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Sport Journal
March 21, 2023
G'day sports fans,
“He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces." - Basketball Commentator.
🇦🇺 Aussie Sport
🏉 Judiciary recap: In a total four-hour marathon of judiciary hearings - Dolphins forward Felise Kaufusi (misses four games) and Storm playmaker Jahrome Hughes (misses two games) were unsuccessful at on Tuesday night while Roosters prop Fletcher Baker was cleared over high contact on Campbell Graham. (full review)
🇦🇺 Adelaide forward Shane McAdam has been banned for three games by the AFL Tribunal after using Melbourne ace Kysaiah Pickett's bump as part of his defence.
Pickett was suspended for two games for his blow which felled Western Bulldog Bailey Smith in the opening round. (espn)
🏏 Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis and Mitch Marsh are among the Australians who will play Major League Cricket when the inaugural edition of the American Twenty20 competition begins in mid-July.
Set to be the largest-scale T20 cricket tournament held in the USA, the MLC will feature six teams – four of which have significant financial backing from IPL sides.
📺 Thursday Night Previews:
🏉 Panthers (1.33) v Eels (3.25): Round 4 begins with a Grand Final rematch. Since the beginning of 2016, only once has a team made the finals following a 0-4 start (Manly, 2021).
The Panthers avoided Sydney’s extreme heat last week and are well-rested off a bye.
Clinton Gutherson has scored a try in three of Parramatta's last four matches against Penrith.
Brian To'o has scored two tries in each of Penrith's last two matches against Parramatta.
🇦🇺 Blues (2.25) v Cats (1.65): The stage is set for another Thursday belter the two sides playing with a point to prove.
A draw to start the season wasn’t the result Michael Voss would have been after last week against Richmond, and while two points is better than none, the low-scoring slugfest has cast further questions over a club that boasts serious top four aspirations.
Geelong, on the other hand, will be hungry as ever to bounce back from a disheartening fourth quarter performance against Collingwood.
Sam Docherty has recorded 25+ disposals in each of Carlton's last eight matches.
Patrick Dangerfield has recorded 22+ disposals in each of Geelong's last five matches at the MCG.
❤️ Former Canterbury, Wests and Illawarra hitman Kyle White has died suddenly aged just 53.
The popular forward, who was also a talented musician, passed away in his sleep at his Penrith home on Monday night.
White, who also played for Widnes and Workington Town in England, had a cult hero following.
🏉 St George Illawarra will ask coach Anthony Griffin to reapply for his job, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
🏉 A decision on Mitchell Moses’ future is reportedly no close to being finalised and a surprise club have emerged as a potential suitor.
The Tigers and Eels are reportedly in the race for the playmaker’s signature, with the length of Parramatta’s offer proving to be the major sticking point.
But now, according to NRL360 co-host Paul Kent, the Roosters could make a shock play for the 28-year-old as his management prolong making a decision.
🐴 Golden Slipper winner Shinzo, the colt money can’t buy, won’t get the chance to attempt the juvenile triple crown next month.
Trainer Chris Waller has ruled out starting Shinzo for the Group 1 Inglis Sires’ (1400m) at Royal Randwick with the colt going to the spelling paddock instead.
🐴 Superstar jockey Joao Moreira will ride in Sydney for the next six weeks.
"I will ride in Dubai next Saturday and then I will head to Sydney right after that," Moreira told Asian Racing Report via phone from Brazil.
🌎 World Sport
🏉 Crusaders coach Scott Robertson will succeed Ian Foster as head coach of the All Blacks after this year's World Cup.
'Razor', played 23 Tests as a back-row forward and has guided the Crusaders to six Super Rugby titles since taking over the South Island team in 2017.
👴🏼 At the age of 75, Former England manager Roy Hodgson has been reappointed as Crystal Palace boss until the end of the season.
🏟 A consortium led by Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani will make an improved bid on Wednesday to buy Manchester United.
☕️ Coffee-break ammo: Rafa Nadal has fallen to No. 13 in this week's ATP rankings. This is the first time he's been outside the top 10 since debuting there on April 25, 2005. That ends a 912-week streak, by far the longest of any player.
⚽️ Tottenham Hotspur are expected to agree the departure of their Italian manager Antonio Conte, 53, this week, with former player and English first-team coach Ryan Mason, 31, likely to take charge until the end of the season. (Telegraph)
👊🏻 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White is planning to launch a boxing promotion within the next 12 to 24 months.
🏒 Fanatics will replace Adidas as the NHL's outfitter of on-ice uniforms and authentic jerseys beginning with the 2024-25 season, on a 10-year deal.
❌ Kim Kardashian is on a tour of Europe cursing clubs as she goes. After a trip to Arsenal, who were knocked out of the Europa League to Portuguese side Sporting CP. She took in Paris Saint-Germain’s first loss in 715 days.
So satisfying: Yellow cards being dished out like confetti in Poland
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