Record breakers highlight the latest Newsmakers

Sports Newsmakers (March 7-14): LeBron, Brady, Duplantis, Ronaldo, Popovich

MANILA, Philippines—LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Armand Duplantis, superstars in their own right, set new standards in their respective sports.

James stands alone as the only player in NBA history with at least 10,000 points, rebounds and assists. He notched his 10,000th career assist in the Lakers’ game in Phoenix.

Ronaldo is now Fifa’s number one goalscorer with 807 total goals following Manchester United’s win over Tottenham in the Premier League.

Duplantis reset the world pole vault record after clearing 6.19m at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting.

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich also reached a milestone with his 1336th regular-season win.

Tom Brady, meanwhile, cut his retirement short to rejoin the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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