Don't Dream It's Over

AUSSIE SPORTS
Rain Assisted

🏏 Australia secured a 3-2 series victory over England after a fortuitous rain interruption handed the World Cup champions a 49-run victory via the DLS Method on Sunday.

Chasing a 310-run target for victory at Bristol’s County Ground, Australia raced towards 2-165 in 20.4 overs before downpour forced a premature end to the series.

A minimum of 20 overs is required to constitute a result in ODIs, meaning the match and series would have been draw if the rain arrived five deliveries earlier, which was about four minutes.

🏀 NBL: An 11-0 run late on saw the New Zealand Breakers win their first home game of the NBL season despite a late scare from the South East Melbourne Phoenix to prevail 81-79.

Tyler Harvey was the hero as the Illawarra Hawks stayed undefeated beating the Sydney Kings 96-89 at Qudos Bank Arena.

NRL NEWS
A Little Knock

Panthers star Nathan Cleary has been given a grand final warning on his suspect shoulder after the halfback left Penrith’s preliminary final win against Cronulla early. 

Cleary clutched at his troublesome left shoulder after making a tackle with eight minutes left in the game, with coach Ivan Cleary pulling his son from the game not long after.

The halfback allayed any fears he’d miss the grand final, telling reporters “it’s all good... it’s just a little knock.”

However, Blues State of Origin doctor Dr Nathan Gibbs warned that it’s the type of injury that if Cleary carries into the grand final, it could quickly curtail Penrith’s chance at a fourth straight premiership.

“It is one of those injuries that, unfortunately for Nathan, could happen in the first minute of the grand final,” Gibbs told the SMH. 

🤔 Storm coach Craig Bellamy has a headache on his hands in the front row after enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona was slapped with a whopping four-game ban.

That is if he takes the early guilty plea, with Melbourne having until lunchtime on Monday to decide where they will contest the charge, according to The Daily Telegraph.

Asofa-Solomona earned himself a grade three dangerous contact charge for his hit on Roosters prop Lindsay Collins, which was his third and subsequent offence.

Lazarus Vaalepu, 25, & Joe Chan are shaping as bench contenders, with Tui Kamikamica likely to shift into the starting front row.

🙋🏼‍♀️ The Sydney Roosters will meet the Cronulla Sharks in next week’s NRLW grand final after the pre-season favourites ended Newcastle’s season with a 25-16 preliminary final win at Allianz Stadium.

The Cronulla Sharks are through to their first ever NRLW grand final after downing the Broncos in their preliminary final clash at a sold out Totally Workwear Stadium in Brisbane 14-0.

AFL NEWS
It’s Over?

🎉 The Brisbane premiership party will roll on for a little while yet after the Lions kicked the last two goals of the game to clinch a two-point win over Adelaide on Sunday. 

Lachie Neale, was sporting a moon boot after ‘hearing something snap’ in his foot on Saturday afternoon — but he blamed the late night for his Sunday morning soreness. 

“I couldn’t give a s*** (about the pain),” Neale said on Sunday. 

“It’s a little bit sore this morning, but that’s probably because I was up until 6am on it ... I’ll be fine.”

🔁 The Grand Final’s final siren ended one season but officially marked the beginning of another.

While trade talks have been ongoing throughout the season, things will start to really heat up now that the finals have been run and won, with the AFL free agency period commencing on Friday, October 4 and running until Friday, October 11, while the trade period will commence on Monday, October 7 and run until Wednesday, October 16. 

Richmond hold the #1 pick and could be the busiest club in the competition.

These players are expected to find a new AFL team via free agency over the next fortnight.

• Isaac Cumming, GWS - Wants to join Adelaide

• Harry Perryman, GWS - Collingwood and Port Adelaide closely linked

• Jack Graham, Richmond - Deciding whether to stay or join West Coast

• Dustin Martin, Richmond - Deciding whether to retire or join Gold Coast

• Josh Battle, St Kilda - Wants to join Hawthorn

👋🏼 The future of Brisbane star Joe Daniher remains up in the air with journalists saying there’s a “very, very strong chance he has played his last game of football”.

Wild speculation sparked by AFL commentator Brian Taylor saw Daniher head into the 2024 Grand Final with retirement questions circling.

“At the moment there is a strong conditioning and even expectation that is it, which is extraordinary given how well he played in that grand final, how well he played in last year’s grand final and how well he played in big matches for the Brisbane Lions.”

“At the moment there is a strong conditioning and even expectation that is it, which is extraordinary given how well he played in that grand final, how well he played in last year’s grand final and how well he played in big matches for the Brisbane Lions.” - Damian Barrett said on Nine’s Sunday Footy Show.

WORLD NEWS
Triple Crown Victory

🚴🏻 Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar produced a stunning solo ride in Switzerland to claim his first world road race title - and become only the third man to win cycling's 'Triple Crown' of the men's Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and world title in the same year.

The 26-year-old caught his rivals napping with 100km of the 273.9km route in Zurich remaining, leaving Belgium's Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and reigning world champion Mathieu van der Poel, of the Netherlands, behind in the peloton.

Belgium's Lotte Kopecky defended her elite women's road race world title in a thrilling sprint finish.

⚽️ EPL: Tottenham produced a magnificent display to outclass 10-man Manchester United at Old Trafford and pile renewed pressure on manager Erik ten Hag.

Spurs, even without injured Son Heung-min, tore Manchester United apart as they set the platform for victory with a first-half masterclass.

United's cause was not helped when captain Bruno Fernandes was sent off three minutes before the break for a lunge at James Maddison – but Ten Hag's side were an overrun, undisciplined rabble well before they had a numerical disadvantage.

Spurs finally extended their lead two minutes after the interval when Dejan Kulusevski lifted a deft finish over Onana after a fine break by Johnson.

The hard-working Dominic Solanke got the goal his industry deserved and gave the scoreline a more realistic appearance 12 minutes from time, turning in a flick at a corner to spark a mass exodus from Old Trafford by United's supporters.

A superb individual strike from two-goal Liam Delap earned Ipswich Town a 2-2 draw against Aston Villa, who missed a chance to move level on points with Premier League leaders Liverpool.

With Ipswich trailing 2-1 in the second half, striker Delap collected the ball just inside Villa territory, raced into the penalty area and tricked his way beyond Diego Carlos before firing low past goalkeeper Emi Martinez.

🏏 Players who pull out of the Indian Premier League at short notice will be banned from taking part in the following two seasons in a new rule introduced to the world's most lucrative T20 franchise league.

The rule will impact any player who signs up for an auction and is picked, but pulls out before the start of the season.

It is understood there will be an exemption for "injury or medical condition".

There will be a 'mega auction' - the larger auctions held every three years - prior to next year's tournament with a significant overturn in squads expected.

Australia left-arm quick Mitchell Starc became the most expensive signing in the tournament's history last year when he was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for 24.75 crore Indian rupees (AU$4.49m).

🏈 Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence will not need surgery because of a Lisfranc injury to his right foot since the bones are not displaced, but he is looking at a four- to eight-week absence as he recovers, according to ESPN.

⚽️ EPL Whispers: Chelsea and West Ham are monitoring Aston Villa’s Jhon Duran,who currently has the best minute-per-goal ratio in the EPL. Forest would reluctantly sell Brazilian centre back Murillo, who is being tracked by both Barcelona and Real Madrid. And, Villa & Newcastle are watching Villarreal's Spain winger Alex Baena.

Eric Kilburn Jr. — a 16-year-old football player at Goodrich High School in Michigan — has officially set not one but two Guinness World Records.

The 208 cm teen has both the largest feet and the largest hands of a living teenager.

His feet measure 34cm, making him a shocking size 23 in men’s shoes, which is drastically larger than the typical range of 8½ to 9 for a male.

Meanwhile, his hands cover 22.8 cm — much larger than the average 18 cm for those his age. You can hear the calls of “Your Man” from here.

🏍️ Spain's Jorge Martin stretched his lead in the MotoGP standings to 21 points by winning Sunday's Indonesian Grand Prix at Mandalika. 

The Pramac Racing rider crashed at the circuit last season to give up his overall lead to Italy's Francesco Bagnaia, who went on to win the title. 

Martin, 26, admitted he was haunted by the "ghosts" of his 2023 campaign after crashing in Saturday's sprint race while leading.

⛳️ Spain's Angel Hidalgo held off a storming comeback from compatriot Jon Rahm to win the Spanish Open in Madrid - claiming his maiden title on the DP World Tour in a play-off.

⛳️ Presidents Cup (inplay): Starting final day scores USA 11 - 7 International: The winners require 15.5pts to win. both teams are up in 5 of the 13 matches. Headline match of Xander Schauffele v Jason Day sees the American up by 5 thru 13 holes.

🎾 icymi: The World Anti-Doping Agency is appealing an independent tribunal's decision in August to clear tennis world number one Jannik Sinner of wrongdoing after he failed drug tests.

The tribunal accepted Sinner's explanation that the anabolic agent clostebol entered his system from a member of his support team through massages and sports therapy.

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