The third and final State of Origin game between NSW and Queensland will take place on Wednesday, July 17 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
Locked at one game all, the third and final game will determine the champion state. NSW took Game 2 with a score of 36-18, while Queensland took the opening game 38-10.
Champion sprinter retired
Champion New Zealand mare Imperatriz has been retired. The 5-year-old had 24 starts for 18 wins (including 10 Group 1s) and three placings.
Imperatriz had a mighty will to win and for a time during her career was considered the best sprinter in the world.
Before her retirement she was one of the top fancies for The Everest, the world’s richest turf race (worth $20 million) run at Randwick in late October.
Imperatriz has embarked on her next career as a broodmare.
Superstar Simone Biles continues to dominate
Simone Biles won a record-extending ninth all-round national title at the US Gymnastics Championships recently, impressing ahead of the Olympic trials.
“Today it’s just getting out here and getting comfortable and confident in my gymnastics and hopefully going to Olympic trials and making that next step towards Paris,” Biles told the NBC Sports broadcast.
“So, I couldn’t be more proud of how I’m doing this time in the year and just gaining that confidence over and over, getting myself back in front of a crowd and just doing what I do in practice.”
