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May 25, 2023
G'day sports fans,
“Couldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag mate, he is hopeless. He wouldn’t want to fight with those good looks of his, he’s too precious.” - Harry Grant on Nico Hynes.
🇦🇺 Aussie Sport
Milford does it all himself.
🏉 Dolphins winger Jamayne Isaako marked his 100th NRL game with a personal haul of 18 points to help his side beat the Dragons 26-12 last night in Redcliffe.
📄 All the late mail, team changes and news for Round 13 of the 2023 NRL Telstra Premiership. (NRL Team News)
Eels: New signing Joe Ofahengaue comes straight into the starting side with Junior Paulo away on Blues Origin duty.
Broncos: With so many of his stars on Origin duty, Adam Reynolds is named.
Rabbitohs: Campbell Graham is expected to play despite pulling out of Blues camp.
Knights: Kalyn Ponga's stint at five-eighth is over as he shifts to fullback.
⛹🏻♀️ Collingwood has told Super Netball bosses it will withdraw its licence from the competition at the end of the 2023 season.
The club said it made the decision "following a review focusing on the viability of the club's netball program into the future".
🐴 Australian hoop Michael Dee kicked off his Hong Kong stint on a flying note by steering his first ride to victory.
Last year's Caulfield Cup-winning jockey partnered with David Hayes to get Starry Night home in race two on the Happy Valley card.
Dee, who took out last Saturday's Goodwood with Royal Merchant, finished among the placings in three of his four rides with his worst result running fourth.
❤️ RIP Tina Turner. The sport of rugby league was far from the multimillion dollar behemoth it is today.
Still known as the NSWRL and dripping with tobacco advertising, the game realised that it needed a revamp to attract a new audience in the face of the growing threat from the south, the expanding VFL.
Enter one of the most iconic musical acts of the 20th century, Tina Turner.
This is incredible viewing ⬇️
🎾 Australian star Ajla Tomljanovic has been forced to pull out of Roland-Garros after failing to recover from knee surgery in time for next week's tournament.
Tomljanovic, Australia's top-ranked women's player, has not played a match since last November, but had initially hoped to be ready for France's grand slam after missing this year's Australian Open in January.
"There was a country that was going to pay me as much as I'm getting - look, I'm almost a volunteer in Australia - that was going to pay me as much not to coach. So, there was always going to be a job there,"
🏉 The NRL will reportedly throw $200 million at a USA venture. It has been revealed that the Brisbane Broncos will play their first game of the 2024 season in Las Vegas.
News Corp has reported that a five-year contract is about to be agreed upon between US officials and the ARL commission.
The Vegas double-header for the season-opener in 2024 is a key part of the plan.
🏀 D.J. Hogg has signed a two-year deal with the Sydney Kings, sources told ESPN.
Hogg joins the Kings after spending the 2022-23 NBL season with the Cairns Taipans, where he emerged as one of the league's premier imports and was named to the All-NBL Second Team. (espn)
⚽️ Sam Kerr will lead the Matildas in her home state, in three Olympic qualifiers at HBF Park between Oct. 23 and Nov. 1. Australia will face off against Taiwan, the Philippines and Iran in round two of the Asian Qualifiers on the path to Paris 2024.
🥧 Herbie Farnworth has scored a try in each of Brisbane's last four away matches.
🥧 Alex Johnston has scored a try in each of South Sydney's last three home matches against Canberra.
🥧 Kalyn Ponga has scored at least one try in each of his last six appearances with Newcastle as a favourite at McDonald Jones Stadium.
🏉 Dylan Moore has kicked 1+ goals in each of Hawthorn's last four matches against St Kilda.
🏉 Lachie Schultz has kicked 2+ goals in five of Fremantle's last six away matches.
🏉 Xavier O'Halloran has kicked 1+ goals in each of GWS's last five matches.
🌎 World Sport
⚽️ Manchester United are willing to pay £55m for Chelsea's England midfielder Mason Mount and are aiming to beat Liverpool and Arsenal to the 24-year-old's signature. (Mail)
🎾 Mikael Ymer was disqualified from the Lyon Open after he smashed his racquet on the umpire's chair following an argument over a line call.
⚽️ Tottenham are “strongly considering” Ange Postecoglou as its next manager ($6.0 second fav) after their top candidate rejected an offer to leave a Dutch powerhouse.
Arne Slot, the manager of Feyenoord, was the leading contender ahead of Roberto De Zerbi and Luis Enrique but after holding talks with Spurs will remain in the Eredivisie.
🏏 West Indies batter Devon Thomas, who played a Test match against Australia in December, has been charged with match-fixing by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and provisionally banned from playing.
“Congratulations to Brighton on deserved qualification for the Europa League.”
“The game we played, 40 hours after I think we drank all the alcohol in Manchester, 40 hours later we behave and we showed why we are the champions.”
🎯 Michael van Gerwen has revealed he is using painkillers and physio on his arm injury suffered last Thursday in Aberdeen in order to play at the Play-Offs at London's O2.
⚾️ Tough crowd: Trea Turner hasn't had the best start to his Philadelphia Phillies tenure, and amid all the vocal displeasure fans have given the shortstop, even his own mother has disapproved of his performance.
"She actually texted me and said 'good game, except for your fourth at-bat.' I said 'yeah, not a good one,' and she said 'I was booing you,'" Turner said.
After signing an 11-year, $300 million free agent contract with the Phillies this past offseason and becoming a Team USA star during the World Baseball Classic. Earlier this week, Turner admitted he "sucked."
🏎 Lewis Hamilton says contrary to reports, he has not been in talks with Ferrari and he and Mercedes are close to agreeing a new contract to keep him at the team beyond this season.
Hamilton's deal with the Silver Arrows runs out at the end of this season.
He said he had a team working with Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff on the new contract.
🏏 Opener Jason Roy will end his England contract in order to play in July's inaugural season of Major League Cricket in the United States.
Roy, 32, is the first England player to end his deal with the national side to pursue franchise opportunities. Will players need to be released to play international cricket in the near future?
Cristiano bullying bus drivers in Saudi Arabia
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📺 Live Sport TV Guide
TODAY
10:00 - NHL Conference Finals - Dallas Stars v Vegas Golden Knights (ESPN 2)
10:30 - NBA Conference Finals - Boston Celtics v Miami Heat (ESPN)
17:05 - Super Rugby Pacific - Highlanders v Queensland Reds (Stan Sport)
19:35 - Super Rugby Pacific - Rebels v Western Force (Stan Sport)
19:50 - AFL - Sydney Swans v Carlton Blues (Fox Footy or 7mate)
20:00 - NRL - Parramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys (Fox League or Channel 9)
20:30 - Giro d'Italia, Stage 19, 183km (SBS Viceland)
00:00 - Indian Premier League Qualifier - Gujarat Titans v Mumbai Indians (Fox Cricket)
SATURDAY
05:00 - Super League - Leeds Rhinos v St Helens (Fox League)
06:00 - PGA TOUR - Charles Schwab Challenge, Round 2 (Fox Sports)
09:00 - Major League Baseball - MLB Strike Zone (ESPN 2)
12:05 - Super Rugby Pacific - Fijian Drua v Moana Pasifika (Stan Sport)
13:45 - AFL - St. Kilda Saints v Hawthorn (Fox Footy)
14:10 - AFL - Melbourne Demons v Fremantle Dockers (Fox Sports)
14:35 - Super Rugby Pacific - Crusaders v NSW Waratahs (Stan Sport)
15:05 - Shute Shield - Warringah Rugby v Northern Suburbs Rugby (Stan Sport)
15:05 - Shute Shield - Sydney University Rugby v West Harbour Pirates (Stan Sport)
15:05 - Shute Shield - Randwick Rugby v Eastwood Rugby (Stan Sport)
15:05 - Shute Shield - Manly Rugby v Southern Districts Rugby (Stan Sport)
15:05 - Shute Shield - Gordon Rugby v Newcastle Wildfires (Stan Sport)
15:15 - Shute Shield - Eastern Suburbs Rugby v Western Sydney Two Blues (Stan Sport)
16:35 - AFL - Geelong Cats v GWS Giants (Fox Footy)
17:05 - Super Rugby Pacific - Blues v Hurricanes (Stan Sport)
17:30 - NRL - Warriors v Brisbane Broncos (Fox League)
19:25 - AFL - Gold Coast Suns v Western Bulldogs (Fox Footy or 7mate)
19:30 - Giro d'Italia, Stage 20, 18.6km (SBS Viceland)
19:35 - Super Rugby Pacific - Brumbies v Chiefs (GEM or Stan Sport)
19:35 - NRL - South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canberra Raiders (Fox League)
19:40 - AFL - West Coast Eagles v Essendon Bombers (Fox Sports)
21:30 - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Aberdeen (beIN SPORTS 1)
00:00 - Premiership Rugby Final - Sale Sharks v Saracens (Stan Sport)
00:00 - Formula 1 Monaco - Formula 1 Monaco Qualifying, Round 7 (Fox Sports)
SUNDAY
01:45 - Championship Play-Off Final - Coventry City v Luton Town (beIN SPORTS 2)
03:00 - PGA TOUR - Charles Schwab Challenge, Round 3 (Fox Sports)
10:00 - NHL Conference Finals - Vegas Golden Knights v Dallas Stars (ESPN 2)
10:30 - NBA Conference Finals - Miami Heat v Boston Celtics (ESPN)
13:10 - AFL - Richmond Tigers v Port Adelaide Power (Fox Footy)
15:20 - AFL - Collingwood Magpies v North Melb. Kangaroos (Fox Sports)
16:05 - NRL - Newcastle Knights v Manly Sea Eagles (Fox League or Channel 9)
16:40 - AFL - Adelaide Crows v Brisbane Lions (Fox Footy or 7mate)
23:00 - Formula 1 Monaco - Formula 1 Monaco Race, Round 7 (Fox Sports)
23:05 - Giro d'Italia, Stage 21, 135km (SBS Viceland)