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Super League’s summer roadshow saves itself with Magic Weekend at Everton
The Guardian Sport 1 day ago

Super League’s summer roadshow saves itself with Magic Weekend at Everton

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After talk of shelving the concept, 80,000 are set to descend on Merseyside this weekend to watch an entire round of fixtures over two days Super League’s big summer roadshow returns for its 20th edition when Magic Weekend breaks new ground in Liverpool and a number of records at Hill Dickinson Stadium. There will also probably be a sigh of relief that the concept was given a stay of execution. Some clubs wanted Magic gone from the calendar and replaced with events such as a Nines festival or even replacing it with an on-the-road event for the Challenge Cup quarter-finals. But more than 80,000 supporters will head to Merseyside: 10,000 more than the previous best crowd for Magic, a decade ago in Newcastle. Continue reading...

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Friday, July 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Mbappé spot-on to take France past stubborn Paraguay into World Cup quarter-finals
Mbappé spot-on to take France past stubborn Paraguay into World Cup quarter-finals

On this occasion, France kept the champagne football on ice. Which was probably just as well, given the temperature. As Philadelphia broiled in an independence day heatwave, the World Cup favourites were forced to drop a gear or two but still had too much for a Paraguay team that set out for a fight but were ultimately no more than a nuisance. In the annals of France-Paraguay encounters this was more France 98 than Sweden 58, where Just Fontaine embellished his World Cup legend with a hat-trick. Les Bleu s ’ modern-day goal machine, Kylian Mbappé, had to make do with just the one, a penalty, to draw him level again with Lionel Messi in the golden boot race, but one behind the great man in terms of the all-time goalscoring record. Continue reading...

The Guardian Sport 1 hour ago