G'day sports fans,

"He might be the only guy in the competition whose feet appear in his driver licence photo". - Dennis Cometti on North Melbourne’s pint-sized Brent Harvey.

🧹 Housekeeping; It's unlikely there'll be an issue of Sport Journal on Monday. We're away for the weekend, and I'm told the Wifi is spotty at best.

🍻 Catch you on Wednesday, enjoy the weekend of Sport.

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❤️ Our thoughts go out to friends and family of Paul Green who has sadly passed away this morning aged just 49 years old.

It goes without saying - all eight NRL matches will feature a moment's silence before kick-off this round.

Sadly, it has been confirmed the NRL great took his own life. (abc)

'It's a very sad day for all involved with the rugby league family and the rugby league community, and we send our condolences out to the entire Green family,' - said Cameron Smith.

'This is so sad. Paul was a close mate, we moved to Sydney together in 1993….the beginning of an outstanding NRL playing/coaching career. My sincere condolences to Paul’s wife, children and his dear mum and dad. Rest In Peace mate'. - Martin Lang.

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If you or anyone you know needs support, you can contact Lifeline 131 114, or Beyond Blue 1300 224 636.

🏉 Melbourne arrived on Penrith's home patch as the underdog on Thursday night, but Bellamy played Cameron Munster at fullback and Nelson Asofa-Solomona as an edge backrower.

The result of the double-edged shake-up was a 16-0 triumph.

🐴 The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained I Am Superman is Melbourne bound to dodge the continued wet weather in Sydney.

The imported galloper is set to resume in the Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday with a view to contesting a Group 1 race at the same course and track next month.

But Peter Snowden did say that if the tracks happened to dry out in Sydney, the stable would have no hesitation in swinging the now seven-year-old back north of the border.

🏏 Australia captain Meg Lanning has announced she is taking an indefinite break from the game, "effective immediately", for personal reasons.

The 30-year-old says she is taking the time to focus on herself after a "busy couple of years".

The news comes days after Lanning led her country to Commonwealth Games gold.

"After a busy couple of years, I've made the decision take a step back to enable me to spend time focusing on myself," Lanning said.

⛳️ Cameron Smith has signed a $100 million-plus deal to join LIV Golf, according. Get that bag. 💰

🇦🇺 Carlton has succeeded in its bid to have Patrick Cripps' two-match ban overturned at the AFL's appeals board on Thursday night.

It took a marathon hearing that lasted more than four-and-a-half hours, with the deliberation alone taking two hours.

🇦🇺 AFL pundits have been left surprised by North Melbourne’s decision to drop No. 1 pick Jason Horne Francis for Saturday’s clash against the Crows in Adelaide. (Fox)

🏏 Our Aussie men have donated their prize money from the recent tour of Sri Lanka to support children and families impacted by the nation's worst economic crisis in decades (Twitter)

📺"This will be my last game so after this I’m off." Josh Kennedy's farewell speech. Grab the tissues...😭(Twitter)

🌍 WORLD SPORT

⚽️ Chelsea are ready to sign Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong, 25,(€80m), and Gabon forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 33, if Barcelona decide to sell them. (Sky Sports)

⚽️ EPL Goal Scorer Treble:

• Aleksandar Mitrović (Fulham) has been the first goal-scorer in each of his last two appearances in EPL day matches.

• Ollie Watkins has been the first goal-scorer in each of Aston Villa's last three EPL day matches as a home favourite.

• Patrick Bamford (Leeds) has scored a goal in each of his last three EPL appearances against Southampton.

⚾️ Major League Baseball decided to pay homage to one of the greatest baseball movies of all time and introduce MLB at Field of Dreams in 2021.

Last year's inaugural contest was a monstrous success — in Iowa's first MLB game, Tim Anderson hit a walk-off home run in a thriller to give the Chicago White Sox a 9-8 win over the New York Yankees, just 500 feet from the Field of Dreams and site of the movie of the same name.

Fox is getting $250k for 30-second ads during the game, and tonight's matchup will bring in around $8 million in ad revenue.

⛳️ Rory McIlroy says "common sense prevailed" after three players from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series lost a court bid against the PGA Tour to play in the FedEx Cup Play-offs.

🎾 An emotional Serena Williams has admitted she is "terrible at goodbyes" following defeat by Belinda Bencic in the second round of the Canadian Open.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion lost 6-2 6-4 in Toronto in her first match since announcing she will be "evolving away" from tennis.

🏈 Tom Brady was excused from training camp on Thursday, the first day of what Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said was a planned, 11-day absence from the team to address “personal things.”

🏉 Eddie Jones is in hot-water with the RFU, after he claimed the pathway produced players who had enjoyed a "closeted life" and lacked "resolve".

🥊 Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr will fight at London's O2 Arena on Saturday, 8 October, almost 30 years since their fathers shared one of the most iconic rivalries in British boxing history.

🏃🏽‍♀️Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (35), ran the fourth-fastest ever women's 100m, 10.62 seconds, to win at the Diamond League in Monaco.

😀 The sporting Gods do not look fondly on an "over the top" celebration - Hasan Ali (Pakistan) getting his comeuppance here. ⬇️

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