Category: Sports

The 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles will feature a new sport: flag football. This is a variant of American football that involves less physical contact and more speed and agility. The sport has been growing in popularity around the world, and now it has a chance to showcase its best players on the Olympic stage. But who will those players be? Could we see some NFL stars representing their…

The Argentine football legend Lionel Messi has been named as the world’s most marketable athlete for 2023 by SportsPro, a leading global sports media and events company. The forward tops SportsPro’s annual list of the world’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes (50MM) for a second time, finishing ahead of NBA icon LeBron James and USWNT striker Alex Morgan. Messi’s Marketability Lionel Messi is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers…

Cricket returns to Olympics after 128 years Cricket will be part of the Olympic Games for the first time since 1900, when it was played at the Paris Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally ratified the inclusion of cricket in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, following a proposal from the LA Organizing Committee. Cricket will be played in the T20 format, with eight men’s and eight women’s teams…

Rudie van Vuuren is a Namibian physician, conservationist and former sportsman who achieved a remarkable feat in 2003. He became the first and only person to represent his country at two World Cups in different sports – rugby union and cricket – in the same calendar year. From medicine to sports Van Vuuren, who was born in 1972, is a qualified medical doctor as well as an obstetrician. He has…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) member from Ukraine, Valeriy Borzov, has rejected the idea of Russian athletes competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Borzov, a former sprinter and Olympic champion, said that Russian athletes supported the war and he was not happy with their participation. Russia’s Olympic Ban Russia has been banned from the Olympic Games since 2022, following its invasion of Ukraine and its state-sponsored doping scandal.…

Damien Harris suffers neck injury in game against Giants Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris was taken to the hospital in an ambulance after suffering a neck injury in the second quarter of the game against the New York Giants on Sunday night. Harris was tackled by Giants linebacker Blake Martinez and stayed down on the field for several minutes. He was eventually loaded onto a stretcher and put in…

Flag football joins the Olympic family The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Monday the addition of men’s and women’s flag football to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Flag football is a non-contact version of American football that involves players wearing flags or belts that can be pulled by opponents to end a play. The sport is popular among youth and adults, and has been growing worldwide in recent…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the proposal of the LA28 Organising Committee to add five new sports to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028. The sports are baseball-softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse, and squash. These sports will join the existing 28 sports on the program, as well as other sports that made their recent Olympic debuts, such as skateboarding and surfing. Baseball-softball returns to the Olympics…

A crucial game for both sides Barcelona and Athletic Club will face each other in a high-profile matchday 10 clash in LaLiga on Sunday, 22 October 2023. The game will be played at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, the home of Espanyol, as Camp Nou is undergoing renovation works. Both teams are in the top five of the table, but they have different objectives and challenges ahead. Barcelona are third with…

Former Bruins captain returns to Lowell after 24 years Zdeno Chara, the former captain of the Boston Bruins and a future Hockey Hall of Famer, made a triumphant return to Lowell on Sunday. He completed the 35th Baystate Marathon in 3 hours, 16 minutes and 26 seconds, qualifying him for the prestigious Boston Marathon. Chara, who played 23 games for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League during…