G'day sports fans,

"Yes, because he's an unbelievable talent. No, because it probably means he takes my spot. We've had words about that, just told him to calm down a bit and give me another few weeks." - Mitchell Marsh on whether he'd like to see fellow allrounder Cameron Green in the Australian World Cup side.

🐴 Racing

🐴 STATION ONE bolted up on the synthetic at Ballarat. Glad I fired out the mail now!!

Well done to everyone that got on with Dabble.

Some good days out with this fella on the horizon, hopefully. I think Liam mentioned the Kyneton Cup next week as the target. 🫡

🐴 Trainer Joe Pride has no explanation for Eduardo's Everest flop but maintains there is no reason not to run his sprint star against stablemates Private Eye and Brutality in the $3m Nature Strip Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

🐴 Three-time Melbourne Cup winner Damien Oliver could be without a ride in the great race for only the third time in as many decades after Caulfield Cup winner Durston was deemed "unsuitable" to compete on veterinary grounds.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

⚽️ Australia have released a collective statement against Qatar's human rights record, becoming the first 2022 World Cup team to do so.

The video message criticises the World Cup hosts' treatment of migrant workers and LGBTQ+ people.

Football Australia also released a statement saying the "suffering" felt by workers and their families caused by the tournament "cannot be ignored".

Australia will play at the tournament in Qatar, which starts on November 20.

The video, which features 16 players, calls for an "effective remedy" for migrant workers and the decriminalisation of same-sex relationships.

🏉 Club legend James Tamou will return to North Queensland next season on a one-year contract that is likely to be his last as an NRL player.

🏏 Victorian prodigy Will Pucovski has decided to step away from cricket for personal reasons, with no timeline set for his return.

🏉 Nathan Cleary and Daly Cherry-Evans are set to combine in the halves together for Australia after coach Mal Meninga opted to rest Cameron Munster for the Kangaroos' final round pool match of the World Cup against Italy on Sunday morning (AEDT). The tournament's leading try-scorer Josh Addo-Carr has been rested. (NRL)

🏏 Glenn Maxwell was spotted donning the gloves and practicing his wicketkeeping as Australia heads into its must-win clash with England.

Matthew Wade is currently expected to play on Friday night at the MCG in a virtual elimination final, despite testing positive for Covid.

🦘 The Wallabies coach has set a cat amongst the pigeons by handing Tate McDermott the No.9 jersey for the match vs. Scotland this weekend. (rugby)

🏉 Inspirational Bulldogs captain Josh Jackson has called time on his 11-year NRL career, informing his teammates on Thursday morning.

🏏 Australian captain Aaron Finch has leaped to the defence of Pat Cummins amid suggestions from Mark Waugh that the paceman should be dropped from the T20 side.

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🌍 World Sport

🏏 Pakistan's World Cup hopes suffered further damage with a shock one-run defeat by Zimbabwe in Perth.

An inspired performance from the Zimbabwean bowlers ensured Pakistan finished on 129-8, chasing 131 to win.

Virat Kohli smashed a second successive half-century as India thrashed the Netherlands by 56 runs on Thursday to put themselves in a strong position at the Twenty20 World Cup.

🥊 Ukrainian boxer Vasiliy Lomachenko says it was "a clear decision, a normal decision" for him to join his country's war effort against Russia's invasion.

Bring on the World Series! What the Astros and Phillies need to do to win it all — www.espn.com.au

Now that the matchup is set, here's what we learned about Houston and Philadelphia in their championship series.

⚽️ FT: Premier League leaders Arsenal missed a chance to seal top spot in Europa League Group A as they lost (2-0) to PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

The Gunners need to beat Zurich in their final group game at home to guarantee a place in the last 16.

⚽️ ICYMI: Yannick Carrasco misses a late penalty that ultimately sealed Atletico Madrid's Champions League exit.

🌟 FUTURE STAR: Sure, Kevin Durant is good, but imagine if he was like half a foot taller. 

Well, Victor Wembanyama (18) is essentially what you'd get.

He's a 7-3 center currently playing in France that will be eligible for the 2023 NBA Draft next June. For years he has been widely considered the best draft prospect since LeBron James in 2003.

And then, in early October, he came to the United States and dropped 36 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, and four blocks on No. 2 prospect Scoot Henderson and the G-League Ignite in one of the greatest performances by a teenager in the history of basketball.

🥏 Disc golf is in the midst of a meteoric rise in the US:

• 5.28 courses built per day in 2021

• 13,323 courses worldwide

• Top pros making over $1 million

• Some events totaling 2.5 million views on YouTube

🚘 In 2023, NASCAR will host a race... on ice.

Next year's EuroNASCAR tour will open with the Arctic Ice Race on a frozen lake in Finland — the first of its kind sanctioned by the sport.

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