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How Real Madrid and Spain are reviving the art of long-range shooting
For an art form that is allegedly dying out, long-distance goals have played a big part in Spanish football recently, especially for Real Madrid.
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Goals are not enough: How data created the modern striker
Strikers were once judged by a single metric. Today, their overall contribution is more valuable.
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Rookie watch: Caleb Williams, Bucky Irving stand out again
Eric Moody looks at how all the rookies performed during Week 6 of the NFL season.
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Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels making rookie QBs a popular bet
Rookie quarterbacks take center stage and all the other biggest betting storylines from this past weekend.
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Deshaun Watson has been the NFL's worst QB. Why won't the Browns bench him?
Deshaun Watson is off to one of the worst starts in NFL history, and the 1-5 Browns' offense has been abysmal. Here's how Watson has hurt his team.
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Why the Sabres still believe they're a playoff team
Buffalo has a 13-year postseason drought, and lost three of its first four. With a similar cast of players as 2023-24, will the results be different?
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European football chiefs slam FIFA over schedule
European football chiefs and the global players' union, FIFPro, united on Monday to criticise FIFA over the global football calendar and filed an antitrust lawsuit against the governing body.
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Can Pochettino, Aguirre breathe new life into USMNT-Mexico?
Will new hires Mauricio Pochettino and Javier Aguirre revitalize fallen giants?
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Italy on brink of Nations League quarters with win
Italy defender Giovanni Di Lorenzo scored twice in a 4-1 home win over Israel in the Nations League on Monday as Luciano Spalletti's side sealed their spot in the quarter-finals.
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Nigeria boycott Libya game after airport stranding
Nigeria have pulled out of their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya on Monday, according to their captain William Troost-Ekong and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
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Ronaldo designs career-inspired luxury watches
Cristiano Ronaldo has unveiled his own watch collection that feature outlines of his iconic moments in his football career on the clock face.
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Sources: Neymar in line for shock injury return
Brazil forward Neymar has made significant improvement on his knee recovery and could be fit to play on Oct. 21, sources told ESPN Brasil on Monday.
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Notre Dame flips 4-star QB Hebert from Clemson
Notre Dame landed a commitment from four-star quarterback Blake Hebert on Monday, flipping the longtime Clemson pledge and securing a quarterback for the Irish's 2025 class less than two weeks after Deuce Knight's seismic flip to Auburn.
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USA-Mexico: Who makes the all-time XI for each team?
Ahead of a much-anticipated meeting, we look at the best starting lineups for each team.
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Haaland sorry after Norway thumped by Austria
Erling Haaland has apologised for Norway's agonizing 5-1 defeat to Austria in the Nations League on Sunday, branding his performance as "far too bad."
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Cowpoke: Gundy injures eye after run-in on ranch
On the heels of three straight losses, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy took another hit during the Cowboys' bye week, suffering an unusual eye injury that forced him to move his weekly, in-person news conference to Zoom on Monday morning.
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NFL Week 6 questions, takeaways: Jared Goff and Jordan Love go off, Texans spoil Drake Maye's debut
NFL Nation reporters react to all the action, answering the biggest questions coming out of each game. Here's what we learned from Week 6.
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McCarthy: Cowboys 'relish' chance to bounce back
Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said he and his team "relish" the opportunity to bounce back from one of the worst losses at home in franchise history.
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Sirianni apologizes for yelling at Eagles boo-birds
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni apologized for his interaction with a group of fans at the end of Sunday's home game against the Cleveland Browns.
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Lions coach won't count out Hutchinson returning
Lions coach Dan Campbell says even though he anticipates a four- to six-month recovery process for Aidan Hutchinson, he won't count him out on returning this season.
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