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France are through to the quarterfinals of the World Cup, and it wasn't exactly a stroll in the Philadelphia heat. Paraguay made Les Bleus work for every inch on the Fourth of July, but Kylian Mbappe stepped up with a second-half penalty to seal it, sending the tournament favorites into the final eight.
Staying in Philadelphia, the two thousand twenty six All-Star rosters are out ahead of the Midsummer Classic on July fourteenth, and the Dodgers, Braves, and Phillies are leading the way in selections. Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong earned his second consecutive nod as a National League reserve, a strong signal that at twenty two years old, he's no longer a surprise — he's a fixture.
And over at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, eighteen-year-old Tate Taylor delivered the performance of the night, upsetting Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo in the men's two hundred meters at Hayward Field. Taylor isn't a name most casual fans knew walking in, but they know it now — and the track world is paying very close attention.
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