Good morning and happy Friday! While it's not such an ideal start to the weekend for the Clippers and Raptors amid the Kawhi Leonard trade holdup, the rest of us have plenty to look forward to over the next couple of days with the World Cup quarterfinals rolling on,

SOTU: Alexi & Mosse recap France's win, Mbappé, Pulisic criticism, and Spain vs Belgium.

Jeffrey Wright opened up about the racist abuse of football star Kylian Mbappé. After Paraguay's loss to France at the World Cup, Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla attacked him on social media, describing him as,

The globe's brightest stars are racing to stack the most goals scored in the World Cup. Kylian Mbappé isn't giving any ground.

Current World Cup is also first in history in which two players have scored at least eight goals in the same tournament France's star striker Kylian Mbappe has become the first player in history to score at least eight goals in two Fifa World Cup finals after guiding his team into the semi-finals for the third straight tournament on Thursday.

Kylian Mbappe spread his arms out wide and spun around after scoring his eighth goal of this year's World Cup. He later gave the jubilant France fans dotted around the stadium a wave when he left the game because of an injury scare.

Stuttered penalty run-ups have given players a boost of up to 10 per cent in the Premier League - but the technique has converted at only 53 per cent during the 2026 World Cup