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Paul Goldschmidt is carrying the Yankees on his back right now. In Toronto on Saturday, he stepped up in the ninth against Blue Jays closer Louis Varland and launched a four-hundred-foot shot to left, his ninth homer of the year, giving New York a three-to-one win and their fifth victory in the last six games. Varland had allowed just two earned runs all season before that at-bat. Goldschmidt made him pay.
Shifting to the World Cup, where Qatar pulled off one of the early stunners of the tournament. The host nation, widely considered the weakest team in the field, grabbed a late goal against Switzerland to earn their first ever World Cup point. And the controversy didn't stop there — Gary Neville went scorched earth on FIFA after officials refused to release the VAR replay on a tight offside call that preceded Switzerland's penalty. Neville called FIFA a dictatorship, and honestly, the silence from the organization is not helping their case.
And on Sunday, Alex Pereira steps into the octagon with a shot at becoming the first three-division champion in UFC history. With his mentor Glover Teixeira in his corner, Poatan is one fight away from cementing a legacy that nobody in mixed martial arts has ever touched.
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