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In today's edition of Sport Journal (Lite)

🏅 Olympics could be cancelled

⚽️ A-League round-up & Liverpool's amazing run ends

🇦🇺 Week 2 Marsh Community Series wrap

Live Sport:

⚽️ Man City have beaten Aston Villa (2-1) in the Carabao League Cup final at Wembley - making it 3 in a row (and 5 of last 7).

🏌🏻‍♂️ Tommy Fleetwood holds a 2-shot lead at the Honda Classic, with final round underway.

⚽️ El Clásico - Real Madrid ($2.35) v Barcelona ($3.10), Draw ($3.70), kick-off 7am AEDT

👟 Runners hate running

Strava, a fitness app that tracks the activity of some 50 million users, surveyed 25,000 runners and found that half of them either hate running or barely tolerate it, while only 8% love it.

⚽️ Football

A-League round up

Melbourne City 1-0 Brisbane Roar: City back into second place as unfortunate own goal sinks Roar

Western United 6-2 Central Coast Mariners: Burgess nets 19 minute hat-trick as Western United inflict more misery on the Mariners

Melbourne Victory 2-1 Adelaide United: Nabbout's stoppage-time stunner keeps Victory's season alive

Newcastle Jets 2-1 Perth Glory: Topor-Stanley's special goal lights up Newcastle win over Perth

Liverpool's unbeaten run comes to an end.

Liverpool's remarkable 3-0 defeat at Watford brought to an end a 44-game unbeaten run in the Premier League - just five games short of Arsenal's top-flight record. 

It also meant they failed to secure an English league record 19th consecutive win, finishing their run on 18 - joint with Manchester City's landmark.

Jurgen Klopp's side were the third Premier League team to manage more than a year without losing. Arsenal - whose 49 games included the entire 2003-04 season - and Chelsea (from October 2004 to November 2005) are the others.

EPL pre-season could be coming to Queensland.

West Ham United and Crystal Palace could be set to head down under with the Premier League sides in negotiations to play the Brisbane Roar in Queensland this July.

It is believed the pre-season tournament will consist of three games taking place at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium and the newly constructed Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville.

🏉 NRL

Charity Shield

Rabbitohs ran riot in second half to continue Charity Shield dominance. Latrell Mitchell took 55 seconds to make an impact for his new club but was otherwise kept in cotton wool as South Sydney retained the Charity Shield for an eighth straight year with a 26-12 victory over St George Illawarra in Mudgee. (NRL)

🇦🇺 AFL

It’s Only Pre-season, But... the AFL is trembling over these new Giants - Week 2 Marsh Community Series wrap

After one pre-season match and missing a good chunk of their best 22, GWS is already scaring the rest of the competition. 

Plus the Blues find an ‘absolute winner’ from the pre-season draft.

That, and everything else we learned from the second week of the Marsh Community Series and State of Origin in Fox Sports' It’s Only Pre-Season, But...(Fox Sports)

🏅 Olympics

Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

With the Summer Olympics scheduled to open in Tokyo in less than five months, organizers are grappling with the coronavirus outbreak — and facing questions about whether the Games could be moved, postponed or even canceled.

Longtime International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound (Can't be his real name?) estimates that the IOC has until late May to decide if the Olympics can go forward as scheduled.

• If the answer is no, "you're probably looking at a cancellation," he told AP.

• "You just don't postpone something on the size and scale of the Olympics. There's so many moving parts, so many countries ... You can't just say, we'll do it in October."

Worst case scenario: In the unthinkable case of a cancellation, an emergency ~$1 billion reserve fund could cushion the blow for the many international sports federations that rely on the IOC to balance their budgets, per Bloomberg.

🎾 Tennis

Rafa sets two almost unbreakable records in the space of two hours

Rafael Nadal has set two almost unbreakable records in just one match, after easily claiming victory at the Mexico Open. However Novak Djokovic has kept the world No.1 spot away from him.

He has now won a title in 17 consecutive years, and becomes both the youngest ever and oldest ever winner of the Mexico Open.

🏏 Cricket

Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja snares ‘unbelievable’ catch against New Zealand in Christchurch

“I knew that he was going to play that shot; I was ready for that. But I didn’t know that ball was coming with the double pace with the wind,” Jadeja said.

“The ball came too quick, and I just put out my hand and the ball stuck in my hand.

“I didn’t even realise I took that catch.”

New Zealand were eventually dismissed for 235 on Sunday, seven runs short of India’s first innings total.

Glenn Maxwell sorely missed as Australia lose in South Africa

Glenn Maxwell’s stock has risen sharply during this white-ball tour of South Africa, with his absence keenly felt again last night as Australia were rolled for 217, botching a fairly straightforward ODI chase.

At 2-133 in the 27th over, with Steve Smith (76 from 94 balls) and Marnus Labuschagne (41 from 51 balls) well set, Australia were well-positioned to chase 292 against a Proteas attack missing superstar quick Kagiso Rabada.

🇺🇸 USA

NFL Combine

The NFL Scouting Combine is a week-long showcase occurring every February where college football players perform physical and mental tests in front of NFL coaches, general managers, and scouts. Athletes attend by invitation only.

An athlete's performance during the combine can affect their draft status and salary, and ultimately their career.

• 4.27 seconds: Alabama WR Henry Ruggs III ran the 40-yard dash in 4.27 seconds, tied with Marquise Goodwin for the fourth-fastest since 2006 and just shy of John Ross' record of 4.22.

• 238 pounds: Notre Dame WR Chase Claypool ran a 4.42 40 at 6-foot-4-inches and 238 pounds. Since 2006, the only other WR weighing 230+ pounds to run the 40 that fast was Calvin Johnson (4.35).

• 25 reps: Arizona State punter Michael Turk (son of longtime NFL punter Matt Turk) did 25 repetitions of 225 pounds on the bench press, which was better than all 33 WRs.

🏉 Rugby

Sharks down Reds to pick up another road win

The Sharks continued their strong start to the 2020 Super Rugby season with a deserved 33-23 triumph over the Reds in Brisbane on Saturday.

Waratah beat Lions to pick up first win of the season

The Waratahs ended a run of three straight defeats with an impressive 29-17 win over the Lions in Parramatta.

Historic win for the Rebels over Highlanders

The Melbourne Rebels earned a deserved 22-28 win over the Highlanders in their Super Rugby clash at the Forsyth Barr Stadium on Friday.

Elsewhere:

Hurricanes put Sunwolves to the sword 62-15, Blues stun unbeaten Stormers 33-14 in Cape Town and Sunwolves matches are relocated Out Of Japan - both of their home matches in March are to be relocated to Australia (Wollongong [Sydney] and Brisbane)

Back on Wednesday!

📺 Live sport

Monday

⛳️ 05:00 - The Honda Classic, Round 4 (Fox Sports)

⚽️ 07:00 - El Clásico - Real Madrid v Barcelona (BeIN Sports 1)

🏀 07:30 - NBA - Los Angeles Clippers v Philadelphia 76ers (ESPN 1) 

🏈 08:00 - XFL - Dallas Renegades v Houston Roughnecks (ESPN 2)

🏏 09:30 - Test Match - New Zealand v India (Fox Sports)

🏏 11:00 - Women's T20 World Cup - Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (Fox Cricket)

🏈 11:00 - XFL - Tampa Bay Vipers v DC Defenders (ESPN 2)

🏀 12:00 - NBA - New Orleans Pelicans v Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN 1)

🏒 14:30 - NHL - Vegas Golden Knights v Los Angeles Kings (ESPN 1)

🏏 15:00 - Women's T20 World Cup - Australia v New Zealand (Fox Cricket)

🏀 19:30 - NBL Semi-Final Series - Melbourne United v Sydney Kings (ESPN 1)

Tuesday

⚽️ 06:45 - English Championship - Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 06:45 - Italian Serie A - Sampdoria v Hellas Verona (BeIN Sports 1)

🏏 09:30 - Test Match - New Zealand v India (Fox Cricket)

🏀 11:00 - NCAA Men's - Duke Blue Devils v North Carolina State Wolfpack (ESPN 1)

🏀 13:00 - NCAA Men's - Baylor Bears v Texas Tech Red Raiders (ESPN 1)

🏏 13:25 - Test Match - New Zealand v India (Fox Sports)

🏏 15:00 - Women's T20 World Cup - Pakistan v Thailand (Fox Cricket)

🏏 19:00 - Women's T20 World Cup - West Indies v South Africa (Fox Cricket)