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Kylian Mbappé is putting World Cup nerves to rest after picking up a knock on his ankle during France's two-nil quarterfinal victory over Morocco. The superstar forward says he's all good, and given what France showed in that match, the rest of the tournament better hope he means it.
And France is looking like something genuinely special right now. Two-time World Cup champions in nineteen ninety-eight and two thousand eighteen, this current squad is drawing comparisons to the greatest versions of Les Bleus. Their clinical dismantling of Morocco wasn't just a win, it was a statement that they are the team to beat heading into the final stages of two thousand twenty-six.
Meanwhile in the NBA, Steph Curry shut down a reporter Wednesday who tried to get him talking about pitching LeBron James to the Golden State Warriors. Curry wasn't interested in engaging, and with Cleveland apparently making a push for a Warriors frontcourt piece, the whole situation is getting complicated fast. Curry clearly wants no part of that conversation in public, which honestly tells you something on its own.
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