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Will Jordan is now the greatest try-scorer in All Blacks history. The winger crossed three times Saturday as New Zealand dismantled Italy forty-seven to seventeen in the Nations Championship, pushing Jordan's test tally to fifty tries and etching his name permanently into rugby's record books.
Shifting to the World Cup, and the two thousand twenty six quarterfinals are delivering exactly what the tournament promised. England and Norway meet in Miami Saturday in what could be the defining match of the round, with Erling Haaland carrying Norway's hopes against a Three Lions side that knows better than anyone how dangerous the Manchester City striker becomes when space opens up. England's answer may come from an unlikely source — six-foot-seven defender Dan Burn, tasked with the unenviable job of containing one of football's most physically dominant forces.
And off the pitch, Saquon Barkley is recruiting. The Eagles running back turned Super Bowl champion is publicly urging LeBron James to sign with the Philadelphia seventy-sixers, telling him Philadelphia is one of the greatest sports cities in the world and that a championship there would mean being remembered forever. Whether LeBron listens remains to be seen, but Barkley's pitch carries some serious credibility.
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