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🗞 In today's edition of Sport Journal:

⚽️ Ronaldo II

🦘 Quade Cooper will have to wait

🏉 Mass resting

🌍 World Sport

🔁 Deadline day deals:

Ronaldo x Man United, it's official: A club statement: "Manchester United is delighted to confirm the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo on a two-year contract with the option to extend for a further year, subject to international clearance." It's thought he could up to AU$723k a week.

Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo signed off his social media post: "I'm right here! I'm back where I belong! Let's make it happen once again! PS - Sir Alex, this one is for you…"

Jordan Henderson: Liverpool captain signs new deal until 2025.

Leeds signed Daniel James from Manchester United for a fee believed to be £25m, more than two years after he almost joined the club on loan.

Tottenham signed Brazil defender Emerson Royal from Barcelona for 30m euro (£25.8m) on a five-year contract.

Leicester City signed RB Leipzig winger Ademola Lookman on a season-long loan deal.

🏏 South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from cricket after an 18-year career.

"It's been 20 years of training, matches, travel, wins, losses, strapped feet, jet lag, joy, and brotherhood.

Steyn's bowling stats

• 439 wickets in 93 Tests at 22.95

• 196 wickets in 125 ODIs

• 5 10-wicket matches

🤕 After just one season of rugby, players at a professional team saw a decline in both blood flow to the brain and cognitive function, a new study claims (BBC)

🏎 Formula 1 will make rule changes to prevent a recurrence of the Belgian GP: A result was declared after drivers were sent out for two laps behind the safety car.

🦘 Izack Rodda is set to make his return to the Wallabies in Bledisloe III, but Quade Cooper’s hopes of a fairy tale return to the national stage appear over. (Fox) - A patient and philosophical Cooper insists he is happy to continue riding the pine for the Wallabies. (nine)

🇦🇺 AFL

A perplexed Gillon McLachlan has revealed the AFL is considering taking Toby Greene's ban to the Appeals Board, saying three matches did not seem to correspond with the findings from the Tribunal.

Greene was found guilty of intentionally making "aggressive, demonstrative and disrespectful" contact to umpire Matt Stevic, and the Tribunal handed him a three-game suspension that will end his 2021 campaign.

Perth it is: The 2021 Toyota AFL Grand Final will be held outside Victoria for the second successive season

🏉 NRL

There are fears the Eels call to rest several stars could come back to bite them, while Paul Kent believes the “integrity of the final round is corrupted” amid the mass resting this week. (Fox)

Bunker official Henry Perenara will remain stood down in the aftermath of the NRL's botched handling of Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell's controversial high shot on Joseph Manu.

The NRL tonight released its list of match official appointments for Round 25, with Perenara's name nowhere to be seen.

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