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Washington is locking up one of its own as the Capitals sign forward Justin Sourdif to an eight-year deal worth six point three five million annually. The twenty-four-year-old Richmond, British Columbia native put up fifteen goals and thirty-five points across seventy-eight games last season, and Washington is clearly betting he has more in the tank.
Across the Atlantic, Manchester United's possession paradox is becoming impossible to ignore. Under Michael Carrick, United average just one point five points per game when they hold more than fifty percent of the ball, but that number jumps to two point six when they don't. Drop possession to forty-five percent or below and United have won ten straight. Carrick is winning by surrendering control, and the football world is taking notice.
Meanwhile in Wales, Craig Bellamy steps into the head coaching role facing a brutal opening schedule — Cristiano Ronaldo in Lisbon, Erling Haaland at home, and a Denmark side Wales haven't beaten in eighteen years. Bellamy already has ground to make up with a skeptical fanbase, and the Nations League A gauntlet isn't giving him any grace period.
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