Welcome to a Wide World of Sports update. A snapshot of the latest sport stories from the 9News team including:

• Gout Gout is just a few hours away from making his highly-anticipated Athletics world championships debut in Tokyo
• Tasmania’s AFL dream is in crisis after a long awaited report found the proposed 1.8 billion dollar stadium would harm the state’s economy
• The Panthers are confident they have what it takes to win the NRL Premiership from outside the top four

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