🗞 A "monumental step forward"

February 22, 2022

G'day, sports fans,

Classic Quote: "I want to kick 70 or 80 goals this season, whichever comes first." Barry Hall (Sydney), when asked about the upcoming season

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏉 Broncos coach Kevin Walters has made his first big decision ahead of the 2022 NRL season, bringing in young gun Cory Paix to start at hooker over Jake Turpin.

🏉 Superstar Rabbitoh Latrell Mitchell says he doesn't need to change the way he plays the game despite finishing his 2021 season on the sideline after a controversial tackle on Joey Manu.

Mitchell has been given clearance to appear in Round 2 after the club were successful in arguing the All-Stars match counted as a game served (nine)

🇦🇺 The AFL has revealed it's informed all clubs of the competition's stance to crack down on disrespect towards umpires.

"We are 6000 umpires short at the community football level and it is incumbent on us to set the right example at the elite level so we can encourage and retain umpires across the country"

🏉 Coach Michael Maguire has turned back the clock and split the Wests Tigers' captaincy five ways after naming one of the largest leadership groups in the NRL.

After James Tamou led the Tigers in 2021, Maguire has settled on five players appointed by teammates to take leadership roles.

The group includes recruit Tyrone Peachey, as well as Tamou, Adam Doueihi, Luke Brooks, and Ken Maumalo.

🏏 This is how you celebrate taking the league-winning wicket! 👇🏼 Top off / Tanline combo.

🥊 Tim Tszyu has called world champion Jermell Charlo “a pussy cat” and the Australian champion said he’s prepared to fight anyone - but not anywhere, as he seeks a US bout. (Fox)

🇦🇺 With the pre-season ramping up and the season beginning on March 16, all 18 clubs are just hoping to get through the summer unscathed.

But some luckless sides are already copping injuries that’ll cruel their 2022 seasons.

🌍 World Sport

⛳️ Super Golf League: Mickelson said he helped recruit three “top players” to the new league, and that they paid attorneys to write the operating agreement with the Super Golf League.

Bryson DeChambeau is reportedly headed to the new league.

The league could announce its launch during Players Championship week — March 10-13 — a PGA Tour flagship event.

🏈 LA RAMS player Van Jefferson named his son CHAMP, after being born during his Dad's Super Bowl win.

🤦🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: In their 5-0 defeat, New Zealand’s Meikayla Moore scored a hat-trick of own goals and was taken off after 40 minutes against USA. (watch in all their glory on Twitter)

🥱 World number three Alexander Zverev defeated Jenson Brooksby in three sets at the Mexican Open in a first-round contest which set a new record for the latest finish to a tennis match.

Defending champion Zverev won 3-6 7-6 (12-10) 6-2 with the match ending at 4:55am local time in Acapulco.

The previous latest finish was 4:34am when Lleyton Hewitt beat Marcos Baghdatis at the 2008 Australian Open.

🥊 Dillian Whyte has signed a contract to fight WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury just hours before the deadline.

Fury does say he’ll be at the obligatory press conferences but will otherwise be in a media 'blackout'

The fight is expected to take place on 23 April, potentially at Wembley Stadium.

💰 United States forward Alex Morgan says a "monumental step forward" has been taken after the women's national team (USWNT) reached agreement with governing body US Soccer on equal pay.

The players will receive US$24m and US Soccer has pledged equal pay for the men's and women's teams across all competitions, including the World Cup.

🏆 Uefa is almost certain to switch this season's Champions League final away from St Petersburg amid the Ukraine-Russia crisis.

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