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Kenyan athlete Sabastian Sawe has become the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race, winning the London Marathon in 1:59:30. The 30-year-old’s time broke the previous world record of 2:00:35, set by the late Kelvin Kiptum in 2023, by over a minute. While Eliud Kipchoge broke the two-hour barrier in 2019, Sawe’s performance is the first to be achieved in a sanctioned, record-eligible competition.

Already on a world record pace as he crossed the halfway mark in 1:00:29, Sawe was able to speed up over the second half of the race to run even faster than Kipchoge's time.

Sawe made his decisive move before the final 10km, with only debutant Yomif Kejelcha able to cover his surge off the front.

Remarkably, Kejelcha became the second man to run under two hours in race conditions, finishing runner-up in 1:59:41.

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Rondale Moore, an NFL receiver who had season-ending training camp knee injuries in each of the last two years after a standout college career at Purdue and a promising start with the Arizona Cardinals, was found dead Saturday, authorities said. He was 25.

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British tight end Seydou Traore became one of the standout stories of the NFL Draft after being selected in a late round by the Miami Dolphins with the 180th overall pick, marking a historic moment for the NFL Academy pathway.

Traore is the first graduate of the UK based NFL Academy to be drafted into the league. Born and raised in London, he has French Algerian and Ivorian heritage and developed his early football skills with the London Warriors as a teenager. His journey took shape when he joined the NFL Academy's first intake in 2019, a programme designed to develop international talent for American football.

After progressing through the academy system, Traore moved to the United States to continue his development in high school football in Florida. He later earned a college scholarship at Arkansas State in 2021 before transferring to Mississippi State in 2023, spending five years competing at the collegiate level.

During his college career, he appeared in 48 games, recording 131 receptions for 1,482 yards and 10 touchdowns, with five of those scores coming in his final season. At 6 feet 4 inches and 244 pounds, he developed into a physically imposing and athletic receiving option, attracting attention through the NFL International Player Pathway programme.

Former NFL Academy player Efe Obada, who became the first IPP athlete to reach the NFL, played a symbolic role in announcing the Dolphins' selection in Pittsburgh. He described Traore as proof that international players can reach the highest level of the sport, noting his long development journey through the academy system.

Traore became the third IPP player ever drafted, following Australia's Jordan Mailata in 2018 and Britain's Travis Clayton in 2024. Mailata's success, which included developing into a Super Bowl winning offensive tackle, has become a benchmark for international prospects entering the league through similar routes.

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In the early hours in San Francisco, 49ers defensive lineman Keion White was injured in a shooting at Dahlia’s, a nightclub in the city’s Mission District. The incident took place around 4:00 a.m., just hours after the conclusion of Super Bowl LX. According to the San Francisco Police Department, officers arrived at the scene on the 1700 block of Mission Street to find White suffering from a gunshot wound to his left ankle.

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Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt has been charged with a misdemeanor count of domestic battery involving his daughter, according to court documents.

Merritt was arrested on April 22 in Overland Park, Kansas, and formally charged the following morning. A complaint filed by the Johnson County District Attorney's Office alleges that he unlawfully, knowingly, or recklessly caused bodily harm to a person identified as Drayah Merritt. She is listed on his official team biography as one of his two daughters, whom he shares with his wife Yolanda, along with three sons.

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Drake Maye handled the sloppy, snowy conditions better than the home team and he scored New England’s only touchdown on a 6-yard keeper, propelling the Patriots to their 12th Super Bowl with a 10-7 win over the Denver Broncos in the AFC championship game Sunday.

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Fernando Mendoza has opened up about his conversation with Tom Brady ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, offering insight into the expectations that could await him if he joins the Las Vegas Raiders.

Speaking on The Dan Patrick Show, Mendoza said he met Brady during an official pre draft visit with the Raiders. The 22 year old quarterback, widely projected to be the first overall pick, described the meeting as a valuable experience. He shared that Brady made it clear he would take a demanding approach as a mentor rather than offering constant reassurance. Mendoza said Brady emphasized that he intends to push him to improve and grow.

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Fernando Mendoza lowered his pads into a defender, spun in a full circle, used his hand to keep his balance, then launched himself horizontally and reached the ball over the goal line — an Indiana touchdown and a ready-made poster pic for a title run straight from the movies.

Maybe they’ll call it “Hoosiers.”

The Heisman Trophy winner’s touchdown Monday night put an exclamation point on a 27-21 win over Miami that closed out an undefeated season and brought an improbable — maybe impossible? — national championship to a program that had known nothing but losing and indifference for almost 140 years.

“Let me tell you: We won the national championship at Indiana University. It can be done,” said coach Curt Cignetti, who took over a program with a nation-leading 713 losses and turned it into the game’s biggest winner in the span of two years.