G'day sports fans,

Quote: "I'm pretty sure the doctors and Joe are the only people that can tell you that. I've not been inspecting it myself." - Jon Lewis (England bowling coach), when asked how Joe Root was doing after being struck in the 'unmentionables'.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 Mitchell Starc took the key wicket of Joe Root with the last ball of day four to leave Australia just six wickets away from winning the second Test and taking a 2-0 Ashes series lead.

Second Ashes Test, Adelaide (day four of five)

• Australia 473-9-dec & 230-9 dec Labuschagne 51, Head 51

• England 236 & 82-4 Richardson 2-17

• Need 386 more to win

🏉 The Rabbitohs have been forced to cancel their pre-season camp on Latrell Mitchell’s farm after prop Tom Burgess returned a positive Covid test. (Fox)

🥊 Australian Liam Paro made a successful debut on the international stage, defeating Yomar Alamo via split decision 95-94, 94-95, 96-93.

The undefeated Paro (22-0, 13KO) faced the Puerto Rican Alamo, who also went into the fight boasting an unblemished 20-0-1 record with 12 knockouts.

Paro was hand-picked by Paul for the undercard, a honour the Australian called “unbelievable”.

👊🏻 Justin Tafa has made a statement with a brutal knockout win at UFC Vegas 45 on Sunday.

It took just one minute and 53 seconds for Tafa to put an end to the fight, sending American Harry Hunsucker crashing to the canvas with a destructive head kick.

🏀 Australian basketball prodigy Josh Giddey came painstakingly close to etching his name in NBA history.

During the Oklahoma City Thunder's match against the Los Angeles Clippers, Giddey looked poised to become the youngest player in NBA history to tally a triple-double, but ultimately fell two points short of the feat.

Giddey failed to convert the buckets he needed in the final 12 minutes, after entering the fourth quarter with with eight points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

🌍 World Sport

⚽️ Liverpool lost ground in the Premier League title race in a pulsating draw at Tottenham that was packed with incident and saw Andrew Robertson sent off for the visitors.

Manchester City's 4-0 victory at Newcastle earlier meant Liverpool could not top the league at Christmas for the first time in four years, with Jurgen Klopp's side now three points adrift.

Elsewhere, Chelsea (whose request for the game to be postponed was rejected by the EPL), drew 0-0 with Wolves.

🥊New Zealand heavyweight Joseph Parker secured a brilliant points win over Britain's Derek Chisora in a thrilling fight.

⚽️ Juventus are interested in Arsenal and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 32, with his future at Emirates Stadium in doubt after being stripped of the captaincy. (Tuttosport - in Italian)

🥊 Jake Paul called his sixth-round knockout of Tyron Woodley "the moment of my life" after he extended his perfect record to five wins.

⛳️ Tiger Woods said "it just couldn't get any better than that" after he returned to competitive golf for the first time since he was in a car crash.

Woods, 45, who suffered serious injuries in the accident in February, partnered his 12-year-old son Charlie at the PNC Championship in Florida.

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