๐Ÿ—ž The Next Big Thing

G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: "I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced." Lee Trevino

In today's edition of Sport Journal:

โšฝ๏ธ European Leagues draw to an exciting close

โค๏ธ Original Immortal passes

๐Ÿด Zaaki is the next big thing

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ AFL

๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Defiant Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is adamant that the wins will come for his struggling side as the spotlight intensifies on his own future and off-field upheaval at board level.

The brave Magpies produced one of their best efforts of the season against Port Adelaide on Sunday afternoon, but ultimately fell to their eighth loss to remain in 16th place and well out of finals contention. (AFL)

๐Ÿฆ˜ A fired-up David Noble has declared North Melbourne received a "lesson" in the side's demoralising 12-goal loss to Essendon.

๐Ÿฅง The Pies poked fun at Portโ€™s jumper and the way the South Australian team sings Never Tear Us Apart at home games in Adelaide.(news)

๐Ÿ‰ NRL

โค๏ธ Former Australia captain and coach Bob Fulton has died aged 74. He played 213 games for Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and also won three World Cups as a player, before coaching Australia to two world titles.

He was among the first group of four players to be granted "immortal" status by Rugby League Week magazine in 1981.

Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V'landys said: "The word legend is used a lot in tributes but Bob was a genuine legend of rugby league.

"Bob will forever be part of rugby league's DNA and our game is richer for having had Bob part of it."

Get caught up with all the action from Round 11 of the 2021 NRL Telstra Premiership in one place

๐Ÿ˜ก Eighth Immortal Andrew Johns has revealed he walked out on the Broncos' underdog win over the Roosters on Saturday night after four sin-bins were handed out and 10 players were put on report under the league's new crackdown on foul play. (nine)

๐Ÿ”ฅ Tom Trbojevic is giving runaway leader Nathan Cleary a run for his money in the race for the Dally M Medal.

Trbojevic scored his fifth match of three votes to rise into third on the leaderboard, two adrift of second-placed Warriors skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, with Cleary four clear in first on 21 after 11 rounds.

Voting will no longer be publicised after next round.

Tommy Turbo's efforts for the Sea Eagles in Sunday's win over Parramatta came on an emotional day for the club. (NRL)

โšฝ๏ธ Football

A-League: Sunday's Triple Header sees 4 goals in 3 games.

Perth's Finals Series hopes take a hit after 1-1 draw with Macarthur

Goodwin guides Reds to a 1-0 Original Rivalry win over Victory

Sydney Derby: Bobรด header seals drought-snapping 1-0 win for Sky Blues over Wanderers

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ After a drama-filled final day of the La Liga season, Atletico Madrid was eventually crowned champion for the first time since 2014. Luis Suarez was on the scoresheet, and is a league winner again after leaving Barca in the summer.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski scored in the last minute of the season to break Gerd Muller's 49-year record of Bundesliga goals in a campaign. 41 goals in the league and 53 in 46 games, this season. Bayern won the league by 13 points.

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero marked his final appearance at Etihad Stadium with two goals, taking him to 184 goals at Man City, beating Wayne Rooney's record of 183 at one club (Man United). The new Premier League champions ended their domestic campaign with a thumping 5-0 win over Everton. City won the disjointed league season by 12 points.

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Harry Kane has won the Premier League Golden Boot for a third time after finishing the season with 23 goals. He pipped Salah by scoring in Tottenham's 4-2 over Leicester City.

๐ŸŒ World Sport

๐ŸฅŠ WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has signed his contract to face Deontay Wilder on 24 July.

๐ŸŽ Red Bull's Max Verstappen took a dominant victory in the Monaco Grand Prix to wrest the championship lead from Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.

The Dutchman controlled the race after pole-sitter Charles Leclerc's Ferrari broke down before the start.

Hamilton finished in seventh place, frustrated and angry after Mercedes's pre-race plans fell apart.

After winning the Monaco GP, Max Verstappen becomes the first non-Mercedes driver to lead the Drivers Championship standings since 2018.

๐ŸŽพ Stefanos Tsitsipas, world number five, 22, took just 70 minutes to claim his seventh career title and second in three weeks. Beating Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-3.

Tsitsipas has won the most matches on the ATP Tour in 2021 with 33.

๐Ÿ›น Three members of Australia's skateboarding team have reportedly tested positive to COVID-19. (nine)

โค๏ธ Several champion Chinese runners have been identified among 21 killed in northwestern China when they were hit with freezing cold weather during an ultramarathon Saturday. (nyp)

โ›ณ๏ธ The Final round of the US PGA is underway - Leader: -6 Mickelson (3)

  • He would become oldest man to win major at age 50

  • Kiawah Island's Ocean Course is longest in major championship history

๐Ÿด Racing

๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Champion jockey Glen Boss will ride leading Stradbroke Handicap hope The Harrovian next month, creating an all Queensland connection in the stateโ€™s biggest race. (racenet)

๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Clayton Douglasโ€™ marvellous May has continued, with the dual-licensed horseman winning the $125,000 Australian Steeplechase at Sandown.

๐Ÿด Zaaki announced himself as Australian racingโ€™s next big thing with an emphatic win in the Doomben Cup on Saturday.

The seven-length romp was against a high class field and the European import made them look second rate.

Zaaki is rising as quickly as his trainer Annabel Neasham who now has two Group 1s to her name after Moโ€™ungaโ€™s Rosehill Guineas triumph.

The owner of Zaaki, Carl Holt, also has Lost And Running. What a spring heโ€™s got ahead!

๐Ÿ‰ Rugby

Entertaining but not good reading for Aussie fans. 5-0. Richie Mo'unga scores more than the Brumbies and Western Force combined.

The resurgent Chiefs were at their irrepressible best as they downed the Brumbies 40-19.

Bryce Heem bagged a hat-trick as the Blues claimed a 48-21 victory over the Waratahs.

Richie Mo'unga scored 31 points, including a hat-trick of tries, as the Crusaders thrashed the Reds 63-28 in a Super Rugby Trans-Tasman clash at Suncorp stadium in Brisbane.

The Highlanders put together a clinical performance to defeat The Western Force 25-15.

The Hurricanes recovered from a slow start to put five tries past the Rebels and secure a bonus-point 35-13 victory.

๐Ÿ† Toulouse claimed the European Champions Cup for a record fifth time with a narrow 22-17 win against 14-man La Rochelle.

Twenty-five years after ร‰mile Ntamack captained Toulouse to their first European Cup. His son Romain, helped them to their fifth.

๐Ÿ—ž Back on Wednesday!

๐Ÿ“บ Live sport ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

09:00 - NHL Playoffs First Round - Washington Capitals v Boston Bruins (ESPN 1)

09:08 - MLB - St. Louis Cardinals v Chicago Cubs (ESPN 2 or Sky Sports 3)

11:00 - MLS - Nashville SC v Austin FC (BeIN Sports 3)

11:30 - NBA Playoffs First RoundUtah Jazz v Memphis Grizzlies (ESPN 1)

19:00 - ATP Belgrade Open, Round 1, Day 2 (BeIN Sports 1)

19:30 - NBL - Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United (ESPN 1 or SBS on Demand)

21:00 - World Pool Masters Round of 16, Day 3 (Fox Sports More)

21:20 - Giro d'Italia, Stage 16, 212km (SBS on Demand or SBS Viceland)

TUESDAY

08:40 - MLB - Miami Marlins v Philadelphia Phillies (Sky Sports 3)

09:00 - Women's Rottnest Search, Day 10 (7Plus, Fox Sports More)

09:20 - Men's Rottnest Search, Day 10 (7Plus, Fox Sports More)

10:00 - NHL Playoffs - Florida Panthers v Tampa Bay Lightning (ESPN 2)

11:40 - MLB - Oakland Athletics v Seattle Mariners (Sky Sports 3)

12:00 - NBA Playoffs - Denver Nuggets v Portland Trail Blazers (ESPN 1)

17:30 - NBL - New Zealand Breakers v Adelaide 36ers (ESPN 1 or SBS on Demand)

19:05 - A-League - Brisbane Roar v Melbourne City (Fox Sports)

20:00 - ATP Belgrade Open, Round 2, Day 3 (BeIN Sports 1)