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The biggest story in world football right now is a forty-year-old goalkeeper named Vozinha and a Cape Verde side that just made history. Ranked sixty-fourth in the world, Cape Verde held Spain to a scoreless draw in the World Cup group stage — a result that sent shockwaves through the tournament. Vozinha was named MVP, kept a clean sheet against one of the planet's elite squads, and was in tears at the final whistle. You could not have scripted it better.
Shifting to the octagon, Ilia Topuria is not running from what happened Sunday night at UFC Freedom Two Fifty. Justin Gaethje took the lightweight belt at the White House event, and Topuria — who absorbed serious damage throughout the fight — came forward immediately, offered no excuses, congratulated Gaethje, and put him on notice that a rematch is coming. That kind of accountability after a tough loss says a lot about the fighter.
And on the health front, Christian Pulisic trained individually Monday as the USMNT prepares to face Australia at the World Cup. He came off at halftime against Paraguay as a precaution, but all indications suggest he will be ready when it matters most. America cannot afford to be without its most dangerous attacker.
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