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"Wow, Nick Kyrgios is bad for the sport! Wow, what a disgrace, a national embarrassment! How dare he sell out another stadium, the arrogance," - tweeted Kygrios after selling out a training match with Noval in just 58 minutes. (Twitter)

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 BBL: A brutal batting masterclass — and third straight half-century — from Chris Lynn inspired the Strikers to see off the Melbourne Renegades.

🏏 Captain Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy have been included in a strong Australia squad for the defence of their women's Twenty20 World Cup title.

Lanning took a break from the game in August 2022 but is set to return for the one-day international series against Pakistan next week.

Wicketkeeper Healy will miss that series with a calf problem but is expected to be fit for the World Cup.

🏏 Australia is set to name a four-pronged spin attack for its four-Test tour of India, including potential debutant Todd Murphy.

The Victorian is viewed as the second-best spinner in Australia, according to News Corp, and could join Nathan Lyon should selectors choose to name two in the best XI.

Likely Squad: Pat Cummins (captain), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matt Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitch Swepson, David Warner.

⚽️Melbourne Victory's A-League punishments have been handed down:

• $450,000 in fines.

• Restricted seating and ticketing at games.

• Suspended 10-point deduction.

• Melbourne Derby to be replayed with City leading 1-0.

Harsh, fair or have Victory come off lightly?

🏏 Star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell says he feared he’d never play cricket again and essentially had to teach himself how to walk again after his horrific broken leg. (fox sports)

🐴 Jamie Kah will have to overcome a busted foot and a nightmare barrier with Sovereign Fund to become just the second female jockey to win the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Saturday. (racenet)

🇦🇺 The Gold Coast Suns have handed young tall Mac Andrew a two-game suspension following a drink driving offence from late last year.

On December 31 the Suns released a statement confirming Andrew had been charged by Queensland Police for driving under the influence of alcohol.

🧀 First look of The Cheese in a Roosters jersey (Twitter)

☕️ Coffee break stat: Pat Cummins finished the Test summer with 15 wickets at an average of just 15.8!

📲 Scott Morrison, while he was prime minister, added Pat Cummins to a private WhatsApp group called "The Legends" with himself and former Australian coach Justin Langer after the fast bowler was named men's Test captain in November 2021.

Morrison and Langer had previously shared their WhatsApp group with Cummins' predecessor, Tim Paine.

🏏 Steve Waugh (yes, that one) took this photo of children playing cricket among dunes near Osian, India, in January 2020. It was named Wisden Cricket Photograph of the Year for 2020 (via @picturesporting)

🌍 World Sport

🥊 Anthony Joshua is being lined up to face an undefeated Australian heavyweight known as the 'Tower of Terror' in his long-awaited comeback fight.

The Olympic gold medallist requires a rebuild if he is to claim another world title shot, and rising 22-0 southpaw McKean has been earmarked as the ideal next opponent.

McKean, 32, is ranked 10 with the WBO and, I think 11 with the IBF, has a win over UFC star Tai Tuivasa on his record, and boxing expert Adam Catterall claimed he would be awarded the Joshua fight this spring. At the moment, the venue is unclear, but it's likely to be the 02 in London.

⚽️ Gareth Bale has hung up his boots, both internationally and at Club level. Arguably the greatest British player of all time, Bale's trophy cabinet is packed to the brim, including 5 Champions League medals.

🏏 A scintillating 143-run opening stand between Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma put India into a winning position versus Sri Lanka. Then Virat Kohli smoked a 45th ODI century to take the total into high altitude (373-7).

Dasun Shanaka hit a hundred of his own, but Sri Lanka were never really in the chase.

🏎 FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem says there is “no reason” for Formula 1 to reject the prospect of new teams joining the grid amid Andretti/Cadillac’s entry bid.

🏈 Georgia obliterated TCU 65-7 to win second straight national championship. It is the largest margin of victory in a bowl game ever.

⚽️ France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has announced his retirement from international football, aged 36. Lloris is France's record appearance maker (145), captained his country 121 times, and won the world cup in 2018.

🚤 Rafael Nadal has joined Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez to become a team owner in the world’s first all-electric race boat championship.

⚽️ Atletico Madrid want to extend Portugal forward Joao Felix's contract by one year until 2027 before the 23-year-old joins Chelsea on loan for the rest of the season. (Marca)

👊🏻Kelvin Gastelum has been replaced by Sean Strickland in UFC main event against Nassourdine Imavov on Sunday AEDT.

A mouth injury has ruled out Gastelum, as Strickland returns to the ring just one month after his last fight.

🏈 Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been discharged from a Cin cinnati hospital one week after suffering a cardiac arrest during an NFL game.

"He is doing well, and this is the beginning of the next stage of his recovery," said Dr William Knight.

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