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Monday Motivation: "The difference between being good & very good is the sacrifices you’re prepared to make" - Merv Hughes

πŸ—“ On this Day

(1986) 20 year old Mike Tyson becomes youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history when he stops titleholder Trevor Berbick in round 2 at Las Vegas Hilton to earn the WBC title.

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Aussie Sport

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί The picks in high demand β€” and the club under the pump: AFL draft storylines and guide

From the best players, the in-demand picks, the clubs most under the pump β€” and how the night(s) will work. Everything you need to know about the 2021 AFL national draft. (ZeroHanger)

🏏 Tim Paine’s brother-in-law was reportedly forced out of Cricket Tasmania amid a sexting probe involving the same woman that Paine was involved with, according to the Herald Sun. (Fox)

🚘 Rain saw the second leg of the Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight declared a non-event, with no points to be awarded, making Shane van Gisbergen the 2021 Supercars champion. (Fox)

❌ The Canterbury Bulldogs have issued John Asiata a letter of termination following the forward’s refusal to be given the COVID-19 vaccine.

πŸ₯Š Former football stars Sonny Bill Williams and Barry Hall will reportedly go head to head in a boxing fight early next year. 

The pair will battle it out in the ring in February with pay-per-view broadcast arrangements still to be finalised. (Fox)

🏏 Adelaide Strikers and Brisbane Heat will kick off the WBBL finals playing The Challenger on Wednesday night at Adelaide Oval. (Cricket)

πŸ‰ The 12 Super Rugby Pacific teams have revealed their rosters for the inaugural season, headlined by imposing Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika squads. (rugby)

🌍 World Sport

πŸ‘‹πŸΌ Manchester United have sacked manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following 0 4-1 defeat at Watford.

The club have won just one of their past seven Premier League matches and are seventh in the table, 12 points behind leaders Chelsea.

First-team coach Michael Carrick has been placed in temporary charge while United seek an interim manager to the end of the season.

"It is with regret that we have reached this difficult decision," United said.

Apparently Mauricio Pochettino is Manchester United’s No 1 choice to take over as manager next summer.

🏎 Lewis Hamilton won the Qatar Grand Prix and reduced Max Verstappen's championship lead to just 8 points with 2 races to go.

This is setting up to be an epic finish.

πŸ₯Š Terence Crawford stopped Shawn Porter in the 10th round by technical knockout Saturday night in one of the most anticipated bouts of the year.

Crawford (38-0) retained his WBO welterweight title and extended his streak of KOs or TKOs to nine in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,568 at Mandalay Bay.

🎾 Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said she was safe and well in a video call on Sunday, the International Olympic Committee says.

In a statement, the IOC said its President Thomas Bach had spoken to Ms Peng for 30 minutes.

"[She] was doing fine, which was our main concern," the statement read.

⛳️ Tiger Woods says he is "making progress" after sharing the first footage of him playing golf since he was seriously injured in a car accident in February. 

The 15-time major champion took to Twitter to update fans on his recovery. 

Woods' car left the road at about 84-87mph and flipped several times during the accident in California.

He required surgery on open fractures to his lower right leg and sustained further injuries to his foot and ankle.

πŸ‰ Ireland cruised past an ill-disciplined Argentina (53-7) to claim their eighth straight win and secure a clean sweep in the autumn Tests.

πŸ† Alexander Zverev outplayed Daniil Medvedev in a dominant display in Turin to win his second ATP Finals title.

The German world number three, who had lost to the Russian second seed in the group stage, turned the tables to win 6-4 6-4.

Zverev, the 2018 champion, did not face a single break point in a serving masterclass. 

πŸ† Collin Morikawa birdied five of the last seven holes to win the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on 17 under par and clinch the European Tour's season-long Race to Dubai title.

Morikawa becomes the first American to win the European Tour's money list.

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