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G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: “I’ve played for the Wallabies in a World Cup final, the Maroons and the Kangaroos and I have absolutely no doubt that Origin football is the toughest you’ll play in either code.” - Former Australian Wallaby and Kangaroo Mat Rogers.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🇦🇺 The astonishing aerial prowess of two AFL young guns was on display as Fremantle edged Port Adelaide in a gripping encounter on Sunday night.

The Dockers' Hayden Young and Power's Mitch Georgiades lodged mark of the year contenders in a Perth contest Fremantle won by eight points, 15.9 (99) to 14.7 (91).

🎤 What do you reckon of Robbie Williams being named as the AFL's Grand Final entertainment?

🎾 Nick Kyrgios has hit back at Stefanos Tsitsipas for accusing him of bullying and says the Greek player is "soft" following their controversial four-set thriller at Wimbledon.

🎾 Let’s all take a moment to appreciate Aussie underdog, Jason Kubler at Wimbledon.

The 29-year-old from Brisbane has done it the hard way, through qualifiers and into the 4th round after what has been his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam event.

🐴 Our thoughts and best wishes go out to promising Brisbane jockey Leah Kilner who is fighting for life after falling off a horse during a race.

Leah, 24, is in critical condition after the racing accident on Sunday.

She was racing in the NSW town of Grafton and was 100 metres from the finish line when she went down with her horse, at speed.

🏃‍♀️ Aussie middle-distance runner Jessica Hull has written her name into history books with another Australian record in the mile, in a time of 4:19.89 in Beaverton, USA.

⛹🏻‍♀️ The West Coast Fever have finally broken through for their first-ever netball crown, ending more than two decades of disappointment.

The Fever claimed a 70-59 victory over the Melbourne Vixens in front of a record 13,908 fans at home at RAC Arena.

It was third time’s the charm for the Fever, after finishing as the losing grand finalists in 2018 and 2020.

🏉 The NRL Beanies for Brain Cancer Round has so far raised over $4m this year.

🥊 Shocked the world: Aussie Boxer Jai Opetaia battled to win the cruiserweight title against Mairis Briedis - despite his jaw being broken in the second round.

He pulled through to win the IBF and The Ring cruiserweight titles in a unanimous points decision.

👊🏻 Australia's Alexander Volkanovski produced a virtuoso performance for the ages, dominating Max Holloway to retain his UFC featherweight title.

🧹 Australia's batters aimed to sweep or reverse sweep far more frequently in Galle compared with their last tour of Sri Lanka - and it paid immediate dividends. (Match Review)

Alex Carey for example used the sweep shots expertly in tough conditions.

  • 15 runs from 15 sweeps

  • 13 runs from 9 reverse sweeps

  • 24 of his 47 balls faced (51%) were sweeps

🌍 World Sport

⚽️ New manager Erik ten Hag will urge Manchester United to replace Cristiano Ronaldo with Ajax'sBrazil forward Antony, 22, if the Portugal forward, 37, is allowed to leave this summer. (Sunday Mirror)

⚽️ Italian club Napoli are interested in signing Ronaldo, while the Portugal international's agent has met Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly and Bayern Munich have been informed about the player's situation.

⚽️ Adidas’ 2022 World Cup ball will feature a tracking device used for semi-automated offside technology for the first time.

The ball gives VAR precise data ‘to support fast and accurate offside calls’

⚾️ MLB: The CARDINALS hit 4 HOME RUNS in a row. It was just the 11th time in MLB history there have ever been 4 HRs in a row.

In India's first innings Stuart Broad coughed up 35 in an over - the most expensive in Test HISTORY!

🏀 Billions of dollars have exchanged hands as the NBA free agency period exploded on a day of mega-deals and trade madness.

BIG DEALS: Darius Garland agreed on a five-year, US$193M maximum designated rookie contract extension with Cleveland. It is the largest deal in Cavs franchise history.

Zion Williamson agreed on a five-year, $193 million designated maximum rookie extension with the Pelicans that could earn him as much as $231 million.

🏎 Ferrari's Carlos Sainz took his first Formula 1 victory at the end of an extraordinary British Grand Prix packed full of incident and drama.

The Spaniard benefited from questionable strategy calls from Ferrari, which cost his team-mate Charles Leclerc the win and a chance to revive his title hopes.

Lewis Hamilton was in the battle for victory but finished third behind Red Bull's Sergio Perez after a frantic final final nine laps following a late safety car.

Daniel Ricciardo finished 13th – as only 14 cars finished the race.

The Race was momentarily stopped following a huge crash in which Zhou's Alfa Romeo turned over - in front of a record crowd of 142,000.

⛳️ LIV GOLF: Branden Grace won this weeks tournament.

His record on the PGA Tour: 182 Tour events played (599 total rounds) - Career earnings on PGA Tour: US$12.2 million

2 LIV events played (6 total rounds) - Career earnings on LIV: US$6.6 million

🎾 Wimbledon marked 100 years of its Centre Court on Sunday with a musical celebration and a parade of former champions.

Eight-time men's champion Roger Federer, who is not playing this year because of a knee injury, said he hoped to play at the famous arena "one more time" in the future.

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