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Cristiano Ronaldo has given the football world something to sit with, telling reporters this is "probably my last year" in the game. It's the clearest signal yet from the five-time Ballon d'Or winner that the curtain may finally be coming down on one of the most extraordinary careers the sport has ever seen.
Shifting to the NFL, Washington Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota is dealing with a sprained MCL that's expected to keep him out for the rest of the preseason. Sources confirmed the injury to ESPN, and while it's not a worst-case scenario, it's a setback Washington doesn't need heading into camp with questions already swirling at the position.
And over in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund is having themselves a Sunday. Reports out of Germany and Greece indicate BVB are closing in on not one but two signings — Joey Veerman and Giannis Konstantelias — with Konstantelias reportedly agreeing to personal terms as of August sixteenth, two thousand twenty six. Signal Yellow is building something.
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