6 h. ago The Latest: What’s in store for the AP Top 25 and potentially the College Football Playoff rankings

The day of the College Football Playoff bracket announcement has fans buzzing with uncertainty

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10 h. ago Alabama, Notre Dame, Miami on edge ahead of College Football Playoff bracket announcement

The College Football Playoff bracket is set to be revealed, with Indiana expected to enter at No. 1

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1 week ago Football coach who went missing before undefeated team's playoff game is wanted on criminal charges

Virginia State Police say a high school football coach who disappeared days ago before his undefeated team’s playoff game is being sought on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and using a computer to solicit a minor

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2 w. ago Football Daily | Fifa bingo! World Cup playoff draw checks all boxes as Irelands and Wales plot paths

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!An audience full of middle-aged and elderly men almost certainly preoccupied with what’s for lunch? Check. Constant reminders that football unites the world? Check. A charming hostess and former Miss Switzerland, Melanie Winiger? Check. Numerous ornate plinths bearing see-through bowls, a trophy or a football. Check. More montages from World Cups passim than were strictly necessary? Check. A dizzying array of acrylic multi-coloured draw balls? Check. “Fifa legends” Christian Karembeu, Marco Materazzi and Martin Dahlin? Checkity-check-check. A shiny floor? Check. Fifa competition manager Manolo Zubiria explaining protocol? Check. Self-important claptrap from an increasingly obsequious and craven “haunted cue-ball” Fifa president? Check.I was 34, I’d spent nine years at Arsenal and there had been a fair amount of discussions with the club. I wanted to go back to France with my family. There were deteriorated relationships with people ...

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2 w. ago Nigeria left to blame ‘voodoo’ after dramatic playoff defeat by DR Congo

DR Congo won a tense penalty shootout 4-3, leading Éric Chelle, the Nigeria manager, to allege ‘maraboutage’Thirty-one years ago Nigeria burst on to the global stage in a golden summer at the 1994 World Cup in the US, impressing with a do-or-die attitude that helped them top their group and come within two minutes of reaching the quarter-finals by beating Italy. But the Super Eagles will not be returning to North American soil for next summer’s tournament – and they are not blaming their shooting boots.After a fraught and dramatic continental playoff final on Sunday, where Nigeria were eliminated by DR Congo on penalties, the Super Eagles manager, Éric Chelle, said that his team had been defeated by “voodoo”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World Cup 2026: When is the World Cup playoff draw? Confirmed fixtures, dates and who Scotland could play

Scotland will enter the World Cup playoffs if they fail to beat Denmark on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago WWE Friday Night SmackDown: UK start time, matches announced & updated John Cena retirement tournament bracket

The path to John Cena’s retirement match is getting a little bit closer with more first-round matches for this evening’s episode.

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last month Woodrow Lowe, a star linebacker at Alabama who started 11 NFL seasons with the Chargers, dies at 71

Woodrow Lowe, a three-time All-American linebacker at Alabama and an 11-year starter for the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, has died

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