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🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🐴 Station One Update & Entry: He had a hit out last Friday and has come through it well, and is in good condition. He's been entered in Race 8 at the Valley on Saturday. He's currently a juicy price, so I'll send an update when/if I get one before the race.

If you're backing him, do it on Dabble - we'll have a boosted price.

The plan is to then take him to the Bagot Handicap Sunday, 1st January, at Flemington.

🗣 l asked him, 'Giroud, please, man, can I get your shirt, man? I'm a big fan. And he just walked past me, pretending he never spoke English! And he's been in the Premier League for ten years! - Jason "Cumdog" Cummings via Network Ten's The Project.

🏉 Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic will head to the USA to receive treatment on his troublesome hamstring, following in the footsteps of Rabbitohs counterpart Latrell Mitchell.

Trbojevic suffered a hamstring strain during a training session earlier this month and has battled similar issues.

Mitchell headed to Philadelphia in the middle of last season to visit specialist Bill Knowles and returned to form in emphatic fashion in the second half of the 2022 campaign.

🇦🇺 Gold Coast defender Wil Powell admits he feared his career was over when he saw his ankle facing the wrong way after one of the most horrific leg breaks in the AFL - Now he's eyeing a shock round 1 return.

Footy Feed: Dusty's return, King recovery, Port's anomaly — www.afl.com.au

Your team's Christmas wish

🚨 Retired NRL star Sam Burgess has strongly denied allegations he was caught driving once again under the influence of cocaine after being pulled over by police this week.

More than a year after he was spared a conviction for driving with an illicit substance in his system (namely cocaine), reports emerged on Thursday that the 34-year-old failed a roadside drug test when stopped by police in Kingsford on Wednesday.

🚘 Red Bull Racing will send its show car to the Bathurst 12 Hour in February, setting up a dream scenario for Daniel Ricciardo to set his first laps of Mount Panorama.

🏀 Australian star Josh Giddey says he lost 10 pounds while he had a non-Covid illness that saw him miss Oklahoma City Thunder’s past two games.

Giddey impressed on his return to the floor on Thursday (AEDT) in Thunder’s 101-98 win over Portland (13 points, six assists, and six rebounds).

🏉 Reports former Warriors star Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is keen to return to the NRL will spark a bidding war with no shortage of clubs who would be keen to sign him.

Tuivasa-Sheck turns 30 next year, and if he wants to maximise his earning potential over the back end of his career, the Dolphins could be the perfect fit.

🌍 World Sport

🏏 Whereas the IPL 2022 auction was a mega auction spread across two days, this year's will be a mini auction to fill 87 slots. A total of 405 players will go under the hammer, among which are 273 Indian players and 132 overseas players.

📺 The auction will be telecast today live on Fox Sports. Telecast will begin at 6.45pm AEDT.

⚽️ Argentina forward Lionel Messi has agreed a one-year contract extension with Paris St-Germainwhich will keep the 35-year-old with the French champions until summer 2024. (Le Parisien)

⚽️ PSG will not let France forward Kylian Mbappe, 24, leave in January and only sell him in the summer at the right price. (Ben Jacobs, Twitter)

❤️ Pele's cancer has progressed, a statement from the Sao Paulo hospital where the 82-year-old Brazil legend is being treated has confirmed.

The three-time World Cup winner has been in hospital for three weeks.

🎾 Nick Kyrgios has made a passionate demand to allow Novak Djokovic to keep playing “at all costs” after the Serb’s unvaccinated status prevented him from playing two Grand Slam tournaments in 2022. With Djokovic now allowed back into Australia for the first Major of 2023, Kyrgios claimed that tournaments didn’t feel valid without the world No 5 present.

🏈 The NFL announced its Sunday Ticket subscription package would go to Google’s YouTube TV starting next season, marking the league’s second media rights deal with a streaming service.

YouTube TV will pay roughly $2 billion a year for the rights of the Sunday Ticket package, according to people familiar with the matter.

📺 Live sport 👇🏼

TODAY

⚽️ 07:00 - Carabao Cup R4 - Manchester City v Liverpool (beIN SPORTS 1)

🏀 07:00 - EuroLeague - Real Madrid Basketball v Asvel Basket (Fox Sports)

🏈 12:15 - NFL - New York Jets v Jacksonville Jaguars (ESPN)

🏏 15:30 - Big Bash League - Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers (Fox Cricket)

🏀 15:30 - Men's NCAA - Hawaii Rainbow Warriors v Pepperdine Wave (ESPN)

🏏 16:40 - NZ Super Smash - Northern Brave v Canterbury Kings (Fox Sports)

🏏 19:00 - Big Bash League - Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers (Fox Cricket)

🏀 19:30 - NBL - Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans (ESPN)

⚽️ 19:45 - A-League Men - Brisbane Roar v Western Sydney Wanderers (Paramount+)

SATURDAY

🏏 01:00 - Lanka Premier League - Lanka Premier League Final (Fox Cricket)

🏀 04:30 - EuroLeague - Anadolu Efes v Panathinaikos BC (Fox Sports)

🏀 06:30 - EuroLeague - Olimpia Milan v AS Monaco Basket (Fox Sports)

🏉 06:45 - Premiership Rugby - London Irish v Saracens (Stan Sport)

🏉 06:45 - Premiership Rugby - Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks (Stan Sport)

🏀 11:30 - NBA - Brooklyn Nets v Milwaukee Bucks (ESPN)

🏏 12:40 - NZ Super Smash - Wellington Firebirds v Otago Volts (Fox Cricket)

🏀 14:00 - NBA - Phoenix Suns v Memphis Grizzlies (ESPN)

🏒 14:00 - NHL - Vegas Golden Knights v St. Louis Blues (ESPN 2)

🏏 15:00 - NZ Super Smash - Wellington Firebirds v Otago Volts (Fox Sports)

🏏 15:30 - Big Bash League - Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades (Fox Cricket)

⚽️ 17:00 - A-League Men - Sydney FC v Macarthur FC Bulls (10 Bold or Paramount+)

🏀 17:30 - NBL - Adelaide 36ers v South East Melbourne Phoenix (ESPN)

SUNDAY

🏉 02:00 - Premiership Rugby - Exeter Chiefs v Bath Rugby (Stan Sport)

🏉 02:00 - Premiership Rugby - Leicester Tigers v Gloucester Rugby (Stan Sport)

🏈 05:00 - NFL - New England Patriots v Cincinnati Bengals (7mate)

🏈 05:00 - NFL - Kansas City Chiefs v Seattle Seahawks (ESPN)

🏈 05:00 - NFL - Minnesota Vikings v New York Giants (ESPN 2)

🏈 08:05 - NFL - San Francisco 49ers v Washington Commanders (7mate)

🏈 08:25 - NFL - Dallas Cowboys v Philadelphia Eagles (ESPN)

🏈 12:15 - NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers v Las Vegas Raiders (ESPN)

🏀 18:30 - NBL - Sydney Kings v Melbourne United (ESPN or Channel 10)