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Barcelona magic highlights a fantastic Week 8 in the ELF
With team rosters officially locking on August 8, the European League of Football has entered the home stretch after Week 8 offered some of the...
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Team Sweden gives them something to talk about, advance to European Championship for first time since 2005
In the immortal words of Bonnie Raitt, let’s give ’em something to talk about. That’s what quarterback Philip Juhlin and Team Sweden were hoping to...
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Team Sweden QB Philip Juhlin tired of callbacks to 2005, wants to be ‘the next team people talk about’
Over the course of a career, an athlete can rack up any number of meaningful accomplishments. Statistical records will pad the ego. MVP awards will...
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Team Sweden HC BD Kennedy ready for rivalry with Finland to reach ‘new level’ in European Championship semi-final
International competitions always come with an added intensity, but there is nothing in sport quite like a national rivalry. A perfect mix of proximity and...
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Power shifting in ELF as Week 7 provides proof of parity
Parity. It’s the type of buzzword that is catnip to sports leagues everywhere, but over the first half of the European League of Football season,...
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Sean Shelton leads Swarco Raiders to emotional statement win in Austrian Bowl XXXVI
The Swarco Raiders have won four Austrian Bowls since Sean Shelton arrived in Innsbruck, but as he trotted around Tivoli Stadium clutching the game ball...
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Explaining CFL roster rules and what they mean for Global athletes
It has been said that managing a Canadian Football League roster is the toughest job in pro sports. While the NFL operates quite simply with...
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Kuopio Steelers edge defender Semmie Radji could prove a difference maker in Finnish ‘battle of champions’
If you are an athlete from the Netherlands, chances are that at some point someone has tried to dub you the Flying Dutchman. It’s as...
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Execution the key as Dacia Vienna Vikings HC Chris Calaycay looks forward to 14th Austrian Bowl appearance
Dacia Vienna Vikings versus Swarco Raiders. Winners of the 2020 Austrian title series against the 2019 Austrian Bowl champions. It might just be the best...
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Swarco Raiders HC Kevin Herron relishes healthy lineup ahead of Austrian Bowl
What happened to the Swarco Raiders? As the Austrian regular season wound to a close, that was the question everyone was asking. Sitting second in...
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The best of the ELF’s elite on display in Week 6
It seems only yesterday that the European League of Football kicked off its inaugural campaign, but in the blink of an eye we’ve reached the...
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Reasnover runs wild as Kuopio Steelers stay undefeated against Seinäjoki Crocodiles
Running backs don’t matter. If you’ve followed football at all over the last decade, it’s a phrase you’ve probably heard before. The belief, driven by...
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New QB Jordan Williams brings hope to the struggling Helsinki Wolverines
It takes a lot of things to make a good football team. You need quality coaching, defining stars, and reliable play in the trenches, but...
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Tough competition around the league as Global players vie for jobs in CFL training camp
Canadian football is back and so are the pro football dreams of more than 30 international athletes fighting for a job through the CFL’s Global...
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Margins widen, viewership increases as ELF wraps up Week 5
This week, all the talk in the European League of Football was about All-Star games. Unfortunately, it wasn’t an all-star slate of matchups on the...
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Eidsvoll 1814s bring QB Dustin Hawke Willingham back to Norway
The Eidsvoll 1814s have signed a new quarterback for the 2021 season, bringing in a player that is no stranger to success in Norway. Dustin...
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Early scores lift Bydgoszcz Archers to first ever Polish Bowl victory
You never forget your first. It’s a cliché so overused that it can hardly be written without an audible groan and accompanying eye roll, but...
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Temptation the name of the game for Graz Giants CB Juwan Haynes
There are plenty of storylines to watch heading into the Austrian playoffs and Sunday’s semi-final between the top-seeded Dacia Vienna Vikings and the 4-4 Projekt...
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Bydgoszcz Archers QB Jake Schimenz finding Polish Bowl motivation in teammates’ tears of joy
The Bydgoszcz Archers have put together an undefeated season for the ages, rolling through Poland with a purpose. Along the way, there have been victories...
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Tychy Falcons QB Gabriel Losada’s unexpected Polish whirlwind ending with title shot
A lot can change over the course of two months, but you don’t have to tell Gabriel Losada that. Rewind to mid-May and you’d find...
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ELF’s Week 4 triple-header delivers one gutsy upset, pair of blowouts
There never seems to be a dull week in the European League of Football. This time around, it was the sudden release of the top...
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Seven the lucky number, as Örebro Black Knights claim first Swedish title in club history
They say the third time is a charm, but there is just something a little special about the number seven. From Ancient Egyptians to the...
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Örebro Black Knights HC Sam Eisenstadt credits meditation for team’s passing renaissance ahead of Swedish title game
For as long as anyone can remember, the Örebro Black Knights have been a running football team. Sure, they’ve had some success through the air —...
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Quarterback uncertainty just another challenge for Stockholm Mean Machines HC Fredrik Pilbäck to embrace before Swedish final
With Canadian quarterback Brett Hunchak injured for the Swedish semifinal, many had written off the Stockholm Mean Machines’ 2021 season. Few expected receiver Matthew Retzlaff...
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Germany: Kiel Baltic Hurricanes slay New Yorker Lions in stunning upset
English poet James Shirley once wrote “There is no armour against Fate. Death lays his icy hand on kings, sceptre and crown must tumble down...
