England takes third!

This is The Sports Reset for Sunday July 19th

In the World Cup, England beat France 6 to 4 in a wild third-place game at Hard Rock Stadium, a ten-goal sendoff for two teams that came in trying to steady themselves after semifinal heartbreak. Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane had been part of the Golden Boot chase entering the match, while Kylian Mbappe’s France closed Didier Deschamps’ long run with one last high-scoring night. In UFC, Dricus Du Plessis beat Kamaru Usman by decision in a former-champion middleweight main event, and Christian Leroy Duncan also took a decision over Jared Cannonier. In ATP tennis, Daniel Merida beat Damir Dzumhur in three sets to win the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag. In WNBA, the Indiana Fever beat the New York Liberty 108 to 88, and in MLB, the Philadelphia Phillies handled the New York Mets 6 to 1 while the Boston Red Sox edged the Tampa Bay Rays 7 to 6.

Looking ahead, the day belongs to the World Cup final, with Argentina facing Spain at MetLife Stadium. Lionel Messi enters with eight goals and four assists in the tournament, and Argentina is chasing back-to-back World Cups, while Spain brings a defense that has allowed just one goal in seven matches and a young headliner in Lamine Yamal. In golf, The Open heads into its finish with Sam Burns at 10 under and Ryan Fox and Si Woo Kim two shots back, after Fox tied the men’s major record with a third-round 62. In MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees make up yesterday’s rainout with a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, and in racing, Formula 1 runs the Belgian Grand Prix before the Hungarian Grand Prix next Sunday. Beyond the scoreboard, heavy rain and wildfire smoke around New York and New Jersey have made air quality and weather part of the final-day conversation at open-air MetLife Stadium.