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Lisboa Devils Power On Full Display As Portuguese Season Winds Down
By Andre Amorim on 02/09/2017
With only three weeks remaining in the Portuguese League of American Football regular season things are getting crazier. Also, Super Bowl weekend gave the league...
Jerusalem Lions Top Rebels As Israel Football League Passes Midseason Mark
By Israel Football League on 02/08/2017
The Kraft Family Israel Football League had two games this weekend, and they were polar opposites. On Thursday night in the Jerusalem rivalry game, the...
CNN: Inside the World Of Women’s Tackle Football
By AFI on 02/08/2017
With the Women’s World Championship in American football coming up this year, CNN has taken a look at the state of the game in the...
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Braunschweig New Yorker Lions Bring Back QB Casey Therriault
By Roger Kelly on 02/08/2017
The Braunschweig New Yorker Lions have announced their quarterback for the 2017 season and for the first time since the 2013 season Casey Therriault will be...
Badalona Dracs surge to top of standings in Spain
By Roger Kelly on 02/07/2017
Spain’s Badalona Dracs won their third straight game to open the season with a 3-0 record and take over sole possession of first place in...
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Poland’s Tychy Falcons Sign QB Shane Truelove
By John McKeon on 02/07/2017
The Tychy Falcons from Poland have moved up to the Polish League of American Football’s – Polska Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego – Topliga and have signed...
Belgian, Austrian linemen headed to U.S. colleges
By AFI on 02/07/2017
Defensive linemen Tibo Debaillie from Gistel, Belgium and Maxi Hradecny from Vienna, Austria have signed to play for American colleges without having played high school football in...
Uni Watch: New F7 design is latest round in helmet arms race
By ESPN on 02/06/2017
By Paul Lukas A lot can happen in six years. If you’re a Major League Baseball player, that’s how long it takes to go from...
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Basketball Makes Better Football Players
By Perfect Pervis on 02/06/2017
When I think about an athlete, my mind conjures up images of football, basketball, baseball, track, hockey, skiing, soccer, and anything that requires skilled physical...
Bernt Rognstad – The Norwegian who signed to the Atlanta Falcons
By Jarle Magnus Henriksen on 02/05/2017
Hardly anyone is aware that a Norwegian player once signed with the Atlanta Falcons. In this article we will tell the story of a man...
Sweden’s Örebro Black Knights sign Sioux Falls QB Corbin Lawler
By AFI on 02/05/2017
The Örebro Black Knights, perennial contenders for the Swedish American football crown, have signed quarterback Corbin Lawler for the 2017 season. The 6’3″, 212 lb...
Football For Life – Team USA’s Journey To China, Final Episode – Gold Medal Game
By AFI on 02/05/2017
In 2016, the United States traveled to Harbin, China to defend their U19 IFAF World Championship title from 2014. Team USA had won two of...
LIVESTREAM: French Season Kicks Off As St. Ouen Cougars Get Set To Defend Their Title
By Roger Kelly on 02/04/2017
The 2017 Fédération Française de Football Américain (FFFA) Elite season kicks off on February 4 with one big question. Can back-to-back champions the St. Ouen...
LIVESTREAM: Spanish League Heads Into 3rd Week of Action
By AFI on 02/04/2017
Spain’s six teams get back into action this weekend after a week off with three games. The highlight of the weekend will be Sunday’s matchup...
Brock Olivo, Former HC Of Team Italy New Denver Broncos Special Teams Coach
By AFI on 02/04/2017
The 51st Super Bowl is this weekend so the Italian Federation of American Football – FIDAF – is getting into an NFL mood with an...
Germany’s Kiel Baltic Hurricanes re-sign RB Chris McClendon
By Roger Kelly on 02/03/2017
The Kiel Baltic Hurricanes have re-signed bruising running back Chris McClendon for the 2017 season. In 2016, the Hurricanes developed into a tough running team...
American football is going global
By AFI on 02/03/2017
This weekend, over 100 million people will be glued to their televisions as Super Bowl 51 kicks off at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The...
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American Football Gaining Popularity in Arab Countries
By AFI on 02/03/2017
The National Football League’s championship, Super Bowl LI, takes place this Sunday, and fans across the country and around the world will be watching the...
Big6 tourney finds last club, 2017 table set
By AFI on 02/02/2017
After a few weeks of uncertainty and the decline by Sweden’s Carlstad Crusaders, the Big6 tournament, formerly acknowledged as the premiere European club tournament, which culminates in...
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IFAF Rift Causing Serious Damage In Europe
By Roger Kelly on 02/02/2017
When Team Belgium head coach Lee Rosky contacted Lars Carlsen, head coach of Team Denmark to play a game in 2017, he received an answer...
Portugal’s Lisboa Devils: How To Build A Champion
By Roger Kelly on 02/01/2017
The Lisboa Devils have become an American football force in Portugal in the past year or so. The club jumped from the middle of the pack...
US National Team Assistant Coach Cody Hawkins to lead Copenhagen Skills Camp in March
By AFI on 01/31/2017
The Growth of a Game will be hosting one of the premier American football camps in Europe from March 17th-19th, 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The...
American Football Indoor Style From Hungary
By AFI on 01/30/2017
American football is growing worldwide and the eastern European nation of Hungary has definitely caught the fever. When weather prevents outdoor games and there is...
Canadian NFL Star Buys Minor League In Canada
By AFI on 01/30/2017
Los Angeles Charger hopes to purchase land to develop indoor training facility for young players Canadian NFL star Orlando Franklin, a Toronto native, is looking to...
Treichville Dockers From Africa’s Ivory Coast Getting TV Coverage
By Roger Kelly on 01/29/2017
The Treichville Dockers from Africa’s Ivory Coast are slowly building American football in this West African country. From an idea back in 2002, founder Eric Kouakou, has...