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In today's edition of Sport Journal:

🇦🇺 AFLW receives boost

🏉 Bubble Mix-up to cost Best

⛳️ Trevelers Preview

⚽️ EPL Live Scores:

Leicester City 0-0 Brighton (FT)

• Schmeichel saves Maupay penalty in 0-0 Draw.

• Jamie Vardy remains one goal away from 100 Premier League goals

• Brighton move six points clear of relegation zone

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham (HT)

• Son goal ruled out by narrow VAR offside decision

• Kane's 200th league appearance for Spurs

• West Ham only out of relegation zone on goal difference

🏉 Bradman Best out of Knights vs Cowboys after bubble mix-up

Bradman Best has been ruled out of Saturday's match against the Cowboys after inadvertently breaching the NRL's COVID-19 protocols.

The restrictions were loosened for players last Sunday, enabling them to seek permission to visit family members outside their bubble, but Best did not follow the process correctly.

As a consequence, he has been isolated from the Knights bubble for seven days and will not make the trip to Townsville.

🏉 Panthers (1.74) v Rabbitohs (2.10) Preview

The Panthers' clash with South Sydney Rabbitohs has been moved to Netstrata Jubilee Oval following concerns about the playing surface at Campbelltown Stadium.

The NRL informed Panthers of its decision to relocate the game on Monday afternoon.

The club is now in the process of confirming capacity for sponsors and members to potentially attend Thursday's fixture.

🏉 Round 6 Charge:

Eels lock Nathan Brown has copped a two-game suspension after being found guilty of high tackle offence at the NRL judiciary on Tuesday.

Brown was charged with a grade-two careless high tackle over a 64th-minute hit on Roosters lock Victor Radley in Saturday night’s loss by Parramatta at Bankwest Stadium.

⛳️ Simpson wins RBC Heritage & Travelers Preview

Webb Simpson won the RBC Heritage on Sunday with a tournament record score off 22-under. The win lifted him to No. 5 in the world and gave him the lead in the FedEx Cup standings. Shoutout to our 61.0 shot, Abraham Ancer finishing 2nd.

⛳️ The Travelers Championship: The tournament gets underway at TPC River Highlands, with the top five players in the world headlining a star-studded field.

Rory McIlroy is still the No. 1 player in the world, though he has struggled since play resumed.

• In 2019 Chez Reavie won by 4 shots to end an 11-year winless drought on Tour.

• Bubba Watson (34.0) looks to join Billy Casper as the only four-time winner of the Travelers. Watson won in 2010, 2015, and 2018.

• Marc Leishman (51.0) won here in 2012.

Three against the field: Justin Thomas (13.0), Justin Rose (29.0) & Xander Shauffle (31.0)

🇦🇺 21 days in WA as Victorian clubs ready themselves to travel

A pair of Victorian and NSW clubs could spend 21 days in Western Australia to play a series of matches against Fremantle, West Coast and each other from round seven onwards if the AFL can gain agreement around quarantine protocols with the West Australian government.

Club CEOs were told that West Coast and Fremantle were likely to remain on the Gold Coast for round six with the Eagles to potentially play Adelaide while the Dockers' opponent remained unclear.

The two clubs from WA would then move back to quarantine in their own homes while Victorian or NSW-based clubs would hit the road to play three consecutive games in WA.

Fremantle and West Coast could then play the derby in round seven with Optus Stadium able to host a capacity crowd of 60,000 people from July 18.

The AFL is hopeful of announcing rounds six and seven by Thursday or Friday. (TheAge)

🇦🇺 Sydney Swans (1.85) v Western Bulldogs (1.95) - Thursday

Sydney Swans will welcome the Western Bulldogs to the SCG for the first time in over three years.

The Swans again defied the odds and the continued absence of “Buddy” Franklin to upset the previously undefeated North Melbourne by 11 points at Marvel Stadium last Saturday afternoon.

They will need to go up a notch in co-captain Josh Kennedy’s 250th AFL game. The Bulldogs who are coming off their first win of the season against the GWS Giants in that spiteful clash at Marvel Stadium.

They were led brilliantly by Marcus Bontempelli, who notched up his first win as full-time captain after assuming the role from Easton Wood at the end of last season.

As impressive as the defensive aspect of their game was, their attack remains a struggle, only managing to kick eight goals of their own last Friday night.

🇦🇺 AFLW’s future revealed in huge boost for code

The AFLW will continue in 2021 with a nine-week home and away season before a three-week finals series, with no change to its current Collective Bargaining Agreement, in a welcome relief for the league.

“It is the Commission‘s view that it is critical at this juncture to provide clarity to the AFLW Clubs and players by demonstrating our ongoing commitment to women’s football and the NAB AFLW Competition,’ AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan said. (Fox)

🐴 How to deal with being sacked - a Tom Marquand masterclass

Tom Marquand has delivered a masterclass on how to deal with being sacked.

The young English jockey was much-loved during his riding stint in Australia where he rode winners at will including winning his first Group I when he claimed the Ranvet Stakes on Addeybb.

Now he has shown he is not only all class on the track – but off the track as well.

Marquand has been bumped off English King in the Derby at Epsom on Saturday week, with Frankie Dettori poaching the ride.

📺'Dear Paul' - Mourinho defends strikers' scoring records

⚽️ Six years, zero games: Chelsea’s $19m profit on exiled player

Mario Pasalic has signed a permanent deal with Atalanta BC after the Serie A side decided to exercise the clause in his loan deal.

He previously went on loan (from Chelsea) to Elche, Monaco, AC Milan and Spartak Moscow for a season each before his spell with Atalanta.

Chelsea persuaded Pasalic to sign a new contract a year ago, tying him down until 2022 and ensuring they could get a transfer fee for the Croatia international when they did move him on.

Chelsea have an eye-watering 43 players out on loan, spread far and wide across the English leagues and abroad. #ModernFootball

🔁 Juventus Agree £72.5 Million Fee With Barcelona For Arthur

The 23-year-old has been linked with the Italian giants over the last year and recently expressed his desire to remain with Barcelona.

However, Sky Sports have reported Maurizio Sarri's side have had a bid accepted while Barcelona are interested in Miralem Pjanic as a replacement.

🎾 Novak Djokovic and his wife test positive for coronavirus

Men's World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has announced he and his wife have tested positive to COVID-19 after he played in a series of exhibition matches he organised in Serbia and Croatia with zero social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Djokovic is the fourth player to test positive for the illness after participating in the matches held in Belgrade and Zadar, Croatia.

The others were three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki.

"Unfortunately, this virus is still present, and it is a new reality that we are still learning to cope with and live with. I hope things will ease with time so we can all resume lives the way they were," Djokovic said in a statement.

"I am extremely sorry for each individual case of infection. I hope that it will not complicate anyone's health situation and that everyone will be fine." (nine)

Nick Kyrgios took to Twitter: “Prayers up to all the players that have contracted Covid - 19,” he tweeted. “Don’t @ me for anything I’ve done that has been ‘irresponsible’ or classified as ‘stupidity’ - this takes the cake.”

🇺🇸 Rousing show of support for Bubba Wallace dampened by separate noose incident

• Noose had been found in garage of Nascar’s only black driver

• Police investigating similar incident at venue in California

Nascar drivers put on a rousing show of support for Bubba Wallace at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway on Monday.

All 39 other drivers pushed Wallace’s car to the front of the field before Monday’s race at Talladega. Wallace climbed out of his car and wept after the show of support. (Guardian)

🏏 Ten players from touring squad have coronavirus

Seven more Pakistan players have tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total to 10.

However, players who have tested negative will depart for the tour of England on 28 June.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Wasim Khan said: "The tour to England is very much on track and the side will depart as per schedule."

Pakistan are due to meet England in three Tests and three Twenty20s, beginning in August.

Players who have tested positive will have to return two negative tests before they are allowed to travel.

Back on Friday!

📺 Live sport

Wednesday

⚽️ 03:00 - Premier League - Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion (Optus Sport 1)

⚽️ 03:30 - La Liga - Levante v Atletico Madrid (BeIN Sports 1)

⚽️ 03:30 - Serie A - Hellas Verona v Napoli (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 03:30 - Serie A - SPAL v Cagliari Calcio (BeIN Sports 3)

⚽️ 05:15 - Premier League - Tottenham v West Ham United (Optus Sport 1)

⚽️ 05:45 - Serie A - Genoa v Parma (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 05:45 - Serie A - Torino v Udinese (BeIN Sports 3)

⚽️ 06:00 - La Liga - Barcelona v Athletic Club Bilbao (BeIN Sports 1)

🥊 09:00 - Super Flyweight Title - Andrew Moloney v Joshua Franco (Fox Sports)

Thursday

⚽️ 03:00 - Premier League - Manchester United v Sheffield United (Optus Sport 2)

⚽️ 03:00 - Premier League - Newcastle United v Aston Villa (Optus Sport 3)

⚽️ 03:00 - Premier League - Norwich City v Everton (Optus Sport 4)

⚽️ 03:00 - Premier League - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bournemouth (Optus Sport 5)

⚽️ 03:30 - La Liga - Deportivo Alaves v Osasuna (BeIN Sports 1)

⚽️ 03:30 - La Liga - Real Sociedad v Celta Vigo (BeIN Sports 3)

⚽️ 03:30 - Serie A - Inter Milan v Sassuolo (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 05:15 - Premier League - Liverpool v Crystal Palace (Optus Sport 1)

⚽️ 05:45 - Serie A - Atalanta v Lazio (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 05:45 - Serie A - Roma v Sampdoria (BeIN Sports 3)

⚽️ 06:00 - La Liga - Real Madrid v RCD Mallorca (BeIN Sports 1)

🇦🇺 19:40 - AFL - Sydney Swans v Western Bulldogs (Fox Footy or 7mate)

🏉 19:50 - NRL - Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs (Fox League or Nine)