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Will Ospreay headlined AEW Forbidden Door two thousand twenty six in San Jose with a statement performance, defeating Swerve Strickland in the main event to close out a dazzling night at the SAP Center. Mercedes Moné punched her ticket to another Women's World Championship shot, Mark Briscoe earned a crack at MJF, and Jay White made his return in what was a stacked evening for professional wrestling fans.
Switching to the grass courts, Emma Raducanu has been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon hours before her first match was set to begin, revealing a stress fracture in her right leg. The British number one had been managing what she called a niggle since Queen's, and was spotted in an orthopaedic boot at the All England Club earlier this week. A brutal blow for the twenty three year old heading into the year's third major.
And in World Cup action, Canada made the round of sixteen in the most dramatic fashion possible, with Stephen Eustaquio rifling home a last-gasp volley against South Africa deep into added time. The host nation's fans went absolutely wild, and Canada now faces the winner of Netherlands versus Morocco. Tournament football, folks, it does not get better than that.
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