G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: "More football later, but first let's see the first half highlights from the Essendon v Collingwood game" - Peter Landy

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏉 The Chooks were short-priced favourites and Manly shot out to $6.50 after seven first-grade players boycotted the game for fear of wearing a rainbow jersey.

But the spirited Sea Eagles put up one hell of a fight, with several debutants sticking it to the finals-fancied tricolours but losing 20-10.

❌ Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has been placed on report for an “unacceptable” elbow on Manly debutant Zac Fulton. (Fox)

🥇 The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games will mark another historic sporting milestone for many countries worldwide, as they come together again to celebrate and compete.

Check out the full schedule to see when every sport will get underway on each day of play. (Schedule)

😷 Kelsey-Lee Barber has become the first Australian Commonwealth Games competitor to test positive for COVID-19.

Barber, who won the gold medal in the javelin at the World Championships last week, has been reported as asymptomatic and is expected to recover in time for her event.

🇦🇺 Dan Hannebery will play his first game in almost a year, Jordan De Goey is back for Collingwood, and Carlton has dropped a bombshell by omitting Jack Silvagni for its clash against Adelaide on Saturday night.

In a huge Thursday night of team selection news, Tom Stewart comes back into Geelong's 22 after his four-game suspension.

While, Xavier Duursma returns for Port Adelaide, and Brody Mihocek will miss for the Magpies through injury. (Team News) First-round draft pick Leek Aleer set to make his debut for Greater Western Sydney in the Sydney Derby on Saturday.

📺 "My pal showed Ange the picture of me dressed up as him at Halloween, and the big man approved"... "tremendous" (Twitter)

🌍 World Sport

🏎 Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel is to retire from Formula 1 at the end of this season.

The 35-year-old said the decision had been "difficult" and that he had "spent a lot of time thinking about it."

Only Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Juan Manuel Fangio have won more world titles than Vettel, and only Hamilton and Schumacher have more than his 53 race wins.

⚽️ Germany have set up what looms as an historic and record-breaking women's Euros final against hosts England at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

• With Wembley's capacity of 87,200, the crowd for the final will comfortably break the highest-ever women's Euros attendance.

🥇 Over the next 12 days, Birmingham will welcome 72 teams and about 6,500 athletes and officials to compete in the biggest sporting programme in Commonwealth Games' history.

For the first time at a major multi-sport event, there will be more medal events for women than men - 136-134.

There are also a record 42 Para-sports events at the Games.

⛳️ A 14-tournament LIV Golf league will start in 2023, but the schedule will not compete with majors or international team events, say event organisers.

The league has a prize fund of US$405m, with the 48 players expected to participate in 11 other International Series events on the Asian Tour.

The 48 players will continue to be split into 12 teams of four for the 54-hole three-day tournaments, which feature shotgun starts and no cut. Each team captain is tasked with gaining "the greatest fan following and sponsor interest" in a franchise model used by other sports.

⚽️ Uefa to launch disciplinary probe over ‘Putin’ chants at Fenerbahce v Dynamo Kyiv match.

Ukrainian side secure extra-time victory in Istanbul to progress in Champions League.

⚽️ Cristiano Ronaldo has told Manchester United he wants to be freed of his contract in order to play for a Champions League side but United have reiterated that they don't want to sell the 37-year-old Portugal forward. (Mail)

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🥇 05:00 - Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022, Opening Ceremony (Channel 7)

⛳️ 05:00 - PGA TOUR - Rocket Mortgage Classic, Round 1 (Fox Sports)

🏉 05:00 - Super League - Wigan Warriors v Hull Kingston Rovers (Fox League)

🏀 09:00 - The Basketball Tournament Quarter-Final (ESPN 2)

⚾️ 09:10 - MLB - Boston Red Sox v Cleveland Guardians (ESPN)

🥇 18:00 - Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 1 (7TWO or Channel 7)

🏉 18:00 - NRL - Warriors v Melbourne Storm (Fox League)

🏉 19:55 - NRL - Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers (Fox League or Channel 9)

🏏 20:00 - Women's Cricket T20 Group Game - Australia v India (7TWO or Channel 7)

🇦🇺 20:10 - AFL - Fremantle Dockers v Melbourne Demons (Fox Footy or 7mate)

⛹🏻‍♀️ 23:00 - Netball Group Game - Australia v Barbados (7TWO or Channel 7)

SATURDAY

🏑 04:00 - Men's Hockey Group Game - New Zealand v Scotland (Channel 7)

⛳️ 05:00 - PGA TOUR - Rocket Mortgage Classic, Round 2 (Fox Sports)

🏉 05:00 - Super League - Castleford Tigers v Wakefield Trinity (Fox League)

⛹🏻‍♀️ 05:00 - Netball Group Game - New Zealand v Northern Ireland (Channel 7)

⚾️ 09:00 - Major League Baseball - MLB Strike Zone (ESPN)

🏀 09:00 - The Basketball Tournament (ESPN 2)

🏀 11:00 - The Basketball Tournament (ESPN 2)

🇦🇺 12:40 - NSW Cup - Mounties v Western Suburbs Magpies (Fox League)

🇦🇺 13:45 - AFL - Collingwood Magpies v Port Adelaide Power (Fox Footy)

🇦🇺 14:10 - AFL - Sydney Swans v GWS Giants (Fox Sports or 7mate)

🏉 15:00 - NRL - Gold Coast Titans v Canberra Raiders (Fox League)

🏉 15:05 - Shute Shield - (Stan Sport)

16:35 - AFL - St. Kilda Saints v Hawthorn (Fox Footy)

🚘 16:45 - OTR SuperSprint - OTR SuperSprint Race 1, Round 8 (Fox Sports)

🏉 17:30 - NRL - Cronulla Sharks v South Sydney Rabbitohs (Fox League)

🥇 18:00 - Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022, Day 2 (7TWO or Channel 7)

🇦🇺 19:25 - AFL - Geelong Cats v Western Bulldogs (Fox Footy or 7mate)

🇦🇺 19:30 - AFL - Adelaide Crows v Carlton Blues (Fox Sports)

🏉 19:35 - NRL - Brisbane Broncos v Wests Tigers (Fox League)

⚽️ 20:00 - J1 League - Yokohama F. Marinos v Kashima Antlers (Optus Sport 1)

🏏 20:00 - Women's Cricket T20 - New Zealand v South Africa (7TWO or Channel 7)

⚽️ 21:00 - Scottish Premiership - Livingston v Rangers (beIN SPORTS 3)

⛹🏻‍♀️ 21:00 - Netball - Australia v Scotland (Channel 7)

🏑 23:00 - Women's Hockey - Australia v Kenya (Channel 7)

SUNDAY

⚽️ 02:00 - FA Community Shield - Manchester City v Liverpool (Paramount+)

⛳️ 03:00 - PGA TOUR - Rocket Mortgage Classic, Round 3 (Fox Sports)

⛹🏻‍♀️ 03:00 - Netball - New Zealand v Uganda (Channel 7)

🏑 04:00 - Women's Hockey Group Game - New Zealand v Scotland (Channel 7)

⚽️ 04:30 - DFL Supercup - Bayern Munich v RB Leipzig (beIN SPORTS 3)

🏀 08:00 - The Basketball Tournament Semi-Final (ESPN 2)

👊🏻 12:00 - UFC 277 Main Card - Julianna Pena v Amanda Nunes (Main Event)

⚽️ 12:00 - Soccer Champions Tour - Real Madrid v Juventus (Paramount+)

🚘 12:55 - OTR SuperSprint Race 2, Round 8 (Fox Sports)

🇦🇺 13:10 - AFL - Gold Coast Suns v West Coast Eagles (Fox Footy)

🏉 14:00 - NRL - Newcastle Knights v Canterbury Bulldogs (Fox League)

🇦🇺 15:20 - AFL - Richmond Tigers v Brisbane Lions (Fox Sports)

🏉 16:05 - NRL - St. George Illawarra Dragons v North Queensland Cowboys (Fox League or Channel 9)

🚘 16:10 - OTR SuperSprint Race 3, Round 8 (Fox Sports)

🇦🇺 16:40 - AFL - Essendon Bombers v North Melb. Kangaroos (Fox Footy)

🥇 18:00 - Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 3 (7mate or Channel 7)

🏑 18:00 - Men's Hockey Group Game - Australia v Scotland (Channel 7)

⚽️ 21:00 - English Championship - Sunderland v Coventry City (beIN SPORTS 3)

🏎 23:00 - Formula 1 Hungary - Formula 1 Hungary Race, Round 13 (Fox Sports)

🏏 23:30 - Twenty20 Series - England v South Africa (Fox Cricket)