Alyssa Healy named ODI Player of the Year & T20I Player of the Year at the recent Australian Cricket Awards

And to cap that off, claimed her first Belinda Clark Award

Icelands Hafthor Julius Bjornsson has set a new deadlift world record with a 474-kilogram lift, breaking his previous record of 472 kg
Bjornsson also successfully defended his champion of the Arnold Strongman Classic title

Roger Federer the winner of 20 Grand Slam titles has become the second male player to win 100 tour-level tournaments in the professional era

Jimmy Connors is the other player to reach the milestone, retiring after winning 109 titles

Bjornsson also into acting,,Game of Thrones & Kickboxer: Retaliation

Some of the girls haven't done too badly
Martina Navratilova 167 titles
Chris Evert 157 titles
Steffi Graf 107 titles

..roger federer's tilt at a 101st singles title has been ended by dominic thiem
..thiem came from behind to win in three sets

First ATP Tour Masters 1000 title for Dominic Thiem

Thiem's highest career ATP world ranking was No. 4,,which he achieved on 6 November 2017
Guess what? he is back at No. 4

Make that 32

And fourth-straight George Ryder Stakes

See them all here

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...3b83d39eb313ace

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Winx Farewell Race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uep8pfT_KSs

And another win to Thiem!
Barcelona Open
Beat Rafael Nadal in the semi-final

And another tournament win for Minjee Lee
Hugel-Air Premia LA Open just completed

New world No 1 Ashleigh Barty is the first Australian woman to top the tennis rankings in 43 years

Yes, good one Ash! Next stop Wimbledon
Hopefully just a minor injury forcing her to withdraw from the Eastbourne tournament

And another new world no.1 - Australian professional surfer, Sally Fitzgibbons!

And another Australian golf success. This time Hannah Green, won the women's PGA Championship at Hazeltine (USA) by one shot from defending champion Sung Hyun Park of South Korea

First victory on the LPGA Tour

That tournament was a major
Hannah becomes the first Australian woman to win a major since Karrie Webb back in 2006

hannah didn,t have a sponsor prior to her win
expect that,s been sorted out since

Both sandgropers :)

Congratulations go to Australia's Ellyse Perry who recently became the first player, male or female, to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket

Ellyse Perry also player of the series, recent Women's Ashes held in England

The Black Sticks women have just won the Oceania Cup in Rockhampton Queensland beating the Hockeyroos
Gives them an automatic spot at the Tokyo Olympics next year

The Hockeyroos will now face Russia in a must-win series in Perth next month

And another win for Hannah Green - Portland Classic, went into the final round three shots behind the leader!

What a fantastic result for Australian athlete Kelsey-Lee Barber. Recently won the gold medal in the women's javelin at the World Athletics Championships in Doha with a 66.56 m throw.

Just named Australia's sports woman of the year

And the Australian women’s cricketers took out Team of the Year for the second consecutive time

And their skipper Meg Lanning took home the Leadership Legend award

Leads by example judging by the number of records Meg has set or broken

It's looking like Barty will finish the season in the top spot
If she does, Ash will be the first Australian woman to finish a season in the top spot since rankings were introduced in 1973

Ashleigh Barty did finish the season in the top spot
Also won the Newcombe Medal for a third consecutive year, matching the record of compatriot & inaugural recipient Sam Stosur

Australian professional golfer Lucas Herbert celebrated Australia Day overseas by winning the Dubai Desert Classic
First European Tour win for the Victorian born 24yo

Marc Leishman made it a winning double for the Aussies same weekend, taking out the Farmers Insurance Open for his fifth PGA Tour title

Going OK Australian Open where Ash (first round) became the first Aussie player to win a match at the Australian Open without dropping a game since the event moved to Melbourne Park in 1988.

Justice done this morning, Jon Rahm winning his first major, US Open (golf). Had to withdraw from his last tournament, the Memorial, after testing positive for COVID-19. Had a huge lead going into the last round.

The Aussies golfers have been doing extra well in recent times, both ladies & gents!