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"I debuted before David Warner [but] he's played double the amount of Test matches [I have]. Bloody selectors keep dropping me." - Usman Khawaja on why he has featured in 51 Tests in 11 years while Warner has in 96 in the same period.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🇦🇺 The Western Bulldogs have reportedly been given the boot from the AFL’s Good Friday clash.

The 2021 grand finalist played this year's match at Marvel Stadium and annihilated cellar-dweller North Melbourne by more than 10 goals.

Since then there have been calls to remove North Melbourne from the marquee spot in a bid to attract bigger crowds, but, according to News Corp, the Bulldogs are the sacrificial lamb. (7news)

🇦🇺 204cm retired beach volleyballer Max Guehrer joins Collingwood’s pre-season in a remarkable bid for AFL ruck spot

The 26-year-old South Australian wants a rookie spot with a Victorian powerhouse just weeks after quitting volleyball.

⚽️ Cameron Devlin might not have played a minute at the World Cup but the Socceroos squad member is still bringing home a prize to remember: the shirt Lionel Messi wore in his 1,000th game.

🏀 The Australian basketball legend and three-time NBA champion Luc Longley has solidified his role with the Kings, with the club bringing him into the ownership group after working with the franchise since 2019.

🎾 Novak Djokovic has revealed January's Adelaide International will mark his first competition back in Australia.

🥊 Australian world champion Ebanie Bridges has hit back at compatriot and upcoming opponent Shannon O’Connell’s recent sledge that Bridges is a “skanky stripper”.

The pair will go face-to-face in the biggest fight in Aussie women’s boxing history on the undercard of the Josh Warrington v Luis Alberto Lopez IBF featherweight title bout in Leeds on December 11.

🏉 The Roosters have locked up the services of star halfback Sam Walker on a two-year extension through until the end of the 2025 season.

🏉 The Knights have signed a pair of Super League young guns, Kai Pearce-Paul and Will Pryce, after the duo stunned in England’s top flight.

The pair will join Newcastle ahead of the 2024 season after fulfilling their contracts with their current clubs, signing a two-year deal with the Knights.

🏏 Nathan Lyon is set to become Adelaide Oval’s most successful bowler in 140 years of Test cricket.

Lyon is tied with Shane Warne on 56 wickets at the famous ground but should make the record his own in the second Test against the West Indies which starts on Thursday.

The 35-year-old has reached the milestone in 11 Tests - two fewer Tests than Warne.

Lyon has taken 446 Test wickets in his decorated career to sit eighth on the all-time list.

🌍 World Sport

📺 Portugal v Switzerland (06:00 AEDT): Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been dropped to the bench.

⚽️ Achraf Hakimi made himself a hero with a chipped winning penalty as Morocco stunned Spain in a shootout after a goalless draw to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.

The two teams played out a draw after 120 minutes, and Spain failed to convert any of their three penalties - goalkeeper Yaccine Bounou saving two - leaving PSG's Hakimi to win it with a nerveless 'Panenka' to spark jubilant scenes.

🏉 England have sacked Eddie Jones, leaving the team without a head coach nine months before the Rugby World Cup.

Forwards coach Richard Cockerill will take over the running of the team on an interim basis.

Jones departs after a dismal year of results, with only five wins from 12 Tests in 2022.

🏈 Tom Brady led a fourth-quarter comeback for a record 44th time in his career as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rallied to a 17-16 win over the New Orleans Saints.

🏉 Warren Gatland says he is putting his reputation on the line by replacing Wayne Pivac to become Wales coach for a second time.

Gatland is Wales' most successful and longest-serving coach, having won three Grand Slams during his previous reign.

🥇 The World Cup isn’t over, but Qatar already has its sights set on the only comparable global sports tournament.

The Middle Eastern nation is bidding for the 2036 Summer Olympics because it believes this year’s World Cup shows the country’s ability to host an event of that scale.

⚽️ Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr have made a huge offer to sign Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo after the World Cup.

A number of clubs have expressed interest in him, with Al-Nassr's offer the biggest at about 200m euros a year, according to reports.

⚽️ Manchester United are out of the race to sign England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 19, from Borussia Dortmund. Liverpool, Manchester City and Real Madrid are the frontrunners. (Sky Sports)

💰 Nike has ended its sponsorship deal with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving one month after he promoted a documentary that contained anti-Semitic material on social media.

🏈 Heisman finalists: Four Quarter Backs — Caleb Williams (USC), C.J. Stroud (Ohio State), Stetson Bennett (Georgia) and Max Dugan (TCU) — will be in New York for Saturday's Heisman Trophy ceremony.

🚘 Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean will return to racing in Europe next year with Lamborghini in sports car racing.

The Frenchman, 36, has competed in America's IndyCar series since escaping from a huge fire following a crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Grosjean will race at Le Mans 2024 for Lamborghini's elite class 'hypercar'.

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