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🏉 Former Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter is reportedly set to take the reins of Canterbury for the remainder of the season.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports Potter will be asked to be the interim coach of the Bulldogs, before Friday's clash with Wests Tigers.

He played for the Bulldogs and won premierships at the club in 1984 and 1985, also winning a Dally M Medal at fullback.

🏊🏼‍♀️ Dean Boxall and Ariarne Titmus team up again for the 2022 Australian Swimming Championships. Are they the best duo in sport? (ABC)

⛵️ Gold Coast mariner Xavier Doerr is planning to smash the world record for a solo and non-stop circumnavigation of Australia when he sets sail at the end of the month.

Sleep deprivation will be a huge challenge for the sailor who is planning to sleep in 15-minute blocks so he can avoid collisions with other vessels and floating debris.

Yachtswoman Lisa Blair set the record of 58 days in December 2018

21-year-old Doerr is planning to depart the Gold Coast on May 29

🏉 Anthony Milford is set to return to the NRL in Newcastle's No.6 jumper, after a period out of the game, having been involved in a bungled contract with South Sydney and then gone through a court case, which resulted in charges against him being dropped. 

🏉 Brent Naden has ditched the Bulldogs, signed with Wests Tigers, and been named to face Canterbury on Friday night.

The 26-year-old speedster was only eight NRL games into his two-year deal with the Bulldogs.

🇦🇺 What now for Bombers? There may be worse to come. A crucial period awaits for Essendon after a poor start to the season (AFL)

🐯 Damien Hardwick won’t stand in Richmond superstar Dustin Martin’s way if he chooses to continue his football career outside of Melbourne.

The triple Norm Smith medallist and 2017 Brownlow medallist returned in the past fortnight after taking personal leave to mourn his late father Shane’s death in December.

Speculation is rife that Martin, who is contracted until the end of the 2024 season, may want to relocate to Sydney to lead a more private life.

🥊 Australian boxer George Kambosos Jr. is pulling out all the stops to remain world champion, including a sex ban before his June 5 fight with Devin Haney.

🌍 World Sport

⛳️ The next stop for the world's best golfers is Southern Hills Country Club for the 104th edition of the PGA Championship.

After a 26-under winning tally in Dallas, they now flip the script to play at a course that has yielded an average winning score of 7-under the last four times hosting the PGA Championship.

As a major championship, we are sure to get a loaded field. There are 156 golfers lined up to start the week while the top 70 and ties will advance through the 36-hole cut-line.

Our 4 against the field:

It's time for Rory McIlroy (18/1) to grab a first major win since 2014!

Won 2 x PGA champs, coming off a 2nd at the Masters

Ranked in the field:

✅ 6th off the tee

✅ 3rd in driving distance

✅ 8th putting on bentgrass greens

❌ I always think it's his time.

Ultra consistent Justin Thomas to make a move (16/1)

He's had nine, 8th or better finishes in his last 14 starts.

✅ Plays well in the wind

✅ Changed his putter last week, and finished 5th

❌ His record in the majors is surprisingly poor.

Shane Lowry should love it (33/1)

✅ Plays well in the wind

✅ Ranked 1st in bogey avoidance

✅ 5 recent top 5 finishes

❌ Breaks your heart throwing away tournaments

Top 10 Machine Daniel Berger (66/1)

✅ More Top 10's than anyone on tour since they've returned from Covid.

✅ Four Top 10's in Majors

✅ Ranked 2nd in scrambling against the field

❌ Doesn't convert good finishes into wins too often

❤️ Jake Daniels' decision to come out as the UK's only openly gay active male professional footballer has laid a "path many others will follow", says former England striker Gary Lineker.

👨🏻‍⚖️ Wayne Rooney gives evidence at the High Court in support of his wife Coleen in her Wagatha Christie libel case with Rebekah Vardy. He says the England manager asked him to talk to Jamie Vardy about Rebekah's conduct during Euro 2016.

🏟 Lionel Messi will reportedly join David Beckham's Inter Miami in 2023 and acquire a 35% stake in the MLS club, per @Alex_candal

Messi's camp says, "Leo has not yet decided his future."

But if it is true, that would be ~US$225 million based on the club's current valuation...and massive for MLS.

🚴🏾‍♂️ Biniam Girmay made history as the first black African winner of a Grand Tour stage - but then had to go to the hospital after an accident while celebrating.

Eritrea's Girmay, 22, beat Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint for the line to win stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia.

But he missed a post-race news conference to go for a hospital check-up after hitting himself in his left eye with a prosecco cork on the podium.

Girmay is making his Grand Tour debut at this year's Giro.

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