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Caitlin Clark is simply doing things nobody in Indiana Fever history has ever done. In a one hundred five to ninety five win over Seattle, Clark dropped thirty two points on nine of fourteen shooting and added seven assists, giving her nine career games with thirty or more points and five or more assists — the most in franchise history. The Fever, now eighteen and ten, head west Friday to face the Portland Fire.
Shifting to the global game, Gianni Infantino's grip on FIFA is looking shakier by the day. The Asian Football Confederation has now joined UEFA and CONCACAF in rejecting FIFA's controversial plan to sell stakes in a World Cup company, and the AFC didn't stop there — calling out fundamental weaknesses in FIFA's decision-making processes. Infantino's future as FIFA president is now very much in question.
And in a quieter corner of European football, Barcelona is finalizing a season-long loan deal that sends goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen to Ajax in Amsterdam. The two clubs have a verbal agreement in place, with Barcelona set to cover the majority of the thirty four year old's wages — a creative financial arrangement for a club always watching the books.
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