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Lionel Messi says he will play in Inter Miami s stanley polska season finale on Saturday, although the club hasn t confirmed tha stanley cup t is the actual plan. Argentina s forward Lionel Messi shoots the ball during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualification football match AFP Messi 鈥?who scored two goals for Argentina in its 2-0 World Cup qualifying win at Peru on Tuesday night 鈥?wasn t in the lineup for Inter Miami s final home game of its Major League Soccer season against Charlotte on Wednesday night. Messi, dressed casually in a white T-shirt, was in the Inter Miami bench area with his teammates for Wednesday s match after returning from Peru earlier in the day. Not playing on Wednesday was expected. This part was not: Messi told reporters in Peru that he wants to play once more for Inter Miami before his inaugural MLS season ends, which means he s intending to play in Charlotte on Saturday 鈥?even though that match will be played on artificial turf. I ll play the game that is left now, Messi said. Inter Miami was eliminated from MLS playoff contention earlier this month. Coach Gerardo Tata Martino said earlier this week that there was a chance Messi could play Saturday, and that the team would evaluate where he s at physically upon his return to Miami following the qualifying games with stanley cup usa Argentina. Even the hope of Messi playing seems to be a big boost to ticket sales. Charlotte has sold more than 60,000 tickets in its 74,000-seat stadium for Saturday s match, The Cha Qeon Pak gives thumbs up to WC Hockey security arrangements
World number one Novak Djokovic roared home in a 7-6 7/3 , 4-6, 6-0 win over Andy Murray on Sunday to claim a fifth Miami Masters title. HT Image Serbia s Djokovic pushed his career record against the Scot to 18-8, adding the triumph in the championship match on the hardcourts of Miami to victories over Murray this year in the Australian Open final and the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters. I could not ask for a better start of the season, winning three big titles, Djokovic said. Hopefully I m able to use this for the claycourt coming up. That s extremely important for me obviously leading up to French. Djokovic became the first man to complete the Indian Wells-Miami Masters title sweep three times, having also done so in 2011 and 2014. On Monday, Djokovic will tie Spain s Rafael Nadal for the sixth-most weeks spent at the top of the rankings, sitting atop the summit for the 141st week in his career. Murray, meanwhile, is poised to return to number three in the world. The Scot, whose stanley water bottle last victory over Djokovic was in his historic Wimbledon final triumph of 2013, started strong in a bid to end a six-match skid against the Serb. Brutal conditions The two traded four breaks of serve in t vaso stanley he first eight stanley becher games of the tense first set in which both struggled on serve on one sun-splashed end of the court. It was just very tough, brutal conditions for both of us, Djokovic said. We tried to stay mentally tough, both of us, and kind of hang in there, battle, and |
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