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🎟 Organisers of the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup, which starts in c.100 days, say they are on course to sell a record 1.5 million tickets.

Around 650,000 have been sold for the event in Australia and New Zealand.

"Fifa's mission is to organise the biggest and best Women's World Cup in history this year," said Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura.

Ricciardo departed McLaren at the end of the 2022 season.

🏏 Marcus Harris is mounting pressure on David Warner ahead of the highly-anticipated Ashes series, with the left-hander peeling off an elegant century (148 off 192) for Gloucestershire in the County Championship.

🏉 Judiciary Report: Molo suspended; Kenny takes early guilty plea: Dragons prop Francis Molo will miss three games after pleading guilty to a Careless High Tackle charge stemming from an incident involving Titans forward Moeaki Fotuaika at Cbus Super Stadium on Sunday.

🏉 Official team lists, updates and injury news for Round 7 of the 2023 Telstra Premiership season. (NRL)

• Dolphins: Skipper Jesse Bromwich returns

• Rabbitohs: Winger Alex Johnston named

• Roosters: James Tedesco returns

• Sea Eagles: Reuben Garrick is out

• Panthers: An unchanged line-up

• Eels: Co-captain Junior Paulo returns

🏄🏻‍♂️ Australians dominated a surfing event like never before on Tuesday with Queenslander Ethan Ewing ringing the Bells Beach trophy for the first time after an unforgettable afternoon on Victoria’s surf coast.

Ewing's mother Helen, a champion surfer in the 1970s and 80s, won the longest running event in competitive surfing in 1983.

Then 30 minutes later superstar Tyler Wright secured her second straight Bells title capping an emotional week after her brother, Owen, finished his career.

🏉 There are growing calls for NRL players wages to be made public in a bid to stop salary cap breaches that have ran rampant over the years.

NRL 360 host Paul Kent claimed on Tuesday night that he knows of several cases where players have been paid outside the cap. (Fox)

Dolphins (3.50) v Rabbitohs (1.28)

The Suncorp Stadium crowd should be in for a feast of attacking football as Isaako and 'Hammer' pit their speed and skill against Mitchell, Cody Walker and Campbell Graham, who also helped himself to a Good Friday hat-trick.

Each of South Sydney's last four night matches have gone UNDER the total match points line.

South Sydney has won 16 of its last 19 matches in Queensland.

Adelaide Crows (1.94) v Carlton Blues (1.90)

The AFL’s first Gather Round will commence at the Adelaide Oval when Adelaide plays host to Carlton.

Adelaide has been in fine form at this venue lately winning their last two (Fremantle & Port).

Carlton has been performing similarly well recently and remained undefeated in 2023 thanks to a 107-84 victory against North Melbourne on Good Friday.

Carlton has lost each of its six previous matches at the Adelaide Oval.

Each of Adelaide's last seven matches have gone OVER the total match points line.

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🇦🇺 Tribunal Verdict: Carlton forward Harry McKay is free to play Adelaide on Thursday night after having his one-match suspension overturned at the Tribunal.

McKay was charged with striking Harry Sheezel in the Blues' Good Friday triumph over North Melbourne, but successfully argued the charge down.

Injured Richmond star Tom Lynch's rough conduct charge on Alex Keath was been thrown out. (ESPN)

🏎 Daniel Ricciardo says he will only return to the Formula 1 grid if a competitive seat becomes available, appearing to rule out the possibility of linking up with a midfield or back-marker team.

🐴 Jockey Blake Shinn has been suspended for three weeks for testing positive for sleeping medication at Sandown in February.

Zolpidem acid metabolite is a type of commonly used sleeping medication but traces of the drug cannot be in a rider's system on race day.

🏀 Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. has agreed to a two-year deal with Melbourne United, sources told ESPN.

🌎 World Sport

⛳️ After missing the cut at Augusta, Rory McIlroy has withdrawn from this week's PGA Tour event. No reason was given.

The RBC Heritage is among the PGA Tour's designated events, with an extremely strong field once again.

Market: S. Sheffler $9.0, J. Rahm $11.0, P. Cantlay $13.0 (most supported in the market), C. Morikawa $18.0, C. Young $21.0. Chance: T. Finau $26.0.

⚽️ Arsenal are monitoring Bayern Munich's 20-year-old Netherlands midfielder Ryan Gravenberch, who is also a target for Manchester United. (Sky Sports Germany)

🎾 Monaco: Alexander Zverev started his clay-court season with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Alexander Bublik to reach the second round at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.

Two-time semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov also advanced by beating American Ben Shelton 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic started his clay-court season against qualifier Ivan Gakhov, with a routine 6-1, 6-2 victory. The 35-year-old Djokovic had not played since losing to Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships five weeks ago, which ended the Australian Open champion‘s 20-match winning streak.

🏀 The NBA established records for total attendance, average attendance, percentage of capacity and sellouts this season, the league announced.

A record 791 sellouts easily surpassed the 760 figure set during the 2018-19 season. And the league's arenas were filled to an all-time-high 97% capacity, according to the release.

🏏 ICYMI: A total air-swing on a Mankad attempt cost Royal Challengers Bangalore a shot at victory in the Indian Premier League, with Marcus Stoinis (65 off 30) starring for his Lucknow Super Giants.

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