🗞 Jogging Club

G’day Sports Fans,

🗣️ "It's not over when you lose, it's over when you quit." - A supporters message to Wahgunyah Lions Seniors who recorded their first win in more than 1,000 days at the weekend.

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🇦🇺 Sydney bounced back to top form as ruck recruit Brodie Grundy led the charge in his milestone match, securing a commanding 53-point win over Gold Coast at the SCG.

They looked revitalized as they dominated the Suns, sealing a 17.8 (110) to 8.9 (57) victory on Sunday. (match report)

🇦🇺 Sam Mitchell's risk with his ‘bring your mouthguard to training’ week paid off as Hawthorn clinched their first win, a commanding 45-point victory over North Melbourne.

“I referred to them as the Hawthorn jogging club, it certainly hasn’t been there today. It’s been outstanding by them.” - Sam Mitchell

The strategy worked as the Hawks scored nine consecutive goals before halftime, setting the stage for their 17.11 (113) to 10.8 (68) win at Marvel Stadium.

🏉 The Bulldogs sent a clear message for the season with a commanding 36-12 victory over the Knights. Unfortunately for the Knights, their skipper, Kalyn Ponga, suffered a foot injury and was was seen in a moon boot during the second half. (match report)

🏉 The Sharks maintained their position at the top of the NRL table with a commanding 42-6 victory over the Cowboys at PointsBet Stadium on Sunday. Scoring four tries in just 30 minutes, Cronulla extended their winning streak to three games and improved their season record to an impressive 5-1. (match report)

⚽️ Adam Taggart is in the box seat to win his second Isuzu UTE A-League Golden Boot after his record-breaking performance but Perth Glory were beaten 4-3 by Western United in a result that condemned them to the wooden spoon.

🏃🏽‍♀️ Australian teenager Torrie Lewis did not look one bit overawed by the occasion as she stunned reigning 100m world champion Sha’Carri Richardson in the women’s 200m event, at her very first Diamond League event.

Lewis, who was in lane nine, came home strong to take the victory in a photo finish ahead with a time of 22.96 while Richardson came second ahead of Tamara Clark in third.

🏉 The Sea Eagles are reportedly set to terminate forward Josh Schuster’s contract as early as this week with a payout plan in place for the next three years.

According to the SMH, the 22-year-old is reportedly set to earn $200,000 across the next three seasons.

Sea Eagles powerbrokers have also reportedly sat down with the NRL’s salary cap team, brokering a deal that will see $200,000 come off their cap over three years.

🇦🇺 Wahgunyah, the country footy team that became famous for losing, has finally won a game.

The proud club from a small Victorian community on the banks of the Murray River made national headlines for its almost math-defying losses.

But a renewed focus on its community core has reinvigorated the club and on Saturday, the Wahgunyah Lions Seniors recorded their first win in more than 1,000 days.

A post on the club's Facebook simply read: "We did it!"

Down by a point at three-quarter time to Dederang Mt Beauty, the Lions mounted a stirring comeback for a thrilling nine-point victory, sparking wild celebrations and tears at the final siren.

🏄🏻‍♂️ Australian Jack Robinson won a spectacular men's final at the Margaret River Pro against Hawaii's two-time world champion John John Florence in a replay of their 2022 final of the same event.

Robinson and Florence were the two form surfers of the event and traded huge carves on the double-overhead walls as the waves finally improved on the last day of the 11-day competition window.

⚽️ Manchester United scraped into the FA Cup final on penalties despite throwing away a three-goal lead against Championship side Coventry in an epic semi-final at Wembley. It’ll be the second all-Manchester final in succession.

Liverpool put a frustrating fortnight behind them to reignite their Premier League title bid with a welcome 3-1 win at Fulham.

🏎️ Max Verstappen annihilated the competition to win the Chinese Grand Prix.

The Dutchman was in a league of his own again - even over his team-mate Sergio Perez - in a race punctuated by two mid-race safety cars in quick succession.

Safety cars broke up Red Bull's cruise to a one-two finish, shuffling Perez behind McLaren's Lando Norris and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.

The Mexican soon picked off Leclerc but Norris drove an exceptional final stint to hold on to second ahead of Perez.

Daniel Ricciardo had his race ruined by Lance Stroll when the Aston Martin pay driver smashed into Ricciardo’s RB during the restart from the first safety car. Let’s just say, he wasn’t happy. (Twitter)

🏀 The defending champion Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 114-103 to take a 1-0 lead in their NBA play-offs first-round series.

Nuggets star Nikola Jokic scored 32 points to help his side overcome a narrow deficit at half-time to win.

Elsewhere in the Western Conference, the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Phoenix Suns 120-95.

In the Eastern Conference, there were wins for the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Knicks recorded a 111-104 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, while the Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic 97-83.

💉 Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were cleared to compete after the country's anti-doping agency found the results were caused by contamination.

The swimmers all tested positive for heart medication trimetazidine (TMZ) at a training camp seven months before the delayed Games.

The country's 30-member swimming team won six medals at the Tokyo Olympics, including three golds.

Details of the case were revealed by the New York Times, who shared reporting with German broadcaster ARD.

🏃🏻 More controversy: The top three finishers of the Beijing half marathon have been stripped of their medals following an investigation into the controversial result.

It was alleged that the three African athletes deliberately allowed China's star runner He Jie to win Sunday's race.

Footage appeared, external to show Kenya's Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat and Ethiopia's Dejene Hailu pointing to the line and slowing down to wave He past.

🏃🏽‍♀️ Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir stormed to victory in a women's only world-record time of two hours 16 minutes and 16 seconds in the London Marathon.

🥊 American Ryan Garcia floored Devin Haney three times in a majority points win over his compatriot on a dramatic night in Brooklyn, New York.

Garcia's left hook was his greatest asset as the previously unbeaten world champion Haney was floored in the seventh, 10th and 11th rounds.

Scorecards of 112-112, 114-110 and 115-109 saw the decision go to Garcia.

The Californian, however, did not win Haney's WBC light-welterweight title after missing weight for the contest.

⚽️ Manchester United and Arsenal are set to rival AC Milan for the signing of 22-year-old Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna.

🥇 World Record: Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke his own men's pole vault world record in the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Xiamen, China.

Duplantis, 24, cleared 6.24m, one centimetre above the mark he set in last September's Diamond League final.

It was the eighth time the reigning Olympic and world champion has broken the outdoor world record.

⚽️ icymi: After watching his side lose to Al-Hilal in the Saudi Cup final, one Al-Ittihad fan pulled out an Indiana Jones style whip, to give 50 lashings to midfielder Abderrazak Hamdallah. (Twitter)

TODAY
03:00 - PGA TOUR - RBC Heritage, Round 4 (Fox Sports)
05:00 - Spanish La Liga - Real Madrid v Barcelona (Optus Sport 2)
05:00 - PGA TOUR - Corales Club Championship, Round 4 (Fox Sports More)
05:00 - NHL Playoffs First Round - New York Rangers v Washington Capitals (ESPN 2)
09:10 - MLB - Atlanta Braves v Texas Rangers (ESPN 2)
11:30 - NBA Playoffs First Round - Oklahoma City Thunder v New Orleans Pelicans (ESPN)
12:00 - NHL Playoffs First Round - Vancouver Canucks v Nashville Predators (ESPN 2)
00:00 - Indian Premier League - Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians (Fox Cricket)

TUESDAY
09:00 - NHL Playoffs First Round - Boston Bruins v Toronto Maple Leafs (ESPN 2)
11:38 - MLB - Los Angeles Angels v Baltimore Orioles (ESPN 2)
12:00 - NBA Playoffs First Round - Denver Nuggets v Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN)