LiAngelo Ball has signed a deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group, a representative from his label Born2Ball Music Group says.

Sources told ESPN the deal is worth as much as $13 million, with $8 million guaranteed, and gives Ball full ownership of music and his own record label. Ball has a second song to follow the debut of "Tweaker" in the near future as well.

Ball, the middle brother of Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball and Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball, went unselected in the 2018 NBA draft. He signed training camp deals in 2020 (Detroit Pistons), 2021 (Hornets) and 2022 (Hornets) but never made a regular-season roster. He averaged 4.4 points, 1.1 rebounds and 13.1 minutes in 31 NBA G League games for the Greensboro Swarm from 2021-23.

But he has since refocused his career path to being an artist and musician. The song is described as having an early 2000s rap and modern hip-hop feel and was released Jan. 3 on the WorldstarHipHop YouTube page and has earned nearly 8 million views as of Jan. 13.

The Ball family isn't new to rap. Lonzo has already released a few songs, including "Zo2," which was used to promote his Big Baller Brand signature shoe. LiAngelo's track, though, is getting a lot more attention, with Lonzo already proclaiming 2025 the "year of G[elo]."

Cleared of wrongdoing by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), Sinner's case will be heard at Cas following an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), which is seeking a ban of up to two years.

Sinner successfully argued that he was inadvertently contaminated by his physiotherapist after he twice tested positive for the steroid clostebol.

Since the doping test was made public, Sinner has gone on to win the US Open and season-ending ATP Finals in a stellar 2024 season.

However, some players have criticised the handling of Sinner's case - and that of former world number one Iga Swiatek - with Australia's Nick Kyrgios describing them as "disgusting" for tennis.

Sinner's first-round opponent in Melbourne, Jarry, was banned for 11 months after testing positive for anabolic agents in 2020.

The Chilean said he wished he had received the same support from the tennis authorities as Sinner has following his own failed tests.

"What I can say is that I would have liked the same treatment as the things that I went through," said world number 36 Jarry.

"I don't think it was the same, so that's all. What I can say is that it's tough for me to play against him."

Casual tennis observers might still be wondering where Fearnley has appeared from.

Little more than a year ago, the Briton was unranked in the professional game and still playing in the "brutal" United States college tennis system where he developed his aggressive game.

Finishing his kinesiology degree at Texas Christian University in April was the point when he decided it was time to move into the professional ranks.

Then came the stunning rise played out at warp speed.

Winning five ATP Challenger events last year propelled him into the top 100 and enabled him to qualify directly for the Australian Open main draw.

Landing Kyrgios was the reward, but it remained to be seen how Fearnley would cope with what was expected to be a partisan atmosphere.

Despite admitting he felt "anxious", he hoped his experiences of college tennis - all noise, trash-talking and team bonding - would stand him in good stead.

Fearnley looked calm from the start and clear in his thinking.

"I knew that I couldn't really show any emotion because I felt that the crowd was just going to eat that alive," he said.

Kyrgios was unable to regularly unleash his huge serve and Fearnley was regularly able to get into the receiving points.

That allowed him to take control of the first-set tie-break, race away with the second set and move a break up in the third.

Fearnley's serve was also rock solid. He dropped just five points on serve in the opening two sets before Kyrgios broke for the only time to take the third into another tie-break which Fearnley dominated.

Murray, often found berating his own coaching box and shouting at himself on court as a player, cut a composed figure in Djokovic's box on Rod Laver.

All eyes were on the coaching pod - a new innovation at the Australian Open which allows players to have coaching staff courtside - where Murray sat with three other members of Djokovic's team, offering gentle encouragement as the 24-time Grand Slam champion navigated losing the first set and applauding points won in key moments.

"He gave me some great advice during the match," said Djokovic. "It's really nice to be able to exchange some feedback. It's been a really nice experience, hopefully we don't stop here."

Djokovic, seeded seventh in Melbourne, struggled to find his rhythm in the first set against Basavareddy, making uncharacteristic errors in crucial moments.

The last time Djokovic lost in the first round of a Grand Slam was against Paul Goldstein at the 2006 Australian Open, just a few months after Basavareddy was born.

In a curious full-circle moment, Goldstein went on to become Basavareddy's head coach at Stanford University.

The teenager idolises Djokovic and was impressive as he showed no signs of nervousness as he battled his way to a break of serve and took the opening set.

But as the second set wore on Basavareddy started to cramp and fatigue set in as Djokovic reduced the error count and romped to the second and third sets.

Djokovic and Murray had a lengthy chat before the start of the fourth with the latter appearing to offer advice on Djokovic's backhand and he cruised through the fourth set to take victory.

Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter says it is up to him and his coaches to get the side out of its current poor run of form.

The Chiefs were thrashed 69-17 by French Top 14 leaders Bordeaux in the Champions Cup on Saturday.

The loss, which saw Exeter concede 11 tries, ended any outside hopes of making the knockout stages.

Exeter opened the scoring thanks to Paul Brown-Bampoe's try, but from then on it was all Bordeaux as the French side went 31-5 up at half-time before adding another 38 points in the second half.

It was the latest defeat in a difficult season for Exeter who have won just one of 13 games across the Premiership and Champions Cup all season.

"I've just said to the coaches we've got to find the ways to get them to get those fundamentals, those foundations, really drilled in and trusting them," Baxter told BBC Radio Devon.

"They give you an in into the game that you then work from, we never established that at all.

"I don't think there was one facet of the game where we could go 'we established a base line to work from'."

Baxter said he felt the Chiefs' scrum improved but the same could not be said for set pieces and lineouts.

"If we'd have come away and said we had 90% lineout ball you could probably knock 30 points off the score, and then it looks a lot different," he said.

"That's just one element of it, and we didn't get that in defence either and we didn't really get it in attack."

Baxter added: "We had our moments and we had enthusiasm in attack and we've created some good scores, but can we really say we had a system or a process that looked like it was really challenging Bordeaux on a regular basis?

"I've probably got to say no, and we've got to get through this. We've got to train our way through it, and we've got to take a lot of responsibility because we've got to get the guys believing in it and doing it regularly and trusting it and trusting each other."

Wales and Scarlets fly-half Sam Costelow will miss the Six Nations after suffering a broken collarbone in his club's Challenge Cup defeat against Gloucester.

The 24-year-old wore the Wales number 10 jersey in their final game of 2024 against South Africa.

Costelow was forced off the field after just 11 minutes at Kingsholm last Friday night and has been ruled out for up to three months as he prepares to have surgery.

He has been replaced by fellow Wales international Ioan Lloyd, who started at full-back.

Wales head coach Warren Gatland names his Six Nations squad on Monday with the opening game against France in Paris on Friday, 31 January.

If they are good enough, they are old enough. What Henry Pollock, who turns 20 on Tuesday, lacks in experience, he certainly makes up for with confidence.

The Northampton flanker has been in bristling, bustling form, relishing every confrontation put in front of him.

An age-grade World Cup winner last summer and a star performer in England A's win over Australia in the autumn, he seems destined for the Test stage.

Maro Itoje, similarly heralded on the pathways, was blooded young and quickly with a call-up to a World Cup training squad at 20 and a Six Nations debut as a 21-year-old. He never looked back.

Bath's Guy Pepper, Sale's Ben Curry and Saints team-mate Tom Pearson might present opposing arguments, but Pollock's two timely tries against Stade Francais on Saturday could put him on a similarly fast track.

Forwards: Gareth Thomas, Nicky Smith, Kemsley Mathias, Keiron Assiratti, Henry Thomas, WillGriff John, Elliot Dee, Evan Lloyd, Sam Parry, Dafydd Jenkins, Will Rowlands, Freddie Thomas, Christ Tshiunza, Teddy Williams, James Botham, Aaron Wainwright, Taulupe Faletau, Jac Morgan (capt), Tommy Reffell.

Backs: Tomos Williams, Ellis Bevan, Rhodri Williams, Ben Thomas, Dan Edwards, Eddie James, Nick Tompkins, Joe Roberts, Owen Watkin, Tom Rogers, Josh Hathaway, Ellis Mee, Blair Murray, Josh Adams, Liam Williams.