G'day sports fans,

Classic Ashes: “Would you like me to bowl a piano and see if you can play that.” – Merv Hughes to England’s prolific Graham Gooch who uncharacteristically was struggling to get bat on ball.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

📈 STAT: Travis Head blasted the third-fastest century in Ashes history to crush England hopes on the second day of the opening Test at the Gabba.

🏉 The Parramatta Eels have finally made signings after a raft of departures, reportedly signing Raiders’ hooker Josh Hodgson and Bailey Simonsson from the Raiders. (Fox)

🥊 George Kambosos Jr. returns to Australia, wants to bring big fights Down Under.

Champion boxer George Kambosos is vowing to reign for years to come after arriving home to a hero's reception in Sydney. (ESPN)

🗓 The Grand Final rematch: What better way to start the season than pitting last season's Grand Finalists Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs at a (hopefully) packed MCG on Wednesday, March 16? (The 22 mouthwatering clashes you won't want to miss in 2022)

🏉 Random Souths Guy has become more than just a cultural phenomenon after helping the Rabbitohs to land one of the richest and most prestigious sponsorship deals in Australian sport.

MG Motor has signed on as South Sydney’s major sponsor for the next five years and the multi-million dollar deal owes much to a chance encounter on the golf course between the automotive company’s Chinese boss and a passionate Rabbitohs fan.

🌍 World Sport

❌ Jockey Robbie Dunne has been banned for 18 months, with three months suspended, after he was found guilty of "bullying and harassing" fellow jockey Bryony Frost. 

🏏 Virat Kohli has been removed as India's one-day international captain because selectors did not want two white-ball skippers, says Indian cricket board (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly.

🏎 F1 drivers have been warned they could have points taken off them for “unsportsmanlike behaviour”, in a pointed message to Max Verstappen ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

🎾 World number one Novak Djokovic has been entered into the Australian Open despite uncertainty over his Covid vaccination status, while seven-time winner Serena Williams is absent.

⛳️ Tiger Woods will make his comeback playing alongside son Charlie at the PNC Championship in Florida next week.

The 15-time major champion has not played competitive golf since sustaining serious injuries in a car crash in February.

The 36-hole PNC Championship sees a field of major champions playing alongside their children or parents.

⚽️ Tottenham's Premier League match at Brighton has been postponed following a number of positive Covid-19 cases among Spurs' players and staff.

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