🚴‍♂️ Jai's Our Guy

Welcome back, it's Monday, 30 May

🔊 Sport Today Podcast

This morning, Sam Ferris and Martin Gabor are at the mic.

Today's listen time: 9.30 minutes.

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📺 What we're watching

⚾ 9.00am - MLB - Mets v Phillies - Citi Field, New York City - Foxtel, Kayo

🏀 10.30am - NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 - Heat v Celtics - FTX Arena, Miami - Foxtel, Kayo

🎾 7.00pm - French Open - Philippe-Chatrier Court, Paris - 9Gem, Stan Sport

All times are in AEST

🚴‍♂️ Jai looks pretty in pink after historic win

Get out the lycra and ride to work this morning because Australia has a new cycling champion.

Golden points: Jai Hindley has a brand new pink jersey after he won the Giro d’Italia overnight.

• That makes him the first Aussie to win in Italy and he’s just the 2nd to win a Grand Tour title after Cadel Evans won the 2011 Tour de France.

• This is sweet revenge for Hindley who led the Giro heading into the final time trial in 2020 but ended up finishing 2nd.

• There was no need to sweat this time because he had a big lead heading into the final stage thanks to a huge ride the day before. He was 15th in the time trial but only 7 seconds slower than main rival Richard Carapaz.

They said it: “I'm really proud to be Australian and happy to take this home.” - Enjoy that prosecco.

What’s next: Hindley can chill for a bit before the Tour de France starts on 1 July.

Watch it: Check out the final stage and the trophy presentation.

🏁 Ferrari's fumble gives Red Bull wings 

Charles Leclerc’s homecoming looked to be going to plan. But one bad call cost the Ferrari driver victory at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Golden points: Last night’s Formula 1 GP was delayed by an hour because of heavy rain on the streets of Monaco. And when it rains, chaos almost always ensues.

• Team tactics become just as important as actual driving in the rain, and Ferrari didn’t quite get their plans right.

• They did something called ‘double stacking’ and it backfired. That’s when you bring in both cars at the same time, and they quickly realised they’d done the wrong thing but it was too late to stop Leclerc from pitting.

• It meant he went from 1st to 4th on lap 21, and that’s where he finished. Main rival Max Verstappen was 3rd, and the Dutchman’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez claimed the win.

• Mick Schumacher is fine after a massive crash destroyed his car.

What’s next: Verstappen now leads by 9 points. The next race is in Azerbaijan on 12 June where Daniel Ricciardo will hope to improve on his 13th place finish overnight.

Watch it: Here's what happened in Monaco last night.

🏉 No Foxx as Freddy unveils new-look Blues

There are 22 very happy NRL players after they were called into camp by NSW Blues coach Brad Fittler. But there was one major surprise when the team for game one of the State of Origin series was announced last night.

Golden points: There are 6 fresh faces in Fittler’s squad, but we don’t know exactly who’s going to play because it was announced in alphabetical order.

• The big surprise is that Josh Addo-Carr isn’t there. He’s scored 10 tries in 12 games for the Blues but he's been overlooked this year.

• He’s been replaced by Daniel Tupou on the wing. He’s very tall and that’s important because Queensland will likely name giants Xavier Coates and Selwyn Cobbo.

• Eels forward Ryan Matterson looks set to make his debut 3 years after he thought he'd get a game. Nicho Hynes will also likely play his first game off the bench.

Key click: Here’s a look at all the winners and losers from last night’s announcement.

What’s next: Queensland will pick their team at 9.00am (AEST) and then things will really ramp up. The series starts on 8 June at Accor Stadium in Sydney.

🏀 New details are a bad look for Cambage

Liz Cambage’s withdrawal from the Opals team ahead of last year’s Olympics was one of the biggest basketball stories of 2021. Now we know a lot more about what happened.

Golden points: News Corp broke the story on Sunday that Cambage elbowed a Nigerian player in the head and then called some of their players “monkeys”.

• That led to a major scuffle before the practice game was called off.

• Cambage then quit the team on mental health grounds and the Opals struggled in Tokyo, eventually losing to the USA in the quarters.

• Her former teammates have told their stories of what happened, and it’s pretty clear that she’ll never play for the Opals again.

What’s next: The Opals lost to Japan by a point yesterday as they continue to prepare for this year’s World Cup.

Watch it: Here's what happened in that game. 

⚽ Stats mean nothing as underdogs go all the way

Football was the winner this weekend. But if we’re being more accurate, Western United and Real Madrid were the real winners thanks to a couple of upset results.

Golden points: It turns out regular season form counts for plenty in the big games. Melbourne City hadn’t beaten Western United all year, and that continued in the A-League Men’s Grand Final.

• United showed no signs of nerves in their first GF. They scored after 100 seconds thanks to an own goal and added another one in the first half through Aleksandar Prijović, who was the player of the match.

• City dominated all the stats except the scoreboard. It means they miss out on back-to-back titles while United have a trophy in their 3rd season in the comp.

• Stats really don’t mean much in football. Real Madrid only had 4 shots compared to Liverpool’s 24, but they still won the UEFA Champions League final 1-0.

• Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois came up with 9 saves to help Madrid win their 14th European title, which is a record. All he wanted was a little bit of respect.

Watch it: Here are the highlights from Paris. Look away Liverpool fans.

👀 Quick singles

🎾 Rafael Nadal survived a 5 set thriller to set up a quarter-final clash with long-time rival Novak Djokovic at the French Open. Nadal needed 5 sets to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime and will now play the world #1 who is fresh after he won in straight sets.

🏉 The World Rugby Sevens Series is going down to the final event after Australia pulled off a thrilling upset in London. The Aussies are now just 2 points behind leaders South Africa after they beat New Zealand in golden point.

⚽ Nottingham Forest are headed to the EPL after they beat Huddersfield Town 1-0 in the richest game in sport. The win at Wembley is worth more than $400 million and sees them promoted from the Championship.

🏏 Gujarat are Indian Premier League champions after they beat Rajasthan by 7 wickets in front of nearly 105,000 people. This was their first year in the competition, and they can thank skipper Hardik Pandya for his all-round efforts in the final.

🏉 The AFL world is rallying around GWS youngster Bobby Hill who was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Hill played in Saturday’s loss to the Lions and will have surgery this week. 

🏏 It's a great time to be a cricket fan because this summer is going to be big. The international fixture list is in and the Aussies have a stack of series coming up at home against some of the biggest teams in the world.

🏉 Points differential cost the Western Force a spot in the Super Rugby Pacific finals in a hectic finish to the regular season. There are 3 Aussie teams in the finals which begin on Friday.

🏐 The Vixens have gone 2 games clear at the top of the Super Netball ladder after the West Coast Fever lost on the weekend. The result means the Firebirds are into the top 4 after they snapped a 4-game losing streak.

🙃 Left of field...

Fantasy sports can get pretty heated at the best of times. But when you throw in heaps of money and some trash talk, things can quickly boil over.

Golden points: Tommy Pham and Joc Pederson won’t be playing in the same NFL fantasy league next season.

• Actually, they probably won’t talk again after Pham slapped Pederson before their Major League Baseball game on Saturday.

• Pham was furious with Pederson because he thought he had bent the rules in one of their comps last season and wasn’t happy with a gif that was floating around in the group chat.

They said it: “I’m a big dog in Vegas. I’m a high roller at many casinos.” - Pham is also suspended for 3 games.

📽 The highlight reel

The Fijian Drua fell one point short of a famous victory in their final Super Rugby Pacific game of the season, but it didn't stop them from producing this incredible try that had the home crowd buzzing.

📸 Photo finish

Collingwood celebrate a thrilling 4-point win over Carlton in front of more than 80,000 fans at the MCG yesterday.

🏃‍♀️ The finish line

🏆 Today's trivia answer

The Wally Lewis Medal. Tom Trbojevic won it last year but he'll miss this series through injury.