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Pep Guardiola's next chapter could be written in Italian. Sky in Italy are reporting that the Italian Football Federation has held direct talks with the former Manchester City boss about taking the national team job. Guardiola, a fluent Italian speaker who has collected twelve league titles across Spain, Germany, and England, would be a seismic appointment — and the rumor mill in England is already spinning about whether that opens a door back home.
Shifting to the beautiful game's biggest stage, and the Yamal family made the two thousand twenty six World Cup their personal highlight reel. Lamine announced himself as the planet's most electric young talent, but it was his brother Kenye who kept stealing moments — viral clips on the big board and a celebration between the two brothers that the internet absolutely could not get enough of.
And over in the NFL, George Kittle is leading the charge on something players have wanted for years. Following a World Cup that demonstrated large-scale natural grass is entirely doable, Kittle and fellow stars are pushing the league hard to ditch artificial turf for good, citing player safety as the driving force behind what could be a league-wide transformation.
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