G'day sports fans,

Classic quote:  "Money Won Is Twice as Sweet as Money Earned" - Fast Eddy, played by Paul Newman (The Colour of Money)

*oh and I don't think anyone got close in the tipping comps, so we'll roll them up and go again this week!

In today's edition of Sport Journal:

🇦🇺 Round 2 wrap up

🏉 NRL to see crowds of 10,000 in NSW

⚽️ EPL to return this week

🏁 Shovel Racing: In the 1970s, ski lift operators at New Mexico's Angel Fire Resort began using shovels as quick and easy modes of transportation down the hill. The innovation became a hobby — and the hobby became a sport, Axios' Jeff Tracy writes - Even on store-bought shovels, top racers can still exceed 70 mph.

🇦🇺 AFL

Round 2 - Wrap up:

Geelong Cats 108 (17.6) - Hawks 47 (7.5): Cats by 61 (match report) Cats celebrate Paddy party with big win over old rivals.

Brisbane Lions 81 (12.9) - Fremantle 69 (10.9): Lions by 12 (match report) Charlie the spark as Lions defy Freo comeback.

Carlton 53 (7.11) - Melbourne 54 (8.6): Demons by 1 (match report) Demons hold off fast-finishing Blues in a thriller.

Gold Coast Suns 90 (14.6) - West Coast Eagles 46 (6.10): Suns by 44 (match report) Suns snap 19-match losing streak with stunning upset.

Port Adelaide 110 (17.8) - Adelaide Crows 35 (5.5): Power by 75 (match report) Renewable Power source: Young guns provide spark in big Showdown win.

GWS Giants 60 (8.12) - North Melbourne 80 (12.8): Kangaroos by 20 (match report) North Melbourne scored a huge road win over flag fancy Greater Western Sydney at Giants Stadium.

Sydney Swans 73 (11.7) - Essendon 79 (12.7): Bombers by 6 (match report) After trailing all game, Sydney falls just short of chasing down undefeated Essendon.

St Kilda 88 (14.4) - Western Bulldogs 49 (7.7): Saints by 39 (match report) Dogs' dinner: Sizzling Saints make a meal of lacklustre Bulldogs

🏉 NRL

Round 5 wrap-up:

Warriors 37-26 Cowboys: (match report) Kodi Nikorima recaptured his brilliant best in sparking the Warriors to a 37-26 upset over the Cowboys on Friday after the visitors lost Valentine Holmes and Jordan McLean to injuries.

Eels 16-10 Panthers: (match report) Former Panther Waqa Blake came back to haunt his old side and spark the win in the Battle of the West at Bankwest Stadium.

Rabbitohs 32-12: (match report) An explosive first half from Rabbitohs fullback Latrell Mitchell has put the Titans to the sword.

Knights 12-26 Storm (match report) Some Steel City fortitude almost dragged Newcastle back from the brink, only for Melbourne's on-field coaching maestro Cameron Smith to prove the difference in a hard-fought win at Central Coast Stadium.

West Tigers 6-14 Raiders: (match report) Raiders players ensured Ricky Stuart could celebrate his 400th NRL match as a coach on the long bus ride home to Canberra after coming from behind to defeat Wests Tigers in a tense encounter.

Dragons 30-16 Sharks (match report) Paul McGregor's bold call to bench Ben Hunt and reinstate Matt Dufty paid off as the Dragons got off the mark with a win over Cronulla on Sunday.

Bulldogs v Roosters (Postponed - to be played today) Bulldogs forward Aiden Tolman has been cleared of COVID-19 but won't play against the Roosters on Monday as he begins a quarantine period that could last up to 14 days.

Vale Noel Kelly: Magpies, Australia great dies, aged 84

NRL Hall of Fame member, Western Suburbs Magpies great and NRL Team of the Century member Noel Kelly has died, aged 84.

Widely regarded as one of the toughest men to have played the game, Kelly represented Australia 28 times and went on three Kangaroos tours.

ARL Commission chairman Peter V'landys led the tributes to Kelly on Sunday night.

NSW Premier gives green light for crowds up to 10,000 from July 1

Up to 10,000 fans will be allowed to return to each NRL game from July 1 in NSW after Premier Gladys Berejiklian gave the green light on Sunday.

A small amount of NRL fans have been permitted to attend games this weekend by using the corporate boxes available at respective grounds. (NRL)

🏌🏻‍♂️ Golf

PGA Tour's return comes with silence, distance and new habits

Although closed to the public, a small crowd strained to see over the hedges along Colonial Parkway. Others pressed right up against the chain-link fence.

In one of the few cheers of the day, one guy yelled, "Let's go, Rory!" as McIlroy walked after his tee shot.

At 8:46 a.m. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan stepped forward, preparing for the moment of silence in remembrance of George Floyd, who died while in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.

The 'Beefy Scientist'; Viewers were left adjusting their TV's after they saw Bryson DeChambeau who says he has gained 45lbs in weight over the past nine months, 20lbs of that in the three months the PGA Tour has been dormant.

In round one, the 26-year-old averaged 345 yards off the tee - the 2019 PGA Tour average was 294 yards - leading Scotland's Colin Montgomerie to tell BBC Sport that the "time has come" for officials to introduce a "tournament ball for professionals that only goes 80-85% as far".

Some of the players comments addressing the lack of a crowd:

Bill Hass: "The only comment I made to [Haas] is, like, you can hear people hitting tee shots around the course," Harman said. "I had to back off a couple putts because someone hit a tee shot. I was like, I don't remember being able to hear that here. 

"I told my caddie early on, I didn't feel like I was hitting it as far because my adrenaline wasn't up," said U.S. Open champ Gary Woodland.

The TV experience was not a whole lot different and it's great to have it back. At the time of writing Collin Morikawa leads Bryson DeChambeau by 1 shot at -15, thru 11 holes.

⚽️ Football

An A-League Grand Final in New Zealand isn't off the table

The league's 11 clubs are set to undergo COVID-19 testing for players and staff on Monday, with training to resume this week.

The plan is to play the remaining games of the season across a 28-day period before embarking on a one-week finals campaign.

FFA head of leagues Greg O'Rourke says if border restrictions have been suitably eased by mid-August, finals could be played at various venues including overseas.

"Our intent is to take the finals series where we can bring it to the most crowd and if that means all the border restrictions are released by sort of mid-August then we would follow our normal principles of whoever earns the right to host could host," O'Rourke told AAP.

"That includes New Zealand too.

"If Wellington earn the right to host, then they could host the grand final."

The Phoenix are currently third on the league ladder after 20 matches. (ftbl)

🇩🇪 Bundesliga: Bayern Munich maintain a 7 point lead at the top, beating Borussia MMonchengladbach 2-1.

Dortmund hang on their coattails, beatign Fortuna Dussledorf 1-0.

🇪🇸 La Liga: Returned this week. Barcelona won comfortably 4-0 against Mallorca.

Real Madrid beat Eibor 3-1, with goals from Kroos, Ramos & Marcelo but remain 2 points behind Barca in the league.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EPL: Returns on Wednesday (BST) with Villa v Sheffield Unite and Man City v Arsenal.

🌎 International

🎾 Novak Djokovic cries as he plays in front of home fans again

World number one Novak Djokovic was brought to tears after he bowed out of his Adria Tour with victory over German Alexander Zverev in front of home fans.

The 4-0 1-4 4-2 win sent fellow Serb Filip Krajinovic into the final.

Djokovic's event - the first elite men's tennis since it was suspended by coronavirus - attracted 4,000 fans.

"I am just overwhelmed by emotion because this reminds me of my childhood," he said as the Belgrade crowd gave him a standing ovation.

"It's been an emotional few days and I want to thank everyone who made this possible. The important thing after this match is that we have one of our own in the final. I love you all and thank you so much for turning up."

Djokovic, 33, set up the tournament to help players get back to match fitness after several weeks without competition. (BBC)

🏉 Super Rugby Aotearoa

Blues 30-20 Hurricanes: New Zealand playmaker Beauden Barrett enjoyed victory over former side the Hurricanes on his Blues debut in front of a capacity 43,000 crowd in Auckland.

Highlanders 28-27 Chiefs: A late drop goal from Bryn Gatland snatched victory from a Chiefs side coached by his father Warren, leading to an interesting mealtime conversation in the Gatland household.

Back on Wednesday!