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Lionel Messi turns thirty-nine years old today, and the man is still rewriting the record books alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, who is forty-one. Two players who were supposed to be winding down are instead delivering on the world's grandest stages, proving that whatever the ceiling was supposed to be, neither of them got the memo.
Speaking of CR7, Ronaldo broke through at the World Cup with a brace to push Portugal forward, and the transfer market is buzzing around it all. Jonathan David, Inter Milan's pursuit of Solet, moves involving Atletico and Napoli — the window is wide open and the dominoes are falling fast as clubs position themselves around the tournament's momentum.
Meanwhile in the WNBA, Indiana's Caitlin Clark and the Fever host the Phoenix Mercury tonight at seven-thirty eastern, and the numbers tell the story clearly. Indiana sits ten and seven, Phoenix five and thirteen, and the Fever come in as heavy favorites at minus three-fifty on the moneyline. This one has the feel of a statement game for a Fever squad building real traction.
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