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Mexico is back on top of Concacaf after a two-nothing victory over the United States in the Under-twenty final at Estadio Azteca Sunday night. The win gives El Tri back-to-back championships, though the result will sting for the U.S. side after a red card that left plenty of people asking serious questions about the officiating down the stretch.
Shifting to the hardwood, Ben Simmons is making moves. The free agent forward is set to join Australia's national team minicamp in Melbourne as a full participant with, quote, zero restrictions. That's a meaningful phrase for a guy whose injury history has defined the last several years of his career. Whether this translates to an NBA contract remains the real question.
And in the money game, Jeff Bezos is closing in on a significant piece of one of football's biggest clubs. A consortium including the Amazon founder and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is reportedly nearing a deal to purchase roughly one-third of Liverpool from Fenway Sports Group. That would be a seismic injection of capital into an already dominant Premier League force.
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