 appearances for the Three Lions, famously helping them win the World Cup in 1966.

Charlton was a survivor of the Munich air disaster in 1958 which tragically claimed the lives of 23 people, including eight of his United team-mates.

TODAY

06:00 - Formula 1 USA Race, Round 19 (Fox Sports)

06:00 - Spanish La Liga - Barcelona v Athletic Club (Optus Sport 2)

07:25 - NFL - Denver Broncos v Green Bay Packers (7mate)

07:25 - NFL - Kansas City Chiefs v Los Angeles Chargers (ESPN)

11:03 - American League Championship Series - Houston Astros v Texas Rangers (ESPN)

11:20 - NFL - Philadelphia Eagles v Miami Dolphins (ESPN)

14:00 - Constellation Cup - New Zealand v Australia (Fox Sports)

19:30 - Cricket World Cup - Pakistan v Afghanistan (Fox Cricket)

TUESDAY

06:00 - Premier League - Tottenham v Fulham (Optus Sport 1)

08:07 - National League Championship Series - Philadelphia Phillies v Arizona Diamondbacks (ESPN 2)

11:03 - American League Championship Series - Houston Astros v Texas Rangers (ESPN 2)

11:15 - NFL - Minnesota Vikings v San Francisco 49ers (ESPN)

19:30 - Cricket World Cup - South Africa v Bangladesh (Fox Cricket)