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At the two thousand twenty six FIFA World Cup, the United States Men's National Team faces Belgium in the Round of Sixteen on Monday, and the Americans are doing it shorthanded. Folarin Balogun is suspended after picking up a red card, leaving the attack short as expert Martin Green, riding a sixteen and six run, leans toward Belgium to advance in what promises to be a brutal knockout stage clash.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, England are making the trip to Mexico City for a genuinely fascinating international friendly at the Estadio Azteca, one of the most storied venues in world football. Mexico have not lost there in ten all-time World Cup matches, and that altitude, that crowd, that history — it does not welcome visitors kindly. England will need something special just to stay level.
And over at Silverstone, eighteen-year-old Kimi Antonelli delivered one of the most electric qualifying performances of the Formula One season, putting his Mercedes on pole for the British Grand Prix ahead of both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. The kid beat his own teammate George Russell too, and suddenly the conversation around the future of this sport has a very clear face attached to it.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
