The ‘tush push’, the controversial play used so effectively by Super Bowl champions the Philadelphia Eagles, has survived the threat of a ban, US media reported on Wednesday.NFL owners met to discuss a proposal to ban the play which was submitted by the Green Bay Packers.The amended law would have prohibited offensive players from pushing …
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Pierre Trochet, president of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), told AFP on Wednesday that the NFL’s green light for players to take part in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is a “huge milestone” for the sport.Tuesday’s announcement made Trochet’s 39th birthday all that more special, coming less than two years since the sport …
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-88 and grab a 1-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference finals series on Tuesday.A confident Minnesota looked in the mood for an upset against the top seeds after leading for most of the first two quarters to take …
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NFL players have been given the green light to take part in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics following a vote by team owners on Tuesday, the league confirmed.A resolution allowing players to participate at the 2028 Games, when gridiron’s non-contact version — ‘flag football’ — will be a new sport, was approved by NFL team …
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ASVEL Basket, the French basketball team majority owned by former NBA star Tony Parker, has parlous finances and is “not viable over the long-term”, a public accounting body said in a report Tuesday.It has been in the red for three out of five financial reporting periods, despite injections of money from its shareholders and 3.3 …
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The US Open’s main Arthur Ashe Stadium is to be given a makeover as part of an $800 million renovation project at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, US tennis chiefs said Monday.United States Tennis Association chairman Brian Vahaly said the renovations planned for the site marked part of “the largest …
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The Philadelphia Eagles said on Monday they have signed head coach Nick Sirianni to a multi-year contract extension after guiding the team to last season’s Super Bowl crown.Sirianni, 43, masterminded the Eagles’ 40-22 victory over Kansas City to clinch the Vince Lombardi Trophy in February, two years after narrowly missing out against the same opponents …
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Lionel Messi’s frustration grew as Inter Miami’s miserable run continued with a 3-0 loss at home to Orlando City in Major League Soccer on Sunday.The Florida derby defeat leaves Miami with one win from their last seven games in all competitions and they slip to sixth in the Eastern Conference with Orlando leapfrogging them.Messi had …
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Scottie Scheffler isn’t one to talk about the meaning of a first major win outside Augusta National or his future goals when it comes to winning more titles.The 28-year-old American captured his third career major on Sunday, seizing command on the back nine to take the PGA Championship by five strokes at Quail Hollow.”I felt like …
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Jon Rahm plans to quickly move past his painful collapse to lose the PGA Championship on Sunday, already talking with confidence about next month’s US Open.The two-time major winner from Spain suffered his most humbling major defeat, falling from a share of the lead and losing to top-ranked Scottie Scheffler at Quail Hollow.”A lot of …
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