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G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: "Winners are grinners, and losers can please themselves". - Teddy Whitten.

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๐Ÿ Usman Khawajaโ€™s epic innings ended at 160, and Alex Carey just missed joining him in triple figures late on day two after the Aussies slowly inched towards 500 in their first innings vs Pakistan.

The tourists finished the day 8-505 with Mitch Starc (28 off 95) and Pat Cummins (0 off 10) at the crease.

Australiaโ€™s batters were urged to โ€œtake the game forwardโ€ and not fall into the same trap as Pakistan did in the first Test at lunch on day two. 

Yet, they were unable to get any momentum in the session as they scored at just 2.59 runs per over. Long way to go but it's looking like a draw.

๐Ÿ—“ On This Day 2009: 2009: Bulldogs fan favourite Hazem El Masri breaks Andrew Johnsโ€™ premiership point-scoring record with a perfect goalkicking display in treacherous conditions. 'El Magic' lands seven goals from seven attempts as the Bulldogs upset defending premiers Manly 34-12.

It marks the first time the previous season's wooden spooners have beaten the defending premiers in a season-opening game.

QUICK HITS

๐Ÿค• Cowboys coach Todd Payten admitted the new HIA system halted his side's momentum after the Bulldogs lost four players to concussion and had to activate their 18th man. (Fox) FT: Cowboys 4-6 Nulldogs.

๐Ÿฅ Both Christian Welch & Brandon Smith are to undergo surgery today.

  • Christain Welch (Achilles rupture) - 5-7 months recovery, immediate surgery gives him a shot at late-season return.

  • Brandon Smith (Broken Hand)- should return in 3-6 weeks.

Thank you to everyone for the kind messages, really helped pick me up. If a dud achilles is the worst of my issues Iโ€™ve got it pretty good compared to so many other Aussies out there battling away

Op tomorrow and Iโ€™ll be doing everything I can to try to get back out there in 2022 - Christain Welch on Twitter

โ›ณ๏ธ In the weather impacted Players Championship, Cameron Smith leads the Aussie charge (-4, three shots behind). Players are now beginning round 3.

๐Ÿ“บ Moses' pin-point' kick comes off the post and leads to young gun's second try. (Twitter)

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ AFL FANTASY Classic is back bigger and better than ever in 2022: The clock is ticking as we close in on Wednesday night's season-opener and now is the time to sign up and make your team.

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ AFLW: The Lions will host Collingwood at the Gabba in the second match on Saturday, starting at 3.10pm AEST, with the winner to face Melbourne in the second week of the finals series. (AFLW)

๐Ÿ“บ Young to bring 'bounce and attack' in 2022 | 9 News: Hayden Young speaks on his role in 2022 and his plans to link up with Jordan Clark off Freo's half-back line. (Freemantle)

๐ŸŒ World Sport

๐ŸŽพ Former world number one Naomi Osaka was brought to tears by a heckler during her 6-0 6-4 defeat by Veronika Kudermetova at Indian Wells.

The four-time Grand Slam winner was taunted in the first set by someone in the crowd yelling "Naomi, you suck".

Osaka was playing her third event since taking a break in September.

โšฝ๏ธ Basically, everyone wants to raid Chelsea: Juventus are targeting moves for Chelsea's two Italy internationals - midfielder Jorginho, 30, and left-back Emerson Palmieri, 27, who is currently on loan at Lyon. (Tuttosport - in Italian)

Chelsea's Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 28, is willing to take a pay cut to facilitate a return to Inter Milan on loan. (Calciomercato - in Italian)

๐Ÿˆ Patrick Mahomes and his longtime girlfriend, Brittany Matthews, have tied the knot in Hawai'i.

๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป Referee gets accidentally KO'd in MMA Super Cup fight โฌ‡๏ธ

๐Ÿ‰ Six Nations: England 15-32 Ireland: The Irish played 78 minutes with a man advantage following Charlie Ewels' red card but were pushed hard by England's 14 men and a rocking London crowd.

France (who beat Wales 9-13) will chase their first Six Nations Grand Slam and title since 2010 against England on the final weekend, with Ireland also able to win the championship.

โšฝ๏ธ Kylian Mbappe and Neymar scored as Paris Saint-Germain beat Ligue 1 strugglers Bordeaux 3-0 amid whistles from their home fans for their stars including Lionel Messi and Neymar, days after their Champions League meltdown. Mbappe was roundly cheered.

โšฝ๏ธ EPL Results:

  • Everton 0-1 Wolves (Everton are bad)

  • Leeds 2-1 Norwich (Both are bad, Leeds less bad today)

  • Southampton 1-2 Watford (Look out Everton, Watford are coming)

  • West Ham 2-1 Aston Villa (West Ham are good)

  • Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle (90th minute winner - Havertz)

  • Arsenal 2-0 (Gunners back up to 4th)

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