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At the two thousand twenty six World Cup in Inglewood, Spain goalkeeper Unai Simón is rewriting history. The keeper blanked Austria three-nil Thursday, his fourth straight clean sheet, stretching his scoreless streak to five hundred nineteen consecutive minutes across two World Cups. That breaks a thirty-six year old record held by Italy legend Walter Zenga, and Simón isn't showing any signs of letting up.
Meanwhile, Cape Verde is forty-eight hours away from one of the most audacious moments in football history. The Blue Sharks, ranked sixty-fourth in the world and making their very first World Cup appearance, face Argentina and Lionel Messi in the round of thirty-two on Friday. They came through the group stage with results against Spain, Uruguay, and Saudi Arabia. If they pull this off, nobody will be talking about anything else.
And over in the NBA, the LeBron James free agency circus has a new tent. The New York Knicks, fresh off an NBA championship, have entered the sweepstakes for the future Hall of Famer. A LeBron in Madison Square Garden scenario is now being taken seriously by league insiders, and the basketball world is paying very close attention.
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