Tyler Tolbert Record, Argentina Comeback and Wimbledon

On this episode of Yesterday in Sports, Chris Horwedel recaps a wild day across the World Cup, Wimbledon, MLB, WNBA, NBA offseason news, and the Tour de France. The show opens with Argentina’s dramatic 3-2 comeback win over Egypt in Atlanta, where the defending World Cup champions trailed 2-0 with 11 minutes left before Cristian Romero, Lionel Messi, and Enzo Fernández scored late to send Argentina into the quarterfinals. Chris breaks down Egypt’s near-historic upset, Messi’s roller-coaster night, and Argentina’s continued chase to become the first back-to-back World Cup champion since Brazil in 1958 and 1962.Switzerland also advances, beating Colombia 4-3 on penalties after a tense 0-0 draw in Vancouver. Gregor Kobel saves Cucho Hernández’s attempt, Davinson Sánchez hits the crossbar, and Ruben Vargas scores the decisive penalty to send Switzerland into its first World Cup quarterfinal since 1954. Chris explains why the result is a generational breakthrough for Swiss soccer and sets up a fascinating Argentina-Switzerland quarterfinal.At Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic survives Félix Auger-Aliassime in the longest Wimbledon quarterfinal ever, moving into his 15th Wimbledon semifinal and 55th Grand Slam semifinal as he continues chasing a record 25th major title. Jannik Sinner also advances to set up a huge Djokovic-Sinner semifinal. On the women’s side, Coco Gauff beats Jessica Pegula to reach her first Wimbledon semifinal, while Karolína Muchová ends Naomi Osaka’s comeback run in straight sets.In MLB, Tyler Tolbert ties a Major League record with hits in 12 consecutive plate appearances as the Royals beat the Mets 16-12. Ryan O’Hearn makes Pirates history with 3 home runs and 10 RBIs against the Braves, Shohei Ohtani hits his 300th career homer in a Dodgers loss to the Rockies, and the Yankees’ slide continues as Tampa Bay extends its AL East lead.The show also covers the Dallas Wings beating the New York Liberty behind Jessica Shepard’s triple-double and another strong all-around game from Paige Bueckers. In the NBA developing-report section, Chris looks at Dorian Finney-Smith reportedly heading to the Hornets and Khris Middleton returning to Washington in a multi-team sign-and-trade. The episode closes with the Tour de France, where Mads Pedersen wins Stage 4 and Torstein Træen takes the yellow jersey, becoming just the third Norwegian rider to wear yellow at the Tour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.