Masculine type separating fool from sporting trophy (5)
I believe the answer is:
ashes
'sporting trophy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'masculine type separating fool' is the wordplay.
'masculine type' becomes 'he' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'separating' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fool' becomes 'ass' (both can mean a stupid person).
'he' put into 'ass' is 'ASHES'.
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ashes that I've seen before include "Residue from fire" , "Remains of anything burnt" , "Residue form fires" , "Remnants of a fire" , "Test cricket series" .)