G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: "You've got to get your first tackle in early, even if it's late."- Ray Graved

🗞 Fake News: Shout out to readers Aldo and David, who pulled me up on the oldest Australian Olympian (in the last issue).

It was actually Dressage rider Mary Hanna (61), in Rio. Overtaking the record set by equestrian rider and five-time Olympian Bill Roycroft back in 1976.

The oldest Olympic medalist is genarally considered to be Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn. He won a silver medal in 1920 when he was 72 years, 281 days old.

🧹 Housekeeping: There'll be no Sport Journal next week, back on Monday 21st June.

In today's edition of Sport Journal:

🤬 Scott clashes with fans

⚽️ Skydiver on the pitch

🗣 Get fired up

🇦🇺 AFL

🏟 Prized recruit Jeremy Cameron teamed up with Tom Hawkins and Gary Rohan to help Geelong put another dent in Port Adelaide's premiership credentials with a 21-point win.

Key points:

• Cameron kicked five goals, while Hawkins (four) and Rohan (three) also made valuable contributions

• The win keeps the Cats in third place on the ladder

• Connor Rozee was outstanding for the Power with a five-goal haul

Cameron finished the match with five goals, with three coming in the final quarter, as the Cats consolidated their place inside the top four with the stirring 17.10 (112) to 14.7 (91) triumph at Adelaide Oval.

🤬 'Ridiculous in any stadium in the world': Geelong coach Chris Scott clashes with Power fans. (nine)

🤕 Injured Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe is among six outs as the battered Dockers prepare to face buoyant Gold Coast in round 13 of the AFL. (thewest)

🏉 NRL

✍🏼 Melbourne Storm sign former Eel Tepai Moeroa after NSW Waratahs release.

☝🏼 Former Queensland captain Cameron Smith has called for selectors to "pick players that are fit" as the Maroons look to keep the State of Origin series alive in Game Two, following last night's 50-6 thumping in Townsville. (nine)

💥 'Trbojevic could revolutionise the game' - Fittler’s praise for superstar centre. (theAGE)

⚽️ Football

CENTRAL COAST MARINERS VS MACARTHUR FC (SATURDAY 12 JUNE, 7:05PM, CENTRAL COAST STADIUM: After a seven year absence, the Central Coast Mariners are back in the A-League Finals and will host their first postseason game since a 1-0 win over Adelaide United on April 19, 2014.

BRISBANE ROAR VS ADELAIDE UNITED (SUNDAY 13 JUNE, 3:05PM, MORETON DAILY STADIUM): Finals football returns to Brisbane for the first time since April 2017 as they host Adelaide in an A-League Finals match for the first time in their history.

The three previous meetings were in the City of Churches with Adelaide winning the 2008 Preliminary Final 1-0 before Brisbane claimed the 2013 Elimination Final 2-1 in a spiteful encounter.

🪂 Sky Diver stops play in Poland, and promptly receives a Yellow card.

🤝 Celtic Football Club finally announced that it has appointed Ange Postecoglou as their Manager.

💰Manchester United had a AU$123m bid for Borussia Dortmund winger rejected.

🗓 The A-League Semi Final hosted by Melbourne City FC will be moved back 48 hours to Sunday 20 June. (A-League)

UEFA EURO 2020(1)

Twenty-four teams will contest the tournament, (starting in the early hour of Saturday morning), including holders Portugal and world champions France - who are both in Group F along with three-time winners Germany and Hungary.

It's hard to look beyond France - they were losing finalists five years ago, they won the World Cup three years ago and now they have Karim Benzema too. They'll be improved and they have brilliant young players too. They have to be favourites, and are ($5.50)

It runs through to the 12th July.

Dark Horses: Italy $17.0 & Turkey $67.0

Top Goal Scorer:

• Harry Kane ($6.50)

• Romelu Lukaku ($6.50) - the pick

• Kylian Mbappe ($9.00)

• Cristiano Ronaldo ($13.0)

• Karim Benzema ($15.0)

• Memphis Depay ($15.0)

• Ciro Immobile ($17.0)

• Ferràn Torres ($61.0) - wild card

🌍 World Sport

❌ Madeline Groves, 26, has withdrawn from the Australian swimming trials. Groves said in 2020 she had complained "a few years ago" about an unnamed person in the sport who had made her feel uncomfortable.

Announcing her decision to withdraw on Wednesday, she said: "Let this be a lesson to all misogynistic perverts... and their boot lickers..."

🤬 Paul Gallen has vowed to seek revenge on Justis Huni next week after the Olympic medal hopeful was a no show at a big event. (nine)

🙋🏻‍♀️ Czech, Barbora Krejcikova showed incredible sprit to beat Maria Sakkari in a classic French Open semi-final and reach her first Grand Slam final.

Krejcikova, 25, won 7-5 4-6 9-7 with her fifth match point in a dramatic match lasting over three hours.

Krejcikova, a former doubles world number one, thought she had won earlier in the final game but had a line call wrongly overruled by the umpire.

🐴 Racing

 The Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) is the headline act of the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival and there is enormous value to be found in this Saturday’s capacity field at Eagle Farm. 

Last start Kingsford Smith Cup winner Vega One sits atop the market in search of back-to-back Group 1’s, followed closely by Doomben 10,000 runner-up Wild Planet and BRC Sprint place-getter Tofane. 

The Edmonds team are looking to win the race for a second year in a row with 1400m specialist The Harrovian, while Chris Waller’s top chance looks to be Subpoenaed fresh from a break. 

There is no shortage of excitement with $1.5 million on the line.

🏀 NBL

Hawks defy history for dramatic win in Perth (74-72): It's a win that goes against history for Illawarra. It's just their second ever win in 24 attempts at RAC Arena and their second win in the last 36 visits overall out west against the team that has beaten them in the last five playoff series' they've matched up in over the past 11 years. (match report)

Tonight: MELBOURNE UNITED VS SOUTH EAST MELBOURNE PHOENIX

FRIDAY JUNE 11, 7:35PM (QUDOS BANK ARENA)

Dean Vickerman’s men roll into the postseason on the back of a three-game win streak, which includes a blowout victory over the Wildcats last week in Perth.

Offensively, the Phoenix do have enough firepower to really challenge United, but Melbourne’s prowess on the defensive side of the ball is what sets them apart.

🏉 Rugby

Club Corner: race for the finals begins as top-of-the-table clashes loom nationwide — www.rugby.com.au

🦵🏽 Suliasi Vunivalu ruled out of Wallabies series against France with a hamstring injury. (nine)

🔥 Fired Up Friday!

📺 Live sport 👇🏼

TODAY

08:00 - LPGA Tour, Mediheal Championship, Round 1 (Fox Sports) 

09:05 - MLB - Washington Nationals v San Francisco Giants (Sky Sports 3)

09:30 - NBA Conference Semifinals - Milwaukee Bucks v Brooklyn Nets (ESPN 1)

11:00 - NHL Conference Semifinals - Vegas Golden Knights v Colorado Avalanche (ESPN 2) 

11:40 - MLB - Oakland Athletics v Kansas City RoyalsMLB.TV or Sky Sports 3

12:00 - NBA Conference Semifinals - Utah Jazz v Los Angeles ClippersESPN 1 

17:05 - Super Rugby - Hurricanes v Queensland RedsStan Sport

18:00 - NRL - Manly Sea Eagles v North Queensland Cowboys (Fox League) 

19:30 - NBL Semi-Final Series - Melbourne United v South East Melbourne Phoenix (ESPN 1 or SBS on Demand or SBS Viceland)

19:45 - Super Rugby - Brumbies v Highlanders (Stan Sport)

19:50 - AFL - Sydney Swans v Hawthorn Hawks (Fox Footy or 7mate)

19:55 - NRL - Cronulla Sharks v Penrith Panthers (Fox League or Nine)

20:00 - WTA Nottingham Open, Quarter-Finals, Day 5 (BeIN Sports 1) 

20:00 - Test Match - England v New Zealand (Fox Cricket)

21:00 - European Tour, Scandinavian Mixed, Round 2 (Fox Sports) 

21:17 - 2YO Pacers G12YO Pearl Classic Final, 2,130m (Sky Racing 1) 

22:50 - French Open Men's Semi-Final - Alexander Zverev v Stefanos Tsitsipas (Nine or Stan Sport)

SATURDAY

08:00 - LPGA Tour, Mediheal Championship, Round 2 (Fox Sports) 

09:10 - MLB - New York Mets v San Diego Padres (Sky Sports 3)

09:30 - NBA Conference Semifinals - Atlanta Hawks v Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN 1)

12:00 - NBA Conference Semifinals - Denver Nuggets v Phoenix Suns (ESPN 1)

12:10 - MLB - Los Angeles Dodgers v Texas Rangers (Sky Sports 3)

12:40 - NSW Cup - South Sydney Rabbitohs NSW v Newcastle Knights NSW (Fox League)  

13:14 - Group 2, Brisbane Cup (Sky Racing 1 or 7)

13:53 - Group 2, Q22 (Sky Racing 1 or 7)

14:35 - Super Rugby - Rebels v Crusaders (Stan Sport)

15:00 - NRL - Gold Coast Titans v Sydney Roosters (Fox League) 

15:00 - Super Netball - Giants Netball v Sunshine Coast Lightning (Nine)

15:13 - Group 1, JJ Atkins (Sky Racing 1 or 7)

15:53 - Group 1, Stradbroke Handicap (Sky Racing 1 or 7)

16:15 - AFL - Fremantle Dockers v Gold Coast Suns (Fox Footy) 

16:29 - Group 2, Dane Ripper Quality (Sky Racing 1 or 7)

17:05 - Super Rugby - Blues v Western Force (Stan Sport)

17:30 - NRL - South Sydney Rabbitohs v Newcastle Knights (Fox League) 

17:30 - Super Netball - Collingwood Magpies Netball v Melbourne Vixens (Telstra TV)

17:30 - NBL Semi-Final Series - Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats (ESPN 1 or SBS on Demand or SBS Viceland)

19:05 - A-League Elimination Final - Central Coast Mariners v Macarthur FC Bulls (Fox Sports)

19:10 - WorldSBK Rimini Superpole, Round 3 (Fox Sports) 

19:25 - AFL - St. Kilda Saints v Adelaide Crows (Fox Footy) 

19:30 - Super Netball - Adelaide Thunderbirds v NSW Swifts (Telstra TV)

19:30 - Australian Swimming Trials, Night 1 Finals (Amazon Prime)

19:35 - NRL - Canberra Raiders v Brisbane Broncos (Fox League) 

19:45 - Super Rugby - NSW Waratahs v Chiefs (GEM or Stan Sport)

19:52 - Group 3 Pacers, Allied Express Rod And Fran Fitzpatrick Tatlow Stakes, 1,609m (Sky Racing 1)

20:00 - Test Match - England v New Zealand (Fox Cricket) 

20:45 - WorldSSP300 Rimini Race, Round 3 (Fox Sports) 

21:00 - WTA Nottingham Open, Semi-Final 1, Day 6 (BeIN Sports 1) 

21:30 - European Tour, Scandinavian Mixed, Round 3 (Fox Sports) 

22:00 - WorldSBK Rimini Race 1, Round 3 (Fox Sports) 

23:00 - WTA Nottingham Open, Semi-Final 2, Day 6 (BeIN Sports 1) 

23:00 - Euro 2020 - Wales v Switzerland (Optus Sport 1) 

23:00 - French Open Women's Final, Day 14 (Nine or Stan Sport)

23:15 - WorldSSP Rimini Race 1, Round 3 (Fox Sports) 

SUNDAY

07:00 - Korn Ferry Tour, BMW Charity Pro-Am, Round 3 (Fox Sports) 

09:00 - LPGA Tour, Mediheal Championship, Round 3 (Fox Sports)

09:15 - MLB - Chicago Cubs v St. Louis Cardinals (Sky Sports 3)

10:30 - NBA Conference Semifinals - Los Angeles Clippers v Utah Jazz (ESPN 1)

12:00 - UFC 263 Main Card - Israel Adesanya v Marvin Vettori (Main Event) 

12:00 - Junior Lightweight Title - Shakur Stevenson v Jeremiah Nakathila (Fox Sports More)

12:10 - MLB - Los Angeles Dodgers v Texas Rangers (Sky Sports 3)

13:00 - Super Netball - Queensland Firebirds v West Coast Fever (Nine)

14:00 - NRL - Warriors v Melbourne Storm (Fox League)

15:00 - NBL Semi-Final Series - South East Melbourne Phoenix v Melbourne United (ESPN 1 or SBS on Demand or SBS Viceland)

15:05 - A-League Elimination Final - Brisbane Roar v Adelaide United (Fox Sports)

15:20 - AFL - North Melb. Kangaroos v GWS Giants (Fox Footy or 7mate)

16:05 - NRL - Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers (Fox League or Nine)

19:20 - AFL - West Coast Eagles v Richmond Tigers (Fox Footy or 7mate)

19:30 - Australian Swimming Trials, Night 2 Finals (Amazon Prime)

20:00 - Test Match - England v New Zealand (Fox Cricket)

20:30 - WorldSSP Rimini Race 2, Round 3 (Fox Sports) 

21:30 - European Tour, Scandinavian Mixed, Round 4 (Fox Sports) 

22:00 - WTA Nottingham Open, Final (BeIN Sports 1) 

22:00 - WorldSBK Rimini Race 2, Round 3 (Fox Sports) 

22:00 - Pro14 Rainbow Cup - Scarlets Rugby v Edinburgh Rugby (Stan Sport)

23:00 - Euro 2020 - England v Croatia (Optus Sport 1) 

23:00 - French Open Men's Final (Nine or Stan Sport)

23:15 - Detroit Grand Prix Qualifying Race 2 (Fox Sports) 

23:15 - World SSP300 Rimini Race, Round 3 (Fox Sports)