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The 52-year-old would have stepped down from the role if the Socceroos qualified automatically last month but decided to stay on to finish the job of getting to Russia, according to the report from respected football journalist David Davutovic. The Socceroos qualified for the intercontinental playoff against a CONCACAF team on Tuesday night, after defeating Syria 3-2 on aggregate, but regardless of the result in the upcoming matches on November 6 and 14, Postecoglou will leave his post and Australia may need to find a new coach to take them to Russia only seven months before the tournament begins....

The team was widely criticised following the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in March, prompting a cultural review that found Cricket Australia to be “arrogant” and “controlling”. A number of figures in the sport in Australia have since spoken of changing that reputation, but Clarke does not believe this is the right way to go. He told Macquarie Sports Radio: “Australian cricket, I think, needs to stop worrying about being liked and start worrying about being respected....

Shaw scored a century on debut in the home series against the West Indies, and has been showing a lot of promise as a next-generation opener for the team. Now his injury has come as a big blow for Virat Kohli’s men ahead of the Adelaide Test. There are four possible replacements in the squad to replace Shaw and one who is out of the squad - Mayank Agarwal. But before looking at the possible replacements, we have to first analyse India’s likely team composition for the first Test....

Australia played like a unit in the opening ODI, and it was a complete team effort which took them over the line in the final over. The hosts managed to post 241 runs on the board in the first innings when asked to bat first. Rachel Haynes played some beautiful shots to dominate the game in the initial stages. Ashleigh Gardner and Jess Jonassen came along to stitch another crucial partnership down the order after the southpaw got out for 67(80)....

McAtee’s mother, Odessa Riley, and niece, Maychelle McAtee, are listed as plaintiffs in the suit, which attorneys filed Monday in Jefferson Circuit Court, according to local news outlets. The LMPD, Kentucky National Guard and two individual Louisville police officers are reportedly listed as defendants. Maychelle was working inside McAtee’s barbecue establishment, YaYa’s BBQ Shack, when the June 1 shooting took place. Reports reference photographs that confirm she was hit by three pepper balls that police fired into the restaurant that night....

Aubameyang was sent off midway through the second half of Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday after lunging in on Max Meyer. The Arsenal captain was initially booked for his challenge, but VAR directed referee Paul Tierney to change his decision to a straight red. Arsenal appealed the red card, but – in his news conference to preview Saturday’s clash with Sheffield United – Arteta revealed Aubameyang will have to serve his suspension....

For most of Transfer Deadline Day, it was not looking like there would be any takers for Aubameyang, who had fallen out of favor with Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and whose performances in the 2021-22 season didn’t seem to justify his hefty contract (four goals in 14 Premier League appearances). But late on Jan. 31 photos appeared of Aubameyang walking the corridors of the Barcelona offices with club president Joan Laporta and later signing paperwork inside the club offices....

MAIN EVENT: Auburn at Alabama More than 13.5 million people watched the Iron Bowl last season, and it’s safe to say almost nobody left disappointed. Auburn’s Chris Davis’ walk-off “kick six” ended Alabama’s bid for a three-peat national championship in a 34-28 thriller. It continued a trend in which either Alabama or Auburn has played for the national championship each of the last five years. MORE: Hayes: It’s the Tigers’ state for now | Top 10 Auburn players | Top 10 Alabama players...

“It wasn’t difficult because I played cornerback coming up,” said Marshall, who was invited to the Senior Bowl as a quarterback. “It won’t be a hard transition for me to make. It’s something that I know if I put my mind to it I can do anything that I want.” MORE: Top 10 quarterbacks in 2015 draft | Top five small-school prospects | Mock Draft A dual-threat quarterback, Marshall threw for 4,508 yards and 34 touchdowns, adding 1,866 yards rushing with 23 touchdowns the past two seasons under Gus Malzahn....

And in so doing, the Tigers looked like real contenders alongside Alabama and LSU to win the SEC West. MORE: Week 4 top-25 highlights The Tigers’ 28-20 featured several big plays from the offense, including freshman quarterback Bo Nix (12 of 20, 100 passing yards, one touchdown), running back JaTarvious Whitlow (18 carries, 67 yards, one touchdown) and Anthony Schwartz (87 total yards, one touchdown) but the biggest storyline from their win might be the defense....

The 33-year-old caused controversy as he made the motion towards Hassenhuttl during Augsburg’s 1-0 victory over Leipzig in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Baier made the unsporting gesture towards Hasenhuttl after becoming annoyed at the Leipzig manager complaining to the referee over a number of decisions during the match. The incident, which was missed by referee Daniel Siebert, no doubt angered Hasenhuttl, who refused to shake Baier’s hand at the end of the fixture....

Rohingya around the world are holding prayer vigils for justice, peace and unity in a free country. But my former hero does not stand with us any longer. I can still picture my grandmother who only spoke her ethnic language, Rohingya, praying for Aung San Suu Kyi and for her to help deliver us democracy. I remember as a six years old girl, my father showing me secret photos of Aung San Suu Kyi he kept hidden, at great personal risk, between the pages of his book and explaining how inspiring she was....

After a below-par batting performance in the 1st innings, Pakistan showed maturity in the 2nd innings and managed to push the game to the final session of the last day. The batting performance on day 4 was encouraging from the visiting team. Even the bowling performance improved by leaps and bounds on the fourth day which should be encouraging signs for the visiting team. Also see – World Test Championship Schedule...

At stumps, Australia A were batting at 43 for no loss with openers Cameron Bancroft and Usman Khawaja unbeaten on 24 and 13, trailing India A by 92 runs. It was a poor first innings outing for the hosts, who despite winning the toss and having India Test skipper Virat Kohli (16) in their ranks, collapsed for the measly total. The fall started when captain Cheteshwar Pujara (11) was bowled by medio Marcus Stoinis (1/21)....

The three-match T20 series will be followed by a three-match ODI series. All the games of the T20 series will be played at Karen Rolton Oval whereas all the ODIs will be played at Phillip Oval in Canberra. The first game of the T20 series will be played on January 20. Both Australia A and England A have some exciting players on their side and it promises to be a cracking game....

Likely, the forests won’t burn down, sea levels won’t swallow up our neighbors in the Pacific and lead to major wars over scarce resources in Morrison’s lifetime nor in the lifetime of his government, so who can blame him for being so disinterested in the plight of Australians now, and for generations to come? A report by think tanks including the NewClimate Institute, the Climate Action Network and Germanwatch measured emissions, renewable energy, energy use and policy across 57 countries in 2019....

Lyon had not featured in any of Australia’s previous six matches at the 2019 tournament, his last ODI appearance coming in March. But the spinner has been named in place of Adam Zampa as Australia look to make it six wins from seven games at the Cricket World Cup with a victory over the pre-tournament favourites. Seamer Jason Behrendorff comes in for Nathan Coulter-Nile in Australia’s other change. England, who won the toss and elected to bowl, are unchanged despite suffering a shock defeat to Sri Lanka at Headingley last time out....

England’s dangerous top order batsmen did not make an impact after winning the toss and deciding to bat first. Alex Hales played an important role in England’s series levelling win in the second Twenty20 at home last year, but failed to provide his team a good start. Hazelwood removed the dangerous Hales and Michael Lumb in the space of 14 balls. Luke Wright was unfortunately run-out for a duck to leave England on the brink at 42/3 off five overs....

The Test series is important to both Australia and India in several contexts. India will be looking for victories that will wash away all the dirt and pain from their harrowing losses to South Africa and England earlier this year, where they lost 1-2 and 1-4 respectively. Meanwhile, Australia, who are reeling in the absence of Steven Smith and David Warner, is yet to complete a series win across formats, ever since the start of the International ban on both the players on account of the ball-tampering in the South African Test series from March....