🗞 No Last Dance

G'day sports fans,

"Queensland, go and pick your nose, seriously. It made me laugh so hard when they left those blokes out, Kurt Capewell, Dane Gagai, Kalyn Ponga, I could not believe it.” - Paul Gallen.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🇦🇺 Damien Hardwick knew it was time to leave Richmond when it became obvious there would be no last dance.

Key points:

• Damien Hardwick leaves Richmond after 307 games coached and three premierships

• He told the media he had made the decision after deciding he could no longer give the club 100 per cent

• Hardwick will not have a farewell game against Port Adelaide, with Andrew McQualter the new interim coach

The three-time AFL premiership coach had tears in his eyes on Tuesday as he detailed his shock decision to resign immediately, calling Richmond "the love of my life".

🇦🇺 Melbourne's Lachie Hunter has been unsuccessful in his tribunal appeal on Tuesday night after being charged with forceful front-on contact following Melbourne's loss to Port Adelaide.

Hunter was charged for the third quarter bump on Port's Connor Rozee, with the MRO grading the incident as careless conduct, medium impact and high contact, handing him a one-match ban. (ZeroHanger)

🇦🇺 Medical room: The full AFL injury list, R11: Who's struggling, who's a test, check out the players from your list who are a little sore. (AFL)

🐴 Sunshine In Paris is heading home with James Harron after fetching $3.9m at Tuesday's Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale.

The Annabel Neasham-trained three-year-old, who won the Surround Stakes last autumn, is the first Australian Group 1 winning filly to be offered in the country in a decade.

🏉 Rugby Union Halfback Teddy Wilson is following in his father David’s footsteps after being named Junior Wallabies captain for 2023.

The 12-team under-20 world championships run for three weeks starting June 24.

🏉 With all the talk of the NRL returning to the stats and Las Vegas. Here’s a throwback to 1987 when a State of Origin match was held in Los Angeles.

Peter Sterling's one and only game as captain of New South Wales nearly came undone before kick-off courtesy of a huge banner and a lunch buffet.

The infamous moment came in the 1987 series ahead of the historic fourth 'exhibition' match, which was held in Los Angeles.

“There’s this huge banner that says ‘Up the Blues’ and I’m feeling bulletproof.

“On the morning of the game, a young lady came up to me and said ‘good morning Peter, I made the banner that you’re going to run through, and I just wanted to tell you how to run through it.’

“The boys were about to have some lunch and I kind’ve fobbed her off…

“I hit the banner at top pace, and it was like a brick wall. The whole thing was held together by sticky tape except for this little corridor where she wanted to tell me to run through - there was no tape there.”

🥊 Nikita Tszyu's opponent was labelled "unprofessional" and given two hours to shed weight after a farcical weigh-in put tonight’s fight in jeopardy.

Benjamin Bommber stepped onto the scales at 70.3kg and was told he had to lose 400 grams in two hours to make the required weight. The super welterweight limit is 69.85kg. Bommber successfully returned weighing 69.5kg.

Former heavyweight world champion Joseph Parker will fight for the commonwealth heavyweight title with Faiga Opelu in the main event too with both men making weight.

Ex AFL stars Tom Bellchambers and Cameron Mooney are fighting on the undercard with Bellchanbers stating "I'll knock him out."

✍🏼 The Eels have sealed Joe Ofahengaue’s mid-season switch to Parramatta after the Tigers agreed to release him from his contract effective immediately.

“Joe is a timely addition to the Eels’ squad, considering the injury status of some of our key forwards,” Eels Head of Football Mark O’Neill said.

🐴 Toowoomba horse racing identity Ben Currie has received an 18-month disqualification from racing after a horse he oversaw was found with cocaine in its system.

Gelding End Assembly tested positive for having cocaine in its system after a race in Brisbane in December 2022.

End Assembly's win, where it won $116,000 in prize money, has been disqualified.

🌎 World Sport

⛳️ Tiger Woods will not compete in next month's US Open as he continues to recover from recent ankle surgery.

The American had fusion surgery on a bone in his ankle in April to address post-traumatic arthritis from a previous fracture in the joint.

⚽️ Bukayo Saka said Arsenal is the "right place to make the next step" after signing a new long-term contract with the club.

The England forward has scored 14 goals for the Gunners this season, contributing 11 assists.

Just 21 years old, he has already made 178 appearances for the club and has featured in all Arsenal's Premier League games over the past two campaigns.

⚽️ Manchester United are in talks to sign Brazil forward Neymar, 31, from Paris St-Germain. (L'Equipe - in French)

🏈 Tom Brady come to an agreement to become a minority owner of the Raiders, pending NFL approval. He'll become just the third player in NFL history to become an owner, joining George Halas and Jerry Richardson. (cbs)

Spanish police have stepped in and arrested seven people over racist abuse of Real Madrid superstar Vinicius Jr., including hanging an effigy of the Brazilian star.

🧺 After 8 months living in England, West Brom's American striker Daryl Dike discovered he'd been washing his clothes with dishwasher soap.

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