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February 08, 2022

G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: “Curling is not a sport. I called my grandmother and told her she could win a gold medal because they have dusting in the Olympics now.” — Charles Barkley (NBA legend)

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🛷 Aussie Skeleton Star in the Mix: Jaclyn Narracott couldn’t quite match her stunning third place from Monday’s second training heat in Tuesday’s women’s skeleton action.

She clocked in with a 1:03.09 in the first training heat, good for 11th, before a brilliant 1:02.62 - just 0.44 off first - shot her up into medal contention.

🏉 Cowboys superstar Jason Taumalolo has refused to answer questions surrounding his COVID-19 vaccination status, declaring "whatever I do to my body, that's my information". (nine)

Taumalolo, who is available for round one selection, was bombarded by questions at a Cowboys press conference today surrounding his vaccination status.

🏉 Dolphins CEO Terry Reader admits Reece Walsh is a "wonderful player", but says the club won't be commenting on the teen star's future amid speculation he wants out of the Warriors.

🚗 Watch frightening scenes as a mid-race blackout occurred at Borderline Speedway, near the South Australian town of Mount Gambier.  Just when the cars had reached full speed, ~140kmh. Thankfully no one was injured. (shoutout to SJ reader Scott for sending that in)

🏏 History made in utter Ashes domination as Australia go undefeated, England's summer ends 0-14

England's horror summer in Australia is complete with the women's Ashes tour wrapped up.

Australia was victorious in the series' third ODI, winning by eight wickets with 82 balls to spare - capped off an undefeated series.

🏏 Usman Khawaja has urged his Australian captains Pat Cummins and Aaron Finch to "stand up" and speak about the Justin Langer mess.

Cummins in particular has come under fire from cricket legends for failing to publicly endorse Langer in the lead-up to his resignation as Australian men's coach on Friday.

🐴 Horse Racing

🐴 Listen to the latest update on our boy Station One (Toronado [IRE]/Alittle Loose [AUS]), from trainer Liam Howley. Exciting times ahead no doubt. 🎧 Listen here

💰 $2m Sydney race to cash in on Melbourne’s Cup day: Racing NSW will shake up Melbourne Cup Day with the announcement of a new $2 million Sydney race called The Big Dance.

🌍 World Sport

⭐️ Future star watch: Endrick: Brazilian, 15, matching Neymar and attracting attention from Europe's leading clubs.

It's been said he is ahead of where Neymar was at the same age and being compared to R9 back in Brazil.

Scouts from Barcelona, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Southampton, Ajax, and Benfica all took their seats ready for the quarter-finals of the Copa Sao Paulo, Brazil's premier youth competition.

Where he did this...

⚽️ West Ham United have "unreservedly condemned" Kurt Zouma for hitting his cat after a video emerged of the France defender kicking and slapping his pet.

🥘 Russian athlete Valeria Vasnetsova posted this photo on Instagram

She says that the same meal has been served at the Winter Olympics in Beijing for "breakfast, lunch, and dinner for five days already."

⚽️ A German manager wasn’t allowed on the sidelines for his latest game, so his daughter filmed him watching the match from home. The results were glorious (Twitter)

⛸ Nathan Chen of the United States took control of the men's figure skating competition by delivering a world record score of 113.97 in the short programme at the Winter Olympics.

🏀 The New Orleans Pelicans and Portland Trail Blazers have reportedly agreed to a blockbuster trade built around CJ McCollum. Full trade, per sources:

Blazers: Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickeil Walker-Alexander, Didi Louzada, 2022 protected first-round pick, two second-round picks.

Pelicans: CJ McCollum, Larry Nance, Tony Snell.

⚽️ Meanwhile in the Arabic league...Match-Fixing much?

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23:00 - Ladies European Tour - Kenya Ladies Open, Round 1 (Fox Sports)