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While Saturday past may not have been a highlight reel moment for Garry Ringrose, it most certainly was for his cousin James McCourt. Shortly after Ireland were humbled by the All Blacks in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final, the University of Illinois kicker made headlines worldwide when his last gasp 39-yard field goal gave his side victory over Big Ten …

Former England and Wasps winger Christian Wade scored a sensational 65-yard touchdown for the Buffalo Bills in his NFL debut on Thursday night. Wade left a successful career in rugby aged 27, to pursue a dream of making in the NFL and made quite the impact on his debut scoring a superb touchdown with his first touch of the game. …

New York Giants star receiver, Odell Beckham Jr, looks set to be traded to the Cleveland Browns according to multiple sources.  Perhaps, the biggest star in American football at present, Beckham Jr has made a name for himself due to his eccentric hairstyle coupled with a penchant for one-handed catches. Beckham Jr has spent five seasons with the Giants after …

  Five-time champion Tom Brady guided the New England Patriots into their third consecutive Super Bowl, where they will face a Los Angeles Rams squad that advanced Sunday in dramatic but controversial fashion. The only day in NFL playoff history with two over-time thrillers saw the Patriots win 37-31 at Kansas City on Rex Burkhead’s 2-yard touchdown run in the …

Super Bowl champion quarterbacks Drew Brees and Tom Brady each sparkled Sunday in leading the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots into the NFL semi-finals with home playoff triumphs. Two days before his 40th birthday, Brees overcame a first-pass pickoff to complete 28 of 38 throws for 301 yards and two touchdowns as the Saints went marching into next …

The Kansas City Chiefs cruised past the Oakland Raiders 35-3 on another milestone day for quarterback Patrick Mahomes, locking up the American Conference top seed on the final day of the NFL regular season on Sunday. Mahomes threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns before exiting in the fourth quarter. His 89-yard TD bomb to Demarcus Robinson gave him 50 …

NBA superstar LeBron James offered a scathing take on NFL team owners on the latest episode of his HBO show “The Shop” on Friday, saying the gridiron league is run by “old white men” with a “slave mentality”. James was chatting with his business partner Maverick Carter, Los Angeles Rams star Todd Gurley and actor/rapper Ice Cube about NFL player …

Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid took aim at the NFL’s drug testing policy on Monday after being selected to undergo a random test for the seventh time this season. Reid, a staunch ally and former team-mate of ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, had already accused the NFL of targeting him unfairly as retribution for his lawsuit against the league. …

The city of Oakland said Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit against the National Football League and the Raiders franchise over its move to Las Vegas. Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker said in a statement the team’s relocation to Las Vegas, which will take effect from 2020, was “illegal” and breached antitrust laws. The lawsuit, which described the NFL as …

The Dolphins scored a touchdown on a wild final play Sunday to edge New England 34-33 in Miami and put the Patriots’ NFL playoff plans temporarily on hold. The Patriots led 33-28 with seven seconds remaining, but couldn’t stop what coach Bill Belichick dubbed a “desperado” play. Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill took the snap and connected with Kenny Stills, who …

Kyler Murray won the prestigious Heisman Trophy Saturday, the highest honour in US college football going to a player who could yet be headed to a baseball career. Murray threw for more than 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns for the University of Oklahoma this season. He got the Heisman nod over fellow quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa of the University of Alabama …

Two-time Super Bowl-winner Brandon Browner was jailed for eight years on Tuesday after pleading no contest to attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend in California. Browner, 34, had appeared in court in Pomona, outside Los Angeles, following an attack at his victim’s home on July 8. The former cornerback, who won back-to-back Super Bowls with the Seattle Seahawks and New England …

Jared Goff threw for four touchdowns as the Los Angeles Rams won a high-scoring NFL classic against the Kansas City Chiefs 54-51 on Monday. A much-anticipated collision between the league’s two highest-scoring offenses lived up to its billing, with both teams producing a thrilling toe-to-toe battle at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The 105 total points scored made it the …

London will play host to four NFL regular-season games in 2019, one more than this year, with the Jacksonville Jaguars again among the teams playing in England. Two of the matches will be played at Wembley Stadium, which hosted all three NFL London games in 2018, and two will be played at the new home stadium of Premier League football’s …

Tom Brady stretched his record of dominance over the Buffalo Bills on Monday as the New England Patriots scored two late touchdowns to clinch a 25-6 win over their divisional rivals. Patriots quarterback Brady improved to 29 wins and three defeats against the Bills in his 19 seasons in the NFL as New England scored a dogged victory in freezing …