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Serena Williams is back, and the tennis world is taking notice. The two thousand twenty six Wimbledon draw is set, and Serena's name is in it — her first Grand Slam appearance in four years. Novak Djokovic called her return truly inspirational, and with the draw now official, the grass courts of SW nineteen are about to witness something genuinely rare.
Shifting to Formula One, George Russell grabbed a controversial pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix in dramatic fashion. The Mercedes driver clocked his fastest lap right at the end of qualifying, edging Ferrari's Charles Leclerc — but the session was shadowed by a crash from Max Verstappen, leaving plenty of tension heading into race day.
And on the global stage, the two thousand twenty six World Cup group stage wraps up today with three groups still undecided. Among the storylines worth watching, DR Congo has a path to the Round of Thirty Two if results fall their way against Uzbekistan — which would be a historic moment for the African nation and one of the tournament's most compelling narratives so far.
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