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In the NHL, Columbus has locked up Cole Sillinger, avoiding arbitration with a three-year deal worth thirteen point eight seven five million dollars. The Blue Jackets are making a statement about their rebuild, keeping the young forward in the fold as they look to build something real on the ice this coming season.
Shifting to the transfer market, Real Madrid have entered the race for Yan Diomande, the World Cup standout RB Leipzig has been holding onto tightly. That's a significant development because wherever Madrid shows interest, the price climbs and the timeline accelerates. Liverpool had already been circling, and now they face a genuine heavyweight in the fight for his signature.
And over at Tollcross in Glasgow, Duncan Scott delivered a masterclass under serious pressure, setting a new Commonwealth Games record in the pool to give Scotland a golden opening to the Games. The remarkable part? He had to hold off his own training partner and close friend Tom Dean of England, who pushed him every stroke of the way. That is elite competition at its most personal.
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