G'day sports fans,

🗣 Classic quote: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again." - Andrew Demetriou

🏝 I'm away this week, so the journal's will be a bit tighter than usual, but there's still plenty to get stuck into...

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏉 Bulldogs coach Trent Barrett will be seeking “some answers” from the NRL over two Broncos tries in his side’s 16-10 loss on Sunday.

🏉 West Tigers have not played NRL finals in a decade, and Maguire's neck is well and truly on the line again, after a dismal 26-4 defeat to the Knights.

🏉 Nathan Cleary is set to become one of the highest paid NRL players as the Panthers reportedly move to lock in both the star halfback and his dad, coach Ivan on long-term extensions. (Fox)

Nathan Cleary — who comes off contract at the end of 2024 — is expected be extended through to the end of 2027 on around $1.1 million-a-year deal.

🐴 Jamie Kah has been booked to partner Forbidden Love in the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) on Day 1 of The Championships at Royal Randwick.

🐴 Louis Mihalyka is one of the good guys in racing and even if you didn’t back the Golden Slipper winner Fireburn if you know Louis you’d still have a smile and be delighted for him and his fellow owners.

🤕 Big Knights blow as workhorse goes down; Panthers lose star for six weeks: NRL Casualty Ward

⚽️ Socceroos: Adelaide United’s Craig Goodwin has been deemed a close contact and will miss both crucial matches against Japan and Saudi Arabia, while FC St. Pauli’s Jackson Irvine has tested positive in Germany and will not travel.

❤️ Shane Warne's family and friends paid tribute at his private funeral in Melbourne on Sunday.

The private service at the St Kilda Football Club ground was attended by about 80 people, including former Australia captains Michael Clarke and Allan Border.

A state funeral will be held for Warne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 March.

🏏 Australia has selected the same XI for the third and final Test against Pakistan that failed to record a victory from a remarkably strong position in Karachi.

The 10: Round one's best moments — www.afl.com.au

Watch all the best highlights from a terrific opening round

🙌🏼 An unbelievable goal-line save from Heath Chapman has helped Fremantle secure a one-point win over the Adelaide Crows in a pulsating Round 1 clash - to give the Dockers a 11. 17. (83) to 12. 10. (82) win at the Adelaide Oval.

🌍 World Sport

🏀 LeBron James passed Karl Malone to become the NBA's second all-time leading scorer, despite the Los Angeles Lakers' loss to the Washington Wizards.

James scored 38 points in the 127-119 defeat, taking his career total to 36,947 points.

Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has scored more points than the 37-year-old.

🏉 Former Rugby Union Argentina international Federico Martin Aramburu was reportedly shot dead in France early on Saturday.

According to L'Equipe, Aramburu was killed in a drive-by shooting in Paris, following an argument.

⚽️ The Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, has now scored 30 or more Bundesliga goals in a season five times, equalling the record set by Germany legend Gerd Muller.

🏆 France strutted to a first Six Nations Grand Slam in 12 years as they ran in three tries to comfortably see off England (25-13), in front of a jubilant Stade de France. While, Italy snapped a 36 game losing streak - beating Wales 21-20, with a last minute try.

🎾 Roger Federer says he will be donating US$500,000 to help children affected by the war in Ukraine.

🎾 Rafael Nadal overcame fellow Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in just over three hours to reach the final at Indian Wells, where he will face Taylor Fritz. (7am AEDT)

Spain's Nadal beat the talented 18-year-old 6-4 4-6 6-3 in a match hampered by strong winds.

🥊 Hafthor Bjornsson smashed Strongman rival Eddie Hall in their bitter boxing showdown on Sunday morning in Dubai.

Both fighters were knocked down by heavy punches, but it was the Game of Thrones star who picked Hall apart with his jab.

The fight was awarded to Bjornsson with all three judges scoring the fight 57-54.

🏎 Charles Leclerc won a close battle with Red Bull's Max Verstappen before taking a classy victory as Ferrari took a one-two in a dramatic season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

Leclerc and Verstappen staged a thrilling wheel-to-wheel dice after their first pit stops, swapping places five times in two laps before Leclerc moved ahead.

The closing laps were packed with drama, with a safety car period and then reliability problems forcing Verstappen's retirement promoting Carlos Sainz to second.

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