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England have done it again in Perth, and not in a good way. Australia cruised to a seven-wicket victory in the opening ODI, with debutant Mahli Beardman stealing the show with a stunning six-wicket haul. England capitulated for the second consecutive year on Australian soil, and all of this while the Sandpapergate controversy continues to swirl around the home side. Remarkable scenes.
Switching to the gridiron, Washington kept their season breathing with a dramatic twenty-four to twenty-one comeback win over the New York Giants. The Commanders dug deep when it mattered most, rallying late to snatch the victory and stay relevant in what has been a turbulent year. A massive result for a franchise that desperately needed something to believe in.
And a tough but honest moment in motorsport as Romain Grosjean, the man who walked away from a fireball crash in Bahrain six years ago, is now accepting that his single-seater career is effectively over. Finishing nineteenth in his IndyCar season, Grosjean is preparing to close the chapter on a racing life that, against all odds, continued far longer than anyone could have imagined after that terrifying night.
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