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THE MATCH WAS WORTH SEEING TOO

By HELENE ELLIOTT
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A curious picture in L’Equipe shows English midfielder Darren Anderton bending over toward the field during England’s game against Argentina Tuesday, apparently to pull out a blade of grass. Or maybe to plant his tee before getting his putter ready, L’Equipe suggested.

Nope, It was to recover a contact lens that had popped out. And he found it, so not everything was lost for England Tuesday.

IT WAS FATHER’S DAY

One for my baby and one for the road?

Argentine striker Gabriel Batistuta became a father for the third time Monday night, his third son. He said he hoped to score the winning goal against England for his new son, Joaquin, but scoring a goal on a penalty kick--and winning the game--will have to suffice.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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