There’s taking credit for a good performance and then there’s Yurav Premlall.

The South African golfer, ranked 598th in the world, won the Catalunya Championship on the DP World Tour by a huge margin of 14 shots yesterday.

He came within one shot of Tiger Woods' record 15-shot victory at the 2000 U.S. Open.

Afterwards, he said: "I can't give myself enough credit today, and I'm not really a person to say that. It was probably the most complete performance I've ever put through."

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The number of Australians who scored in Sunday's Women's FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Manchester City. Sam Kerr headed home Chelsea's second goal to give the reigning FA Cup champions a 2-0 lead, before Mary Fowler scored in the 86th minute to start a City comeback, her first goal for the side since February 2025. Fowler’s goal kicked off a late comeback for City, the newly crowned Women’s Super League champions, who eventually won 3-2 in extra time. City have now secured their spot in the final against Brighton at Wembley on 31 May.

"Mental health matters in every space, including sport. Messages like these are never welcome. Words have meaning, words have impact. Let's choose kindness."
Adelaide Crows midfielder Josh Rachele in an Instagram story with a screenshot of a DM from a stranger telling him to die by suicide. The 23-year-old's post came after Adelaide's 98-61 win over Richmond yesterday. 

If you or someone you know needs support, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Solo synchronised swimming was an Olympic event from 1984 to 1992, before being discontinued. Now, the sport is called artistic swimming and only has duet and team events at the Olympics.

🚴‍♂️ Australian cyclist and time trial champion Jay Vine has been forced out of the Giro d'Italia after a mass crash on Stage 2 in Bulgaria. Several riders were involved in a crash 22km from the finish, with Vine taken away on a stretcher. His UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad confirmed he has a concussion and a broken elbow. Uruguay's Guillermo Thomas Silva holds the pink jersey after three stages. Three Aussies - Ben O’Connor, Michael Storer, and 2022 champion Jai Hindley - are just 10 seconds off the lead.

⛳ Australian Lucas Herbert has won his first LIV Golf title, finishing four shots clear of 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia at LIV Golf Virginia. The 30-year-old from Bendigo led from start to finish. The win earned Herbert $US4 million ($AU5.5 million) and, more importantly, a spot at next month's U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, his first appearance at the tournament in three years. The U.S. Open is one of men’s golf’s four major tournaments. 

🎾 Alexei Popyrin is the last Australian standing at the Italian Open in Rome after wins over home favourite Matteo Berrettini and rising Czech star Jakub Menšík. The world No.60 beat Menšik in three sets (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) after 1am (local time) to set up a round of 32 clash with world No.1 Jannik Sinner. It is comfortably Popyrin's best result of a difficult 2026, in which he entered Rome with a 5-12 record. Popyrin and Sinner will play tonight at 11pm (AEST). Sinner has won five consecutive Masters 1000 titles dating back to last November's Paris Masters and is aiming to make it six in Rome.

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Rival NRL clubs are threatening to demand compensation if the Perth Bears are granted salary cap relief ahead of their first season in 2027.

The Bears have signed 17 players for their inaugural season, but have struggled to secure a marquee recruit. 

Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V'landys is now considering offering the club assistance, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, after lobbying from Bears’ board members and the Rugby League Players' Association. 

The details have not been finalised, but proposals include salary cap concessions for marquee players and relocation allowances.

The move would mark a shift from V'landys' position just last month, when he said the NRL could not create exemptions because clubs had insisted on an equal salary cap across the competition.

Existing clubs argue they accepted Perth's entry on the understanding there would be no special treatment.

South Sydney Rabbitohs boss Blake Solly told the Herald: "That was the basis on which we accepted their entry. If there's an appetite to move away from that, it needs to involve a discussion with the 17 clubs."

However, not all clubs are opposed. 

Dolphins chief executive Terry Reader said it was in the game's interest for new teams to succeed, adding it was "worth having a conversation." 

All NRL club CEOs will meet in Brisbane on Friday ahead of the Magic Round.

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Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Alexa Leary will not compete at this year's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) adjusted her disability classification. 

The former triathlete rose to fame with her dominant performance at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

Here's what to know.

Leary is one of Australia's most well-known para athletes. A former triathlete, she was involved in a cycling accident on the Sunshine Coast in 2021, crashing at 75km/h and landing on her head. Surgeons had to remove part of her skull to save her life, and she spent more than 100 days in hospital relearning how to walk and talk. She took up swimming as part of her rehabilitation and within two years, won gold at the 2023 World Championships.

At the Paris Paralympics, she won two golds and a silver, including the 100m freestyle S9 title in world record time. She added another world title at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore. 

Her winning time in the S9 final in Paris would have also won gold in the S10 category.

Para swimmers with physical impairments are placed in classes from S1 (most severe) to S10 (least severe) based on how their disability affects their ability to swim. The classification system means athletes with different types of impairment can compete in the same class if their functional ability in the water is similar. 

Classifications are reassessed periodically by the International Paralympic Committee, and changes can move athletes into a new competitive category.

Leary has been reclassified from S9 to S10, a category for athletes with less severe physical impairments, meaning the 24-year-old no longer has a suitable event in Glasgow. 

Due to the Commonwealth Games' condensed para swimming program, the only S10 event available is the 200m individual medley, which Leary does not compete in. Her strongest event, sprint freestyle, is not offered in the S10 category at the Commonwealth Games.

Australia has named an 18-athlete para swimming squad for Glasgow, which runs from 23 July to 2 August. The team includes defending gold medallists Timothy Hodge and Col Pearse, three-time Paralympic champion Lakeisha Patterson, and 14-year-old Mia Hogan, the youngest member of the team. 

The Commonwealth Games is unique on the international sporting calendar because para and able-bodied athletes compete alongside each other at the same event. The rest of the swimming squad will be announced after the Australian Swimming Trials in Sydney on 13 June.

For Leary, the reclassification does not end her international career. The full Paralympic program at the LA 2028 Games includes sprint freestyle events in S10, meaning she could still compete in her best event.

Leary has yet to make a public comment.