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Justin Gaethje made history at UFC Freedom Two Fifty, delivering a performance for the ages at the White House in what was one of the most unique settings the sport has ever seen. Ciryl Gane made a statement of his own, and the night proved the UFC is not done pushing boundaries — in location or in legacy.
Shifting to the pitch, and Graham Potter is writing one of football's great comeback stories. The manager who was shown the door at Chelsea and then West Ham is now steering his nation through the World Cup with a winning start — and with Alexander Isak tearing Tunisia apart in a five-one rout, Sweden sit in prime position atop Group F after the Netherlands and Japan played out a two-two draw.
And in the England camp, Jordan Henderson is pushing back hard on the noise surrounding Jude Bellingham. Henderson called out media criticism of his twenty-two-year-old teammate as largely untrue — and given what Bellingham has produced for both England and Real Madrid, it is a defence that carries serious weight heading deeper into this tournament.
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