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PSG Eyes Third Straight Champions League

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Fabián Ruiz did say PSG will try for a third straight Champions League and that he won't claim they're better than last season, but they feel strong. This matches interviews with RMC Sport/Téléfoot and post-match comments after PSG's 6-0 win at Villarreal. This is promotional content for Formula 1's Top 10 onboard videos from the Mexico Grand Prix; it makes no fact-checkable assertion.

Cristiano Ronaldo's 2007-08 honours are accurately listed: Premier League and Champions League titles, 42 goals, 8 assists, Premier League Golden Boot, Champions League top scorer, European Golden Shoe, Premier League Player of the Season, UEFA Club Footballer of the Year, and FIFA World Player of the Year.

ESPN reported that 8-0 Miami is No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings, with Georgia No. 2, and that Miami has Heisman contenders Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney.

ESPN, citing sources, reported that Russell Wilson interviewed for the NC State head-coaching job and joins Philip Rivers as a prominent candidate.

ESPN reported that Republican Mark Teixeira, a three-time MLB All-Star, won Texas' 21st Congressional District, and that Tommy Tuberville won the Alabama governor's race.

ESPN reported that MLB has proposed delaying a salary cap until 2028 while putting other 2027 labour-offer elements into place.

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Fabián Ruiz did say PSG will try for a third straight Champions League and that he won't claim they're better than last season, but they feel strong. This matches interviews with RMC Sport/Téléfoot and post-match comments after PSG's 6-0 win at Villarreal. This is promotional content for Formula 1's Top 10 onboard videos from the Mexico Grand Prix; it makes no fact-checkable assertion.

❤️💙 Fabián Ruiz: “Third UCL in a row? We will try. We want to try. That’s for sure. We will go all in with our best energies”. “I’m not saying if we’re better than last season or not, but for sure we feel strong and we go for it”. https://t.co/n3RDRqGVXe

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Cristiano Ronaldo's 2007-08 honours are accurately listed: Premier League and Champions League titles, 42 goals, 8 assists, Premier League Golden Boot, Champions League top scorer, European Golden Shoe, Premier League Player of the Season, UEFA Club Footballer of the Year, and FIFA World Player of the Year.

Cristiano Ronaldo 2008. 🏆 Premier League 🏆 Champions League ⚽ 42 goals 🎯 8 assists 👟 Premier League Golden Boot 👟 Champions League Top Scorer 👟 European Golden Shoe 🥇 Premier League Player of the Season 🥇 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 🥇 FIFA World Player of the Year h

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Premier League / UEFA records. NAMES: FIFA World Player of the Year = predecessor of FIFA's Best Men's Player award.

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ESPN reported that 8-0 Miami is No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings, with Georgia No. 2, and that Miami has Heisman contenders Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney.

Miami tops 1st CFP rankings as date with No. 11 Notre Dame looms - The 8-0 Miami Hurricanes, equipped with two Heisman Trophy contenders in quarterback Darian Mensah and wide receiver Malachi Toney, took the No. 1 spot in the College Football Playoff's first rankings release Tues

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ESPN, citing sources, reported that Russell Wilson interviewed for the NC State head-coaching job and joins Philip Rivers as a prominent candidate.

Sources: Ex-QB Wilson interviews with NC State, joins Rivers as HC candidate - Russell Wilson interviewed for the head coaching job at NC State on Tuesday, joining Philip Rivers as prominent candidates, sources told ESPN.

Original post · ESPN

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ESPN reported that Republican Mark Teixeira, a three-time MLB All-Star, won Texas' 21st Congressional District, and that Tommy Tuberville won the Alabama governor's race.

Ex-MLB star Teixeira wins election to U.S. House in Texas - Republican Mark Teixeira, a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star, has won election to the U.S. House in Texas' 21st Congressional District. Also Tuesday, former college football coach Tommy Tuberville won the Alabam

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ESPN reported that MLB has proposed delaying a salary cap until 2028 while putting other 2027 labour-offer elements into place.

MLB proposes delaying salary cap until 2028 amid start of free agency, labor uncertainty - Major League Baseball has proposed delaying the implementation of a salary cap until 2028 while it puts into place other elements of its labor offer for 2027.

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What the hosts said

MPSG's Fabián Ruiz just threw down the gauntlet: they want three straight Champions Leagues.
LNot just want—he said they're going all in with their best energies. Direct quote, reportedly posted by Fabrizio Romano on X minutes ago.
MThree in a row. Only Real Madrid has done that in the modern era, 2016 through 2018. PSG? They've never been that kind of machine.
LThey've won the last two. Back-to-back. That's the start of a machine. Ruiz says they feel strong, maybe not better than last season, but strong.
MStrong is nice. Championships are won by teams that don't blink. PSG has blinked before.
LWhen? The last two years they didn't blink. They lifted the trophy twice. What more do they need to prove?
MThey need to prove they can do it without a superstar bailing them out in the 89th minute. Real Madrid's threepeat had a core of killers—Ronaldo, Modrić, Kroos, Ramos. PSG has talent, but do they have that same killer instinct?
LKiller instinct? They've won two straight finals. That's the definition of killer instinct. Just because they don't play Real Madrid's style doesn't mean they can't threepeat.
MStyle doesn't matter. Consistency does. You have to survive 13 matches against the best clubs in the world. One bad draw, one red card, one off night, and it's over. That's why threepeats are so rare.
LBut they've already done the hard part—they know how to win the tournament. Now they have the confidence, the experience. That's not a team that's scared.
MAll in is what every team says in September. Let's see them say it in May, when they're down a goal at Anfield or the Bernabéu.
LOh, so now you're writing the script for their collapse? Let's wait until the knockout rounds actually start before we write anything.
MI'm not writing the script, I'm just saying the road is longer than the highlight reel.
LYou're reaching, Marcus. This team has won it twice. Twice. The third one isn't a fairy tale, it's the next step.
MOkay, fine—they have the pedigree now. Two straight titles. But I'm still not putting them in the same sentence as that Real Madrid team until I see them handle a real scare in the quarterfinals.
LYou'll be waiting. Meanwhile, I'm calling it now: PSG makes the final again. And from there, anything can happen.
MYou're on record. We'll revisit this in the spring. For now, that's the morning brief on the pitch.

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