Jan 1, 2023; Green Bay, WI, USA; A Vikings helmet rests on the turf before the matchup versus the Packers at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports.
The Minnesota Vikings were only sparingly represented on the All-Pro teams following the disappointing 9-8 campaign, which was virtually over by Thanksgiving. Long snapper Andrew DePaola landed another second-team honor, while kicker Will Reichard was recognized as the league’s premier kicker.
Accordingly, he’ll be in line for a massive payday once his rookie contract is set to expire. In fact, though he’s signed for two more seasons, he’ll be eligible for a contract extension next offseason.
In the past, kickers were afterthoughts on the payroll, but they make some serious cash nowadays. The Steelers and the Cowboys recently rewarded two of the NFL’s best with lucrative extensions.
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Nov 23, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey (17) looks on during warm-ups before the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
Brandon Aubrey, who has been a real asset for the Cowboys in recent years, reset the kicker market last month, signing a four-year, $28 million contract. He snatched the NFC Pro Bowl honors from Reichard.
This week, Chris Boswell of the Pittsburgh Steelers matched Aubrey’s salary. He’s one of the very best in his own right.
ESPN wrote about the veteran, “In 2024, he was selected as first-team All-Pro after leading the NFL with 41 made field goals. He was also selected to the Pro Bowl for the second time with the Steelers, whom he has been kicking for since 2015. He has had at least a 90% success rate on field goals in seven of his 11 seasons in Pittsburgh. He also has never missed a postseason field goal attempt, going 19-for-19.”
As one of the most consistent kickers in the game, he should be at or near the top of the salary hierarchy. He is, however, 35 years old and it remains to be seen how much longer he can keep that pace. Aubrey just turned 31. That brings us to Reichard, who has that major advantage over both of those guys, as he turned 25 in January.
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Dec 14, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Minnesota Vikings place kicker Will Reichard (16) kicks a field goal during the second half against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
After years of subpar kicking performances in the Twin Cities, Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah spent a sixth-round pick in 2024 to acquire Alabama’s Reichard, the NCAA all-time leader in points, which was likely his best move.
He quickly established himself as a sure option to end drives, but an injury forced him out for four games in his rookie season. Unfortunately, his momentum disappeared for the remainder of the year. Reichard bounced back in 2025 and was arguably the best Viking throughout the season.
The sophomore drilled 33 of 35 field goal attempts, as well as all 31 extra points. His misses sparked controversy over whether he might have hit the wires or not. Only Eddy Pineiro and Nick Folk finished the season with a higher field-goal percentage (both 96.6%; 28/29). Pineiro missed four extra points, while Folk was perfect from that range, but only attempted 22 such kicks.
Early in the 2025 campaign, head coach Kevin O’Connell said about his elite kicker, “I mean, you guys saw it, to hit it [from] 62 [yards], darn near halfway up the net is something else. And I got so much confidence in Will [Reichard], it’s almost dangerous.”
Dec 25, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings place kicker Will Reichard (16) celebrates after making a field goal against the Detroit Lions in the third quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images
In 2025, Reichard set the franchise-best 11 field goals made from over 50 yards. That mark was tied for the best in the league. He also scored the longest field goal in franchise history from 61 and he has made six of the seven longest. He’s been a true game-changer for the Vikings.
If Reichard can once again place himself as one of the league’s top placekickers in the upcoming season, he’ll make a lot of money next year. In a prime position to reset the market, the Vikings should budget for his extension in the neighborhood of $8 million per season.
Andy Murray will join Jack Draper’s coaching team at Wimbledon after the injury-plagued 24-year-old announced a shake-up to his team.
Draper, who has struggled with injury over the past year and has dropped to No 50 in the world rankings, has parted ways with Jamie Delgado – who also used to coach three-time Grand Slam winner Murray – after six months together.
Former world No 1 Murray, who retired in 2024, entered the world of coaching with 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic last year, but the pair discontinued their partnership after six months of largely underwhelming results.
Yet a decade on from his second SW19 triumph, 38-year-old Murray will support Draper for the grass-court season this summer. Draper has previously revealed how he looks up to Murray as a mentor and the duo have teamed up in Davis Cup matches towards the latter stages of the Scot’s career.
“I am very grateful for everything Jamie Delgado has done for me over these past six months,” Draper said in a statement.
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“He is a world-class coach and a great man. In the interim, I will continue to be supported by the excellent team at the LTA with the addition of Andy Murray, who will be supporting me throughout the grass court season.”
Draper has struggled badly for fitness, only competing in eight matches so far this season. The British No 2 called time on his 2025 season after withdrawing from his second-round match at last year’s US Open due to a bruised bone in his left upper arm.
He returned to represent Great Britain in a Davis Cup tie in Norway in February before making his ATP Tour return in Dubai. However, he has since pulled out of multiple events and most recently was forced to retire from his first-round match in Barcelona last month because of a knee injury.
Draper had already announced he was not going to compete at the French Open.
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke about the injury situation ahead of the Premier League game with Crystal Palace
Manchester City are leaving it late to decide on the fitness of Rodri and Abdukodir Khusanov. Both players missed the 3-0 win over Brentford and were given Tuesday’s training session to show they could play against Crystal Palace.
Rodri in particular has proved difficult to replace for City once again. Nico O’Reilly, Mateo Kovacic, Nico Gonzalez and Tijjani Reijnders have all started in that position since the Arsenal game but none have kept their place, showing the difficulty of replacing a Ballon d’Or winner.
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Nathan Ake stepped in for Khusanov against Brentford to partner Marc Guehi, who shrugged off an error in the 3-3 draw with Everton to pick up another clean sheet. It has been an impressive start to life at the Etihad for the former Palace captain, who will face the South London club for the first time since his move in the winter transfer window.
“Since he arrived, he’s been an incredible signing,” said Guardiola. “His focus in every single details, his private life to be a professional, he’s an unbelievable signing. We are really pleased. How he accepts the bad moments, turn around immediately – that defines the big players in the big clubs. We are really pleased.”
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City also saw Ruben Dias return to the matchday squad against Brentford after six weeks missed with an ankle injury. Josko Gvardiol has returned to training but hasn’t played since early January.
The San Antonio Spurs host the Minnesota Timberwolves in a pivotal Game 5 on Tuesday with the series tied 2-2, creating one of the biggest games of the year to this point to take advantage of the latest DraftKings promo code to get $100 in bonus bets instantly after your first $5 wager. Both teams have won a game on the opposing team’s home floor, and rather than backing a side, the SportsLine Projection Model finds the best value in playing Over 218.5 total points scored for Tuesday’s NBA best bets at DraftKings.
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Hassan Seif al-Din never expected that, at the age of 65, he would be teaching martial arts to children in a football stadium in Beirut. But these are not normal times.
The coach fled to Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium from Dahiyeh, one of the capital’s southern suburbs, along with thousands of others. He now lives in one of the many rows of tents set up in the venue.
The Middle East was plunged into fresh fighting on February 28 when the United States and Israel attacked Iran and the conflict spread into Lebanon just days later. In April, The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations said that over a million people in Lebanon had been displaced as Israel has bombed Hezbollah targets in the country. Hassan is just one of them.
Hassan Seif al-Din was forced to flee from a southern Beirut suburbImage: Sara Hteit/DW
“There was so much bombing around us, so we escaped and ended up displaced here at the Sports City,” Hassan told DW. After he arrived, he was determined to maintain his martial arts routine.
“I was training here on my own for two to three hours a day,” he said.
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As he did so, he noticed children around watching him.
“I thought to myself, ‘let me bring them together, train them, and bring some joy into their lives through this sport, help them forget what’s happening in the city, teach them how to switch off for a while and build their strength — physically and mentally.’”
Adnan is one of the children who has been learning a new skill.
“I really love how the coach teaches us, especially how to defend myself and build confidence,” he told DW. “If someone attacked me in the street and tried to kidnap me, I’d know how to defend myself.”
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Sports as a distraction
There’s more to it than self-defense for Hassan. It is about giving young people something else to think about than bombs, the homes they are missing and their normal lives. It is about giving them something to look forward to.
“The displaced people living in the tents carry their own trauma,” he said.
“(During training) they’re away from everything happening outside, enjoying being together and training with me. Having a coach and a team is something they never had before, so they take to it naturally. They’ve become like family.
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Tents have been set up in Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium to house people who fled from southern Lebanon Image: Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu Agency/IMAGO
“It means so much to them to forget the pain and everything happening outside this pitch. They’re happy. Sometimes they will come and wake me up saying, ‘Let’s go, coach, time to train.’”
Football clubs chip in with support
The stadium has long been the home of the Lebanon national team and the venue has witnessed some of the country’s greatest sporting moments, such as a famous win over South Korea in 2011 during World Cup qualification. Older residents still talk of 1975 when Pele played a friendly there in front of over 35,000 fans.
The stadium reflects the country’s troubled history to an extent. It was destroyed during the Israeli invasion of 1982 and rebuilt in 1990 after the 15-year-long civil war ended. In 2024, it hosted Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral after the Hezbollah leader was killed in an Israeli strike.
Football is the country’s most popular sport and clubs have been working hard to help those in need.
“I am happy that the stadium is able to shelter people,” Wael Chehayeb, a member of the Executive Committee of the Lebanon Football Association, told DW.
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“It’s also sad that this, a place that usually brings joy and pulls people out of their stressful lives to come and watch games, has to be used like this.”
Some of the country’s football clubs have been busy helping out.
“Players and officials at second-division club Akhaa have volunteered at public schools where some displaced families were sheltered,” Chehayeb said.
The Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium’s usual role is to host Lebanon national team matchesImage: Murat Sengul/Anadolu Agency/IMAGO
“Clubs such as Safa and Nejmeh sheltered some families at their stadiums and provided food. Other clubs like Ansar helped with food parcels.”
Despite being unable to use dressing rooms and other facilities, some players are still training as clubs feel that players being around and interacting with the families helps lift spirits.
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‘A sense of solidarity’
Anything that makes life in the stadium easier is welcome for its temporary residents, such as the family of Howaida Amin Mzannar who fled from Aitaroun, a village in southern Lebanon. It had become so dangerous that the family, which has been forced to flee in the past, was unable to bring any of its possessions.
“We have been suffering from the situation on the border for a long time,” Mzannar told DW. “Now we are here but it is so difficult, not knowing where you will be tomorrow, there is the psychological pressure due to the uncertainty of the future.”
The only comfort to be found comes in others, their new and sudden neighbors.
“There is a sense of solidarity among people; everyone is helping each other” Mzannar said.
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“Life is simple and follows a daily routine: cleaning, organizing, sitting together, and the children are trying to create a sense of normal life.”
Hassan plans to continue helping in that regard.
“I never imagined I’d be displaced one day and become a coach at the same time. It’s God’s will — a coincidence that led me here,” he said.
“I’m truly happy here. Believe it or not, I feel like I want to stay here and train them for a year, two or three. In a year and a half, I could make national champions out of them.”
Former Georgia rugby captain Merab Sharikadze has been given an 11-year ban for his involvement in an “orchestrated scheme involving recreational drugs and sample substitution”.
Six internationals were charged in March following a joint investigation by World Rugby and the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) dubbed “Operation Obsidian”, which found five instances where players allegedly swapped urine samples to avoid detection. Employees of Georgia’s national anti-doping agency also tipped off players about upcoming tests, Wada said.
Sanctions have now been levied against the players involved and team doctor Nutsa Shamatava, who has received a nine-year suspension from the game.
Sharikadze, who won 104 caps and led Georgia at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, received the longest ban of the players. The 32-year-old spent time at Hartpury College near Gloucester as a teenager.
Giorgi Chkoidze (six years), Lasha Khmaladze (three years), Otar Lashkhi (three years), Miriani Modebadze (three years) and Lasha Lomidze (nine months) are the other Georgia internationals to be banned.
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“The investigation was triggered when irregularities in urine samples were identified by World Rugby’s athlete passport management programme, covering an extended period of time prior to the men’s Rugby World Cup 2023 in France,” World Rugby said.
The governing body also suggested that its investigation had indicated that the sample substitution had been to conceal the use of cannabis and tramadol, rather than performance-enhancing substances.
Outbound is a peaceful exploration game where you travel various types of biomes in your van and expand it using the resources you find. The van is the highlight of the game since you can craft items, store them, and build an entire living space with several machines on the van itself. Along with all these features, there is a method to check tire pressures and fill them as well.
Here is a short guide on checking tire pressure and filling air in them in Outbound.
Method to check tire pressure and fill them in Outbound
Aim towards your van’s tires to check and fill them (Image via Square Glade Games || Sportskeeda)
The van is basically your travel buddy in Outbound. You are required to take care of it and build on it as you explore the beautiful scenery. Even though you refuel it using fiber or wood logs or upgrade it to be faster, it might slow down after exploring for several days. This can be because of low tire pressures.
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In order to check tire pressures, head to each tire and check how much pressure they have. If the tire pressure is lower than 100%, there will be an option to press ‘E’ and inflate them with more air. Make sure to inflate all four of them.
This might not be the most realistic way to inflate tires, but it is still quite realistic, particularly when the overall realism of the game is taken into consideration.
After inflating them to 100%, you will notice that they will not run out too quickly, specifically if you keep driving. This is because the tire pressures decrease slowly if you keep the van rolling. If you are static at a place and only focus on building your house above it, you might notice that the tire pressures will decrease quickly.
Another factor that determines how quickly tire pressures decrease is the van’s weight. The more you build on your van, the heavier it will be, and it will decrease the van’s tire pressure more quickly.
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Apart from tire pressures, Outbound also has a decent amount of detailed van mechanics like engine temperature, energy use rating, charge rating, etc.
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I Am Dirty may emulate the Group 1 achievements of stablemates Overpass and Green Spaces after her dominant display in The Coast Raceday 2yo Handicap (1200m) at Gosford on Saturday.
While trainer Bjorn Baker rates I Am Dirty’s potential highly, he is undecided on stakes tests for her this season.
“We will have a bit of a think about what we do next with her,” Baker told Sky Thoroughbred Central’s Greg Radley. “Maybe we go one more or possibly put her out.
“I’ve always had a really good opinion of her and it is important to win these Saturday two-year-old races.
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“I’m confident she will go on to better things, it is just a matter of when.
“This has been a great form race, particularly for my stable, and we are lucky to have a very, very nice filly in I Am Dirty.”
Baker recalled his stable’s sprinter Overpass winning that exact two-year-old race at Gosford’s initial standalone fixture in 2021.
Overpass boasts 10 wins in 36 starts, with two Group 1s, two The Quokkas, and earnings exceeding $12.5 million.
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The trainer now prepares Overpass for the Group 1 King Charles III Stakes (1000m) at the famed Royal Ascot in England next month.
Green Spaces, Godolphin’s runner, was unplaced at Gosford last year behind Hidden Achievement before transferring to Baker.
Under Baker this season, Green Spaces has risen to likely the premier staying three-year-old, securing a Group 1 ATC Australian Derby win last month for the trainer.
I Am Dirty’s future feats are uncertain, yet the filly – by star sire I Am Invincible, first foal of Group 3 winner Dirty Thoughts – made a striking debut impression at Gosford.
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Second-up and backed into $2.60 equal favourite, I Am Dirty powered home by two lengths with Rachel King beating Quarterback ($13), Parisest Magic ($71) third after a bold finish.
King noted the $600,000 Magic Millions purchase I Am Dirty improved markedly from her debut behind talented filly Bangkok Hottie at Randwick last month.
“She was a little bit more on the ball today, she jumped ‘clean’ and put herself up on speed,” King said.
“They had a big opinion of her before that first-up run but it didn’t quite come off so hopefully this has repaid them today.
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“She’s pretty tractable and when I got to ‘park’ outside the lead, she relaxed beautifully and won well.”
I Am Dirty’s victory held special meaning for Baker on two fronts.
“I’ve got some very important owners in this filly including none other than (wife) Mrs Andrea Baker,” the trainer said.
“This is her Mother’s Day gift because I haven’t got anything else organised!”
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Visit betting sites to find racing odds for standout juvenile contests like Gosford’s opener.
China will field the most teams with three, while Japan and Korea will have two universities.
The Fighting Maroons will be competing against Japan’s Hakuoh University and Waseda University, Korea’s Korea University and Yonsei University and China’s Peking University, Shangai Jiao Tong University and Tsinghua University.
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Also in the fold are Chinese Taipei’s National Chengchi University, the inaugural champion of the tournament, along with Mongolia’s National University of Mongolia, Hong Kong’s Chinese University of Hong Kong and Australia’s University of Sydney.
The AUBL welcomed the addition of the Filipino and Australian teams this year.
“Having experienced the energy of the inaugural 2025 season, we are delighted to see the competition return with such a strong and diverse lineup,” said Seetow Cheng Fave, Secretary General of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) in a press release.
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“AUBL serves as an important platform for both high-level competition and meaningful sports and cultural exchange.”
The 2026 Preakness Stakes field features a pair of half-siblings in Iron Honor and Taj Mahal. They are both sons of Nyquist, who won the 2016 Kentucky Derby and placed third at The Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown. The Kentucky-bred Iron Honor won the Gotham Stakes but was a disappointing seventh in the Wood Memorial, which was his last start before the Preakness Stakes 2026. Meanwhile, the Florida-bred Taj Mahal has won all three of his starts but has yet to compete in a Graded Stakes race.
A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling hit the top three finishers in the 2025 Kentucky Derby in the correct order. He also called 11 of the last 21 Preakness winners, including 2023, when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta. He hit the trifecta in the 2024 Preakness Stakes and nailed Journalism as the 2025 Preakness winner. Anyone who has followed him on horse racing betting sites could be way up.
Now, with the 2026 Preakness Stakes field now set, Demling is sharing his 2026 Preakness Stakes betting picks and 2026 Preakness Stakes predictions over at SportsLine. Go to SportsLine to see them.
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One of Demling’s surprising 2026 Preakness Stakes picks: He is high on Ocelli, even though he is not one of the top-four favorites. Ocelli is still winless in his career and only has one runner-up finish in seven races, but he has undeniable momentum entering the Preakness Stakes 2026.
He was a giant 70-1 longshot at the Kentucky Derby, but surged to third place and was charging hard at the end, posting a speed figure just one point below the top-two horses. In a lighter field at the Preakness, Demling expects Ocelli to be very much in the mix on Saturday.
“He’s still a maiden, but was third in the Wood Memorial and ran third in the Derby,” Demling told SportsLine. “For a split second, I thought he might win the Derby. He will be running in the end.” See which other horses to back at SportsLine.
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