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Lionel Messi is simply refusing to stop. The Argentine legend buried his eighth goal of this World Cup in the eighty-third minute against Egypt, a stunning equalizer at two goals apiece in Atlanta. That's nine consecutive games with a goal, twenty-one World Cup goals in his career, and he now sits alone at the top of the Golden Boot race. The man is rewriting history in real time.
Shifting to cricket, Pakistan women's captain Fatima Sana has been granted a No Objection Certificate by the Pakistan Cricket Board, clearing the twenty-four-year-old to skip the T20I leg of the Sri Lanka tour and represent Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred. It's a landmark call, signaling growing recognition of franchise cricket's pull even at the international level.
And in the NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver Germie Bernard is turning heads in ESPN's latest roster projections, where he's been slotted ahead of third-year receiver Roman Wilson for the wide receiver three role alongside DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman. Bernard arrived in the draft this year and apparently wasted no time making his case.
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