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🗞 Big things to come

April 25, 2021

G'day sports fans,

Monday Motivation: “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky.

In today's edition of Sport Journal:

🇦🇺 Round six's best moments

🏉 All-set for the finals

👊🏻 All-time end in the UFC

🇦🇺 AFL

The 10: Round six's best moments — www.afl.com.au

Watch all the best highlights from an exciting round six.

🤕 Brisbane could be without Brownlow Medallist Lachie Neale for at least a month (perhaps longer), with the club revealing he is set for ankle surgery. (nine)

🏟 Dons-Pies ANZAC clash shatters COVID world record; 78,000 fans crowded the Melbourne Cricket Ground Sunday to watch Collingwood and Essendon clash on ANZAC Day.

❌ Bans for breaching rules around umpire respect would send a stronger message than any fine, writes Damian Barrett. (AFL)

🏉 NRL

Round 7 snapshot: History made while drama rages on and off the field — www.nrl.com

All the scorelines, highlights, injuries and judiciary news from the seventh round of the Telstra Premiership.

🔝 Bellamy predicts big things for Hughes after Storm rout depleted Warriors 42-20. (NRL)

🐯 The Wests Tigers have "vehemently" denied Michael Maguire's future as coach is in jeopardy after reports emerged suggesting the club's power-brokers were headed for "crisis meetings". (nine)

🤠 The North Queensland Cowboys have reportedly lured promising Broncos halfback Tom Dearden away from Red Hill. (nine)

⚽️ Football

📺 Western United and Newcastle Jets meet for the second time in April Tonight.

United beat Newcastle 1-0 at McDonald Jones Stadium on April 5 thanks to a Lachlan Wales goal netted in the first minute of play. Mark Rudan's side have played three games since, notching one win, one draw and one loss on an indifferent run of form.

The Jets are planted to the foot of the A-League table after Melbourne Victory's win over Western Sydney Wanderers on Friday night. Craig Deans' side went on a five-game unbeaten run early in the 2020/21 season, but are now winless in nine games. (match preview)

🏆 Manchester City won the League Cup for a record fourth time in succession with a deserved victory over a disappointing Tottenham Hotspur side at Wembley.

⌛️ Israeli international Tomer Hemed scored the winner from the penalty spot for Wellington Phoenix over Adelaide United in the seventh minute of stoppage time in a 2-1 win at WIN Stadium. (SBS)

💰 Manchester United owners the Glazers have set an asking price of £4bn to sell the club, amid fan protests outside Old Trafford on Saturday. (Mirror)

🔝 Watford joined Norwich City in sealing an instant return to the Premier League after beating Millwall 1-0 on Saturday.

🏏 Cricket

🔁 Pace rotation on the cards for home Ashes summer: With five Test quicks offered CA contracts and Michael Neser and Sean Abbott waiting in the wings, Australia have plenty of pace options to turn to for their Ashes defence. (Cricket)

🏏 A stunning performance from Ravindra Jadeja helped Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore and go top of the Indian Premier League.

Jadeja, who was dropped on nought, equalled the IPL record for most runs by a batsman in an over when he hit 37 off the final over of CSK's 191-4.

Chennai Super Kings bt Royal Challengers by 69 runs.

🐴 Racing

All Aged Stakes day in review — www.punters.com.au

It was rollercoaster day for jockey Hugh Bowman, a runner-up tried to take a bite of the winner, and class shone through in the Randwick feature race.

🤔 Willie Pike‘s billing as a star attraction at the start of the Queensland winter racing carnival has been thrown into doubt due to the state border closures sparked by the snap COVID lockdown in Perth. (racenet)

🤦🏻‍♂️ A bizarre case of jockey betting has resulted in an eight-year disqualification for Daniel Jack Smith, formerly known as Terry Treichel.

"(It was) established that whilst Terry Treichel has been licensed and riding as a jockey under that name, he had previously changed his name by deed poll and is now identified as Daniel Jack Smith and he has been operating the betting accounts under that name." (Punters)

🎾 Tennis

It’s rare that a highly anticipated final blows expectations out of the water, but that’s exactly what Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas did overnight in Barcelona for the better part of four hours.

In the end, the undisputed King of Clay would reign supreme, securing his 12th Barcelona title 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-5. The Spaniard has never lost in Barcelona after reaching the final.

With his victory, Nadal handed Tsitsipas his first clay court loss of the season. This title marks Nadal’s record-extending 61st clay court title, and 87th career singles title. (Tennis)

🏉 Rugby

🟥 The Rebels overcame two red cards to humiliate the Waratahs one last time at Bankwest Stadium on Saturday night. The Rebels consigned the NSW Waratahs to an unprecedented winless Super Rugby AU season with a 36-25 victory in the battle of the competition's two also-rans.

🌫 The Western Force defied the odds and an impending lockdown to secure their place in the Super Rugby finals after a dramatic 30-27 win over the Reds.

🏟 Defending champions Canterbury Crusaders returned to form and secured a home final in Super Rugby Aotearoa Sunday with a 29-6 victory over the Auckland Blues in Christchurch.

💇🏻‍♂️ Damian McKenzie kicked the Chiefs into the Super Rugby Aotearoa final with a thrilling 26-24 victory over the Hurricanes on Friday.

🏆 Wallaby captain Michael Hooper is still in the hunt for a title in Japan after Toyota Verblitz overpowered the Hino Red Dolphins 49-29 to qualify for the Top League quarterfinals. (Rugby)

🇺🇸 USA

👊🏻 Kamaru Usman scored a stunning second-round knockout to finish Jorge Masvidal and retain the undisputed UFC welterweight title at UFC 261 in Florida.

The bout, which took place in front of 15,000 fans in Jacksonville, was a rematch of their meeting at UFC 251, where Masvidal stepped in on six days' notice but lost out to Usman on the scorecards after five gruelling rounds.

In the night's co-main event, Rose Namajunas reclaimed the UFC women's strawweight title with a spectacular first-round knockout of Chinese champion Zhang Weili.

Not Sport

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