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Sam Burns is two shots clear heading into Sunday's final round of the two thousand twenty six Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, and the story writing itself off the course is just as compelling. Burns became a father just two weeks ago, and now he stands one round away from a major title with Rick Fox and Tom Kim breathing down his neck.
Shifting to the rugby pitch, Argentina turned Sunday's Rugby Nations Championship match against England into a full-on cultural moment, taking the field in replica jerseys from their iconic nineteen eighty six World Cup kit. The dark blue throwbacks carried serious weight, nodding to one of sport's most mythologized matches, and Argentina backed it up with a two to one victory to claim the championship.
Meanwhile, England's rugby heartbreak gets shelved for now as Thomas Tuchel's football side gears up for the World Cup third place match against France in Miami on Saturday. England fell to Argentina in the semi-finals, France dropped one to Spain, and now both nations battle for the bronze in a match that stings but still means something on the global stage.
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