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FA to Add Fences at England World Cup Base After Spygate

FA to Add Fences at England World Cup Base After Spygate

The FA will install protective fences at England’s Kansas City training base ahead of the World Cup to prevent rival spying, following the spygate scandal that saw Southampton expelled for illegal surveillance. musojam.blog

Dominant Mercedes aim to strike a fresh technical blow at Canadian Grand Prix

Upgrades for the grid’s leading team will be unveiled in Montreal, where wet weather could also play a part

Four races into what has been a disjointed opening to the Formula One season, the sport is still in a period of rapid adaptation and adjustment as drivers and teams come to grips with their new cars. While this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix may offer some indication of the form to come and championship ambitions, it is also something of an outlier.

The focus in Montreal will be of two-fold interest centred largely on Mercedes. The team have opened the new season with a dominant car that has claimed all four poles and all four wins. Yet with the new regulations offering enormous scope for improvement, a fierce development fight will define 2026. McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari all brought their first major upgrades to the last round in Miami; Mercedes bring their opening salvo of major parts to Quebec.

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Derrick Brown: People don’t want to admit how wrong they were about Bryce Young

The Panthers made the postseason for the first time since 2017 last season, winning the NFC South via a tiebreaker with an 8-9 record.

Importantly, it was also the first time the club had made the playoffs with quarterback Bryce Young.

Young, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 draft, put together his best season so far in 2025, completing 63.6 percent of his passes for 3,011 yards with 23 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He also rushed for 216 yards with a pair of TDs.

That’s enough for defensive tackle Derrick Brown — Carolina’s first-round pick back in 2020 — to call out the naysayers in an interview on Chris Long’s Green Light podcast.

“He's our guy," Brown said, via NFL.com. "We ride with [No.] 9 all the way through. That's one of those things that people don't want to admit how good he's becoming because they're going to have to go back and admit how wrong they were. As we all know, people don't like doing that.”

While Young started 16 games in his first season, he was benched after two particularly poor games to start his second year — completing just 31-of-56 passes for 245 yards with three interceptions while taking six sacks. But when Andy Dalton was unable to play due to injury a few weeks later, Youn came back in and didn’t give the starting role back up.

The way Young handled that situation left an impression on Young.

"He took the benching and, man, he just came into work every single day and killed it," Brown said. "He didn't care. He went right back to doing what he does. To him, it was about playing football.

“I'm going to be honest, I know everybody's got an opinion about him, but I would never want to be a quarterback in the NFL. It might be the worst job to have. It's the highest-paying, but it is the worst job to have in the NFL. I salute Bryce every single day, just dealing with all the outside noise and then still being able to come in there and be efficient in the work.”

The Panthers picked up Young’s fifth-year option, setting him up to make a guaranteed salary of $25.904 million in 2027. That’s a bargain as far as the going rate for a starting quarterback. But the team and Young will have to figure out a rate that works for both if he’s going to be on the team for 2028 and beyond. Much of that may depend on how Young and the team perform in 2026.

2026 World Cup: Full USA, Mexico Odds Breakdown

The U.S. men's national team and Mexico enter the 2026 FIFA World Cup as two of the three co-hosts, meaning both will look to capitalize on home-field advantage in what's to become the biggest sporting event in North America's history. The World Cup will be Mauricio Pochettino’s first major international tournament since being appointed USA's coach in 2024. However, the USA has early cause for concern after losing recent high-profile friendlies to Portugal and Belgium by a combined score of 7-2. Meanwhile, Mexico will be managed by Javier Aguirre. He previously led Mexico at the 2002 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, with the team reaching the Round of 16 in both instances. As the USA and Mexico are expected to be two of the most popular teams in the tournament, DraftKings has posted a separate page featuring a full range of odds for both nations, including futures to win the World Cup, group stage odds, top goalscorer markets and much more. Let’s dive into those odds as of May 21. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports. USA World Cup Odds To win the World Cup: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total) To win Group D: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total) To qualify from Group D: -750 (bet $10 to win $11.33 total) Top goalscorer Christian Pulisic: +275 (bet $10 to win $37.50 total)Folarin Balogun: +275 (bet $10 to win $37.50 total)Haji Wright: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total)Josh Sargent: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)Brenden Aaronson: +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total)Ricardo Pepi: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)Giovanni Reyna: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)Timothy Weah: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)Weston McKennie: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total) Other Props To win all group games: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total) To score in every group game: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total) Top North American team: +140 (bet $10 to win $24 total) Mexico World Cup Odds To win the World Cup: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total) To win Group A: -110 (bet $10 to win $19.09) To qualify from Group A: -1000 (bet $10 to win $11 total) Top goalscorer Raul Jimenez: +250 (bet $10 to win $35 total)Santiago Gimenez: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total)Roberto Alvarado: +700 (bet $10 to win $80 total)Hirving Lozano: +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total)Alexis Vega: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)Julian Quinones: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)German Berterame: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)Diego Lainez: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)Cesar Huerta: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total) Other Props To win all group games: +500 (bet $10 to win $60 total) To score in every group game: -140 (bet $10 to win $17.14 total) Top North American team: +140 (bet $10 to win $24 total)

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