G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: "Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to sail through the air for even longer." - Peter Landy

In today's edition of Sport Journal:

🏉 & 🇦🇺 Round wrap up

👊🏻 Aussie retains title

🏎 Hamilton gets the win

⚽️ Live Scores

(FT) Wolves 3-0 Everton

• Goals from Jimenez, Dendoncker & Jota

• Wolves back into Top 6

(FT) Aston Villa 2-0 Crystal Palace

• Villa move to within four points of safety

• Christian Benteke was shown a red card for an off-the-ball incident with Ezri Konsa after the final whistle

(FT) Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal

• Lacazette's rocket from 20 yards, but Son goal from Kolasinac error

• Alderweireld header for Spurs turnaround

🇦🇺 AFL

“Played like a 300-gamer”

Izak Rankine’s produced a breathtaking AFL debut on Saturday night.

Nearly 600 days after he was taken with Pick 3 by the Suns, Rankine lived up to the lofty expectations, booting three slick goals.

Rankine’s three majors, which came an instinctive snap around the body, smart soccer off the ground and a speedy kick after a lightning rove off a forward 50 stoppage, had the AFL world in a spin.

“The talk was massive and then he just went out and backed it up,” Lyon told Fox Footy’s Saturday Stretch. (Fox)

🏉 NRL

Round 9 Wrap up

Cowboys 16-42 Roosters: (match report) Ikuvalu scores five as Roosters rout Cowboys.

Titans 16-12 Warriors: (match report) Titans overcome nightmare start to beat Warriors.

Rabbitohs 18-10 West Tigers: (match report) Mitchell, Josh Reynolds chief antagonists as Souths topple Tigers.

Sharks 24-56 Panthers: (match report) Charlie Staines scores four on debut as Panthers thump Sharks.

Broncos 26-8 Bulldogs: (match report) Broncos outclass Bulldogs to snap losing streak.

Raiders 14-20 Storm: (match report) Papenhuyzen sizzles as Storm down injury-hit Raiders.

Knights 4-10 Eels: (match report) Mahoney magic propels Parra past Knights.

Dragons 34-4 Sea Eagles: (match report) Hunt pulls strings as Dragons overpower Sea Eagles.

Weird headline of the day: Ray Warren recalls flashpoint with Snoop Dogg and entourage on plane

Nine commentary legend Ray Warren has recalled his extraordinary flashpoint with rap icon Snoop Dogg and his entourage while on a plane.

Warren was taking a flight late in 2008, seated up front by the window, when Snoop Dogg sat down in front of him.

Recalling the incident after a Snoop Dogg cardboard cutout was spotted during Rabbitohs vs Wests Tigers on Friday night, 'Rabs' said that things went to hell when the rapper hit the recline button before takeoff. (continue to article)

⚽️ Football

EPL

Burnley ended new champions Liverpool's hopes of completing the season with a 100% Premier League home record thanks to Jay Rodriguez's second-half equaliser.

Daniel Farke says he has no regrets about how Norwich went about the season after they were relegated from the Premier League. (BBC)

Raheem Sterling scored his third hat-trick of the season as Manchester City swept Brighton aside to ensure they will finish in second place in the Premier League.

UEFA Champions League Draw

There were four round of 16 ties still to be concluded when the draw took place:

Friday 7th August (BST): Real Madrid v Manchester City & Lyon v Juventus

Saturday 8th August: Chelsea v Bayern München & Napoli v Barcelona

Quarter Finals:

Wednesday 12 August: Atalanta vs Paris Saint-Germain

Thursday 13 August: Leipzig vs Atlético

Friday 14 August: Napoli / Barcelona vs Chelsea / Bayern München

Saturday 15 August: Real Madrid / Manchester City vs Lyon / Juventus

Semi-finals: Tuesday 18 August & Wednesday 19 August

Final: 23 August, Estádio do Sport Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

🏎 F1

• Hamilton wins, both Ferraris retire after collision on first lap

• Leclerc apologises for crash, Norris claims fifth on last lap; Vettel, Leclerc, Ocon out

Hamilton takes his 85th career win. He's now just six wins behind Schumacher's all-time record of 91.

Styrian GP top 5 result

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes

3. Max Verstappen, Red Bull

4. Alex Albon, Red Bull

5. Lando Norris, McLaren

🌎 Rest of World

👟 Wrong start line

American Noah Lyles briefly appeared to have set an astonishing new 200m world record of 18.90 seconds in the Inspiration Games, before it was revealed he ran only 185m.

Lyles' time would have obliterated the 19.19-second mark set by Jamaican great Usain Bolt back in 2009.

Given Lyles' personal best is 19.50 and he was running into a strong headwind, the time was immediately challenged.

"That cannot be right!" said BBC commentator Steve Cram.

"Even he has got his hands in the air wondering what is going on!"

Around five minutes later Cram revealed world champion Lyles, running on his own in Florida, had started from the wrong lane and run 15m less than his rivals at other tracks.

Lyles, 22, tweeted afterwards: "You can't be playing with my emotions like this...."

👊🏻 UFC: Alexander Volkanovski is an Aussie legend after miracle win

Aussie UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski made the first trip to MMA’s new home in Abu Dhabi a memorable one by retaining his featherweight championship.

Volkanovski appeared in all sorts of trouble early in his rematch against Max Holloway as he was floored once by a head kick and once by an uppercut.

But he bravely fought back to win a split decision and stay undefeated in the UFC.

Kamaru Usman also retained his crown in the main event, outworking Jorge Masvidal to stay the welterweight king. (news)

🏀 Ben Simmons shoots, and misses....the entire ocean!

🏏 West Indies win first test by 4 wickets

• England set 313: Crawley 76, Gabriel 5-75

• West Indies chasing 200 for victory

• Blackwood was dropped on 5, 20 & 29 and finally fell for 95 with 11 to win.

⛳️ Tiger Woods will make his first PGA Tour start since February at next week's Memorial Tournament, Ohio from (16-19 July).

The 15-time major winner pulled out of the Players Championship in March with a back injury before the coronavirus shutdown.

"I've missed going out and competing with the guys," said Woods, 44.

"I can't wait to get back out there."

Woods has won the Memorial Tournament five times.