G'day sports fans,

In light of Zuck going all Kim Jong-il on us, banning the sharing of news on Facebook.

I thought I'd revisit the N. Korean dictators greatest sporting achievements.

Did you know he excelled at golf and bowling?

It was reported on state media that, in his very first golf game in 1994, Kim finished an 18-hole round of golf at 38-under par - over the 7,700-yard championship course at Pyongyang. Kim was in a zone, recording five holes-in-one.

Another story had him bowling a perfect 300 in his first attempt at the sport.

In today's edition of Sport Journal:

🏏 Big names go unsold

🏉 Super Rugby and All Star previews

🐴 Pre-Diamond concerns

🗞 An Amazing front-page of L'Equipe in France, following PSG's demolition of Barcelona.

🏏 Cricket

Pucovski to have shoulder reconstruction

Australia and Victoria opener's season is over after electing to go under the knife for reconstructive surgery to fix his shoulder issue.

Renowned surgeon Dr. Greg Hoy will perform the operation. Pucovski's recovery time is expected to take four to six months. (cricket)

Maxwell, Richardson strike it rich in IPL auction

Glenn Maxwell and Jhye Richardson have five million reasons to smile after the pair were sold for a combined A$5 million at the 2021 IPL auction.

Maxwell will be teaming up with superstars Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers this IPL season after he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for a staggering A$2.52 million.

Richardson was then bought for a whopping A$2.48 million by Punjab Kings for what will be his first IPL season.

Aussies sold:

• Glenn Maxwell (RCB) – A$2.52m

• Jhye Richardson (PK) – A$2.48m

• Riley Meredith (PK) – A$1.42m

• Nathan Coulter-Nile (MI) – A$885k

• Moises Henriques (PK) – A$743k

• Steve Smith (DC) – A$389k

Unsold Players (can be bought at a later date, included):

• Ben Cutting

• Shaun Marsh

• Marnus Labuschagne

• Aaron Finch

Sheffield Shield

🙌🏼 What a day for Joe Burns. He scored 171 off 217 balls, including 18 fours and 3 sixes…the rest of the side scratched together just 104 as Queensland made 275 against Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield.

Match report: Stumps: Tasmania lead Queensland by 64 runs with 10 wickets remaining

👏🏻 Lyon's career-best haul leads Blues fightback: Nathan Lyon has snared the best figures of his Marsh Sheffield Shield career, helping NSW roll Victoria for 200 late on day two of the SCG clash.

Lyon finished with figures of 6-21 from 16 overs, having starred in a stunning collapse of 8-48.

Match report: Stumps: New South Wales trail Victoria by 13 runs with 9 wickets remaining

⚽️ Football

📆 A-League fixture updates, including postponed games and revised games

💰 Paris St-Germain have placed a 200m euro price tag on their France forward Kylian Mbappe, 22, who is wanted by Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester City and Juventus. (La Parisien - in French)

🤕 Wellington Phoenix defender Luke DeVere has been ruled out for the next few months with a knee injury. (@WgtnPhoenixFC)

A-League

Tonight: Adelaide (2.55) v Central Coast Mariners (2.60): Carl Veart's side return to Coopers Stadium to host the surging Mariners, who continued to defy expectations with a third win on the bounce secured in their last outing against Wellington Phoenix.

Tomorrow: Western United (2.35) v Macarthur FC (2.90): Western United was off last weekend and they have had a fortnight to contemplate blowing a lead and losing to the Mariners.

Conversely, Macarthur picked up seven points from its busy week, which was good enough to springboard them up to second on the A-League ladder.

Sydney FC (2.15) v Brisbane Roar (3.15): It’s not quite desperation time for the Roar but their helter-skelter pace of play certainly looked like it caught up with them last week when they were kept scoreless in a loss to Macarthur and a draw with Newcastle.

Sydney is starting to play itself into form and have had two weeks to get ready for this match. It sounds like they will also be welcoming back Bobo.

Sunday's games: Melbourne Victory (2.45) v Newcastle Jets (2.75): It’s fair to say that the Victory are in all sorts and have been second best in just about every match since their season began.

Wellington Phoenix (2.50) v Western Sydney Wanderers (2.60): Forced to play out of a makeshift home ground in Wollongong, the Nix have taken just four points from their six matches to date and were outclassed by the Mariners last weekend.

🎾 Tennis

Top seed Novak Djokovic overcame stern resistance from Aslan Karatsev to reach the Australian Open final and end the Russian qualifier's remarkable run.

Despite the world number 114 causing moments of tension, Djokovic had enough quality to win 6-3 6-4 6-2. 

The 33-year-old Serb won the final four games to finally shrug off Karatsev.

Djokovic, who is going for a record-extending ninth men's title in Melbourne, will face Daniil Medvedev or Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's final.

Naomi Osaka is headed to the Australian Open final after a decisive (6-3, 6-4) victory against her idol Serena Williams, who was going for a record-tying 24th major title. Osaka will face Jennifer Brady in final.

Serena Williams left her news conference in tears after her semi-final defeat by Naomi Osaka. The defeat lead to questions over the 39-year-old's future.

She responded: "I don't know. If I ever say farewell, I wouldn't tell anyone."

Williams became tearful when asked a further question about her unforced errors against Osaka.

"I don't know. I'm done," she said, before leaving the room.

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🐴 Racing

‘I’m glad to be alive’

Group 1-winning jockey Jason Taylor feels he has cheated death and says he has been overwhelmed by support from the racing community after being crushed and kicked by a horse in a horror incident.

The popular Gold Coast jockey, who won the 2011 Stradbroke Handicap on Sincero, was seriously injured in the barriers at the Gold Coast races last Saturday after a horse he was riding stood in the air and flipped on top of him on the ground and then kicked him in the head. 

👨🏻‍⚕️ Enthaar needs to pass a veterinary test before she is cleared to start in the Blue Diamond Stakes. Short-priced Blue Diamond Stakes favourite Enthaar (lame) is one of three horses (Dosh & Marine One), who will need to be given the all-clear. (racenet).

🤔 Under the radar, Pegasi is a $71 chance in Blue Diamond betting despite finishing in the money at all three starts to date. According to jockey Kerrin McEvoy (racenet)

📝 Reply to this mail, with your pick for the race! I'll give you a shout out in Monday's edition, if you're correct.

🏉 NRL

2021 NRL All-Stars Game Preview

Rugby League returns to our screens on Saturday night as the Indigenous and Maori teams meet for the annual All-Stars Game up in Townsville.

Several household names will represent their cultures in front of a sold out Queensland Country Bank Stadium, while footy fans will also get a good look at the next wave of stars with Round 1 of the NRL less than a month away.

As the Maori’s pulled off a memorable 30-16 over the Indigenous side on the Gold Coast thanks to a big night from Kodi Nikorima, Kalyn Ponga and Dylan Walker.

Latrell Mitchell’s inclusion in the side has seen the Indigenous All-Stars open as the short-priced $1.65 favourites on Saturday night.

Key match-up: Cody Walker v Jarome Luai. Both intuitive, skillful five-eighths who are tailor-made for fast-placed, eyes-up play. 

The Maori side will no doubt be a tough out, but so will keeping up with this talented Indigenous side for a full 80 minutes.

👶🏻 Parramatta dominated their trial against the Dragons 28-6 with some of their rookie backs showing plenty of promise while veteran playmakers Will Smith and Jordan Rankin controlled proceedings expertly. (NRL)

💪🏼 Cowboys enforcer Jason Taumalolo wants to increase his explosiveness in 2021 as North Queensland's new co-captain leads the club into a promising new era under rookie coach Todd Payten.

🇦🇺 AFL

🤕 Horror leg break ends Saint's season, veteran touch and go. St Kilda defender Ben Paton will miss the 2021 season after a shocking broken leg at the intraclub hitout. Dan Hannebery has several hurdles to jump to put himself in consideration for round one after missing the past four weeks of training with a calf setback. (AFL)

💪🏼 'Pain-free' Danger eyes midfield return after cautious summer. Dangerfield has taken a major stride in his recovery from injury as Geelong prepares to re-deploy the superstar as a near-permanent midfielder in 2021.

He'd previously admitted he was a "month behind" his ideal timeline but is confident he'll face Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on March 21.

🏉 Rugby

Super Rugby AU

A new era of rugby union begins this weekend with the return of Super Rugby Australia.

This will be the first of a two part Super Rugby season with the Australian and New Zealand based sides playing an internal home and away tournament before a Trans-Tasman conclusion to the club season.

Super Rugby AU power rankings: Where your team sits ahead of Friday night season kickoff — wwos.nine.com.au

Super Rugby AU power rankings: Where your team sits ahead of Friday night season kickoff.

🏉 Reds v Waratahs: Today 7:50pm, GEM or Stan Sport

 Runners up last season, the Queensland Reds will have their eyes on lifting the Super Rugby AU trophy in 2021.

• NSW Waratahs have won 12 of their last 13 Super Rugby matches against the Reds (L1), including by a 33-point margin last time out (45-12) – the biggest win by either side in the history of this fixture.

🏉 Western Force v Brumbies: Tonight 9:55pm, Stan sport

With a little bit more notice heading into the 2021 campaign WF have put together a much stronger squad with a good mix of familiar names and young talent.

• The Brumbies have won 12 of their last 13 Super Rugby matches against the Force (L1), including their last nine on the bounce – their second longest winning run against a single opposition (W12 v Reds, May 2000 – May 2010).

🇺🇸 USA

Eight years after his last NBA MVP, narrative might tilt toward LeBron once again — www.espn.com.au

With Anthony Davis in and out of the lineup, all eyes will be on LeBron to keep the Lakers and his MVP candidacy on track.

NWSL Team Investments Keep Coming In

• Naomi Osaka was announced as an owner of the North Carolina Courage in January.

• Serena Williams, Mia Hamm and actor Natalie Portman are part of the ownership group bringing the new Angel City FC team to Los Angeles. 

• Brittany Matthews, fitness entrepreneur and the fiancee of Patrick Mahomes, is part of the group bringing a NWSL team to Kansas City.

• Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former president Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, and Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of former president George W. Bush have invested in the team Washington Spirit.

🗞 We'll be back on Monday!

📺 Live sport

⚽️ 07:00 - UEFA Europa League R32:

• Maccabi Tel-Aviv v Shakhtar Donetsk (Optus Sport 6) 

• Red Bull Salzburg v Villarreal (Optus Sport 5)

• Lille OSC v Ajax Amsterdam (Optus Sport 4) 

• Granada v Napoli (Optus Sport 3) 

• Royal Antwerp v Rangers (Optus Sport 2) 

• Benfica v Arsenal (Optus Sport 1)

🏏 10:30 - Sheffield Shield Group Game - New South Wales Blues v Victoria (Fox Cricket)

🏀 11:00 - NCAA Men's - Wisconsin Badgers v Iowa Hawkeyes (ESPN 2) 

🏀 11:30 - NBA - Milwaukee Bucks v Toronto Raptors (ESPN 1) 

🏀 13:00 - NCAA Men's - Gonzaga Bulldogs v Saint Mary's Gaels (ESPN 2) 

🏀 14:00 - NBA - Los Angeles Lakers v Brooklyn Nets (ESPN 1)

🏏 19:00 - CSA T20 Challenge Group - Titans v Knights (Fox Cricket) 

⚽️ 19:05 - A-League - Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners (Fox Sports) 

🇦🇺 19:10 - AFLW - St Kilda Saints Women v Geelong Cats Women (Fox Footy)

🎾 19:30 - Aust. Open Men's Semi-Final - Daniil Medvedev v Stefanos Tsitsipas (Nine)

🏉 19:45 - Super Rugby AU - Reds v Waratahs (GEM or Stan Sport)

🐎 21:04 - Open Pacers G1, Newcastle Mile (Sky Racing 1) 

🏉 22:00 - Super Rugby AU - Western Force v Brumbies (Stan Sport)

🏏 23:30 - CSA T20 Challenge Group, Dolphins v Cape Cobras (Fox Cricket)

SATURDAY

⚽️ 07:00 - Premier League - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United (Optus Sport 1)

⚽️ 07:00 - Spanish La Liga - Real Betis v Getafe (BeIN Sports 3) 

🏏 10:30 - Sheffield Shield Group Game - New South Wales Blues v Victoria (Fox Cricket)

🏒 11:00 - NHL - Carolina Hurricanes v Chicago Blackhawks (ESPN 1) 

🏀 11:30 - NBA - Philadelphia 76ers v Chicago Bulls (ESPN 2) 

🏌🏼‍♀️ 12:30 - WPGA Tour of Australasia, The Athena, Day 1 (Fox Sports)

🐴 13:50 - Group 2, Angus Armanasco Stakes, 1,400m - SW+P, 3YO Fillies (Racing.com, Sky Racing 1 or 7)

🏀 14:00 - NBA - Los Angeles Clippers v Utah Jazz (ESPN 2) 

⛵️ 14:00 - America's Cup, The Prada Cup Final (Fox Sports More)

🐴 14:45 - Group 2, Millie Fox Stakes (Sky Racing 1 or 7)

🏀 15:00 - NBL Regular Season - Cairns Taipans v Illawarra Hawks (ESPN 1) 

🐴 15:00 - Group 2, Caulfield Autumn Classic (Racing.com or Sky Racing 1)

15:10 - AFLW - Carlton Blues Women v Richmond Tigers Women (Fox Footy) 

🐴 15:20 - Group 2, Silver Slipper Stakes (Sky Racing 1) 

🐴 15:35 - Group 1, Futurity Stakes (Racing.com or Sky Racing 1)

⚽️ 15:35 - Japanese Super Cup - Kawasaki Frontale v Gamba Osaka (Optus Sport 1)

🐴 15:55 - Listed Race, Parramatta Cup (7, Sky Racing 1)

⚽️ 16:05 - W-League - Newcastle Jets Women v Melbourne Victory Women (Fox Sports)

🐴 16:15 - Group 1, Blue Diamond Stakes (7, Racing.com or Sky Racing 1)

🐴 16:35 - Group 2, Hobartville Stakes (7, Sky Racing 1) 

🐴 16:55 - Group 1, Oakleigh Plate (7, Racing.com or Sky Racing 1) 

⚽️ 17:05 - A-League - Western United FC v Macarthur FC Bulls (ABC, Fox Sports)

17:10 - AFLW - Fremantle Dockers Women v Gold Coast Suns Women (Fox Footy)

🏀 17:30 - NBL - Melbourne United v Perth Wildcats (SBS Viceland)

🐴 17:35 - Group 2, Peter Young Stakes (Racing.com, Sky Racing 1)

🏉 17:40 - Women's All Stars Game - Indigenous All Stars Women v Maori All Stars Women (Fox League)

🏏 19:00 - CSA T20 Challenge Group - Lions v Warriors (Fox Cricket) 

⚽️ 19:10 - A-League - Sydney FC v Brisbane Roar (Fox Sports)

🇦🇺 19:10 - AFLW - North Melb. Kangaroos Women v Collingwood Magpies Women (Fox Footy)

🏀 19:30 - Men's Asia Cup Qualifiers - Australia v New Zealand (Fox Sports More)

🎾 19:30 - Aust. Open Women's Final - Naomi Osaka v Jennifer Brady (Nine)

🏉 20:10 - Rugby League All Stars - Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars (Fox League)

🐎 21:07 - Open Pacers G2, Robin Dundee Stakes (Sky Racing 1)

🐎 21:42 - 4YO Pacers G1, 4YO Chariots of Fire (Sky Racing 1) 

🐎 22:14 - Group 3 Trotters, Cordina Chicken Farms Keystone Del Trotters (Sky Racing 1)

⚽️ 23:00 - France Ligue 1 - AS Saint-Etienne v Stade de Reims (BeIN Sports 3) 

⚽️ 23:30 - Premier League - Southampton v Chelsea (Optus Sport 1) 

⚽️ 23:30 - English Championship - Coventry City v Brentford (BeIN Sports 2) 

🏏 23:30 - CSA T20 Challenge Group - Knights v Dolphins (Fox Cricket) 

SUNDAY

⚽️ 07:00 - Premier League - Fulham v Sheffield United (Optus Sport 1) 

⚽️ 07:00 - Spanish La Liga - Real Valladolid v Real Madrid (BeIN Sports 1) 

👊🏻 09:00 - UFC Fight Night Prelims (ESPN 2)

🏀 10:00 - NCAA Men's - North Carolina Tar Heels v Louisville Cardinals (ESPN 1)

🚗 11:30 - D1, NZ National Drifting Championship, Round 2 (Fox Sports) 

🏀 12:00 - NBA - Charlotte Hornets v Golden State Warriors (SBS Viceland)

👊🏻 12:00 - UFC Fight Night Main Card - Curtis Blaydes v Derrick Lewis (ESPN 2) 

🏀 12:30 - NBA - Los Angeles Lakers v Miami Heat (ESPN 1)

🏌🏼‍♀️ 12:30 - WPGA Tour of Australasia, The Athena, Day 2 (Fox Sports) 

🇦🇺 13:10 - AFLW - Brisbane Lions Women v Adelaide Crows Women (Fox Footy) 

⛵️ 14:00 - America's Cup, The Prada Cup Final, Races 7 & 8 (Fox Sports More) 

🏀 15:00 - NBL - South East Melbourne Phoenix v Brisbane Bullets (SBS Viceland)

🇦🇺 15:10 - AFLW - Western Bulldogs Women v Melbourne Demons Women (Fox Footy)

⚽️ 16:05 - A-League - Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets (Fox Sports) 

⚽️ 16:05 - W-League - Sydney FC Women v Adelaide United Women (Fox Sports)

🐴 17:00 - Group 1, Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (Sky Racing 2)

🇦🇺 17:10 - AFLW - GWS Giants Women v West Coast Eagles Women (Fox Footy) 

🏀 17:30 - NBL - Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers (SBS Viceland)

🐴 17:40 - Group 1, February Stakes (Sky Racing 2) 

⚽️ 18:10 - A-League - Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers (Fox Sports)

🏏 19:00 - CSA T20 Challenge Group - Cape Cobras v Titans (Fox Cricket) 

🐴 19:05 - Group 1, Hong Kong Gold Cup, 2,000m - Triple Crown (Sky Racing 1) 

⚽️ 19:05 - W-League - Brisbane Roar Women v Perth Glory Women (Fox Sports) 

🎾 19:30 - Aust. Open Men's Final, Day 14 (Nine)

🐴 20:15 - Group 1, Hong Kong Classic Cup (Sky Racing 1) 

⚽️ 22:30 - Italian Serie A - Parma v Udinese (BeIN Sports 1) 

⚽️ 22:30 - Indian Super League - Bengaluru FC v FC Goa (Fox Sports) 

⚽️ 23:00 - Premier League - West Ham United v Tottenham (Optus Sport 1) 

⚽️ 23:30 - German Bundesliga - Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen (BeIN Sports 3) 

🏏 23:30 - CSA T20 Challenge Group - Warriors v Dolphins (Fox Cricket)