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G'day sports fans,

Classic quote: Ref - “You were the agressor...”, “Of course I was. I f*cken smashed him!” - Jim Dymock in 1999 when called out by the referee after a fight.

In today's edition of Sport Journal:

🇦🇺 Round wrap up

🏉 Barrett set to be announced

⚽️ Leeds return to the big time

⚽️ Live Scores:

(FT) Bournemouth 0-2 Southampton: Surridge thinks he's rescued injury-time point but VAR disallows for offside, Adams goes up other end and scores Saints' second. Ings notches up 21st of the season and has penalty saved.

(FT) Tottenham 3-0 Leicester: An explosive first half from Tottenham despite the 3-0 scoreline flattering them somewhat, was enough to see of Leicester.

FA Cup - (FT) Man United 1-3 Chelsea: Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea endured a Wembley nightmare as Chelsea strolled to victory and set up an FA Cup final date with Arsenal.

⛳️ PGA Memorial: J. Rahm (-12) remains 4-shots ahead after 4 holes of the final round, which is delayed due to inclement weather. R.Palmer heads the chasing pack (-8).

🇦🇺 AFL

Report Card: Four teams take top marks, three suffer awful fails

Four teams took top marks out of the weekend, with impressive upsets and dominant wins.

But three sides in particular will be dreading the Monday review session.

Every team’s Round 7 performance analysed and graded in foxfooty.com.au’s Report Card.

Round Wrap Up

Essendon 51 (7.9) Western Bulldogs 93 (14.9) Bulldogs by 42: (match report) Dogs haul Dons back to earth with second-half smashing.

GWS Giants 68 (10.8) Brisbane Lions 88 (13.10) Lions by 20: (match report) Brisbane jumps up to second place with impressive win over GWS.

Carlton 61 (9.7) Port Adelaide 64 (9.10) Power by 3 (match report) Robbie Gray boots a goal after the final siren to give Port Adelaide a three-point win over Carlton.

Sydney Swans 60 (9.6) Gold Coast Suns 92 (13.14) Suns by 32 (match report) Rankine dazzles again as sizzling Suns soar up ladder.

Richmond 77 (11.11) North Melbourne 23 (2.11) Richmond by 54 (match report) Tigers roar into top four after steamrolling Roos.

Hawthorn 48 (7.6) Melbourne 91 (14.7) Melbourne by 43 (match report) Steamin' Demons put slow Hawks to the sword.

Fremantle 32 (5.2) v West Coast Eagles 62 (9.8) WCE by 30 (match report) Josh Kennedy kicks four in game 250 as Eagles get back on track against Dockers

🏉 NRL

Bulldogs set to announce Barrett signing in next ‘24-48 hours’

Probably the worst kept secret in the game.

“He will coach Canterbury-Bankstown for the next three seasons.” - Fox League’s James Hooper

Barrett, currently an assistant coach with the Panthers, will finish the year season at the foot of the mountains before he makes the switch to Belmore for the 2021 season and beyond.

He’ll face a number of challenges when he joins the club including recruiting smartly to ensure the $3 million war chest is spelt wisely, transforming the club’s attack and handling the reported split in the boardroom.

Round Wrap Up

Storm 42-6 Titans: (match report) Munster magic resumes as Storm win 'local derby' against Titans.

West Tigers 48-0 Broncos: (match report) Oates injures leg as Broncos pummelled by Wests Tigers.

Dragons 28-22 Bulldogs: (match report) Late Norman try caps Dragons comeback over Dogs.

Rabbitohs 18-20 Knights: (match report) Ponga sizzles as Knights hold off fast finishing Rabbitohs.

Sea Eagles 22-18 Eels: (match report) First-half blitz sets up Sea Eagles win over sloppy Eels.

Warriors 10-46 Sharks: (match report) Johnson puts Warriors to the sword.

Panthers 22-10 Cowboys: (match report) Panthers shoot into top spot after outgunning plucky Cowboys.

⚽️ Football

Sydney FC 3-1 Wellington Phoenix: Wellington took the lead form the spot but a quick-fire double from substitute Trent Buhagiar, handed the win to Sydney.

Brisbane Roar 0-1 Adelaide United: Early Opseth goal (6') the difference as Reds earn much-needed win over Brisbane.

Perth Glory 1-0 Central Coat Mariners: Dane Ingham struck his first goal for Glory, and only his second in the competition, to break the deadlock.

Matildas coach Ante Milicic departs to take up A-League job with Macarthur FC

  • Ante Milicic took over as Matildas coach in February last year, four months before the World Cup

  • He agreed to coach Macarthur FC for 2020/21, assuming the Matildas' Olympic campaign would be over by then. The rescheduling of the Olympics led to a conflict for Ante Milicic.

  • The FFA said it respected his decision and Milicic said he did not want people to think he chose one team over another (abc)

Leeds United promoted to Premier League after 16-year absence

One of the clubs to embrace Aussie talent, such as; Paul Okon, Harry Kewell, Jacob Burns, Danny Milosevic, Shane Cansdell-Sheriff, Jamie McMaster and Mark Viduka.

It has been a long and often painful journey back to the Premier League for Leeds and their fans, who had seen their team reach the semi-final of the Champions League in 2001.

Since they were in the premier league:

  • 2007, placed in administration

  • Releageed to league one

  • 15pt deduction in 2008

  • 15 Managers

🎶 Expect to hear the classic chant next season: "We all hate Leeds and Leeds and Leeds and Leeds" (repeat)

⛹🏻‍♀️ Netball

Super Netball moving to Queensland for season starting in August

Super netball is moving to the Sunshine State for the 2020 season, with the competition to begin on August 1.

All six interstate teams from Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Perth will started arriving from Sunday under strict COVID-safe plans.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement at an indoor sports centre at Nathan in Brisbane's south.

"What a great coup. It is going to be a netball bonanza," Ms Palaszczuk said.

The Perth-based West Coast Fever issued a statement saying they were "disappointed' with the move. (abc)

❤️ Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, former Australian Winter Olympian figure skater, dies in Moscow aged 20

Alexandrovskaya was born in Russia, but in 2016 obtained Australian citizenship and competed for her adopted country in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang with skating partner Harley Windsor.

Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor were Australia's first figure skating world champions, winning the junior title in 2017

Alexandrovskaya retired from the sport in February after suffering several injuries. (abc)

🏉 Super Rugby

Reds 31-24 Western Force: (match report) Reds remain unbeaten in Super Rugby AU with a hard-fought victory.

Waratahs 23-24 Brumbies: (match report) Fines scores a late match winner as Brumbies break Waratahs hearts

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Hurricanes 29-27 Blues: (match report) Hurricanes snatch thrilling victory.

Chiefs 31-33 Highlanders: (match report) Sio Tomkinson’s 82nd-minute converted try sealed a superb comeback for the visitors, who were trailing for the entire game. Quick shout out to the matching outfits of the Highlanders coaching stuff.

🌎 International

🏏 2nd Test: England v West Indies (W.Indies 1-0 in series)

  • Second Test, Emirates Old Trafford (day four of five)

  • England 469-9 dec (Stokes 176, Sibley 120) & 37-2

  • West Indies 287 (Brathwaite 75, Brooks 68, Chase 51)

  • England lead by 219

🏎 F1: Lewis Hamilton wins in Hungary with Max Verstappen second after crash

Lewis Hamilton moved into the world championship lead for the first time this season with a dominant victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The Mercedes driver pulled out an eight-second lead in three wet laps at the start of the race before switching to dry tyres, and controlled the race from there.

Hamilton even had time to stop for fresh tyres with three laps to go to grab the extra point for fastest lap.

Valtteri Bottas failed in an attempt to pass Red Bull's Max Verstappen for second, giving Hamilton a five-point championship lead over his team after three races.

Verstappen's second place was extraordinary, for he crashed on the laps to the grid and damaged both his front wing and suspension.

Next: A weekend off and then the British Grand Prix, the first of two weekends at Silverstone. Mercedes are looking unstoppable and Hamilton will be determined to add to his record tally of home wins.

📺 Live sport

Monday

⛳️ 03:00 - PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament, Round 4 (Fox Sports)

🎯 03:00 - PDC World Matchplay, Round 1, Night 2 (Fox Sports More)

⚽️ 03:00 - FA Cup Semi-Final - Manchester United v Chelsea (ESPN 1)

⚽️ 05:00 - La Liga - Leganes v Real Madrid (BeIN Sports 2)

⚽️ 05:45 - Serie A - Roma v Inter Milan (BeIN Sports 1)

⚽️ 10:00 - MLS, Group Game - San Jose Earthquakes v Chicago Fire (BeIN Sports 3)

⚽️ 12:30 - MLS, Group Game - Seattle Sounders v Vancouver Whitecaps (BeIN Sports 3)

🇦🇺 19:40 - AFL - Adelaide Crows v St Kilda Saints (Fox Footy)

🏏 20:00 - Test Match - England v West Indies (Fox Cricket)

⚽️ 23:00 - MLS, Group Game - New York City FC v Inter Miami CF (ESPN 1)

Tuesday

🎯 03:00 - PDC World Matchplay, Round 1, Night 3 (Fox Sports More)

⚽️ 05:15 - Premier League - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace (Optus Sport 1)

⚽️ 05:45 - Serie A - Juventus v Lazio (BeIN Sports 1)

⚽️ 19:30 - A-League - Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets (Fox Sports More)

⚽️ 23:00 - MLS, Group Game - Toronto FC v New England Revolution (ESPN 1)