After four deaths were tied to celebrations surrounding Mexico’s round of 32 victory in the World Cup on Tuesday, government officials have moved to reduce crowds at the city’s watch parties and double security in advance of Sunday’s round of 16 match against England.

Mexico’s 2-0 victory against Ecuador at Mexico City this week was the country’s first win in a knockout-round match since 1986.

Large crowds have gathered to watch matches near Mexico City’s “Angel of Independence” monument, including Tuesday when four people died from either asphyxiation or cardiac arrest.

As an investigation into the deaths is ongoing, Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada announced that the crowd near the monument will be restricted to 25,000 people on Sunday. More gathering spots with video screens will be set up in the area.

A similar procedure will be in place at Mexico City’s main square. There will be more than 50 designated viewing areas in the city.

A victory on Sunday would put Mexico into the quarterfinals of the tournament, where they have been just twice before in both 1970 and 1986. In both years, the team was playing on home soil, but were eliminated before reaching the semifinals.

–Field Level Media

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will look to defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the second time on the young season when the teams square off Sunday night in Hamilton, Ontario.

The Blue Bombers (1-2) only can hope Bo Levi Mitchell is a bit rusty after Hamilton’s bye. The veteran has completed 34 of 42 passes for 572 yards with eight touchdowns and zero interceptions over his last two games, including a 287-yard, three-score effort in Hamilton’s 37-27 win at Winnipeg on June 11.

Mitchell’s five-touchdown performance in a 41-27 win over the BC Lions on June 19 helped the Tiger-Cats (2-1) head into their bye with some momentum.

“That’s huge,” Mitchell said. “It was really important. We always talk about having a hot start to the year, but we never play at home early in the year. I was disappointed in us not getting the job done in front of our fans in Week 1, but really proud of us coming out and playing that way (versus the Lions). It’s how we always need to play for them.”

Tiger-Cats star receiver Kenny Lawler has yet to find the end zone in three games against his former team. The two-time Grey Cup champion had two catches for 17 yards in last month’s encounter with the Blue Bombers.

Hamilton will face a tall task in slowing down Zach Collaros, who threw for 421 yards in the first meeting with the Tiger-Cats.

Winnipeg, however, limps into Sunday’s encounter on a two-game losing skid. The Blue Bombers dropped a mistake-filled 23-18 decision to the Edmonton Elks last week.

“This one’s extremely important,” receiver Nic Demski said of Sunday’s game, per the Winnipeg Free Press. “We’ve got to get back into a groove and get back into the win column.”

Tim White has reeled in two touchdown passes this season, and he admitted he’d be pretty amped if he scored against the team with which he spent his first five CFL campaigns.

“When I score, I’ll be pretty turnt up,” White said, per the Winnipeg Free Press. “It’ll definitely be an exciting time. I’m just ready to step out there with the team.”

–Field Level Media

Kimi Antonelli earned his fifth pole position of the season, recording the fastest time Saturday in qualifying for Sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England.

After setting the provisional pole time, the 19-year-old Mercedes driver landed the top spot with a time of 1 minute, 28.111 seconds around the 5.891-kilometer circuit.

Antonelli questioned why he was first on the track to complete qualifying but brushed off what he considered a slight disadvantage.

“I was a bit stressed because I never really like going first for the last run,” Antonelli said. “But yeah, the last lap was very tidy, I have to be honest. It all came together. It was very tricky with the wind because it was very gusty and unpredictable. But yeah, we built our way through qualifying, and to bring home pole is very satisfying.”

Ferrari landed the second and third spots behind Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, respectively, while Antonelli’s Mercedes teammate George Russell was fourth. Isack Hadjar of Red Bull was fifth, Lando Norris of McLaren was sixth and Max Verstappen of Red Bull was seventh.

Norris won last year’s British Grand Prix.

Antonelli also was on the pole at the Chinese Grand Prix, Japanese Grand Prix, Miami Grand Prix and Monaco Grand Prix. The Italy native has won five times in his breakout season and leads the drivers’ championship standings by 43 points over Russell.

–Field Level Media