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🗞 The King is Back
Morning all,
Weird event alert: The Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships, which have been an annual tradition in Finland since 2000. (Wiki)
Current Men's world record - 110.42 meters (362.3 feet) Dries Feremans (August 2014).
In today's edition of Sport Journal;
👊🏻 Mcgregor's comeback fight lasts 40 seconds
🏏 Smith ODI ton but India too good
🏈 NFL play-off previews
Sales Agent: "Hi, have you been in an accident lately that wasn't you fault..."
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👊🏻 UFC
The King is Back: McGregor beats Cerrone in 40 seconds
Irishman McGregor, 31, came out on top after one of the most spectacular performances of his career.
Referee Herb Dean stepped in and waved off the contest inside a minute after a series of blows from McGregor.
“I let that left hand go from the chamber...15 months outside the octagon [I was] a little eager,” McGregor said during his post-fight press conference. He credited his win to a commitment to his training, which he says wasn’t as focused before the Khabib loss.
The victory gave McGregor a knockout in his third different weight class. (SI)
🎾 Australian Open
We haven’t had a singles winner in 42 years. But Barty isn’t feeling the pressure to end title drought.
Ash Barty is everywhere right now.
Her face is on the back and front page of every paper in the country. It is on billboards, trams and television commercials. And she is now one of the biggest drawcards at this year’s Australian Open.
“My face is everywhere a little bit, isn't it? I'm a bit sick of it to be honest,” Barty said with a laugh at her final media appearance ahead of the Australian Open.
🎾 Serena Williams is the firm favourite to win the Australian Open as she again bids for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title.
🎾 In the men's event: Old guard Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are still expected to be the men to beat in Melbourne, while Britain's former world number one Andy Murray is missing because of a pelvic injury.
⚽️ Football
A-League:
Adelaide United 1-0 Melbourne Victory: (match report) Ben Halloran’s first-half goal was enough for Adelaide United.
Brisbane Roar 1-0 Wellington Phoenix: (match report) Dylan Wenzel-Halls scored with his first involvement as Brisbane Roar won, to deny Wellington Phoenix a new club record.
Melbourne City 2-0 Newcastle Jets: (match report) Melbourne City have consolidated second spot, after seeing off a stubborn Newcastle Jets
Western united 3-0 Central Coast Mariners: (match report) Besart Berisha scored a first-half double but Alessandro Diamanti limped off injured
Western Sydney Wanderers 0-1 Perth Glory: (match report) Perth Glory recorded a club record 6th straight win.
W-League:
Adelaide United 0-3 Melbourne Victory: (match report) Natasha Dowie delivered a double as Melbourne Victory notched a third straight win.
Melbourne City FC 2-0 Newcastle Jets: (match report) Westfield W-League leaders Melbourne City have moved six points clear atop the table.
Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1 Perth Glory: (match report) Western Sydney Wanderers responded to their shock loss to Brisbane Roar in Round 9 with a hard-earned 3-1 victory.
Europe:
The the hipster's favourite player, Erling Braut Haaland, scored a 20-minute hat-trick on debut, for Europe's most hipster club, Dortmund (CNN)
EPL:
Liverpool beat Man United 2-0 to move 16 points clear of Man City at the top of the Premier League, with a game in hand.
The last time Liverpool won the league;
Mo Salah was still two years away from being born
George H.W.Bush was President of the United States
🏏 Cricket
Australia started the series with a history-making win. India finished it with the trophy
India have ended Australia’s hopes of back-to-back ODI series wins in the country with a seven-wicket victory in Bangalore despite a batting masterclass from Steve Smith.
Smith scored 131 (on the 3-year anniversary of his last ODI ton) in Australia’s 9-286 on Sunday night, before a Rohit Sharma century saw India chase down the target with 15 balls to spare
...Thanks to a century from Rohit Sharma and a dashing 89 from Virat Kohli. and take the three-match series 2-1.
It was a tale of Two collapses and an umpiring shocker!
The Heat were cruising at 0-84 (chasing 165, after the Renegades posted 164/6) when Chris Lynn fell for 41 off 15 to Andrew Fekete. AB de Villiers (2) and Matt Renshaw (0) fell on back-to-back balls in the next over
They stabilised from there to reach 3-112, only for Sam Heazlett (56) and Jimmy Peirson (0) to fall in consecutive deliveries from Samit Patel, before Joe Burns (14) was run out in the same over. (Foxsports)
🏈 NFL
NFL conference champonship weekend is here for the 2020 playoffs.
The Titans rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Chiefs 35-32 in the teams' wild Week 10 game in Nashville, the last time Kansas City has lost a game.
The Chiefs get the rematch at home, and they know it won't be easy after the Titans fearlessly knocked off the Patriots in New England and the Ravens in Baltimore.
Kansas City should be able to go up a gear in the second half to keep the game just out of reach for Henry and Ryan Tannehill.
Average score prediction: Chiefs win 34-27 but fail to cover the spread
The Packers got blasted by the 49ers 37-8 during the Sunday night Week 12 meeting in San Francisco. In that game, Aaron Rodgers threw for only 104 yards on 33 attempts and was sacked five times.
Green Bay didn't have much of a running game to support him and fell into a big hole, 23-0 by halftime.
Rodgers will do the best he can with little skill help beyond Adams and Jones, facing defensive challenges on every level led by Nick Bosa, Dee Ford, Kwon Alexander and Richerd Sherman.
Garoppolo is loaded by comparison and will see many more things available to exploit in the middle of the field.
Average score prediction: 38-24 to the 49ers
🏉 Rugby
Saracens relegated from Premiership at end of 2019-20 season for salary cap breaches
They've dominated European rugby in recent years, it couldn't happen to a nicer club (wink). (rugbypass)
Sarries had already been deducted 35 points for the current Premiership campaign and fined £5.4m for three seasons' spending above the cap.
The club will finish this season before entering the Championship. (BBC)
🏉 The Waratahs have secured a first-up pre-season victory by coming from behind to beat a rusty Highlanders outfit 40-21 in Sydney on Friday. (rugbypass).
🏉 The Reds, fielding a close to full strength team, ran away with a 57-5 win against albeit an understrength Rebels squad, with Filipi Daugunu showcasing how to finish with five meat pies. (TheRoar)
📺 Today's sport
🎱 Dafabet Masters Final (5:45am)
🏌🏻♂️ The American Express, Round 4 (7am)
🏈 AFC Championship game - KC Chiefs v Titans (7am)
🏈 NFC Championship game - 49ers v Packers (10:40am)
🎾 Australian Open, Round 1 (11am), Evening session (6pm)
🏏 Big Bash - Sixers v Stars (6:40pm)
🏏 Big Bash - Scorchers v Thunder (9:40pm)
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