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The two thousand twenty six World Cup is already delivering marquee matchups, and Belgium versus Egypt in Seattle is the one everyone's circling. Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah, two of the Premier League's defining players of the last decade, finally sharing a World Cup stage. Group G starts now, and neither man has time to waste.
Meanwhile in the same tournament, a Liverpool connection is drawing some scrutiny after the Netherlands and Japan played out a two-two draw in Dallas. One Reds player was described as subdued and predictable in the Oranje's opening performance, and with the stakes only rising from here, that kind of review is not something you want following you into the next group stage fixture.
Shifting to the octagon, Dana White made history staging UFC Freedom Two Fifty on the White House South Lawn Sunday night, but don't expect him to go back outdoors anytime soon. White confirmed that despite the night going nearly perfectly, the logistical nightmare of constructing the Claw rig and a custom arena on federal grounds was enough to close the book on outdoor MMA for good.
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