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Classic quote: "I don't really like the sport of tennis that much." - Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🎾 Nick Kyrgios will have a walkover in the Semi-Final and play Novak Djokovic or Cameron Norrie in Sunday's Wimbledon final.

He becomes the first Austrlaian to reach the Men's singles final of Wimbledon since Mark Philippoussis in 2003. And, Australia's first winner since Lleyton Hewitt a year before.

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from his Wimbledon semi-final against Kyrgios with an abdominal injury.

The 36-year-old Spanish second seed received treatment for the injury during his quarter-final against Taylor Fritz on Wednesday but pushed through the pain to win in five sets.

"I have tried a lot of times in my career to keep going but it is obvious the injury will get worse," he said.

🎾 Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell are through to the Men's doubles final after defeating Britain's Joe Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram. After being 2 sets down, Ebden and Purcell edged out a close tiebreak in the third before taking the final two sets to complete a 3-6 6-7 (1) 7-6 (9) 6-4 6-2 victory and book a place in Saturday's final.

🗓ON THIS DAY 2006: Newcastle captain Andrew Johns overtakes Jason Taylor as the highest pointscorer in the history of the premiership when he converts the try of team-mate Riley Brown, late in his team’s 46-12 loss to Parramatta.

Johns draws criticism when he snubs a presentation ceremony organised by the Eels.

🇦🇺 Geelong has sent out a major warning to the rest of the AFL after a convincing win over Melbourne in stark contrast to last year's finals match-up with the reigning premiers.

Despite being wasteful in front of goal for the entirety of the contest, the Cats proved to be far too strong for the Demons, running out 12. 17. (89) to 9. 9. (63) winners at GMHBA Stadium.

🏉 Cronulla handed the Storm back-to-back defeats to secure their fourth straight win with a dominant 28-6 victory at PointsBet Stadium.

Sharks centre Jesse Ramien crossed for a hat-trick as the home side ran in six tries to one in the comfortable win.

🏉 Brandon Smith was sin-binned for backchatting to the referee — and he had something to say to the Sharks fans that greeted him at the tunnel, barking "what'd you say bra?" He then personally sought out NRL referee Adam Gee post-match and apologised.

⚽️ Portuguese & United legend Nani has signed with Melbourne Victory. The 35-year-old is set to be announced very soon.

🏉 Reece Walsh’s Broncos homecoming has been confirmed with the young gun signing a three-year deal beginning in 2023.

The 19-year-old will remain at the Red Hill club until the end of the 2025 season following a spell at the Warriors in which he stamped his authority as one of the game’s rising stars.

“Reece’s return is great news for everyone at the Broncos and for all our supporters and members — we’ll get him back home next year,” coach Kevin Walters said in a club statement.

🏏 Australian cricketer Steve Smith has sold his "flawless" Vaucluse mansion at auction on Thursday night for $12.38 million.

The couple paid $6.6m for the property in 2020.

🇦🇺 Richmond is beginning to entertain the possibility of Dustin Martin leaving the club, with the prospect of him joining the Sydney Swans "certainly" being considered, according to Caroline Wilson.

🏉 Brad Fittler has opened up on the “heartbreaking” hamstring injury that’s robbed Jordan McLean of his State of Origin debut, conceding it was “one of the more personable moments” he’s had as a coach.

🏉 Wallabies coach Dave Rennie has confirmed Taniela Tupou will make his return for the second Test against England.

It comes at a perfect time for Rennie and the Wallabies with Allan Alaalatoa (concussion) ruled out, as Tupou joins Angus Bell and Dave Porecki in the front-row.

Matt Philip comes into the starting side after Darcy Swain's suspension, with Nick Frost in line for his debut off the bench.

Injuries to Tom Banks (arm) and Andrew Kellaway (hamstring) has forced a reshuffle of the backline as Jordan Petaia gets his first start at fullback.

🌍 World Sport

🎾 History makers Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina will meet in the Wimbledon final after the pair claimed impressive victories in the last four.

Tunisian third seed Jabeur became the first Arab player to reach a Grand Slam singles final with a 6-2 3-6 6-1 win over Tatjana Maria.

Rybakina then became the first singles player from Kazakhstan to reach a major final with a 6-3 6-3 dismantling of former champion Simona Halep.

⚽️ Arsenal are confident of beating Manchester United to the £30m signing of Leicester City's 25-year-old Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans. (Sun)

⚽️ Raheem Sterling has agreed personal terms with Chelsea and confirmation of his move from Manchester City is now imminent. The deal is thought to be worth £50m.

He leaves with 131 goals and 74 assists in 339 games across seven seasons following his move from Liverpool.

🏎 Lewis Hamilton has broken Michael Schumacher's record for most consecutive seasons where the driver has led a lap of a Grand Prix - (16)

🏉 England coach Eddie Jones has turned to a fellow Australian, Guy Porter, in a bid to keep the Ella-Mobbs Trophy alive against the Wallabies on Saturday.

🚴🏾‍♂️ Tadej Pogacar stormed into the yellow jersey with Tour de France stage six triumph. Aussie Michael Matthews secured 2nd place.

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