πŸ—ž The BIGGEST comeback

G'day sports fans,

"I am your poster boy from 2016, and I'm your villain in 2022," - Kyle Chalmers on the media scrutiny surrounding him.

The 2016 Olympic champion has dismissed talk of a rift with Commonwealth Games swimming team-mates Cody Simpson and Emma McKeon. Simpson is reportedly dating McKeon, Chalmers' ex-girlfriend.

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Aussie Sport

⚽️ Despite a last-gasp Mariners equaliser from Jason Cummings, Sydney FC are through to the Round of 16 of the Australia Cup after beating the Central Coast Mariners 3-1 in a penalty shootout.

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Richmond pulled off the biggest comeback win in 2022 after coming back from 42 points down to topple Brisbane on Sunday afternoon.

The Lions will be left kicking themselves after coughing up the seven-goal lead as the Tigers finals hopes remain alive with the win.

Lions defender Darcy Gardiner turned the ball over in the dying seconds as the ball ended up in the hands of Tom Lynch, who kicked the sealer to claim the 15.14 (104) to 13.13 (97) win.

πŸ₯‡ Swimming superstar Emma McKeon has become the most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete in history after winning her 11th gold medal.

The Australian dynamo powered to a historic victory in the women's 50-metre freestyle finale this morning.

She has now broken the previous 10-medal record set by Ian Thorpe, Susie O'Neill and Liesl Jones.

πŸ₯‡ Australia's Women 7s team put on a on clinic in the first half of the final to win 22-12.

🏏 Australia thump Barbados by nine wickets: Alyssa Healy was unbeaten on 23 as Australia ran down the Barbados’ score of 64. The favourites finished at 1-68, taking just 8.1 overs to complete the run chase.

πŸ‰ Newcastle coach Adam O'Brien insists he is the right man to turn the club's fortunes around despite another dire season in the Hunter.

The Knights have won only five of 19 games this season and on Sunday suffered their sixth loss in seven consecutive games and fourth on the trot.

A 24-10 defeat at the hands of the Bulldogs - one of the worst teams in the NRL - was possibly flattering to Newcastle, given the way the side played.

πŸ‰ Dragons back-rower Jaydn Su'A reeled in Luciano Leilua with a hair pull on Sunday, but his side couldn't rein in the Cowboys, who raced away to secure a 34-8 victory in Kogarah.

πŸŽ™ Former Australian men’s coach Justin Langer will join Channel 7’s commentary team for the upcoming home summer of cricket.

Langer will partner former Australian teammates Ricky Ponting, Simon Katich, and Damien Fleming in the Channel 7 commentary box.

πŸ’ Australian sweetheart Ash Barty has tied the knot with her longtime partner in a secluded ceremony surrounded by family and friends.

🚴🏻 Crashes in track cycling are par for the course, but Aussie Matt Glaetzer was involved in a shocker.

Both riders hit the ground at more than 70 kilometres per hour, with the Englishman losing consciousness on impact.

Glaetzer was able to pick himself up and limp away, with his thin race suit in tatters.

🌍 World Sport

⚽️ England created history by winning their first major women's tournament in a dramatic Euro 2022 final against old rivals and eight-time champions Germany at Wembley.

πŸƒπŸΎ Victor Kiplangat took a wrong turn about a mile from the finish but still managed to give Uganda their first-ever Commonwealth Games marathon gold.

⚽️ Newcastle United are in talks with Chelsea about a loan deal for 26-year-old Germany striker Timo Werner, who has also been linked with former club RB Leipzig. (Sunday Mirror)

🚴🏻 England cyclist Matt Walls has been released from hospital after he was involved in a crash in which both he and his bike flew into the crowd.

The 24-year-old Olympic champion has "stitches in his forehead, scrapes and bruises" but no major injuries, said Team England. (Watch on Twitter)

🏎 Red Bull's Max Verstappen drove an outstanding race to win the Hungarian Grand Prix from 10th on the grid despite a spin costing the lead.

Verstappen passed title rival Charles Leclerc twice raising fresh questions about Ferrari's race operations.

🏎 Former race director Michael Masi says he received death threats following the controversy that saw Max Verstappen claim his debut world title last year.

The 44-year-old failed to apply the regulations correctly in a safety-car period at the end of December's final Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.

🏏 A dismal batting display saw a pitiful England suffer a heavy 90-run defeat in the deciding Twenty20 against South Africa to lose the series 2-1.

πŸ€ Zion Williamson's new contract, worth AU$275m, contains a clause that the Pelicans can subtract money from Williamson’s contract if the sum of his weight and body fat percentage is above 295 pounds.

πŸŠπŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ In one of the Biggest shocks in Commonwealth Games history. Adam Peaty, who has not lost a men’s 100m breaststroke race since 2014, is beaten. Peaty suffered a fractured foot in May, but no one expected this.

  • J. Wilby (ENG) – 59.25

  • Z. Stubblety-Cook (AUS) –59.52

  • S. Williamson (AUS) – 59.82

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