🗞 GOAT things

G’day sports fans,

🐐 GOAT things: Tom Brady has more Super Bowls (7) individually than any NFL franchise has in their entire history. And, has as many as the Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers combined.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 Michael Neser was the hero for the Brisbane Heat with the bat, as the unfancied Heat downed the Sydney Sixers by four wickets.

Matt Kuhnemann – who stepped up in the absence of India-bound Australian leggie Mitchell Swepson – was the star with the ball as the Heat restricted the Sixers to 9-116 after the hosts elected to bat first in the Challenger final.

Neser finished unbeaten on 48 from 32 deliveries – the highest score of the match and his highest T20 score – as the Heat emerged victorious by four wickets with 10 balls to spare.

🤝 Shoutout to; Bob, Bill, Dooley, and a few others who went for Brisbane Heat and backed it up with a comment, in the poll. (we’ll do a lot more of these as the big events of the year take place).

⛳️ Open champion and LIV golfer Cameron Smith says the sport's world ranking system is becoming "obsolete".

The Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) board does not currently award points to LIV Golf events, although the new circuit has submitted an application.

🚘️ Italy's seven-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi will trade two wheels for four in the Bathurst 12-hour race at Mount Panorama.

Rossi headlines the Team WRT BMW entry alongside Augusto Farfus and Maxime Martin.

No stranger to success in Australia, the Italian nicknamed "The Doctor" won eight times at Phillip Island between 1998 and 2014.

🏀 The New Zealand Breakers had to overcome a 16-point deficit but shrugged off a rough first half in Wollongong on Thursday night to take a step closer to securing second place with the 91-81 win over the Illawarra Hawks.

The Breakers have the chance to confirm second spot and a semi-final berth against the Brisbane Bullets at Nissan Arena also on Saturday.

🏉 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has been linked with a move back to the NRL with the Roosters. He’s only made 3 appearances for the All Blacks since the code-switch, and it now looks unlikely he’ll make the World Cup squad.

⚽️ Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have asked Fifa to "urgently clarify" reports that Saudi Arabia's tourism authority is to be named as an official sponsor of the 2023 Women's World Cup.

🏉 The Panthers will take on Super League heavyweights St Helens on February 18, but could be without backrower Liam Martin (AC joint injury) according to The Daily Telegraph.

🏈 Former Hawthorn defender Damon Greaves has joined ex-teammate Jackson Ross at the top level of college football, signing on to punt for the University of Kansas.

🌎️ World Sport

🏉 The 2023 Six Nations (starting Sunday AEDT) is arguably the tournament's most exciting edition since the last World Cup almost four years ago.

The top two sides in the world - Ireland (2.10 outright) and France (2.50) - are involved.

Two teams - Wales (11.0) and England (5.0) - had late coaching switch-ups just before the tournament began.

Scotland (21.0) came close to a historic win against New Zealand in November and even fresh-faced Italy (501.0) might cause some trouble.

💰️ Boring Pick: No Grand Slam winner $2.0

🏏 Shubman Gill’s prowess as an opener was never in doubt, but his first Twenty20 ton has got people talking about him as the next Virat Kohli, an all-format run machine for India.

Gill scored 126 in just 63 balls in a crushing 168-run series-clinching win over a hapless New Zealand on Wednesday.

🏈 Tom Brady retired (again) aged 45, with seven Super Bowls across three decades and every quarterback record in the book. He is a living legend, the widely proclaimed GOAT of not just the NFL but even in the entire sporting world.

⚽️ Real Madrid will make signing Borussia Dortmund and England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 19, their priority for the summer. (AS - in Spanish)

🏎️ The FIA has officially announced the opening of its application process for new “entities with a serious intent to enter Formula 1”, to join the grid in the future.

⚽️ Arsenal are tracking 22-year-old Chelsea and England winger Callum Hudson-Odoi, who is currently on loan at Bayer Leverkusen. (Guardian)

🧀 Wild Sports: Cheese Roll (UK)

It's simple, run down a hill chasing a wheel of cheese that can hit speeds of 110kph. A lot of fun and a sh*tload of injuries. Plus, an Aussie is the defending champion!

📺️ Sport TV Guide

⚽️ 07:00 - Spanish La Liga - Real Madrid v Valencia (Optus Sport 1)

⛳️ 07:00 - PGA TOUR - AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Round 1 (Fox Sports)

🏈 11:00 - NFL Pro Bowl - NFL Pro Bowl Skills Showdown, Day 1 (ESPN 2)

🏀 11:30 - NBA - Cleveland Cavaliers v Memphis Grizzlies (ESPN)

🏀 14:00 - NBA - Milwaukee Bucks v Los Angeles Clippers (ESPN)

🏀 14:30 - Men's NCAA - Arizona Wildcats v Oregon Ducks (ESPN 2)

🏏 16:40 - NZ Super Smash - Northern Brave v Central Stags (Fox Cricket)

🏀 19:30 - NBL - Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings (ESPN)

⚽️ 19:45 - A-League Men - Melbourne Victory v Wellington Phoenix (Paramount+)

🏀 21:30 - NBL - Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans (ESPN)

🏏 22:30 - SA20 - Joburg Super Kings v Paarl Royals (Fox Cricket)

SATURDAY

🏏 02:30 - SA20 - Durban Super Giants v Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Fox Cricket)

🏀 05:00 - EuroLeague - AS Monaco Basket v Real Madrid Basketball (Fox Sports)

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

⛳️ 07:00 - PGA TOUR - AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Round 2 (Fox Sports)

🏀 07:00 - EuroLeague - Asvel Basket v Virtus Bologna Basketball (Fox Sports)

🏒 11:00 - NHL All-Star Skills Competition (ESPN 2)

🏀 11:30 - NBA - Boston Celtics v Phoenix Suns (ESPN)

🏏 11:40 - NZ Super Smash - Canterbury Kings v Otago Volts (Fox Cricket)

⚽️ 17:00 - A-League Men - Melbourne City v Macarthur FC Bulls (Paramount+)

⚽️ 17:00 - A-League Men - Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners (Paramount+)

🏀 17:30 - NBL - Illawarra Hawks v Tasmania JackJumpers (ESPN)

🏏 19:30 - Big Bash League Final - Perth Scorchers v TBC (Fox Cricket or Channel 7)

⚽️ 19:45 - A-League Men - Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar (10 Bold or Paramount+)

🏀 20:00 - NBL - Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers (ESPN)

⚽️ 22:30 - A-League Men - Perth Glory v Newcastle Jets (Paramount+)

⚽️ 23:30 - Premier League - Everton v Arsenal (Optus Sport 1)

⚽️ 23:30 - English Championship - Norwich City v Burnley (beIN SPORTS 2)

SUNDAY

🏉 01:15 - Six Nations - Wales v Ireland (Stan Sport)

⚽️ 02:00 - Premier League - Manchester United v Crystal Palace (Optus Sport 5)

⚽️ 02:00 - Premier League - Brighton & Hove Albion v Bournemouth (Optus Sport)

⚽️ 02:00 - Premier League - Aston Villa v Leicester City (Optus Sport 4)

⚽️ 02:00 - Premier League - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool (Optus Sport 3)

🏏 02:30 - SA20 Group Game - Pretoria Capitals v MI Cape Town (Fox Cricket)

⚽️ 03:00 - France Ligue 1 - Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse FC (beIN SPORTS 3)

🏉 03:45 - Six Nations - England v Scotland (Stan Sport)

⚽️ 04:00 - Italian Serie A - Roma v Empoli (beIN SPORTS 2)

🏀 04:00 - Men's NCAA - Virginia Tech Hokies v Virginia Cavaliers (ESPN)

🏀 04:00 - Men's NCAA - Iowa State Cyclones v Kansas Jayhawks (ESPN 2)

⚽️ 04:30 - Premier League - Newcastle United v West Ham United (Optus Sport 1)

⛳️ 05:00 - PGA TOUR - AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Round 3 (Fox Sports)

🏀 06:00 - Men's NCAA - Tennessee Volunteers v Auburn Tigers (ESPN 2)

⚽️ 06:45 - Italian Serie A - Sassuolo v Atalanta (beIN SPORTS 2)

⚽️ 07:00 - France Ligue 1 - Stade Rennais v Lille OSC (beIN SPORTS 3)

🏒 07:00 - NHL All-Star Game (ESPN)

🏀 08:00 - Men's NCAA - Indiana Hoosiers v Purdue Boilermakers (ESPN 2)

🏀 10:30 - Men's NCAA - Duke Blue Devils v North Carolina Tar Heels (ESPN 2)

🏀 11:00 - NBA - New York Knicks v Los Angeles Clippers (ESPN)

🏏 11:40 - NZ Super Smash - Wellington Firebirds v Auckland Aces (Fox Cricket)

🏀 14:00 - NBL - Melbourne United v Adelaide 36ers (10 Peach, ESPN)

⚽️ 15:00 - A-League Men - Western Sydney Wanderers v Western United FC (10 Bold or Paramount+)

🏀 16:00 - NBL - Perth Wildcats v Sydney Kings (10 Peach, ESPN)

⚽️ 22:30 - Italian Serie A - Spezia Calcio v Napoli (beIN SPORTS 2)

🏏 22:30 - SA20 Group Game - Joburg Super Kings v Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Fox Cricket)