🗞 Walking the Dogs

G’day Sports Fans,

🥇 What’s the World record for the highest motorbike bungy jump?, I hear you ask: Aussie stuntman Robbie Maddison took a 50cc motorcycle off the 134-metre-high platform, free-falling for approximately 8.5 seconds at the Nevis Bungy in Queenstown, November 2023.

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🇦🇺 GWS captain Toby Greene has been suspended for the eighth time in his career after failing in his bid to clear himself of a one-game ban at the tribunal.

Greene will sit out the Giants' clash with the Brisbane Lions on Anzac Day. The tribunal upheld a rough conduct charge on Carlton defender Jordan Boyd during the Giants' loss on Saturday.

It takes the tally of games missed due to suspension during Greene's 221-game career up to 15.

Fellow star GWS forward Jesse Hogan is free to play after having his one-game suspension for striking dismissed.

⛳️ After having four of the top twelve players on the leaderboard at The Masters, LIV Golf is set for their fifth event of the season this weekend: LIV Adelaide (starts Friday).

• Course: Grange Golf Club (composite of East and West courses), Grange, South Australia

• Prize money: $20m ($4m to the winner)
  Length: 6,946 yards

• Par 72 – four par-fives; ten par-fours; four par-threes
  Field: 54

• Highest-ranked players in field: (world ranking in brackets) Jon Rahm (4), Tyrrell Hatton (16), Brooks Koepka (33), Cameron Smith (52), Adrian Meronk (62)

• Course records - 54 holes 197 Talor Gooch (2023) 18 holes 62 Talor Gooch (2023)

For both LIV fans and golf fans in Australia, LIV Adelaide is one of the most anticipated events of the year. With 35,000 people expected to attend each day of the tournament, the Grange Golf Club will be crawling with fans.

The 12th hole, better known as “the watering hole”, is sure to have the rowdiest of the fans cheering after a long day of drinking some Leishman Lager.  

🏉 The NRL season enters Round 8 with some teams really struggling to maintain their energy levels and their premiership aspirations. Thing don't get any easier for the Rabbitohs, Eels, Titans and Cowboys this week. (NRL.com)

• Roosters: Dom Young (suspension) and Sam Walker (concussion protocol) return in a boost for the Roosters.

• Panthers: Nathan Cleary back on deck after missing a few weeks with a hamstring injury,

• Broncos: Three big ins, with star prop Payne Haas back from five weeks out with a knee injury, skipper Adam Reynolds returning from a hamstring issue and back-rower Brendan Piakura (ankle) back on deck.

🇦🇺 Round 7 of the AFL season begins on tonight with a big clash between Richmond and Melbourne, before the Pies and Bombers go head-to-head in the traditional Anzac Day blockbuster. (ESPN)

• Richmond will welcome back Dylan Grimes (wrist) and Jacob Hopper (knee). Clayton Oliver has been named to play for Melbourne.

• The Bombers will be boosted by the return of key forward Peter Wright.

• For the Saints, Max King will be a welcomed inclusion.

🏉 Cronulla's Braydon Trindall allegedly failed roadside tests for illicit drugs and alcohol while driving on an expired licence.

On Tuesday, the Sharks stood Trindall down from all NRL duties after he notified the club he had been stopped for a random breath test in the Sydney suburb of Caringbah on Monday morning.

Police will allege Trindall returned a breath analysis reading of 0.124, more than twice the legal limit, on arrival at Miranda Police Station.

🇦🇺 Geelong has secured another major win off the field with star speedster Max Holmes committing his future to the Cats with a four-year contract extension.

Holmes, 21, was out of contract at the end of the season and loomed as one of the hottest commodities on the trade market after talks were delayed last year.

The wingman-turned-halfback has inked a new deal which will take him through to free agency at the end of 2028. (7News)

🥊 Worrying footage of Nikita Tszyu has emerged with the rising Australian super welterweight champ having to dramatically cut two kilograms in the hours leading up to Tuesday’s weigh-in.

Tszyu was a controversial late arrival to the weigh-ins in Sydney, ahead of his tonight’s bout against Danilo Creati.

Quizzed initially on why he was late, Tszyu laughed and said “I was walking my dog” before conceding he had “complications” with his weight cut.

“I felt worse after the Dylan Biggs one, I actually feel pretty good. Just the ears popping and I feel a little light-headed from all the heat. 

“But once the fuel comes back in, the water replenishes, I’ll be good to go.”

⚽️ Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was among those to congratulate A-League stalwart Leigh Broxham on a decorated career that will end next month with more than 450 competitive appearances for Melbourne Victory to his credit.
The Victory announced on Tuesday that 36-year-old Broxham would retire at the end of the season after 18 years of service at the club.

🏄🏻‍♂️ icymi: German surfer Sebastian Steudtner may have broken his own record for riding the biggest wave in history earlier this year.

The monster wave in the famed surfing sport of Nazaré, Portugal was provisionally measured at 28.57 meters (93.72 feet), pending ratification.

If confirmed, the wave would eclipse Steudtner’s current record of 26.21 meters (86 feet) set in 2020, also in the fishing village of Nazaré.

🏈 NFL DRAFT: After months of scouting and hours of interviews, NFL teams are set to select which players they hope will be the future of their franchise.

Thousands of college graduates are available in this weekend’s NFL draft and over three days, 257 of them will see their dreams of becoming an NFL player come true.

How it works: All 32 teams have one pick in each of the seven rounds, going in the reverse order of the previous season's standings - so the team with the worst record goes first and the Super Bowl winners last.

However, previous trades mean that is not strictly the case as NFL teams use future draft picks to acquire players from other teams or move up in the draft.

Chicago again have the first overall pick; Caleb Williams is the favourite to be first off the board.

After starting his college career at Oklahoma, the 6ft 1in quarterback transferred to the University of Southern California (USC) in 2022 and won the Heisman Trophy – the annual award for best college player.

⛳️ Nelly Korda won't win her sixth consecutive start this week after withdrawing from the LA Championship due to exhaustion. "I need to listen to my body and get some rest."

🧠 A new brain-cooling treatment for sports-related concussion is being trialled in professional rugby union.

It is the first acute treatment for the injury able to be delivered pitchside and is being used by six clubs in the United Rugby Championship (URC).

'PolarCap' works by delivering targeted cooling to the head and neck for between 45 and 60 minutes following a concussion injury.

The treatment originates from a five-year study in professional ice hockey in Sweden, which found it had the potential to reduce long-term concussion absence.

🏀 icymi: Jamal Murray scored on the buzzer as defending champions the Denver Nuggets beat the LA Lakers 101-99 to take a 2-0 lead in their NBA play-offs first-round series.

⚽️ Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has extended his contract with the club until 2027. (BBC)

⚽️ Arsenal and Manchester United have joined the race to sign Crystal Palace and France winger Michael Olise, 22, but face competition from Chelsea, Manchester City and Juventus.

TODAY 
05:00 - Premier League - Arsenal v Chelsea (Optus Sport 1)
09:00 - NHL Playoffs First Round - New York Rangers v Washington Capitals (ESPN 2)
11:30 - NHL Playoffs First Round - Winnipeg Jets v Colorado Avalanche (ESPN 2)
12:00 - NBA Playoffs First Round - Los Angeles Clippers v Dallas Mavericks (ESPN)
19:25 - AFL - Richmond Tigers v Melbourne Demons (Fox Footy or 7mate)
00:00 - Indian Premier League - Delhi Capitals v Gujarat Titans (Fox Cricket)

THURSDAY
04:45 - Premier League - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Bournemouth (Optus Sport 2)
05:00 - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool (Optus Sport 4)
05:00 - Premier League - Manchester United v Sheffield United (Optus Sport 5)
05:00 - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Newcastle United (Optus Sport 3)
08:40 - MLB - Cincinnati Reds v Philadelphia Phillies (ESPN)
09:00 - NHL Playoffs First Round - Toronto Maple Leafs v Boston Bruins (ESPN 2)
11:30 - NBA Playoffs First Round - Oklahoma City Thunder v New Orleans Pelicans (ESPN)
11:30 - NHL Playoffs First Round - Dallas Stars v Vegas Golden Knights (ESPN 2)
14:00 - NRL - Warriors v Gold Coast Titans (Fox League)
15:10 - Shute Shield - Manly Rugby v Warringah Rugby (Stan Sport)
15:20 - AFL - Essendon Bombers v Collingwood Magpies (Fox Footy or 7mate)
16:05 - NRL - St. George Illawarra Dragons v Sydney Roosters (Fox League or Channel 9)
19:35 - AFL - GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions (Fox Footy or Channel 7)
19:50 - NRL - Melbourne Storm v South Sydney Rabbitohs (Fox League or Channel 9)