Men’s and women’s singles champions will pocket $4.15m eachPlayers who lose in qualifying still take home at least $40,500Tennis Australia has channelled a share of its spectacular rise in revenue back to players by announcing a $111.5m prize pool for this year’s Australian Open, up 16% on last year.The uplift takes the “happy slam” past Wimbledon, …

On the podcast today: Arsenal move six points clear at the top after Manchester City drop four points in six games. Did Pep Guardiola get outthought by Chelsea caretaker Calum McFarlane? Elsewhere, a first win of the season for Wolves and Harrison Reed scores a goal-of-the-season contender for Fulham to deny Liverpool victory. Plus, Venezuela, Donald Trump …

While the sacking of Amorim would reasonably be viewed as the right choice, it must be set against Ratcliffe's decision to stick with him so long after his shortcomings became overpowering.

England finally bring an end to Travis Head's innings as he's trapped lbw for 163 by Jacob Bethell as he picks up his first Ashes wicket, to leave Australia 288-4 in their first innings, trailing England by 96 runs on day three of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Expensive overs, dropped catches and lost reviews sees England have a morning session to forget against Australia on day three of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Will Jacks drops a simple catch on the boundary as England miss the chance to remove Travis Head, who remains unbeaten on 121 on day three of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Watch the best shots of Travis Head's first innings as the Australian batter hits 163 off 166 balls, his third score of 100 or higher in the series, to put his side in control of the fifth and final Ashes Test in Sydney.

The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday's newspapers...

Manchester United's predictable tactics under Ruben Amorim had coaches, players and pundits alike calling him out before his eventual sacking

Title hopefuls out to keep Africa Cup of Nations campaign alive in round of 16

Ruben Amorim sacking might offer Marcus Rashford way back to Manchester United, trio may stay at Old Trafford after head coach's exit, Juventus keen on Federico Chiesa return.

Brighton star Yasin Ayari has revealed that he is due to become a father - and the mother of his child is the sister of both an international team-mate, and a Premier League rival. 

Australia go into Day Three of the Test with a slight upper hand after a seesawing battle highlighted by Joe Root's outstanding century.

Summer signing has fallen down the pecking order after January recruits

Australia 518-7 with a lead of 134 runs after centuries from Head and Smith36th over: Australia 167-2 (Head 92, Neser 1) “It’s at least possible we’ll see the traditional England management shakeup after the Ashes,” says Ben Mimmack, “so who in the current squad do you think would welcome a change and who won’t? These are my guesses:“(Like the) …

Briton tasted defeat in first match of new season

The coach spent a period of time at Manchester City in his coaching career, first between August 2020 and May 2021, when he managed the Elite Development Squad to success.

CHRIS WHEELER AND MIKE KEEGAN: Darren Fletcher has been installed as caretaker manager for Wednesday night's trip to Burnley, with United set to name an interim boss until the end of the season.

Fee of around £40m needed to sign Palace centre-backClub say Croatian suffered tibial fracture in Chelsea game Manchester City are considering a move for Crystal Palace’s Marc Guéhi, with the south London club expected to demand around £40m for the defender who is out of contract in the close season.Palace’s fee expectation for their captain is £5m …

The man widely expected to be the next Chelsea head coach once opined on a wide variety of topics in his Guardian columnCoaching may be Liam Rosenior’s forte but, during his days as a Brighton defender, the man widely expected to be Chelsea’s new manager was also a pretty useful Guardian columnist. His eagerly awaited dispatches were invariably packed …