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In today's edition of SJ;

⛳️ Local lad wins Australian Open (again)

🏏 WBBL Champions crowned

⚽️ Sydney fc & Liverpool, push on at the top

🥊 Joshua is the Heavyweight Champion (again)

Best name in sport? LSU College Football commit Decoldest Crawford, has to be up there.

Weekend results

A-League (scores and highlights)

Melbourne City 0-3 Perth Glory (shock!)

Sydney fc 5-1 Brisbane Roar (Le Fondre hat trick, he now has 28 in 37 games)

Adelaide United 2-1 Newcastle Jets (3 on the spin for Adelaide)

Premier League (main games below - all games)

Bournemouth 0-3 Liverpool ('Pool 14pts clear at top, theirs to lose?)

Man City 1-2 Man United (OGS beats Mourinho & Pep in a week)

Burnley 0-5 Tottenham (see Son's goal below...special?)

Everton 3-1 Chelsea (‘Ball boy was in tears, I was in tears!’: Club icon Duncan Ferguson reignites Everton’s passion)

Scottish Cup Final - Celtic 1 v 0 Rangers

Premier League Highlights 2019/20 - YouTube — www.youtube.com

In case you missed it, you can catch up on the EPL here.

Australian Open - Local boy, Matt Jones (-15) wins Aussie Open for a 2nd time (story below).

Hero World Challenge - Henrik Stenson (-17) wins for the first time in over 2 years.

Tim Tszyu advanced to 15-0 with a comprehensive fourth round stoppage of Brubaker in Sydney on Friday night.

Anthony Joshua beat Andy Luiz Jnr in a comfortable unanimous decision in Saudi Arabia

European Champions Cup - No upsets to speak of this weekend. Perhaps Munster beating a Saracens team missing a number of star names (10-3). Exeter, Racing 92, Toulouse, Leinster & Claremont all won.

Dubai 7s - The Blitzboks beat NZ 15-0 to win the men's tournament. The NZ Black Ferns beat Canada 17-14 in the women's tournament, to become the first back-to-back winners.

🏏 WBBL

Brisbane Heat beat Adelaide Strikers by six wickets in WBBL final at Allan Border Field

• The Heat brought up the winning run with 11 balls to spare in front of a sell-out crowd

• Beth Mooney dominated with the bat for the Heat with 56 not out from 45 balls

• The Strikers had made 7-161 from their 20 overs

🥊 Boxing

Anthony Joshua beats Andy Ruiz Jr by unanimous decision to regain world heavyweight titles

Going into the 12th and final round, Ruiz needed a knockout to pull off another upset but it never came.

The judges scored the fight 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109 to the 30-year-old Briton:

• Anthony Joshua has become the unified heavyweight boxing champion for the second time with a win over Andy Ruiz Jr

• Andy Ruiz Jr tipped the scales at a whopping 283lbs (128kg)

• Joshua may go for another rematch with Ruiz next, or he could face other title rivals like Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder

• However, it'll be more likely he'll dodge those and fight the mandatory challengers to his belts and pocket another $50-100m

⛳️ Golf

Jones joins legends of the Open

Matt Jones is a two-time Emirates Australian Open champion.

It augments the title he won at the same venue – his home course – in 2015. Adding to the sense of déjà vu, he had a similar putt of just more than a metre to win the Open today, and lipped it in via the left edge.

“No, I like to make it interesting,” he said, with the wry smile of a satisfied man. “It couldn’t have been an easier putt, this one. The first one (in 2015) I didn’t really know the read. This one I could hit it as firm as I wanted. It could have hit the right edge and it would have gone in. But I thought I’d hit it pretty soft and just trickle in the left side.’’

“To be on the trophy with Jack and Gary and Greg and Adam (Scott), Rory (McIlroy), Jordan (Spieth); to be able to do it twice is very special and something that I’ll be able to look back on later in life and be very proud of,’’ he said.

🏉 League

Latrell Mitchell: NSWRL threaten NRL over anthem allegations, reject Brad Fittler claims

The NSW Rugby League (NSWRL) reportedly placed a gag order on Blues coach Brad Fittler and threatened the NRL after Latrell Mitchell’s revealing interview was published on the governing body’s official website.

Mitchell sat down with NRL.com reporter Tanisha Stanton for a wide-ranging interview that was published as both a feature article and a seven-minute video on Saturday.

🏏 Cricket

Shield game cancelled, but unplayable MCG pitch ‘will be fine for Boxing Day’

MCC officials are confident of producing a good Boxing Day pitch while preparing to ward off attempts to poach the summer’s showpiece Test match after the MCG was plunged into crisis over the weekend.

Cricket Australia (CA) is expecting a “please explain” from the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Western Australia at the MCG was abandoned because of fears over player safety.

In accepting the blame, MCC chief executive Stuart Fox says an internal directive to “push the boundaries” and produce a more lively wicket led to an overcorrection and, ultimately, a dangerous surface.

🏀 NBA

Ben Simmons delivers career performance as Philadelphia 76ers cruise past Cleveland Cavaliers

Ben Simmons came to play!

In just 26 minutes on court, the Aussie poured in 34 points on 12-of-14 shooting, adding seven assists, three rebounds, two steals and two blocks as the 76ers continue their unbeaten run at home (11-0).

👊🏻 UFC

Alistair Overeem’s lip explodes in closing seconds of bout against Jairzinho Rozenstruik

I've linked to the video on twitter as you may want to let your breakfast to go down before viewing...it's not horrific but not for everyone.

📺 Youtube Reco

It's just over an hour and worth a watch to perhaps see another side of a guy that divides opinion.

Today's Sport

🏄🏻‍♂️ Men's Pipe Masters Day 1 (5am)

🏈 NFL (from 5am onwards)

🏀 NBA (from 7am onwards) & NBL (5:30pm)

🏏 Sheffield Shield Group games

We're off to work on our Headis game, back on Wednesday!