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Classic quote: "Jesaulenko, you beauty...ahhh give him oxygen" - Mike Williamson calling Jezz'a screamer in the 1970 grand final

🗞 In today's edition of Sport Journal:

🥇 Medal Fest

🐴 Our First Racing League Runner

🏅 Marcus Bontempelli cleans up

🌍 World Sport

⚽️ Australia 3-0 China: Awer Mabil, Martin Boyle and Mitchell Duke scored as the Socceroos notched up a comfortable 3-0 win over China in World Cup qualifying this morning.

Awer Mabil, who was brilliant for the Socceroos all night, told Channel 10 that Australia are there to make history.

The Australians now travel to Hanoi to take on Vietnam on Tuesday,

Vietnam were in action in Riyadh this evening against Saudi Arabia, losing 3-1.

🥇 There were three Paralympic gold medals in quick succession in the pool last night, before Ellie Cole sealed history as Australia’s most successful female Paralympian with a record 17th medal.

And the fun didn’t end there with a record-demolishing gold medal leap for Vanessa Low in the T63 long jump.

💰 Australian Olympians that won medals at the Tokyo Games are set to be rewarded with a $5,000 bonus for each medal they won, courtesy of billionaire Harry Triguboff.

⚽️ ICYMI: Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, became the all-time leading men's international goalscorer. Ronaldo scored two late headers to take his tally to 111 for Portugal, surpassing the record previously held by Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals for Iran between 1993 and 2006.

⏱Shot putter Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli won Paralympic gold in the F20 class, but was later disqualified for arriving three minutes late for the event. Harsh.

💰 EPL Transfer deadline day: Premier League spending tops £1bn but is down on previous year.

🐴 Racing

Our First Racing League Runner: Update from Trainer, Rob Heathcote - There is only a field of 8 to go round. I'm very happy with the horse going into Saturday and his work has been great.

There are a couple of genuine leaders in the race so I think we should sit in the third group back.

Taylor is riding with a lot of confidence and had a great win for me last weekend. Please click on the video below to hear my full pre-race report for The Big Goodbye. ‘Comonnnnnnnn’ the Rogues.

🇦🇺 AFL

Western Bulldogs superstar Marcus Bontempelli has become the third player in 40 years to win the AFL Players Association's MVP and best captain double after an outstanding season that was celebrated on Thursday night.

Bontempelli polled 1176 votes to win the Leigh Matthews Trophy in emphatic style ahead of Carlton midfielder Sam Walsh (426) and prolific Gold Coast ball-winner Touk Miller (411). (AFL)

ICYMI: Collingwood Magpies president Mark Korda has announced he will step down from the role at the club and leave the board at the end of 2022.

SEMI-FINAL TEAMS: Scott's statement, Lions' Payne-ful call, is JJ in? — www.afl.com.au

Check out the line-ups for the semi-finals of the Toyota AFL Finals Series

🏉 NRL

Eels star Isaiah Papali’i won’t be a late inclusion for Shaun Lane who is battling concussion symptoms with he and Nathan Brown cut from the side.

Meanwhile the Storm have brought in Isaac Lumelume for George Jennings in a late change to their backline. (Round 25 team news)

Round 25 stats:

• Each of the last 11 matches between Parramatta and Penrith have gone UNDER the total match points line.

• Melbourne (v Sharks) has won 30 of its last 31 matches in Queensland.

• Newcastle (v Broncos) has won each of its last five matches by a margin of 1 to 12 points.

Andrew Johns, was stunned the questionable conversion attempt was awarded last night:

"It misses," Johns said on Nine's half-time show.

"Either I'm cross-eyed... it misses. I'm not cross-eyed am I?"

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