G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: "Sure, on a given day I could beat him. But it would have to be a day he had food poisoning." - Mel Purcell outlining how he would dethrone Ivan Lendl

In today's edition of Sport Journal:

⚽️ Top Scorer Comp & Messi is staying at Barca

🇦🇺 Clubs re-signing priorities & reports

🏉 Best debut ever & match reports

...and much more!

🎾 Breaking News

Novak Djokovic gets DEFAULTED from US Open

After a ball he hit struck a lines-woman in head/neck and she fell to ground.

Djokovic pleaded his case for many minutes, but to no avail.

Djokovic was undefeated in 2020 to this point.

There will be new men’s Grand Slam champion for the first time since 2014.

I'm not a huge Djokovic fan but this has to be a pretty soft call? Obviously, best wishes to the Lines-person.

Sport Journal's Premier League Top Scorer Comp

It takes 30 seconds, will give you a bit of interest for the season and you may even win some Sport Journal merch!

It's free to enter, just go to the form, HERE or hit the Play Now button.

• Enter your email address, so we know who to contact if you win > hit next

• Select who you think will be the Top Scorer from the list.

• As a tiebreaker - choose how many goals they will score, select a number from the dropdown.

• Select Submit!

One entry each and cut off will be kick off of the first match (this Saturday 21:30 AEST)

*Cheat sheet: The average number goals scored by the Top Scorer in the last 10 seasons is (25.8), since the Premier League began (24.8) goals.

I went for Timo Werner (Chelsea) 😟

🇦🇺 AFL

Give them a contract now: Your club's biggest re-signing priorities — www.afl.com.au

AFL.com.au reporters name the player your club needs to put pen to paper

Results

North Melbourne 42 (6.6) Port Adelaide 78 (11.12) - Port by 36: Power cruise past Roos to surge a game clear on top (match report)

St Kilda 80 (11.14) Hawthorn 66 (9.12) - Saints by 14: St Kilda overcame a slow start to defeat Hawthorn (match report)

Geelong Cats 108 (17.6) Essendon 42 (5.12) - Cats by 66: Cats sharpen claws by shredding Bombers' finals hopes (match report)

Western Bulldogs 49 (6.13) West Coast Eagles 47 (7.5) - Bulldogs by 2: Impressive surprise victory keeps Dogs well in top-eight calculations (match report)

The 10: The best moments of the week — www.afl.com.au

Watch all the best highlights from a thrilling week of football

Previews

Tonight: Melbourne (1.55) v Fremantle (2.45): Fremantle managed only 29 points against the Tigers but still managed to put a scare into the reigning premiers for the better part of three quarters.

Both sides are playing on very little rest here and, like many other games of late, it is difficult to envision a great deal of points.

Tomorrow: Adelaide Crows (3.60) v GWS Giants (1.28): The previously winless Crows are finally on the board.

Adelaide still find themselves as long outsiders, but the Giants do need to ensure they don’t overlook the Crows with their season on the line.

Tomorrow: Carlton (1.57) v Sydney Swans (2.25): A mixed bag from both sides in recent weeks.

🏉 NRL

‘You’ll remember the name’: Benji hails Manly rookie’s debut as ‘the best I’ve seen’

While this was the New Zealand international’s 321st game in the NRL, and question remains at to whether his time in the NRL is up, it was a debut for Manly five-eighth Josh Schuster.

“I’ve got to say though the young kid on the other team. It’s the best debut I’ve seen in my time ever.

“Absolutely (he’s got a big future), you’ll remember his name because he was commanding the ball in the game, whereas kids don’t usually do that. I was very impressed with him.”

The rise of Schuster will no doubt raise questions over Cherry-Evans’ long-term halves partner.

Results

Knights 38-10 Sharks: Townsend facing 3-5 weeks after send off in Sharks 'nightmare' (match report)

Update: Sharks playmaker Chad Townsend has accepted an early guilty plea for a shoulder charge on Knights fullback Kalyn Ponga and will miss the remainder of the regular season. (Fox)

Rabbitohs 16-22 Storm: Bellamy praises replacements as Storm surge downs Rabbitohs (match report)

Bulldogs 14-18 Titans: Foran's season in doubt as Titans get past Bulldogs, in scrappy contest. (match report)

Warriors 18-24 Eels: Arthur: Eels not yet contenders again despite winning Warriors thriller (match report)

Sea Eagles 32-34 West Tigers: Tigers produce miracle comeback to run down Sea Eagles (match report)

Raiders 6-18 Roosters: Robinson likes what he sees in SBW's 13-minute cameo (match report)

Cowboys 23-22 Dragons: Golden boot: Holmes field goal lifts Cowboys to victory over Dragons (match report)

⚽️ Football

🔁 EPL Transfers over the weekend:

• Marcal [Lyon to Wolves] 2m

• Allan [Napoli - Everton] £21.7m

• David Button [Brighton - West Brom] Undisclosed

• Fabio Silva [Porto - Wolves] reported £35m

• Dani Ceballos [Real Madrid - Arsenal] Loan

• Grady Diangana [West Ham - West Brom] £18m

• Kai Havertz [Bayer Leverkusen - Chelsea] £71m

• Cedric Kipre [Wigan - West Brom] Undisclosed

• Matty Cash [Nottingham Forest - Aston Villa] £16m

• Timothy Castagne [Atalanta - Leicester City] £25m

Messi as the Wolf of Wall street 🤣 he's not leaving

UEFA Nations League selected games:

Iceland 0-1 England: Raheem Sterling's late penalty gave England victory - despite the hosts squandering the chance to rescue a point by missing an injury-time spot-kick.

👓 Italy 1-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina

Roberto Mancini puts Giorgio Chiellini on Italy bench by accident as he wasn't wearing glasses.

Mancini: "It was my fault. They showed me the line-up, I didn't have my glasses on and just said it was fine"

Portugal 4-1 Croatia: A Ronaldo-less Portugal made light work of the World Cup finalists.

Sweden 0-1 France: Kylian Mbappe scored a fine winning goal as France began their Nations League campaign with victory in Sweden. Paris St-Germain forward Mbappe, 21, cut in from the left flank and weaved past three defenders before slotting home a cool finish at the near post.

🎾 US Open

🎾 American Jennifer Brady reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final by disposing of 2016 champion Angelique Kerber at the US Open.

The 25-year-old, seeded 28th, won 6-1 6-4 on Louis Armstrong Stadium at Flushing Meadows.

🎾 Six-time champion Serena Williams fought back from a slow start to beat fellow American Sloane Stephens and reach the last 16 of the US Open.

Third seed Williams, 38, was sluggish in the opening set before raising her intensity to win 2-6 6-2 6-2 against 26th seed Stephens in New York.

"It was intense, we always have some incredible matches," she said

🎾 Last year's US Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev cruised past world number 138 JJ Wolf in straight sets to reach the fourth round in New York.

The Russian third seed beat the American 21-year-old 6-3 6-3 6-2 and is yet to drop a set at this year's tournament at Flushing Meadows.

🏏 Cricket

Twenty20 Series - England win 2-0

1st Twenty20: Chasing 163, Australia were cruising to victory, needing just 39 from 38 balls with nine wickets remaining.

But the dismissal of Steve Smith, one of two wickets to fall in Adil Rashid's final over, sparked a collapse of 4-9 in 14 deliveries.

England won by two runs

Second Twenty20, Australia 157-7 (20 overs): Finch 40 (33), Stoinis 35 (26); England 158-4 (18.5 overs): Buttler 77 (54), Malan 42 (32)

Buttler batted throughout for his 77 from 54 balls as the hosts reached their target of 158 with seven balls left.

England win by six wickets

🐴 Racing

Gytrash upstages world’s highest-rated sprinter Nature Strip to boost claims for The Everest — www.racenet.com.au

Gytrash 2 – Nature Strip 0

Kentucky Derby: Authentic beats favourite Tiz The Law to take victory

The bay colt led from start to finish, pulling away from the favourite in the final stretch to give his trainer Bob Baffert a record-equalling sixth victory.

It was a third Derby win for jockey John Velazquez.

"I've had some great Derby rides, but what that guy did...Johnny gave him an incredible ride," Trainer Baffert said.

Mr Big News came in third while Max Player was fourth.

Baffert's victory means he has equalled the record for the most wins by a trainer in the history of the race.

🚴🏼‍♂️ Tour de France

Mitchelton-Scott lose their Yellow Jersey on stage 9

The Australian-based team may not have any Australians but they did have the yellow jersey.

However, Adam Yates lost the leader's jersey to Primoz Roglic as Tadej Pogacar won stage nine of the Tour de France.

Yates was dropped on the final climb of the 153km route from Pau to Laruns on another punishing day in the Pyrenees.

Marc Hirschi led for over 80km before being caught 1.5km from the finish, where Pogacar edged fellow Slovenian Roglic in a sprint.

Mitchelton-Scott's Yates drops to eighth in the overall standings.

🏎 F1

Pierre Gasly wins thrilling Italian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton penalty

Lewis Hamilton was dominating until he was penalised for being called in for a stop when the pit lane was closed.

Two safety cars in quick succession mixed up the order and Gasly took the lead after Hamilton served his penalty. (Fox)

🏉 Rugby

Super Rugby AU

The Rebels use the force to make final

The Rebels secured a dramatic last-minute 34-30 victory over the Force on Saturday to book their place in the Super Rugby AU play-offs. (SR)

Reds end season with fine victory over Brumbies

The Reds ended the regular Super Rugby AU season in fine style by overcoming leaders Brumbies 26-7 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday. (SR)

North v South leaves rugby fans in awe

There were incredible scenes as Will Jordan grabbed the stunning last-gasp score to win it for the South 36-35, in a match that oozed quality.

Such was the immense standard of rugby on show there are already calls to make the historic fixture part of the annual rugby calendar.

As for the All Blacks selectors, they have been left with a number of headaches and could undoubtedly field at least two utterly world class teams.

📺 Live sport

MONDAY

⚽️ 09:00 - MLS - New York Red Bulls v Philadelphia Union (BeIN Sports 1)

⚾️ 09:08 - MLB - Chicago Cubs v St. Louis Cardinals (Sky Sports 3)

🏀 10:00 - WNBA - Chicago Sky v Los Angeles Sparks (SBS Viceland)

⚽️ 10:00 - MLS Inter Miami CF v Nashville SC (BeIN Sports 3)

⚽️ 10:00 - MLS - Minnesota United v Real Salt Lake (BeIN Sports 2)

🏀 10:30 - NBA Conference Semifinals - Los Angeles Lakers v Houston Rockets (ESPN 1)

⚽️ 12:00 - MLS - Seattle Sounders v Portland Timbers (BeIN Sports 2)

⚾️ 12:10 - MLB - Los Angeles Dodgers v Colorado Rockies (Sky Sports 3)

⚽️ 12:30 - MLS - LA Galaxy v Los Angeles FC (BeIN Sports 1)

🇦🇺 19:10 - AFL - Melbourne Demons v Fremantle Dockers (Fox Footy)

TUESDAY

🎾 01:00 - US Open, Round 4, Day 8 (ESPN 2)

⛳️ 02:00 - TOUR Championship, Round 4, FedEx Playoffs (Fox Sports)

⚽️ 04:45SoccerUEFA Nations League Group StageBosnia and Herzegovina v Poland (Optus Sport 2) & Netherlands v Italy (Optus Sport 1) & Austria v Romania (Optus Sport 5) & Northern Ireland v Norway (Optus Sport 3) & Czech Republic v Scotland (Optus Sport 4) & Israel v Slovakia (Optus Sport 6)

🏀 08:30 - NBA Conference Semifinals - Toronto Raptors v Boston Celtics (ESPN 1)

⚾️ 08:37 - MLB - Toronto Blue Jays v New York Yankees (Sky Sports 3)

🏈 10:00 - NCAA - Navy Midshipmen v BYU Cougars (ESPN 1)

🏀 11:00 - NBA Conference Semifinals - Denver Nuggets v Los Angeles Clippers (ESPN 1)

⚾️ 11:10 - MLB - Oakland Athletics v Houston Astros (Sky Sports 3)

⛹🏻‍♀️ 17:00 - Super Netball - NSW Swifts v Melbourne VixensTelstra TV

🇦🇺 17:40 - AFL - Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants (Fox Footy or 7mate)

⛹🏻‍♀️ 19:30 - Super Netball - Sunshine Coast Lightning v West Coast Fever (Telstra TV)

🇦🇺 20:10 - AFL - Carlton Blues v Sydney Swans (Fox Footy or 7mate)

🚴🏼‍♂️ 21:30 - Tour de France, Stage 10, 168.5 km (SBS or SBS Viceland)