🗞 Taking candy from a baby

October 06, 2020

G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: "My horse was so late getting home, he tiptoed into the stable."

In today's edition of Sport Journal;

🇦🇺 Saad to head across town

🏉 Brandon Smith literally takes candy from a baby

👨🏻‍🎤 Steve Smith on the guitar

...and much more!

⛷ Brisbane — Australia's elite aerial skiers will get to train on the best outdoor ski facility in the world following the completion of a $6.5 million, 121-foot-high ramp at the Sleeman Sports Complex that simulates jumping on snow.

🇦🇺 AFL

Bomber wants out: Speedster, Adam Saad set for trade to arch-rival

AFL.com.au understands Saad informed the Bombers and his teammates of his wish to head across town and join the Blues from next season on Tuesday, with both clubs later confirming his decision.  

He will accept a five-year deal at the Blues.

Up until recent days the Bombers had remained hopeful in securing the out-of-contract defender but he has indicated he wants to join Carlton who edged out North Melbourne for his services. 

A trade will now need to be facilitated between the two arch-rivals. 

Check out who your club drafted in the virtual 2020 NAB AFLW Draft. One shock was Richmond selecting 27-year-old Australian basket-baller, Tessa Lavey, with selection No.43 overall (29 Victorian). Lavey, a 172cm point guard, and Commonwealth Games gold medallist has been working closely with Richmond Women’s specialist coach Nathan Chapman on her football fundamentals and has impressed Tigers recruiters in recent months.

🏉 NRL

With Kalyn Ponga unlikely to be available for next month's State of Origin series, AJ Brimson is set to be one of several fresh faces in Wayne Bennett's squad to face NSW.

🧀 The Cheese is going to be doing a lot of extras for that!

Brandon Smith with a one on one steal on Bellamy's grandson.

Panthers’ grand final hopes hit by Kikau verdict

Penrith will have to power through to the NRL grand final without back-rower Viliame Kikau after the Panthers forward was found guilty of a dangerous throw at the NRL judiciary, receiving a one-game ban.

Ivan Cleary revealed that Kikau's replacement will "most likely" be Kurt Capewell, ahead of Tyrone May.

🚗 Karting

Crazy scenes. Karter Luca Corberi throws his bumper at opponent Paolo Ippolito in anger after crashing in the Ka'rting World Championships.

🎾 French Open

Diego Schwartzman beat US Open champion Dominic Thiem 7-6 (7-1) 5-7 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 in a stamina-sapping duel to reach the French Open semi-finals.

The match, played in blustery weather, lasted over five hours and featured numerous long rallies with both players breaking each other several times because of their superb return games.

The first four sets were tight before Thiem's level dropped in the decider, while 12th seed Schwartzman reached his first major semi and might now face Rafael Nadal (who plays at 10am)

IN the women's tournament; Third seed Elina Svitolina stunned 6-2 6-4 by Argentine qualifier Nadia Podoroska.

Unseeded American, Danielle Collins beat Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Today

Women's singles quarterfinals

  • Kvitova (7) v Siegemund

  • Collins v Kenin (4)

Men's singles quarter finals

  • Rublev (13) v Tsitsipas (5)

  • Djokovic (1) v Carreno Busta (17)

🕵🏼‍♀️ An investigation has begun into alleged match-fixing in a yet unnamed French Open women's doubles first-round match, the Paris prosecutor's office has confirmed.

⚽️ Football

Transfer Deadline Day

A frantic deadline day on Sunday night brought the number of Australian players moving to Europe to 11 in this transfer window, which is as many as the combined sum of the two seasons prior and the most since 2007.

Adelaide sold defender Lachlan Brook to Championship club Brentford. Midfielder Riley McGree will also be in England's second tier after moving to Birmingham on loan before making a permanent switch to MLS club Charlotte FC next year.

The Reds picked up transfer fees for both, with sources involved in the deal suggesting they stand to receive close to $1million, or about six times the price they paid for McGree a year ago.

Premier League spending slightly down

Deadline day activity

🔁 Arsenal sign Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid for (AU$81m)

🔁 Man Utd sign Alex Telles (20m) and Edinson Cavani (on a free but big wages), plus teenage wingers Amad Diallo (35m) and Facundo Pellistri (15m)

🔁 Everton sign Roma goalkeeper Robin Olsen on loan and defender Ben Godfrey from Norwich (40m)

🔁 Southampton re-sign Theo Walcott on loan from Everton

🔁 Raphinha - Rennes to Leeds United (28m)

A-League - Asian Champions League restart dates

  • November 18 - Perth Glory

  • November 19 - Sydney FC

  • November 24 - Melbourne Victory

Sydney will play in a centralised location in Malaysia, while Perth and Melbourne's locations are yet to be announced.

🐴 Racing

Stutt Stakes winner Glenfiddich is out of Saturday’s Group 1

Glenfiddich was one of the leading fancies for the $2 million Caulfield Guineas, but a throat problem has forced the valuable colt’s scratching.

Glenfiddich’s trainer Peter Moody said the son of Fastnet Rock has developed an entrapped epiglottis, which would require minor surgery.

The problem would also rule the colt out of tackling the Cox Plate.

The fate of Aidan O'Brien's latest Spring Carnival challenge is likely to be clearer at the end of the week.

The Irish master’s Australian team was thrown into turmoil after revelations that his horses could have been fed from a contaminated batch of feed before travelling to Australia.

O’Brien withdrew his horses from the rich Prix De l’Arc de Triomphe meeting in France on the weekend after tests revealed the presence of the substance zilpaterol.

Zilpaterol is a substance used in the US to aid cattle growth but can assist with any airway issues in horses. Zilpaterol is legal for use on horses but they cannot race with the drug in their system.

Racing Victoria vets took samples from horses trained by O’Brien and his son Joseph at the Werribee Quarantine Centre on Monday.

🏉 Rugby

New Zealand Rugby might be pressing ahead with Super Rugby Aotearoa for 2021, but Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan says he still wants to see a full-scale trans-Tasman competition next year and has proposed running the entire competition from these shores.

🔁 NRL Titan #155 Young Tonumaipea has left to pursue a career in Super Rugby with the Melbourne Rebels.

Eden Park gets green light for Bledisloe

The Wallabies’ Eden Park graveyard is set to be filled with All Blacks fans after the New Zealand government announced it would lift restrictions on the Auckland ground.

The Australians haven’t won in 34 years at the All Blacks’ fortress – the last time in 1986 skippered by Andrew Slack.

Dunedin had been placed on stand-by as a back-up venue for the October 18 Test after an outbreak of COVID-19 in Auckland meant restrictions in the harbour city.

The first Test will be played in Wellington this Sunday, with 28,000 tickets sold in the 34,500 capacity venue.

🏏 Cricket

Record Breaker - Meg Lanning

Selfless teammate Nicola Carey blocked pie after pie to let Meg Lanning reach her century.

Captain, Meg Lanning is now officially the most successful chaser in the history of women's ODIs. Of her 14 one-day tons, nine have come from winning chases!

  • New Zealand Women 252/9

  • Australia Women 255/6

  • Australia won by 4 wickets.

  • Australia lead series 2-0

3rd ODI starts today at 11am (AEDT)

🇺🇸 USA

🏀NBA Play-offs

The Lakers can take a 3-1 lead in Game 4 (today, 11am AEDT), or the Heat could make this a three-game series moving forward.

Game 4 is often the pivotal game in a series. In the previous 3 occasions the Lakers have been in this position, they’ve won the next two games and the round.

3 things we learned in Game 3:

1. Tyler Herro has some swag: The Miami rookie drove past Rondo for a layup and a foul that put the Heat in front 112-102.

2.It’s time to overestimate Jimmy Butler - The Miami Heat’s supremely confident All-Star wing authored one of the best performances in Finals history - 40 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 14-of-20 shooting

3. Anthony Davis won’t be the MVP - he scored just 15 points, grabbed five rebounds in game 3.

📺 Live sport

⚾️ 07:37 - Divisional Series - Oakland Athletics v Houston Astros (ESPN 2) 

🏄🏻‍♂️ 08:00 - Specialty Events - Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast, Day 2 (7mate or Fox Sports) 

🏄🏻‍♂️ 11:00 - Specialty Events - Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast, Day 2 (Fox Sports)

⚾️ 11:10 - Divisional Series - Tampa Bay Rays v New York Yankees (ESPN 2) 

🏏 11:10 - Women's ODI Series - Australia v New Zealand (7mate or Fox Cricket) 

⚽️ 11:30 - MLS - Nashville SC v Minnesota United (BeIN Sports 2) 

🏀 12:00 - NBA Finals - Miami Heat v Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN 1)

⚾️ 12:38 - Divisional Series - Los Angeles Dodgers v San Diego Padres (ESPN 2) 

🎾 20:00 - French Open Men's Quarter-Final (Fox Sports More or SBS)

🚴🏼‍♂️ 21:25 - UCI Men's World Tour, Giro d'Italia, Stage 5 (Eurosport 1)

🎾 23:00 - French Open Men's Quarter-Final (Fox Sports More or SBS)

🎾 23:00 - French Open Women's Quarter-Final (Fox Sports More or SBS)

Thursday

🏏 01:00 - Indian Premier League - Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings (Fox Cricket) 

🎯 05:00 - PDC World Grand Prix (Fox Sports More)

⚾️ 05:08 - Divisional Series - Atlanta Braves v Miami Marlins (ESPN 1) 

⚽️ 05:30 - International Friendlies - Austria v Greece (Optus Sport), Portugal v Spain (Optus Sport 1), Germany v Turkey (Optus Sport 2), Italy v Moldova (Optus Sport 3), Poland v Finland (Optus Sport 4), Netherlands v Mexico (Optus Sport 5)

⚾️ 06:35 - Divisional Series - Houston Astros v Oakland Athletics (ESPN 2) 

⚽️ 10:00 - MLS - New York Red Bulls v Inter Miami CF (BeIN Sports 1) 

⚾️ 10:10 - Divisional Series - New York Yankees v Tampa Bay Rays (ESPN 1)

⚽️ 10:30 - MLS - New England Revolution v Toronto FC (BeIN Sports 2) 

⚽️ 11:30 - MLS - Sporting Kansas City v Chicago Fire (BeIN Sports 3) 

⚽️ 12:00 - MLS - Colorado Rapids v Los Angeles FC (BeIN Sports 1) 

⚾️ 12:08 - Divisional Series - Los Angeles Dodgers v San Diego Padres (ESPN 2)

⚽️ 13:00 - MLS - Seattle Sounders v Real Salt Lake (BeIN Sports 2) 

⚽️ 13:30 - MLS - LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers (BeIN Sports 3)

🚴🏼‍♂️ 21:25 - UCI Men's World Tour Giro d'Italia, Stage 6 (Eurosport 1)

⛳️ 21:30 - BMW PGA Championship, Round 1 (Fox Sports)

🎾 23:00 - French Open Women's Semi-Final (Fox Sports More or SBS)