Lionel Messi celebrates his 39th birthday on Wednesday having made an astonishing start to the World Cup. After the hat-trick against Algeria that took him level with Miroslav Klose's goal record, he scored twice against Austria to go two clear.
Livingston striker Tete Yengi has put scoring on his "dream" debut for World Cup-bound Australia against Switzerland down to being "a long guy". The 25-year-old had scored only twice in 23 games last season with a Livingston side rooted to the bottom of the Scottish Premiership by the time he joined Machida Zelvia on loan in January. Since then, he contributed six goals in 22 appearances as his new side finished third in Japan's East Region - and reached the final of the Asian Champions League.
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