G'day sports fans,

Fun Fact: In 1974, man of the match for an Amco Cup (the 1st edition of the NSWRFL Midweek Cup) got a new pair of jeans.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 Record-breaking Stoinis dragged Australia home over SL: It was not the most convincing win as the Lankans stayed in the hunt for most of the match, but a devastating Stoinis blitz (59no from 18 balls) put the game to bed as the Aussies chased down 158 with 21 balls to spare.

🏉 Former Cronulla front-rower Andrew Fifita has decided to retire from rugby league, after 252 first-grade matches.

The 33-year-old, who scored the match-winning try in the Sharks' 2016 grand final victory, had been looking for a new club after Cronulla decided against offering him a new deal.

🏉 Former Wallabies captain Michael Hooper opens up about the mental demons that led to the champion flanker seeking "all types" of help, and taking almost three months' personal leave.

🐴 The field for the $7.75 million Melbourne Cup has been narrowed down to just 34. A final field of 24 can run in the great race on Tuesday November 1. (racenet)

🇦🇺 Alastair Clarkson says he will meet with North Melbourne to map out a return date amid an independent investigation.

⬇️ The Marnus Labuschagne of wicket keeping...

🐴 Frankie Dettori and Jamie Spencer will be eyeballing each other early in the $10m Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

The pair drew well enough in barriers eight and nine respectively for the blockbuster race in western Sydney this weekend.

Spencer rides the $4 favourite Light Infantry while Dettori is on board the Chris Waller import Welwal ($13).

💰 After securing his Origin and Kangaroos debut, the Bulldogs are going to have to up the ante to fend off rival clubs and retain their young star Matt Burton, as he coudl become the League's next million dollar man.

⛹🏻‍♀️ Origin Energy chief Frank Calabria has given the Australian Diamonds his full support, saying the company won’t be walking away from their sponsorship.

🏆 The Penrith Panthers could be set to host Super League champions St Helens in the first World Club Challenge fixture since 2020.

If the game gets the green light it will likely take place in Sydney next February

🌍 World Sport

⚽️ UEFA Champions League result: Two wonderful finishes by Mateo Kovacic and Kai Havertz earned Chelsea victory away to Red Bull Salzburg in a breathless Champions League game and sent Graham Potter's side through to the last 16.

⚽️ Tottenham wants to agree a new contract with England striker Harry Kane early next year and are confident the 29-year-old will commit his long-term future to the club. (90min)

⚽️ Ronaldo is open to a return to Italy, with Napoli still keen on a deal following their interest in the summer. (Sun)

😬 Italian lock Sara Tounesi has been suspended for 12 games for biting a player from Japan at the World Cup.

⬇️ KARMA: Smug guy passses runner near line,(gives smug look), stops a the wrong finish line, loses race.

🏀 Ben Simmons has hit out over a series of "bulls--t" calls that resulted in him being fouled out of a game for the second time in three appearances this season.

🏃🏽‍♀️ Russian runner Natalya Anyukh has been stripped of the gold she won at the 2012 Olympics after a new CAS ruling.

🏏 After West Indies' elimination from the T20 World Cup, team coach Phil Simmons will leave his post after the two-Test series against Australia.

🏎 Dual Academy Award winner Brad Pitt is being backed by Formula 1 to take the sport to the silver screen in a movie that could be shot during race weekends next season.

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