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What a run by the "Kyneton Frankel" (Station One) at Bendigo on Wednesday in the Kyneton Cup.

He made the initial effort to get out in front, lead, and even showed some metal to battle back when challenged in the home straight.

He's in terrific order and licked the bin overnight... A quiet few days to recharge, and we'll see what the handicapper says. Exciting times ahead.

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🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 Ricky Ponting has become the second Australian great to call for Pat Cummins to be axed from Australia's Twenty20 side.

Australia's fate is out of its own hands heading into its final group stage match against Afghanistan on Friday, needing a favour from Sri Lanka against England.

Captain Aaron Finch says he is 70/30 to play.

🏉 Rugby league greats Greg Alexander and Corey Parker have thrown their support behind Michael Cheika, who has recently revealed his interest in becoming an NRL coach.

🇦🇺 Collingwood is on the hunt for a new chief executive, with Mark Anderson resigning after five years at the helm of one of the AFL’s powerhouse clubs.

Anderson, who started working at the Magpies in 2018, will officially finish on November 16, leaving general manager of football Graham Wright to serve as interim CEO while a replacement is sought.

🐴 James McDonald, arguably the world's in-form jockey right now, has been suspended for eight race meetings starting midnight Saturday 5th November & back on Sunday 13th November.

Racing Victoria stewards hit the 30-year-old Kiwi hoop with the ban for "careless riding" when he won race three aboard odds-on favourite Roots on Oaks day at Flemington.

🎶 The Dutch cricket team have confessed it has completely “ripped off” the Richmond Tigers’ team song.

“There is a fantastic song that we’ve brought in over the last four or five years,” coach of the Netherlands Ryan Campbell told Triple M. 

“It’s a rip-off of the Richmond Tigerland song. The orange and blue.

🏉 Wallabies fullback Jock Campbell will make his first Test start in the Paris pressure cooker against France on Sunday (7am kick-off AEDT). (Squad)

Rugby League World Cup Update: Round 3 — www.nrl.com

All the latest news heading into the Quarter Finals of the Rugby League World Cup 2021

🏉 NRL SIGNINGS

• The Sea Eagles have fought off the Newcastle Knights to re-sign Reuben Garrick. - The versatile 25-year-old will remain on Sydney’s Northern Beaches until at least 2027 after inking the four-year deal.

• Former Titans enforcer Kevin Proctor has secured a rugby league lifeline, signing with Super League side Wakefield Trinity.

• The Dolphins have confirmed the signing of English international Oliver Gildart on a one-year deal. - Gildart, who has played 145 games in the Super League, moved to Australia to join the Wests Tigers this year.

• The Dolphins have formally expressed interest in Eels star Dylan Brown, while the Tigers are reportedly set to secure the services of John Bateman.

⛹🏻‍♀️ Australian coach Stacey Marinkovich has more headaches than answers after series victories over New Zealand and England, with the World Cup selection race heating up.

Australia marched to a 3-0 win over the Roses yesterday.

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🌍 World Sport

🏏 Cricket legend Imran Khan has been shot in alleged assassination attempt while his supporters marched on the capital Islamabad to demand snap elections.

🏏 Pakistan's Iftikhar Ahmed hits the biggest six of the tournament, launching a Lungi Ngidi delivery 106m into the stands at the T20 World Cup in Sydney. 

Pakistan launched a recovery from 48-4 to post 185-9 and then took regular wickets to deny South Africa in a chase shortened by rain to win by 33 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

⚾️ The Houston Astros threw only the second no-hitter in World Series history as they beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 in game four.

Cristian Javier struck out nine batters in six innings before three relievers closed out a combined no-hitter.

It allowed the visitors to level the best-of-seven series at 2-2.

⚽️ Pep Guardiola hailed 17-year-old Rico Lewis' Champions League night to remember and assured the youngster he earned it because "we don't give presents" at Manchester City.

Rico Lewis (17 years, 346 days) is the second youngest English player to score a Champions League goal after Jude Bellingham (17y, 289d) for Dortmund on 14 April 2021.

💰 SPORTS BIZ

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy Startup 'TMRW' Attracts A-List Group Of Investors

• Strategic investors include Serena Williams, Steph Curry, Josh Allen, and Alex Morgan.

TMRW Sports announced a lengthy who’s who of famous faces as “strategic investors”, a constellation of sports celebrities with a combined social media reach of nearly 500 million across Twitter and Instagram.

The EPL has signed a deal with blockchain company Sorare — replacing a more lucrative one with Consensys.

• Sorare will provide the Premier League’s NFT digital collectibles for US$34.5 million annually.

📦 Qatar World Cup villages offer supporters "cabin-style and casual camping and caravan accommodation", according to the Qatar Accommodation Agency portal.

However, an image of one such village has now gone viral on social media, with fans comparing the standard of accommodation to the infamous Fyre Festival.

⚽️ Manchester United are "seriously considering" a move for Bayern Munich's Cameroon forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, 33. He's come a long way since Stoke City. (Media Foot - in French)

⚽️ An average of 915,000 viewers tuned in to watch the Portland Thorns collect their third National Women's Soccer League Championship against Kansas City on Saturday, setting a record for the most-watched game in league history, broadcaster CBS said.

🎾 Rafael Nadal is out of the Paris Masters after a second-round defeat by American Tommy Paul in just the Spaniard's second match since the US Open and first since becoming a father.

🏉 An 'Anzac' XV made up of players from Australia and New Zealand could face the British and Irish Lions as part of their 2025 tour Down Under.

The game, which organisers hope would sell out the 100,000-capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground, would precede a three-Test series against the Wallabies.

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