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NFL officials can aid replacement refs under new rules

NFL officials can aid replacement refs under new rules

The NFL adopted a number of rule change proposals in Tuesday's annual league meetings at Phoenix, including ones to help replacement referees under a work stoppage by regular officials. The moves came with negotiations at a standstill between the league and the NFL Referees Association on a new

'Changed my life': Montana State's Justine Lamontagne becomes Olympian, national champion as senior

Take a moment to consider how fast two seconds pass. If you read that last sentence aloud, you might be just over two seconds. It’s not a lot of time. But consider, for instance, Justine Lamontagne’s national championship-winning slalom runs on March 13 at the NCAA Skiing

Wembanyama sets record as Spurs beat Bulls, Shai rescues Thunder

Wembanyama sets record as Spurs beat Bulls, Shai rescues Thunder

Victor Wembanyama bagged a season-high 41 points and scored the fastest double-double in NBA history as the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a ninth straight victory with a 129-114 blowout of the Chicago Bulls on Monday. Another dominant all-round offensive performance saw the Spurs pull away

Mind games: How football stars are fuelling chess boom

Mind games: How football stars are fuelling chess boom

Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah are among the Premier League stars "addicted" to chess, helping to spark a surge in the game's popularity among younger people. Manchester City striker Haaland is so fascinated by the game that he recently invested in a ground-breaking new chess

US pro table tennis league blasts niche sport into spotlight

US pro table tennis league blasts niche sport into spotlight

Don't call it the "Marty Supreme" effect: table tennis is a growing sport in the United States, in part because of a new professional league giving the parlor game an ultra-competitive edge. Founded three years ago by tech entrepreneur Flint Lane, Major League Table Tennis

Italy hoping to scale World Cup 'Everest' ahead of Bosnia play-off showdown

Italy hoping to scale World Cup 'Everest' ahead of Bosnia play-off showdown

Italy have one last obstacle standing between them and a return to the World Cup in the shape of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who host the Azzurri on Tuesday in what promises to be a tense qualification play-off final in Zenica. A battling win over Northern Ireland in last week&

Kenya's former NY marathon champion Korir gets 5-year doping ban

Kenya's former NY marathon champion Korir gets 5-year doping ban

Kenya's 2021 New York marathon champion Albert Korir has been banned for five years after he admitted using a banned performance-enhancing drug, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Monday. Korir, 32, tested positive for the synthetic form of erythropoietin (EPO) that stimulates red blood cell production