Graham Arnold has revealed the inspiration that powered Sydney FC to their thumping A-League derby triumph, telling of an extraordinary message hed received the morning of the game.Young cancer sufferer Gabriel Cipriano, who last October sat with Arnold in the dugout to watch the Sky Blues 1-0 Sydney derby win, sent the coach his best wishes on Saturday morning.The coach said the little boys words galvanised his squad as they prepared to walk out in front of a record crowd of 61,800.I had a beautiful text this morning from a kid, Gabe, who sat next to me in the derby last year, whos got cancer, Arnold said after the 4-0 opening-round win over Western Sydney.He said hed be watching the game, and that this type of result with a Sky Blues win gives him reason to live.I read that to the boys before the game, and you could see the hunger straight away in the players faces, that they wanted to do it for that boy.Left-back Michael Zullo described it as an emotional moment for the whole group.It was a bit unexpected. Its probably the first time Ive had to deal with that, Zullo said.But it put everything into perspective.It brought us back to ground level and made us think about how lucky we are to be here.Not just that, how much of a difference we can make to a fans day and their life by putting in a good performance.Sydney were superb all over the park against the Wanderers, who made their visitors work but could not convert chances and were let down in defence.Particularly impressive was the teams revived attack.Milos Ninkovic, Filip Holosko and David Carney were all in rich form around Brazilian striker Bobo.The fact that Bernie Ibini is still to come into the squad and bg-scoring captain Alex Brosque started on the bench only highlights Sydneys depth.It gives me good headaches ... just look at who we had on the bench, Arnold said.What I wanted in the off-season was to recruit two top players for every position, for them to push each other every day and work hard and fight for a position on the team.If they continue to play like that Ill keep getting more and more headaches.They just set their own standards, now theyve got to keep doing that. Reggie White Super Bowl Jersey . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. Rashan Gary Super Bowl Jersey . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. https://www.packersrookiestore.com/Customized/ .B. -- The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win. Darnell Savage Jr. Super Bowl Jersey . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. Dean Lowry Super Bowl Jersey .C. -- Manny Malhotra had two goals and an assist, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. NORMAN, Okla. -- Peyton Little made three 3-pointers and scored 17 points, Vionise Pierre-Louis had her second career double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 16 Oklahoma held off Arkansas-Little Rock 68-58 on Wednesday night.Little Rock pulled to 56-52 early in the fourth quarter on Sharde Collinss basket, but thats as close as the Trojans would get the rest of the way. Tona Edwards scored four points during Oklahomas 6-0 run to take a 10-point lead with 4:26 left. It was the first double-digit lead for either team.Maddie Manning added nine poinnts and five rebounds for Oklahoma (2-0).ddddddddddddLittle scored 10 straight Oklahoma points -- including back-to-back 3-pointers -- to give the Sooners a 28-24 lead late in the second quarter. The Sooners had a 34-33 lead at halftime and it was 54-48 after three quarters.Collins was 9-of-22 shooting for 23 points for Arkansas Little Rock (1-2). Kaitlyn Pratt added 10 points and Raeyana DeGray had eight points and seven rebounds. ' ' '