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Barely nine months after executing one of sport’s most shocking trades, the Dallas Mavericks have fired general manager Nico Harrison.

England will not play a warm-up game against an Australian State side ahead of the upcoming Ashes series, but one of their coaches has defended their limited build-up as “the way of the modern game”.

Somehow the scorchingly hot Patriots got even hotter in Week 10, even if it took some defensive miscues from their opponent to get a 28-23 win in Tampa Bay.

Every player wants the chance to end their career on their own terms. Will the injury plagued Aussie skipper get that option?

Marnus Labuschagne has given the biggest hint yet at the make-up of Australia’s top order for the first Ashes Test in Perth next week.

Rape charges against a high-profile AFL player and his friend have been dropped after a key witness admitted fabricating evidence about the alleged assault.

A ‘scientific, factual and unemotional’ presentation has set the stage for the major shift.

Marnus Labuschagne has declared he does not care where he bats in the Australian line-up as the fight for top order spots reaches its apex ahead of the first Ashes Test.

MARK ‘SPUDD’ CARROLL: He will go down as one of the NRL’s greats, but the four-time premiership winner continues to flounder at the highest levels of competition.

The key player immediately pointed to the same foot he recently had surgery on.

GEORGIE PARKER: I think it’s a terrific idea, but there is no getting away from this key issue.

Essendon kicked off their pre-season without Zach Merrett, who is set to be replaced as captain after his failed attempt to leave for Hawthorn.

His club has been left scrambling after the premiership player walked out to join a key rival.

The Aussie contender’s nightmare run has extended into a second year but there is hope on the horizon.

Australian hope Oscar Piastri finished fifth in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix as teammate Lando Norris won again to extend his F1 championship lead to 24 points.