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Flag Football catching on across Niagara

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More than 500 youth played the sport through Niagara Regional Flag Football in the spring and summer last year Niagara-on-the-Lake resident Gracie Cherney was one of more than 500 kids who played flag football in Niagara in 2023. With both the National Canadian Football League sponsoring youth leagues, and the sport about to make its Olympic debut this summer in Paris, flag football is soaring in popularity. A Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School student, Cherney loves the sport so much he is registered with two local organizations. He’ll be playing on a house league team this spring and fall with…
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Chelsea news: Raheem Sterling defended by Carney Chukwuemeka

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Carney Chukwuemeka says he and his Chelsea team-mates will “stay behind” Raheem Sterling after the England forward endured a difficult afternoon during Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final win over Leicester. Sterling missed a penalty and fired wide when clean through on goal in the first half before blazing a promising free-kick into the stands in the second. Mauricio Pochettino was loudly jeered when he withdrew Mykhailo Mudryk rather than Sterling for Chukwuemeka with 10 minutes left and Sterling was audibly booed when taken off minutes later. “Raheem is an experienced player – he’s had an amazing career,” Chukwuemeka said, after he…
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Schools’ Cup: RBAI holds off Ballymena Academy to retain trophy

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Highlights: RBAI retains the Schools’ Cup with victory over Ballymena Academy RBAI (14) 21 Tries: Kerr, Boyd, Dillon Cons: Place 3 Ballymena Academy (14) 14 Tries: Vercoe-Rogers, Fleming Cons: Coleman 2 RBAI have retained the Schools’ Cup after holding off the challenge of Ballymena Academy with a 21-14 win at Kingspan Stadium. In a pulsating first half, James Kerr and Adam Boyd touched down for RBAI. Daniel Vercoe-Rogers and Deon Fleming scored for Ballymena as the first half ended level at 14-14. Replacement Ross Dillon squeezed over with 14 minutes to play for the decisive try as Inst retained the…
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Leeds United news: Opinion – Fan on Huddersfield ‘time-wasting’

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Everyone connected with English football has a love-hate relationship with the Championship. The games can feel like the antidote to the modern era – a purist’s dream – no VAR, lenient refereeing, unkempt pitches and tiny grounds modestly full of only the most loyal supporters. Huddersfield away at midday on Saturday felt like that. Leeds came to play, Huddersfield to frustration. In the Premier League, Huddersfield would undoubtedly have had fewer than the 10 men they ended with. “It was a difficult away game, a difficult pitch, and more or less the ball was never in play,” Daniel Farke said…
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Martin Guptill key to Islamabad’s third PSL championship win

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Martin Guptill in 2022. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Former Black Cap Martin Guptill has helped guide Islamabad United to the Pakistan Super League (PSL) title, becoming the first team to claim three PSL championships. Chasing 160, Guptill made 50 off only 32 balls, plundered eight boundaries and three sixes, to put Islamabad in control – but was run out, giving opponents Multan hope, Islamabad needed eight from the final over, and Naseem Shah hit a four to leave three required off four balls. Naseem was out off the penultimate ball with the scores level, leaving his brother Hunain to hit the winning…
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Captains star in NZ and England T20 cricket opener

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New Zealand’s stand-in captain Suzie Bates top scores with 65. Photo: www.photosport.nz A captain’s knock from England’s Heather Knight leads the visitors to victory over the White Ferns in the first T20 in Dunedin. Knight scored a quick-fire 63 off 39 balls to help England to a total of 160-4 in their 20 overs. Despite a solid innings from New Zealand’s stand-in captain Suzie Bates the hosts fell short by 27 runs. Spinner Fran Jonas was the first to strike for New Zealand getting Tammy Beaumont, in her 100th T20I, caught out for 15 in the 5th over. Lea Tahuhu…
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Chelsea news: Pat Nevin on fan reactions to Mauricio Pochettino

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While Erik ten Hag will get credit from some Manchester United fans for backing Bruno Fernandes, he still isn’t totally trusted by the wider fanbase. He can console himself that things aren’t as bad for him as they are for Mauricio Pochettino. A good section of the Chelsea fans turned on him at Brentford, when even a late Axel Disasi equalizer couldn’t prevent them slipping down once again to the bottom half of the table, less than a week after they lost a cup final they could easily have won. There is, however, something strange going on here. The Chelsea…
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Injury rules Chris Wood out of All Whites’ games

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New Zealand All Whites striker Chris Wood ahead of the game against Australia in Brisbane, 2022. Photo: PHOTOSPORT The All Whites are facing a setback with striker Chris Wood ruled out of upcoming games in Egypt. Wood was initially named in the squad for the W Cup series against Egypt on Saturday and then either Croatia or Tunisia next Wednesday. Wood had only just returned to action with his Premier League club Nottingham Forest after spending more than a month on the sidelines with a hamstring injury. Wood scored in Forest’s 1-1 draw with Luton Town at the weekend but…
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