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NFL free agency is now underway and teams are moving quickly on their top targets. One big name not drawing much interest is Colin Kaepernick, who opted out of his contract with the San Francisco 49ers following the team’s dismal 2016 season.

The four British soccer federations were fined Monday by FIFA for displaying poppies at World Cup qualifying matches in November to honor their war dead.

Army brings out the big guns for its hype video just ahead of the next Army-Navy game by deploying WWII General Eisenhower’s D-Day message to energize players.

President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to attend the Army-Navy football game on Saturday, according to Trump’s transition team.

Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who has taken a knee for the national anthem before each game this season, had one of the worst performances in the history of the National Football League Sunday against the Chicago Bears.

LONDON (AFP) – Fifty-five league and non league clubs have been referred to police in the child sex abuse scandal that has shattered English football’s image a source told The Observer newspaper on Sunday.

Sunday, “NFL Red Zone” host Scott Hanson took a shot at San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick after showing a highlight of Kaepernick scrambling for a first down against the Patriots. “Boy, he’s got some speed — not weighed down

Fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against England and Scotland for displaying poppies on their kits during a World Cup qualifier on Armistice Day.

A Kosovo court on Friday ordered seven people suspected of plotting Islamist terrorist attacks to be detained for a month, officials said, as media reports said they planned to attack a weekend football match involving Israel.

British soccer team Liverpool Football Club, one of the most prestigious teams in the world, has suggested that Israel sign a sponsorship package which will see an Israeli logo featured on giant billboards in the stadium of Anfield as well as on the sleeves of the shirts worn by the players.

Four people were arrested in Albania on suspicion of plotting to place bombs at a soccer match between the Israeli and Albanian national teams, scheduled for the weekend.

Rebuild America Now has unleashed a new ad appealing to football fans who favor the Washington Redskins keeping their name. The ad takes aim at Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for wanting to change the team’s “insensitive” name. The voiceover

England’s interim manager Gareth Southgate believes it will be fitting for his and Scotland’s players to wear commemorative poppies during Friday’s World Cup qualifier at Wembley, he said on Monday.

FORT DODGE, Iowa — Campaigning took an interesting turn for Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence when a delay at New York’s LaGuardia airport led to football tossing next to a tarmac where the Trump-Pence plane sat waiting to take off.

A new poll of NFL fans shows that many believe the league’s TV ratings have cratered because of the now ubiquitous anti-American national anthem protests happening each week across the league.

Week eight witnessed a major upset engineered by Penn State, a shockingly dominant performance by Auburn, and Alabama pull away from a top-ten team to show why they remain number one for the foreseeable future.

An Ole Miss student was arrested during the University’s football game against the University of Memphis Tigers where he was heckled for carrying the Mississippi State Flag.

KENNER, Louisiana – A number of Louisiana police officers are refusing to work patrols at Bonnabel High School football games after a majority of players knelt during the National Anthem, taking the gesture from NFL player Colin Kaepernick.

LONDON (AFP) – England manager Sam Allardyce has been secretly filmed giving advice on how to circumnavigate transfer rules and mocking his predecessor Roy Hodgson’s voice, the Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.

In an apparent move to censor supporters of the Mississippi state flag, University of Mississippi officials confiscated signs and flags from attendees at the Ole Miss/Alabama football game.

Astronomically high parking prices outside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for patrons headed to Los Angeles Rams games could be just the thing the city needs to combat congestion and encourage fans to use trains and buses, public transportation activists say.

A Florida sheriff’s office will no longer escort the Miami Dolphins to their football games until the team stands for the national anthem.

Images of two opposing NFL teams standing for the national anthem and holding a giant American flag have taken the Internet by storm.

A group of students in Michigan waving a Trump flag and a 13-star Betsy Ross flag at a high school football game caused a ruckus, with some parents saying the flags could be interpreted as symbols of white supremacy and nationalism.

Saturday, Central Michigan took down 22nd-ranked Oklahoma State on the final play of the game. After a penalty gave Central Michigan an untimed down as the last play of the game, CMU quarterback Cooper Rush threw up a hail mary to wide receiver

A Florida State football player on a visit to a Florida middle school who spotted a student sitting alone at the lunch table and asked if he could sit next to him is now being thanked by his mother in a public way.

A South Carolina high school has now banned displaying the American flag during school football games over fears that the flag could offend Hispanic students.

Celtic are facing disciplinary action after fans defied the club by unfurling Palestinian flags when the team took on an Israeli team in the Champions League.

Malaysia has relinquished the rights to host the 2017 FIFA Congress, a sports official said Monday after the predominantly Muslim country refused to issue visas to Israeli delegates.

When Celtic play Hapoel Beer-Sheva of Israel in the playoff round for the Champions League group stages, it will in the most southernly stadium in UEFA’s history.

Almost 150,000 signatures have demanded international football’s governing body forces the Israel FA to eradicate six of its clubs, or be kicked out of FIFA altogether.

A North African football team has been sent home from the Gothia World Youth Cup tournament in Sweden after members sexually assaulted three teenagers at the event’s opening ceremony.

After being released by the Cleveland Browns, troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel once again tries to straighten out his life.

Montreal Alouettes wide receiver Duron Carter had quite the night against the Ottawa Redblacks. After making a great catch on a 10-yard touchdown Thursday, Carter ran towards the opposing team’s bench and knocked over Redblacks head coach Rich Campbell. Carter continued celebrating on

During her global tour to promote women’s education, First Lady Michelle Obama talked about the difficulties with “outdated norms and assumptions” regarding the differences between men and women.

Premier League football clubs have rushed to distance themselves from claims they support a Remain vote in Thursday’s referendum, Breitbart London can exclusively reveal following conversations with most clubs. Richard Scudamore, Executive Chairman of the Premier League, said yesterday that