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France survived 90 minutes of elbows, scuffed penalty spots, and extreme Philadelphia heat to beat Paraguay 1-0 on a 70th-minute Mbappé penalty, with broadcasters calling Paraguay's conduct 'a disgrace' after zero bookings. The goal was Mbappé's 19th career World Cup strike, leaving him one short of Messi's all-time record and level with him in the 2026 Golden Boot race. France now faces Morocco in Boston on July 9 in a rematch of the 2022 semifinal, with Mbappé's record chase adding a defining subplot to the quarterfinal.

Twenty-one-year-old Alexandra Eala defeated defending Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek 7-6(9), 6-2 on Centre Court, becoming the first Filipina to reach the second week of a Grand Slam in the Open Era. The win came on one of the most chaotic days in recent Wimbledon history, with the No. 2 and No. 3 women's seeds both eliminated in the same 24-hour window. Eala now faces No. 13 seed Jasmine Paolini in the fourth round, with a quarterfinal path that is unusually open after the top seeds in her half of the draw were eliminated.

FBI agents arrested former NCAA guard Kerr Kriisa on July 4, 2026, in Lexington, Kentucky, on allegations tied to a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme originating during his 2023-24 season at West Virginia — but every public report traces back to a single sports radio post, and the FBI has released no details about the actual charges. The arrest lands inside an accelerating federal enforcement push that includes a 26-person DOJ indictment from January 2026 targeting supra-NIL payments and point-shaving, plus an April 2026 executive order framing fraudulent NIL schemes as a federal funding threat. Until the criminal complaint is unsealed and the U.S. Attorney's Office files a public statement, the mechanism of the alleged scheme — whether sports betting, improper payments, or something else entirely — remains unknown.