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Serena Williams is back on the grass, and Wimbledon is ready for her. The seven-time champion draws twenty-year-old Australian Maya Joint in the opening round, stepping onto the biggest stage in tennis for the first time in years. With nine different women's singles champions crowned in the last nine years, the draw is wide open — but all eyes are on Serena.
Shifting to the World Cup, and the forty-eight team format is drawing real scrutiny. The expanded group stage has produced limited jeopardy for most sides, with too many teams able to absorb a loss and still advance comfortably. South Korea found that out the hard way after falling to South Africa, but the broader question is whether the tournament's structure is diluting what should be must-win football.
And speaking of the World Cup, co-hosts the United States suffered a gut punch in the final seconds, falling three-two to Türkiye in the ninety-eighth minute of a dead rubber that suddenly had plenty of life. Arda Güler opened his World Cup account for Türkiye, and despite the result carrying no knockout implications, nobody told these teams it didn't matter.
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