G'day sports fans,

I'm just about to board a flight from Morocco. I'd highly recommend it if you like surfing, spicy food and going to the loo often.

In today's edition of Sport Journal (Lite)

⚽️ The story of Kaiser - The greatest Footballer never to play football 

🏅 Olympics could be postponed or canceled

🏏 Ellyse Perry out of World Cup

🏉 NRL

Thirty years on, #NRL is still simply the best.

See the revival of Tina Turner's famous 1990 campaign, featuring some of the biggest moments in footy from the past three decades...goosebumps!

Breaking: Japan’s Olympics minister says Games could be postponed until end of 2020

The Tokyo Olympics could be postponed until the end of 2020 in an attempt to curb the spread of the coronavirus that has swept to all corners of the earth.

Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto made the stunning revelation less than five months before they’re due to be staged after being questioned by a lawmaker in Japanese parliament.

“The contract calls for the Games to be held within 2020,” he said. “That could be interpreted as allowing a postponement.

“(But) we are doing all we can to ensure that the Games go ahead as planned.” (Fox)

🏉 NRL

Four Fox League experts just finished a SuperCoach Draft. This is who they picked

Corey Parker, Nathan Hindmarsh, Braith Anasta and Greg Alexander all put their necks on the line, selecting 13 players each in the hope they’ll take them to SuperCoach glory. (Fox)

💪🏼 Planking

George Hood, a 62-year-old Marine veteran from Naperville, Illinois, recently set the Guinness World Record for longest abdominal plank at eight hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds.

Hood discovered planking a decade ago and quickly got hooked. "It was a static exercise. There was no movement involved. I could put music in my ears at the gym and lay on the floor and plank," he told WashPost.

• "I did it every day. I would blow things off to get my planks in. It was like sugar," he added.

• "My plank is my best friend. Do I have a social life? No, not one to really speak of, because all I do is train." (Axios Sport)

⚽️ Football

Kaiser! The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football 

 You may well have heard of this true story before, it is a classic.

Carlos Kaiser, was a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.

Although his abilities were far short of professional standard, he managed to sign for numerous teams during his decade-long career. He never actually played a regulation game and hid his limited ability with injuries, frequent team changes and other ruses.

In his youth, he did sign for a Mexican club (Puebla) but later returned to Brazil where started a career as a farce footballer since he "wanted to be a footballer, but did not want to play football". He became friends with footballers such as Carlos Alberto Torres, Ricardo Rocha and Renato Gaúcho so that he would have a big network to be recommended whenever he needed to transfer to a new club.

His fraud consisted of signing a short contract and stating that he was lacking match fitness so that he would spend the first weeks only with physical training.

When he had to train with other players, he would feign a hamstring injury; the technology at the time made it difficult to detect. He had a dentist who claimed he had focal infection whenever any club wanted to go further.

By following these steps, he managed to stay a few months at the various top South American clubs just training and without ever being exposed as a fraud.

Another part of the farce was to befriend journalists so that they would write fictional stories about him.

In one newspaper article, it was reported that he had such a great time at Puebla that he was even invited to become a Mexican citizen to play for the national team.

He also used toy mobile phones, expensive and uncommon at the time, to create fake conversations in foreign languages or reject non-existent transfer offers to create an image of himself as a valuable player. (Wikipedia)

🏏 Women's T20 world cup

Ellyse Perry ruled out of T20 World Cup with injury

Ellyse Perry’s World Cup is over after it was confirmed the Aussie star’s heartbreaking injury wouldn’t heal in time for the finals.

The gun all-rounder hurt her hamstring while fielding during yesterday’s win over New Zealand and won’t be available for the Aussies’ semi-final on Thursday, against either England or South Africa, or the decider on Sunday.

She won’t recover in time for a tour of South Africa later this month but of more pressing concern for Perry’s teammates is how they will cope without her as they try to defend the T20 crown they claimed in the West Indies in 2018.

🇺🇸 America

 MLB superstar Mike Trout unleashed on a poor golf ball

He’s one of the best baseball players in the world, but Trout has gone viral after showing off his insane power playing golf. Watch on Twitter.

📺 Netflix

Season 2 of "Formula 1: Drive to Survive" is out on Netflix. Season 1 was incredible. (Watch)

📚 Book recommendation

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE - Phil Knight — www.amazon.com.au

 'A refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like ... It's an amazing tale' Bill Gates

Back on Friday!

📺 Live sport

Wednesday

⚽️ 06:45 - Scottish Premiership - Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian (BeIN Sports 2) 

⚽️ 09:15 - Copa Libertadores - Defensa y Justicia v Santos FC (BeIN Sports 1)

🏏 09:30 - Test Match - New Zealand v India (Fox Cricket)

🏀 11:30 - NBA - Boston Celtics v Brooklyn Nets (ESPN 1)

⚽️ 11:30 - Copa Libertadores - Caracas FC v Boca Juniors (BeIN Sports 1)

⚽️ 11:30 - Copa Libertadores - Clube Atletico Paranaense v Penarol (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 11:30 - Copa Libertadores - America de Cali v Gremio (BeIN Sports 3)

🏒 14:00 - NHL - Vegas Golden Knights v New Jersey Devils (ESPN 2)

🏀 14:00 - NBA - Los Angeles Lakers v Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN 1)

⚽️ 19:30 - AFC Champions League - Sydney FC v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (Fox Sports)

⚽️ 21:30 - AFC Champions League - Ulsan Hyundai v Perth Glory (Fox Sports)

🏏 22:00 - ODI Series - South Africa v Australia (Fox Cricket)

Thursday

⚽️ 06:45 - Scottish Premiership - Livingston v Celtic (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 07:10 - Coupe de France Semi-Final - Olympique Lyonnais v Paris Saint-Germain (BeIN Sports 1)

⚽️ 09:15 - Copa Libertadores - Club Atletico Tigre v Palmeiras (BeIN Sports 2)

🏒 11:00 - NHL - Washington Capitals v Philadelphia Flyers (ESPN 2)

🏀 11:00 - NBA - Milwaukee Bucks v Indiana Pacers (ESPN 1)

⚽️ 11:30 - Copa Libertadores - LDU Quito v River Plate (BeIN Sports 1)

⚽️ 11:30 - Copa Libertadores - Atletico Junior v Flamengo (BeIN Sports 2)

🏀 13:30 - NBA - Dallas Mavericks v New Orleans Pelicans (ESPN 1)

🏏 14:00 (TBC) - Women's T20 World Cup Semi-Final (Fox Cricket)

⛳️ 17:00 - Asian Tour, Malaysia Open, Round 1 (Fox Sports)

⛳️ 18:30 - European Tour, Qatar Masters, Round 1, Part 1 (Fox Sports)

🏏 19:00 (TBC) - Women's T20 World Cup Semi-Final (Fox Cricket)

🏀 19:30 - NBL - Semi-Final Series - Sydney Kings v Melbourne United (ESPN 1)

🏀 21:30 - NBL - Semi-Final Series - Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans (ESPN 1)

🎾 22:00 (TBC) - WTA Open 6eme Sens, Round 2 (BeIN Sports 3)

⛳️ 22:00 - European Tour, Qatar Masters, Round 1 (Fox Sports)