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In soccer, MLS dropped the hammer after Wednesday's Inter Miami and Philadelphia Union brawl turned ugly. Lionel Messi was fined an undisclosed amount for putting his hands near an opponent's face or neck, with teammate Ian Fray hit with the same penalty. The league did ease up on one call, rescinding Cavan Sullivan's red card entirely.
Staying on the pitch, Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim just rewrote the history books. The champions claimed a three to nothing win over Kuching City to push their unbeaten league run to one hundred and nine matches, surpassing ASEC Mimosas' long-standing record of one hundred and eight. That is a streak that belongs in a different conversation altogether.
And over at LIV Golf Indianapolis, Richard T. Lee has grabbed the individual lead in a tournament that doubles as the team championship for two thousand twenty six. What makes this one worth watching is that Lee is an unaffiliated wild card with no team behind him, carving his own path through a format that was never really built for him.
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