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Tennis boss responds to $6m Novak rumour

Djokovic was deported last Sunday after the Federal Court upheld immigration minister Alex Hawke’s decision to cancel his visa.Watch Tennis Live with beIN SPORTS on Kayo. Live Coverage of ATP + WTA Tour Tournaments including Every Finals Match. New to Kayo? Start Your Free Trial >The unvaccinated world No. 1 and TA thought he had a valid medical exemption to enter the country because he had contracted Covid-19 in the past six months, but that wasn’t the case and he was sent packing after his last-ditch legal challenge fell through.Reports emerged during the week Djokovic was “in talks” to sue for $6 million over his “ill treatment” but Tiley denied the 34-year-old was planning any legal action against TA.“No. I mean there is going to be lots of reports on different things but we ... are focused on delivering an event right now, and we will continue to deliver a great event,” Tiley told the ABC when asked about rumours of Djokovic planning to sue.Tiley reiterated TA was “constantly a

‘A bad game’: Skipper’s brutally honest call

On the back of the news that the men in magenta couldn’t draft Steve Smith into the squad, the Sixers suffered two more blows in the hour leading up to The Qualifier.The first came when opener Jack Edwards was forced into isolation after his brother returned an inconclusive Rapid Antigen Test, and the news got worse when veteran batter Daniel Hughes rolled his ankle on the boundary rope during a fielding drill.Watch every KFC BBL Finals game Live & On-Demand on Kayo or catch up for FREE with minis on Kayo Freebies. Join Kayo Now >It left the two-time defending champions scrambling to fill their squad, and that’s the last thing you need when going up against the Perth Scorchers with a spot in the BBL final on the line.The chaotic preparation may have affected the Sixers, who looked flat in the field and out of sorts with the bat as they crumbled to be 7-55 in pursuit of Perth’s 3/189.“We played a bad game of cricket,” Henriques said.“We had a similar team to what we’ve had over t

Mixed gender MMA fight is total mayhem

The Sun reports the match-up in Russia was between women’s blogger Sasha Mamaha, 26, and porn-themed performance artist Alexander Pistoletov, 50.It was staged by Epic Fighting Championships and was total mayhem from start to finish. Most astonishingly, during round three a member of the crowd jumped into the cage while Mamaha was on the floor with Pistoletov trying a submission.The crazed fan attempted to pull the pair apart with a flying kerb-stomp — only for the referee to pull him off.According to Bloody Elbow, the supporter was actually a member of Mamaha’s entourage.Incredibly, the unprecedented bout then resumed.The referee reset the fighters on the floor with Pistoletov — who is also a singer and features in music videos with no clothes on — soon getting the submission stoppage.But in another shocking turn, after Mamaha protested the result, organisers decided to resume the fight again with one additional round.Mamaha then went on to finish the bout and was even declared the win