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🇦🇺 St Kilda are on the verge of confirming Ross Lyon's sensational return to the club as senior coach.

Lyon met with the Saints' hierarchy again on Sunday to thrash out the final details of what is expected to be a three-year deal.

The 55-year-old's appointment could be confirmed as soon as today.

It comes after St Kilda sacked Brett Ratten this month as a result of a football department review, despite handing him a two-year contract extension in July. (ESPN)

🏏 Mass changes unlikely after T20 World Cup loss, says Aussie skipper.

New Zealand handed Australia their biggest-ever T20 World Cup loss but team captain Aaron Finch doubts there will be mass changes to the XI.

⚽️ A pulsating clash between Adelaide United and Sydney FC ended in a two-all draw, but the thrilling spectacle was overshadowed by referee Daniel Elder's decision to send off Adelaide striker Hiroshi Ibusuki in the 40th minute.

🐴 Cox Plate champion Anamoe is poised to supercharge the Melbourne Cup Carnival with Godolphin trainer James Cummings not ruling out a tilt at the $3m Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.

"If we're interested in running him in a race on the final day, here at the Flemington carnival, I'm sure he's going to turn up and run very well," Cummings said.

🏏 The standoff between Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby is edging towards a ­resolution. A Super Rugby deal is expected to be reached between the trans-Tasman neighbours early next month.

🏎 Daniel Ricciardo looks set to reunite with Red Bull Racing, and has reportedly signed a reserve deal with his old team.

⛹🏻‍♀️ Losing mining magnate Gina Rinehart's $15 million sponsorship has left Netball Australia chief executive Kelly Ryan "reasonably concerned."

But she remains confident the "right plans" are in place to keep the sport afloat.

🏀 Australian forward Jack McVeigh has signed a two-year extension with the Tasmania JackJumpers.

The extension keeps McVeigh in Tasmania through to the conclusion of the 2024-25 NBL season, which would end up as his fourth with the league's newest franchise.

🏀 A contingent from the Northern Territory government has travelled to Melbourne to meet with NBL executives as conversations toward a Darwin expansion team pick up steam, sources told ESPN.

🌍 World Sport

🏎 Breaking: Verstappen wins dramatic United States GP after retaking the lead from Hamilton in closing laps.

• High-speed crash for Alonso and Stroll - but Spaniard recovers to 7th

• Red Bull won constructors' title as Verstappen equals the race-win record for a single season with 13

• Sainz spins out after contact with Russell at the start as Verstappen took the lead

• Sainz, Bottas, Stroll out

• Red Bull budget cap punishment is delayed after Mateschitz death.

⚽️ Mikel Arteta described Arsenal's 1-1 draw with Southampton as "a lesson" as the Gunners dropped points for only the second time this season at St Mary's.

⚽️ Newcastle United's impressive early season form continued with a superb 2-1 win at Tottenham which lifted them up into fourth in the Premier League table.

Elsewhere,

• Leicester bt Wolves 4-0 (Wolves now joint bottom)

• Leeds 2-3 Fulham (Fulham up to 7th)

• Aston Villa 4-0 Brentford (Steve Who?)

🏈 Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow collected another record Sunday in his team's 35-17 win against the Atlanta Falcons.

Burrow became the first player in NFL history to have five games of 400 or more passing yards in the first three years of his career, according to ESPN Stats & Information research

🏏 Cricket's biggest star, on its biggest stage, with a performance which may well have positioned itself in the prime slot of a career highlights reel that was already the stuff of greatness.

India against Pakistan is a cricket match like no other. This astounding game in front of 90,293 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was like no other India-Pakistan match and an occasion few, if any, sporting events can match.

Under the lights, at a sporting coliseum, Virat Kohli delivered to seal an extraordinary four-wicket win for India in the T20 World Cup.

🏉 Lebanon are in pole position to make the Rugby League World Cup quarter-finals after a 32-14 win over Ireland.

A stacked Samoan side ran in 13 tries to beat Greece 72-4.

⚽️ Manchester United have received no interest in Ronaldo despite making him available on a free transfer. (ESPN) - MLS in January?

👊🏻 Islam Makhachev masterfully submitted Charles Oliveira to win the lightweight title at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi.

Russian Makhachev, 31, finished Brazil's former champion, Oliveira, with an arm triangle in the second round after dominating throughout.

In winning the title, Makhachev follows the achievement of his coach and former champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov.

🎾 Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for a banned substance.

The former world number one provided a sample, which tested positive, at August's US Open.

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