Messi owns the moment!

This is The Sports Reset for Tuesday June 23rd

In World Cup group play, Argentina beat Austria 2 to 0, and Lionel Messi made it the story of the night with goals number 17 and 18 in World Cup play, moving him alone atop the men’s tournament scoring list and sending Argentina into the knockouts. France handled Iraq 3 to 0, with Kylian Mbappe adding another brace to keep the Golden Boot chase hot. Norway beat Senegal 3 to 2 behind two Erling Haaland goals, setting up a Friday first-place game with France. In MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Minnesota Twins 2 to 1, with Shohei Ohtani leading off with a homer and Los Angeles becoming the first team to 50 wins. The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 5 to 3, as Framber Valdez outpitched Gerrit Cole and Detroit made it four straight. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Houston Astros 4 to 2 to get back to .500.

Looking ahead, Tuesday’s World Cup slate starts with Portugal against Uzbekistan, where the story to watch now is Cristiano Ronaldo’s role after Portugal’s 1 to 1 opener and Roberto Martinez declining to say whether he starts. Ghana against England is the other big national-stage matchup today, while Croatia faces Panama and Congo DR gets Colombia. In WNBA, the New York Liberty visit the Las Vegas Aces, a clean spotlight game between two headline franchises. In MLB, the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers run it back after Detroit’s Monday win, while the Los Angeles Dodgers continue at the Minnesota Twins with Kyle Tucker’s back spasms and Dalton Rushing’s concussion check worth monitoring. Later this week, Norway and France meet Friday with first place in their World Cup group on the line, and Argentina gets Jordan on Saturday with Messi chasing even more history.