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Before the most recent round of 2026 World Cup qualifiers, France coach Didier Deschamps announced on Monday that Kylian Mbappe will have his right ankle examined.

The France captain’s knock ended Real Madrid’s 3-1 victory over Villarreal on Saturday, putting doubts on his availability for the national team’s upcoming qualifying games against Azerbaijan and Iceland.

Deschamps addressed reporters at the French team’s Clairefontaine base near Paris, telling them, “I spoke with Kylian, he had a small niggle, but it’s not serious,” Deschamps said.

“We will take the time to assess the situation and observe how it develops with the medical staff.”

We’ll take stock (then) as usual, he said, “I don’t have any further information at this point because the players will be arriving around 4pm (1400 GMT).”

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Ibrahima Konate, the Reds defender, is also scheduled to undergo tests following his injury scare against Chelsea on Saturday, which ended the Reds’ 2-1 defeat.

Donald Trump’s 80th birthday will be the backdrop of an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight, the president said, despite the previously scheduled July 4 event’s highly anticipated schedule.

A large UFC fight will take place on June 14th, 2019, right inside the White House, according to Trump, who addressed a crowd of Navy sailors at Virginia’s massive naval base Norfolk.

He neglected to mention that his 80th birthday will be on June 14th.

Republicans also offer a warning about pain ahead as the US shutdown approaches its second week.

Trump held a military parade to honor the US Army’s 79th birthday this year.

The mixed martial arts show at the White House will take place on July 4th, the day the country celebrates its 250th anniversary, according to UFC boss Dana White in August.

Trump has frequently appeared at UFC fights where fighters punch, kick, and grapple with their opponents in a no-holds-barred submission or knockout match.

A historic first will be made by bringing the brutal combat sport to the forefront of US politics.

White stated at a press conference that the organization would start looking at creating the White House card in the first year of production, which I will confidently say will be the best fight card ever created in the history of definitely this organization.

The burgeoning world of MMA, which combines martial arts disciplines like jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, boxing, and wrestling, is the largest and most successful organization.

An eight-sided ring known as “The Octagon” that is bounded by a chainlink fence holds the majority of the matches.

Male and female fighters are permitted to attack their opponent with almost any method, with the exception of eye-gouging.

Trump has become a regular fixture at some of its more famous events, where he is greeted like a rock star, because of its popularity among young men, a crucial demographic for the 2024 US election, and because of his long association with the UFC.

The sport is fraught with controversy because of its brutality and high injury rate, with doctors criticizing the possibility of brain damage in head injuries suffered by fighters who have been repeatedly hit in the head. However, it has gained more and more popular acceptance in recent years as a result.

Lagos, the first time an all-electric powerboat racing competition held in Africa, hosted a race in the rain-soaked nation’s capital city on Sunday to compete in the UIM E1 World Championship.

Nine of the world’s top sports and entertainment stars were waiting for hours while the finals were delayed by a previous tropical storm, which had delayed the tournament’s start.

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The E1 Lagos Grand Prix, which is the penultimate round of the season, took place on Lagos’ lagoon in preparation for the season finale in Miami later this year.

Since the championship’s second-round split increased from five to seven races, Africa is the fourth continent to host an E1 race in the series’ second season.

In addition to Jeddah, Doha, Monaco, and Miami, competitions have been held in the past.

We are incredibly proud to be here because “Africa needed to be there, the motherland needed to be there,” founder and CEO Rodi Basso told AFP.

He said, “We are incredibly proud that we have won seven races in four continents in season two, compared to five on two continents in season one.”

Rain or shine

Fans poured into white tents as watching areas along the coast as afrobeats music blared from large speakers and vendors sold food, including Jollof rice, a staple of Nigeria.

Some fans drank champagne from the balconies of hotels and high office buildings.
Out of curiosity, 61-year-old advertising executive Bumi Oke and her husband attended the race.

The race’s hostility and the organization’s ability to host global events gave “Nigerians” more confidence in their own ability to do so.

When you hold international events, business continues, she said, “Come rain, come sun.”

Didier Drogba, the legendary football player from Ivorya, and his partner Gabrielle Lemaire, who had a major role in the first-ever introduction of the race to the continent, mingled with the winners and posed for photos on the podium following the race.

Olympic-winning athletes like Drogba, Tom Brady, LeBron James, LeBron James, and Rafael Nadal, who are all famous for their own E1 teams, are also famous for their global sporting and entertainment stars.

The race was won by Team Brazil, which is owned by tech entrepreneur Marcelo Claure, with Team Blue Rising from India, second place, and Drogba’s team coming in third.

For each team, there are two pilots for each team, each with a different sport’s unique combination of motorsport, go-karting, and powerboating.

Lewandowski’s Penalty Woe

Ange Postecoglou’s quest for a win was extended by 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest, and Crystal Palace’s 19-game unbeaten run was ended by Jack Grealish’s late winner for Everton on Sunday.

In the midst of Thursday’s 3-2 Europa League defeat to Midtjylland, Forest fans called for Postecoglou to be fired after just six games.

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The Australian is the first Forest manager to lose seven games in over 100 years, and he is now anxious to see if club owner Evangelos Marinakis makes another managerial change as a result of the international break.

In their first six Premier League games, Newcastle had only won one.

However, Bruno Guimaraes broke the deadlock with a brilliant strike from outside the box on 58 minutes.

After robbering Elliot Anderson of his former team, Guimaraes won a penalty inside the Forest box.

For his fourth goal for Newcastle since joining from Stuttgart last month, Nick Woltemade slotted the resulting spot-kick into the top corner.

Despite winning the Europa League, Forest falls to 17th place, the same position that postecoglou was fired by Tottenham at the end of last season.

Everton End Palace Run

After suffering a European hangover at Hill Dickinson Stadium, Palace was given the opportunity to come second.

The Eagles had a dominant first 45 minutes, but they were disappointed they didn’t add anything to Daniel Munoz’s finish after Ismaila Sarr’s pass.

However, the second half was affected by their Conference League victories against Dynamo Kyiv on Thursday.

After Maxence Lacroix awkwardly upended Beto, Everton fought back to avoid their first defeat at their new stadium, and Iliman Ndiaye equalized from the penalty spot.

Grealish’s first Everton goal came after Munoz’s clearance clearance rebounded off the Manchester City loanee into the top of the net.

Four victories for Villa

Aston Villa won the first match of the season with a 2-1 victory over Burnley, extending their run of fourth victories in the previous 11 days.

With his first goals since April, Donyell Malen scored the winning goal for Villa.

The Dutch forward jumped on Boubacar Kamara’s brilliant through ball to slot into the bottom corner to start the scoring.

Morgan Rogers was the person behind Malen’s second, which drilled confidently into the far corner.

Burnley is still in the relegation zone despite Lesley Ugochukwu pulling a goal back.

After drawing 1-1 with Brighton, Wolves are still firmly established at the top of the table.

Manchester City and Chelsea are the Seagulls’ only two league victories this year, and they once more failed to deliver in an arguably more winnable game.

Just seconds after Vitor Pereira was shown a red card, Bart Verbruggen’s own goal put Wolves in front.

The Dutch international had no idea how to turn Marshall Munetsi’s thunderous volley past the post before it rebounded into the net off his back.

Five minutes prior to the start of the match, Jan Paul van Hecke headed in a header from a corner that was equal to the result of Wolves’ stoppage-time draw with Tottenham last weekend.

Amanda Anisimova won the China Open on Sunday, beating Linda Noskova 6-0, 2-6, and 6-2, which is her fourth overall and second title.

Read more about Anisimova’s victory in the China Open final, here.

In Beijing, the third-seeded American fought back from a second-set bumbling to defeat the Czech 26th seed in an hour and 46 minutes.

She lost to world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open final almost exactly one month after winning the trophy in the Chinese capital.

After Coco Gauff and Serena Williams, the 24-year-old American won the China Open. She is the third American to do so.

In victory, Anisimova slouched on her back and applied her hands to her face, collapsing to the court.

In 23 minutes, Anisimova won the first set without conceding any points.

In the second set, a rebel Noskova surged to victory, taking a 5-2 lead before settling down.

The two faced off in the decisive until, with the score at 4-2, Anisimova surged in, crossing the line with a winner at the halfway point.

The world number four, who finished second at Wimbledon, has had a fantastic season.

Anisimova was at the top of the world this year. 43.

In the Beijing semi-finals, Anisimova defeated second seed Gauff 6-1, 6-2, in 58 minutes.

Noskova, who launched her Beijing run as the No. 1 in the world, started out. 27-year-old competed in her first WTA 1000 final.