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So far during the Round of 32 at the World Cup, South American teams have prevailed over their opponents, with Paraguay upsetting Germany and Brazil defeating Japan during yesterday’s matches. Today, Mexico plays Ecuador, and while the South American team enter the match as underdogs, as we saw with yesterday’s matches, anything can happen, especially in stoppage time. You can keep track of tonight’s Mexico vs. Ecuador match here and learn about all of this week’s biggest matches in our 2026 World Cup hub.
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Roger Cross interview: What I learned from England’s 1966 World Cup winners
With 228 appearances and 79 goals to his name, there is no question the best days of Roger Cross’ playing career came in a Brentford shirt.
But, before telling that story, it would be a mistake to omit the detail of the start to a career few others can claim to have experienced.
It came at West Ham United – Forest Gate-born Cross’ boyhood club – in the mid-1960s.
“We won the FA Cup, the European Cup Winners Cup and then, the next season, England won the World Cup.

Detroit — Is forward Carter Mazur’s time with the Red Wings done?
It might be. The injury-prone Jackson native didn’t receive a qualifying offer before Monday’s deadline, making him an unrestricted free agent Wednesday at noon.

The Wings, as expected, gave qualifying offers to defenseman Simon Edvinsson and minor-league goaltender Carter Gylander, who like Mazur were prospective restricted free agents. The Wings are expected to work out a long-term contract with Edvinsson this summer.

Jorge Posada unloaded on the state of modern baseball in a recent podcast with Abriendo Sports. Like, really took a hammer to the whole thing, calling the brand of ball being played these days “straight up garbage”. The former New York Yankees catching stalwart attempted to identify what happened to the game he loves and reached a few conclusions. One of which is that all these pesky numbers and quadratic equations are doing more harm than good.
“The baseball being played these days is straight up garbage,” Posada said. “You’re telling me a guy hitting 30 homers and batting .

Manny Marin, Tennessee‘s starting shortstop, will transfer to Arkansas.
He announced his decision on June 30 on Instagram.
“Woo Pig,” Marin posted along with a graphic of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

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Football season continues to inch closer every day, and starting today, Philadelphia Eagles fans can purchase single-game tickets for home games at Lincoln Financial Field.
These tickets to the Eagles‘ nine regular season home games may be purchased through Ticketmaster with a limit of four tickets per game.
Outside of their NFC East division rivals, the Birds are set to take on the Rams, Seahawks, Panthers, Texans, Colts and Steelers at The Linc.

Romano: PSG could miss out on key summer target because of “different priorities”
PSG looked a shoo-in to sign Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille this summer, but now there is serious competition from the Premier League.
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Rumours last week claimed that PSG were interested in Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille as their big midfield signing of the summer, and at that point it looked very likely to get done.

Liverpool star slammed for peformance in World Cup defeat
Liverpool Star Florian Wirtz Under Scrutiny After Germany World Cup Exit

Florian Wirtz will return to Liverpool with his World Cup over, and probably with more questions than answers.

Germany’s penalty shoot-out defeat to Paraguay has sparked the usual national inquest, because that is what happens when Germany exit a World Cup earlier than expected. The debate rarely stays narrow. It becomes about the coach, the structure, the culture, the talent pathway and, inevitably, the individuals.

Wirtz is one of them.

The Knicks are kicking off their championship repeat campaign by re-signing guards Jose Alvarado and Landry Shametto team-friendly contracts. Alvarado declined his $4.5 million player option to ink a three-year, $14 million contract, while Shamet agreed on a four-year, $24 million contract.
Comparatively, these are excellent deals for New York. 
Collin Gillespie is signing for $12 million a year and Marcus Smart is declining his $5.4 million option, while Alvarado was open to taking less than most exceptions offer.