• 39-year-old will bat in fifth Ashes Test in Sydney

• Australian played 87 Tests, scoring 6,206 runs to date

Usman Khawaja has announced he will retire from international cricket, saying the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney will be his last.

The batsman’s future in Test cricket has been one of the hottest topics of this summer’s Ashes series, after he turned 39 last month.

On the heels of another sports year that was chock full of surprises, Guardian US contributors make their bold predictions for the months to come

Here are our bold predictions for 2025 in sports. Please note the bold (or should that be bold?) in bold predictions: these are mostly to be taken with a pinch of salt.

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• Cummins, Hazlewood and David named for India and Sri Lanka event

• Matt Kuhnemann included in spin-heavy 15-player team

Matthew Kuhnemann is in line for a World Cup debut after being included as the biggest surprise selection in Australia’s squad for the T20 World Cup.

As expected, Australia have named superstar pacemen Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, as well as swashbuckling Tim David, despite injury concerns.

• British boxer is released on New Year’s Eve in Ikeja

• Joshua can ‘recuperate at home’ after treatment

The British boxer Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital, Nigerian authorities said on Wednesday night. The two-time former heavyweight champion and 2012 Olympic gold medallist was a passenger in a car accident near Lagos on Monday which killed two of his close associates and team members.

The 36-year-old had been under observation while recovering from minor injuries, his promoter had said on Monday.