🗞 A a memorable victory

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Sport Journal
June 25, 2023

G'day sports fans,

Ashes Slegde: Dennis Lillee to Mike Gatting: “Hell, Gatt, move out of the way, I can’t see the stumps.”

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🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🎾 Australia's Alex de Minaur came up short in his bid to be the first Australian since Lleyton Hewitt in 2006 to lift the title at Queen's Club.

De Minaur lost the final 6-4, 6-4 to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Alcaraz's triumph means he moves above Novak Djokovic in the rankings and will be the top men's seed at Wimbledon, which starts on 3 July.

🏏 Australia are five wickets away from an Ashes Test victory at Trent Bridge, after Ashleigh Gardner's triple-strike late on day four provided the latest twist in what continues to be a pulsating contest.

England will resume on 5-116 on Monday with Danni Wyatt on 20 and nightwatcher Kate Cross on five, requiring another 152 runs for victory.

It came after spinner Sophie Ecclestone's second five-wicket haul of the match had Australia bowled out for 257 shortly after tea on day four.

SUNDAY WRAP

🏉 The Raiders survived a late comeback to overcome the Roosters 20-18 in a valuable away win to close out Round 17.

🇦🇺 With 65,930 fans – a record home and away crowd between these two sides – turning up on a cold winter’s day at the MCG, the Magpies won a thriller by two points to extend their winning streak over the Crows to eight. In the 12.10 (82) to 11.14 (80) win. (match report)

🏉 A double in the space of two minutes from Valentine Holmes helped the Cowboys to an impressive 31-6 road victory over a toothless Rabbitohs side. (match report)

🇦🇺Gold Coast’s hopes of a maiden finals appearance remain alive after a percentage-boosting 67-point win over Hawthorn.

Sunday’s 14.17 (101) to 5.4 (34) victory ensures the Suns are now sitting just percentage outside the top end

🏉 The Titans put an exclamation mark on the end of a chaotic week [Head Coach Justin Holbrook removed] by securing a memorable 18-12 derby win over the high-flying Broncos on Sunday afternoon. (Highlights)

⛹🏻‍♀️ Adelaide Thunderbirds produced a sensational second-half comeback to score a dramatic 64-62 Super Netball major semi-final extra-time win over minor premiers NSW Swifts in Sydney. (ESPN)

🏉 Eddie Jones has named Michael Hooper and James Slipper as the Wallabies' first co-captains.

Jones said he had taken inspiration for co-captains from the Sydney Swans Australian rules football team.

"It's probably one of the hardest squads I've had to select," said Jones, who previously coached Australia from 2001 to 2005. (Full Squad)

🏏 ASHES SGM with Dabble

We’re one from one for the Ashes so far, after the first test $8.0 SGM landed with ease.

Smith won’t want to miss out again, we’re going with him as top 1st innings Aussie run scorer.

Same goes for Labuschange (20+ runs), and while Captain Pat’s batting got the headlines, his bowling kept Australia in it (2+ wickets)

🌎 World Sport

⚽️ Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea will hold meetings with the agents of Napoli's Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, 24, next week over a potential move to the Premier League.

🥇 A Shot Putter has "taken one for the team" as she took part in her nation's 100m hurdling event where every point counts towards your Countries total.

🐴 Frankie Dettori, was unable to add to his record tally of 81 wins on the final day of his last appearance at Royal Ascot.

He finishes the second most successful jockey in Royal Ascot history behind Lester Piggott, who notched up 116 wins.

📲 SPORTS SOCIAL

🛩️ Saudi Club Al Hilal’s player Odion Ighalo shows how luxurious the plane they use for away games is. It’s insane. (Twitter)

🏏 Is this the greatest catch of all time? (Twitter)

🗣️ Reece Walsh could be in hot water after his choice words to the ref (Watch)

🏉 The biggest 100 hits of all time in the NRL (YouTube)

🕺🏼 The Last Dance, dynasty complete... take it away Razor (Twitter)

⚽️ Kalidou Koulibaly has become the latest Chelsea player to move to Saudi Arabia after the defender completed a transfer to Al-Hilal for an undisclosed fee.

Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante has also agreed to sign for Saudi champions Al-Ittihad, while team-mate Edouard Mendy is close to joining Al-Ahli.

⛵️ The crew of the Ocean Race’s Team JAJO endured several heart-stopping minutes on their approach to the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday when their boat came under attack from a pod of orcas.

The Orcas mad off with both rudders, but no one was injured.

🎂 Lionel Messi marked his 36th birthday with a hat-trick on his return Rosario.

The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner returned to his hometown on Saturday to play in an exhibition match against boyhood club Newell's Old Boys, with 42,000 in attendance.

🏃🏾‍♂️ American sprinter Noah Lyles ran the 200m in 19.83 seconds Saturday at a meet in New York, Lyles ran 200 meters in less than 20 seconds for the 34th time as a pro − which, according to NBC Sports, matches the previous record set by Jamaican legend Usain Bolt.

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