G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: "We've lost seven of our last eight matches. Only team that we've beaten was Western Samoa. Good job we didn't play the whole of Samoa." Gareth Davies (1989)

In today's edition of Sport Journal:

🇦🇺 Positive Covid at MCG

❌ Radley and Crichton cop bans

🇯🇵 Aussie x NZ x Japan super rugby comp!

🇦🇺 AFL

🤒 The Department of Health revealed a positive case was at Collingwood vs Port Adelaide at the MCG on Sunday. (Fox) - Victorian health authorities are combing through CCTV and potentially thousands of AFL fans will be ordered into self-isolation.

✅ The AFL Tribunal has overturned Gold Coast midfielder Nick Holman's two-match ban for a chase-down tackle that left Mitch Duncan with concussion, declaring he had not acted carelessly or breached his duty of care to the Geelong midfielder. (nine)

✍🏼 Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli has signed a new deal that will see him remain at the club until 2025.

🏉 NRL

❌ The Roosters and NSW Blues have copped a double blow with both Victor Radley (5 matches) and Angus Crichton (2 matches) failing to overturn their charges at the NRL judiciary on Tuesday night.

👋🏼 Knights playmaker Blake Green has announced his immediate retirement after 14 seasons in the top grade in Australia and England, with Newcastle now able to target two mid-season recruits. (NRL)

🏉 Broncos v Storm: Robati to debut; Hughes paired with Smith (match preview)

The Broncos pulled off one of the upsets of the season last week with a controversial win over the Roosters, but this shapes as a much tougher test against a Storm side that has held their number for the better part of the last five seasons.

Melbourne is shooting for its 10th straight win over the Broncos.

⚽️ Football

✈️ Wellington Phoenix finish off Matchweek 22 back on Australian soil, travelling to face Western Sydney Wanderers at Bankwest Stadium on Wednesday.

🦁 Brisbane move into top four after rolling the newly-crowned Premiers: Brisbane Roar jumped into fourth spot on the A-League table with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Melbourne City.  

Jay O'Shea scored a pair of penalties on either side of an Alex Parsons strike.

🦘 Socceroos head coach Graham Arnold has named a nearly full-strength squad for Australia’s World Cup qualifiers next month, but it will wreak havoc with the A-League Finals series with a full ten players called up from the domestic competition.

The Socceroos are meeting in Kuwait ahead of qualifiers against Nepal, Taiwan, Jordan and Kuwait for Qatar 2022 early next month.

Arnold’s extended 31-man squad includes 10 A-League players as well as SEVEN uncapped talents, with a large squad selected to manage a hectic schedule of four games in 12 days.

But superstars Tom Rogic and Aaron Mooy have both been left out, for injury and family reasons respectively. (SBS)

🌍 World Sport

🗣 PGA of America apologises to Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka for mob of fans at PGA Championship final hole.

🏍 Australian Jack Miller will continue with the Ducati works MotoGP team next season, the Italian manufacturer said on Tuesday.

Miller has won the last two races in Spain and France, becoming the first Australian to take back-to-back wins in the top category since two times world champion Casey Stoner in 2012.

🎾 Novak Djokovic has inched his way up the record books once more. With his 6-2, 7-6(4) win over Mats Moraing on Tuesday at the Belgrade Open, Djokovic improved to 951 tour-level wins, tying him with Guillermo Vilas for the fifth-most wins in the Open Era.

🎾 If Rafael Nadal lifts the French Open and takes his tally to 21 Grand Slams, he would jump ahead of Roger Federer in the discussion of the greatest of all time, according to Chris Evert. (Tennis)

⛳️ The PGA Tour heads back to Texas on Friday (AEST) for the 75th anniversary of the Charles Schwab Challenge.

Unpredictable weather makes Colonial Country Club one of the tougher courses to get a read on, so it’s no surprise to find three reliable names like Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa leading the market.

Defending champion Daniel Berger won this event last year in a thrilling playoff over Morikawa, while the last Australian to win was Adam Scott back in 2014.

🐴 Racing

💰 Kiwi superstar Melody Belle has gone under the hammer for $2.6 million at Tuesday’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast.

Bidding opened at $1 million for the star daughter of Commands and after a slow start, Yulong Investments finally won the bidding battle to secure the 14-time Group 1 winner.

🐴 Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside has gone back into pre-training in preparation for his three-year-old season.

The glamour colt had eight weeks back at Newington Farm, the property he spelled at after being broken-in a year ago.

“I went up and had a look at him on Sunday,” co-trainer Michael Freedman said.

“He looks great.

“He’s put on quite a bit of condition and bulk, in a good way. He’s not fat, he’s strengthened up quite a bit. (racenet)

🏉 Rugby

🤝 Talks begin for blockbuster cross-border comp: It appears that it's a matter of when and not if Aussie and Kiwi Super Rugby teams face the best in Japan. (nine)

❌ Melbourne Rebels could be stranded in Victoria due to Covid-19 cluster ahead of Highlanders game in Queenstown. (nine)

🗞 Back on Friday!!

📺 Live sport 👇🏼

TODAY

⚽️ 08:15 - Copa Libertadores - River Plate v Fluminense FC (BeIN Sports 2) 

⚾️ 09:05 - MLB - New York Yankees v Toronto Blue Jays (ESPN 2) 

⚾️ 09:10 - MLB - Boston Red Sox v Atlanta Braves (Sky Sports 3)

🏒 09:30 - NHL Playoffs - Montreal Canadiens v Toronto Maple Leafs (ESPN 1) 

⚽️ 10:30 - Copa Libertadores - Sao Paulo v Sporting Cristal (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 10:30 - Copa Libertadores - Racing Club de Avellaneda v Club Atletico Rentistas (BeIN Sports 3)

⚾️ 11:40 - MLB - Arizona Diamondbacks v San Francisco Giants (Sky Sports 3)

🏀 12:00 - NBA Playoffs - Phoenix Suns v Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN 1) 

🏀 12:30 - NBA Playoffs - Los Angeles Clippers v Dallas Mavericks (Sky Sports 2)

🎾 19:00 - WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg, Round 2, Day 4 (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 19:05 - A-League - Western Sydney Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix (Fox Sports)

🏀 19:30 - NBL - Cairns Taipans v Brisbane Bullets (ESPN 1 or SBS on Demand)

⚽️ 20:00 - J1 League - Consadole Sapporo v Sagan Tosu (Optus Sport 1) 

⚽️ 20:00 - J1 League - Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Urawa Red Diamonds (Optus Sport 2)

⚽️ 20:00 - J1 League - Oita Trinita v Yokohama F. Marinos (Optus Sport 3) 

🥊 20:00 - Heavyweight - Christian Tsoye v Justis Huni (Fox Sports) 

🎾 20:00 - ATP Belgrade Open, Round 2, Day 4 (BeIN Sports 1) 

🚴🏼‍♀️ 20:30 - Giro d'Italia, Stage 17, 193km (SBS on Demand or SBS Viceland)

THURSDAY

⚽️ 08:00 - Copa Libertadores - SC Internacional v Club Always Ready (BeIN Sports 2)

🏀 09:00 - NBA Playoffs - Philadelphia 76ers v Washington Wizards (Sky Sports 2)

⚾️ 09:05 - MLB - New York Yankees v Toronto Blue Jays (Sky Sports 3)

⚽️ 10:00 - Copa Libertadores - Boca Juniors v Club The Strongest (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 10:00 - Copa Libertadores - Barcelona Sporting Club v Santos (BeIN Sports 3)

⚾️ 11:40 - MLB - Arizona Diamondbacks v San Francisco Giants (Sky Sports 3)

🏀 12:00 - NBA Playoffs - Utah Jazz v Memphis Grizzlies (ESPN 1) 

🎾 19:00 - WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg, Quarter-Finals, Day 5 (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 19:05 - A-League - Macarthur FC Bulls v Central Coast Mariners (Fox Sports) 

🇦🇺 19:10 - VFL - Frankston Dolphins v Richmond Tigers VFL (Fox Footy) 

🏉 19:50 - NRL - Brisbane Broncos v Melbourne Storm (Fox League or Nine)

🎾 20:00 - ATP Belgrade Open, Quarter-Finals, Day 5 (BeIN Sports 1) 

🐎 20:28 - Group 1, Sandown Cup, 715m (Sky Racing 1) 

⛳️ 21:00 - European Tour, Made in Himmerland, Round 1 (Fox Sports) 

🚴🏼‍♀️ 21:20 - Giro d'Italia, Stage 18, 231km (SBS on Demand or SBS Viceland)

🏀 21:30 - NBL - Perth Wildcats v Sydney Kings (ESPN 1 or SBS on Demand)