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IFAF 2020 European Championship qualification rounds rolling towards finish
This weekend, the IFAF 2020 European Championship qualification/group stage continues with two key Group A matchups and two in Group B In the top group, Group A, 12...
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Key matchups in IFAF 2020 European Championships this weekend
This weekend, the IFAF 2020 European Championship qualification/group stage continues with three key Group A matchups. The Dutch Lions will travel to Denmark to face...
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Team Holland hosts Finland in opening round of IFAF 2020 Men’s European Championships
The Dutch national team, the Dutch Lions play hosts Saturday, October 12 when they welcome Team Finland, European bronze medalists in 2018, to Arnhem in...
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British American Football Association announce first ever UK Canadian Football League Combine
The British American Football Association, BAFA is joining the growing list of nations forming partnerships with the Canadian Football League and has announced the first ever...
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O’Leary: French football reunites in Edmonton Eskimos-Hamilton Tiger-Cats clash
By: CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS It wasn’t the first time it’s happened and if you ask Pierre Trochet, that makes it even better. Friday’s game in Hamilton...
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A look at NFL Globalization strategies – Exporting football to Europe
Thirty years ago, the NFL launched its globalization project. Today American football in Europe is more active than ever. In 1989 the World League of...
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American football not just American
By Diana Boldrini, Geneva Business News If you have been to, or lived in the US, it cannot have escaped you that American Football is...
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How to make football the next “World Game”
Article contributed by Matt from Lift Your Game. For decades now, soccer has been widely regarded as “The World Game” – the sport that knows...
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IFAF 2019 Women’s European Championships: Finland getting set to defend title
The Finnish ladies come into the IFAF 2019 Women’s European Championships being played at John Charles Stadium in Leeds, England, August 12-17, as the reigning...
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Beyond the AAF: American Football Leagues that Didn’t Make the Cut
Competition is said to be the lifeblood of the economy. When there are more than one companies offering the same type of product or service,...
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Canadian Football League and German Football League discuss deeper cooperation
The Canadian Football League, CFL and the German Football League, GFL, wound up a couple of days of talks designed to further solidify the details...
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French League of American Football MVP Clark Evans: “Wonderful to be rewarded for all of the hard work”
The French League of American Football wound up a week ago with the Thonon Black Panthers coming from behind and defeating the Saint Ouen I’Aumone...
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Dacia Vienna Vikings face Swarco Raiders for the European club team title in Innsbruck
Europe’s American football community will be keeping a close eye on Innsbruck’s Tivoli Stadium Saturday, June 29 when the current Austrian and CEFL Champion, the...
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ECTC: Dacia Vienna Vikings will face Swarco Raiders to decide European Club Team supremacy
The Swarco Raiders and Dacia Vienna Vikings will square off June 29 in the grand finale of the IFAF European Club Team Competition in Innsbruck’s...
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Germany’s Max Zimmermann one of five Europeans who survived the cut; will play in the CFL this year
German wide receiver Max Zimmermann is one of five European CFL players who found out Saturday that the dream will continue. Zimmermann was informed late...
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CFL commissioner looks to expand league’s presence to Europe and beyond
By Ted Michaels, News Anchor Global News The Canadian Football League wants to establish a global footprint. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie told Global News Radio CHML’s...
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Charity Bowl XXI between Dacia Vienna Vikings and Swarco Raiders headlines Austrian Football League weekend
Charity Bowl XXI, the 21st edition of the annual charity game hosted by the Dacia Vienna Vikings at Hohe Warte stadium in Vienna, is this year’s...
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Unraveling the European international tournaments
The European Club Team Competition and Central European Football League tournaments, which involve 13 teams from 11 different countries, have almost reached the halfway point...
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A visit to college football’s next recruiting pipeline: Europe
By BARTON SIMMONS To drive a car in Amsterdam takes expertise. The roads are narrow and winding. They’re partitioned out for shared access with trolleys,...
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B.C. Lions see upside in European CFL experiment but global growth may be slow
By Ed Willes, [email protected], twitter.com/willesonsports The ninth player taken in the CFL European Draft was linebacker Roni Salonen, who’s known as the Finnish Lawrence Taylor. That...
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France reaches football milestone in historic CFL European Draft
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS They were on different continents on Thursday, but Valentin Gnahoua and Asnnel Robo enjoyed an important moment for tackle football in France....
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Football is the ‘perfect sport’ for France’s Asnnel Robo
TORONTO — For French prospect Asnnel Robo, football is the perfect mix of everything he loves about sports. Robo was playing soccer before he ever...
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Historic CFL Draft of European players set for April 11
When the Canadian Football League (CFL) holds its one-round European player draft Thursday, April 11. the nine CFL teams will be able to draft any...
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Physicality attracted Finnish prospect Okko Outinen to football
TORONTO — The physicality of football is what made Finnish prospect Okko Outinen fall in love with the game. Outinen played hockey before swapping his...
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Anticipation mounts for Thursday’s European draft – Valentin Gnahoua can’t wait
By CHRIS O’LEARY, SENIOR WRITER, @OLEARYCHRIS It’s been almost three weeks since the CFL Combine presented by New Era and time has slowed to a crawl for Valentin...