BYU wide receiver Parker Kingston was arrested and charged Tuesday with first-degree felony rape in Washington County, Utah. The Washington County attorney’s office said in a news release Wednesday that the charges stem from an alleged Feb. 23, 2025 incident in St. George, Utah.
Washington County Attorney Jerry Jaeger said the investigation began after the alleged victim, a then-20-year-old woman, went to the hospital and reported that she was sexually assaulted by Kingston.
“Detectives with the St. George Police Department then gathered digital and forensic evidence. They also conducted interviews with the parties involved and other witnesses. The information was then turned over to the Washington County Attorney’s Office for review,” the Washington County attorney’s office said in a news release.
Kingston, 21, is currently being held in jail without bail and is scheduled to appear in Utah’s 5th Judicial District Court on Friday.
“BYU became aware today of the arrest of Parker Kingston,” BYU athletics said in a statement. “The university takes any allegation very seriously, and will cooperate with law enforcement. Due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students, the university will not be able to provide additional comment.”
Kingston finished the 2025 season as BYU’s top pass catcher with 66 catches for 924 yards and five touchdowns. He announced Jan. 2 that he intended to return to BYU for his final college season.
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Kingston’s arrest comes less than a year after quarterback Jake Retzlaff was accused of sex assault in a civil lawsuit. The case was later dismissed, but Retzlaff left BYU because he was facing a seven-game suspension for violating the university’s honor code. He later transferred to Tulane.
In early December, when I arrived in Carlsbad, California — home to (most) of the best golf club manufacturers in the world — it felt a bit like those first few days of college.
My future was spelled out — a week bopping around Southern California, from company to company, getting “Fully Fit” for new golf clubs at each spot. And I was as froshy as 7-handicaps get — anxiously interested in being there, in much the same way my 18-year-old self was anxiously interested in going to the University of Wisconsin. I understood my game upon arrival, but I also knew this experience would be very good for me. I knew I would learn a ton, would have a bunch of people looking after me, and that I’d probably make some friends along the way. These collegial vibes made sense, I would soon learn, because like many things in golf, an equipment journey can feel a lot like college. There are entry-level classes, courses mandatory for a major, and 700-level things like Spin Loft waiting to trip you up.
You can be lazy about it and not care, electing for the bliss of ignorance. Someone else may pay for your equipment, just as many parents pay for their children’s schooling. You can declare your intentions for a major just like you can declare your commitment to one manufacturer. Maybe your friend declared the same way, and you wanted to be like them. That can be a costly decision when you suddenly change things up years later.
Of course, another option is … leaning all the way in to an equipment education, seizing on the opportunity and coming out on the other side feeling like a graduate. (Knowing, of course, that there’s always a deeper version of golfy graduate school if you want to press on.) This stuff is costly, too! Just like higher ed. You want to get it right. That’s why I was there. I wanted to get it right.
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To keep this analogy going, we’ll say I had dropped out of my equipment education years ago. Cobra gave me a great opportunity in 2016, asking me to claim whatever set of sticks I wanted. I didn’t know what I didn’t know, so I asked for a set of forged blades — the ones Rickie Fowler used to win the 2015 Players Championship — and told myself, You’ll learn how to hit them.
This sent me down a bad path, in part because I did learn. My ball-striking improved from sheer practice alone, and my handicap improved alongside it. But was I ever meant to play those blades? I ditched the Cobras for a set of unforgiving Mizunos a few years later, obsessed with how they looked, and then played a set of Titleist blades after that.
It was probably never meant to be that way. Between my action, my commitment to the game and my age, it has become clear that playing a set of butterknife irons — besides boosting my ego — led to gapping issues and extreme inconsistency toward the long end of the bag. And what my trip to California validated, day after day, was that there’s a promised land somewhere just outside of Bladesville.
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TDay 1 was at TaylorMade’s Kingdom, where the difference between P770s, PTWs, P790s and P7CBs finally registered for me — much more than the letters and numbers in those names ever did before. My TaylorMade fitter waffled between putting me into Project X 6.5 (extra-stiff) and 6.0 (stiff) shafts, to match my Tour-average swing speed.
“Why are you swinging a telephone pole?” he asked. My eyes wide, my mind racing, I hoped he was joking. “That’s what Rory McIlroy uses,” he continued, chuckling. “You don’t swing like Rory McIlroy.”
And he was right. But as the fitting went on, I warmed up and felt comfort in those 6.5-stiffness shafts because, well, I had grooved a swing to match them over the years, and that swing wasn’t producing horrible results. So we actually stuck with them.
The author learned a ton about his golf equipment.
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A day later, at Titleist, we learned even more. The gamers I arrived with were Titleist T100s, made for the very consistent ball-striker who has no problem hitting trajectory heights consistently. I can groove a nice, high flight with everything from 7-iron through pitching wedge, which made those clubs a fine fit. But it was 4i, 5i and 6i that were always a bit fickle. Any of my strikes toward the heel or toe always failed to fly the distance I needed, and often spun a lot more, too. But as we worked through different iron heads, we found something:
T150s and their extra forgiveness just outside the sweet spot — right in my typical strike zone — had a much tighter dispersion and carry distance. In simple terms, they were predictable. And when it came to getting those long irons off the ground, a higher-launching T250 5-iron was going to reach that 80-foot peak height a lot more often.
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On the third day, at Cobra, the knowledge of three consecutive fittings was washing over me like the second semester of a foreign language. Was I fully fluent? Not quite. But I could understand what others in class were saying. I understood what it meant when my fitters kept adjusting my irons two degrees upright, and I could really start to communicate what I was feeling. After some time, it wasn’t so daunting to speak up in class. It helped that my coworkers — many of whom could qualify as teaching assistants — stepped in and interrupted my fittings, pressing the teachers for more info specific to ME. (That may not help you, the amateur at home, who will likely go through fittings alone. But it is a reminder to study up on some club terminology before you get baptized in a hitting bay.)
My final two fittings tended to blend together, but not in a bad way. They featured a bunch of time spent just beyond the irons. In that zone between 3-wood and 5-iron, where you should still be able to see 10- to 15-yard gaps between clubs. My gapping had mostly been flattened to something almost nonexistent. Everything seemed to go roughly 220 yards.
At Callaway, I had my first experience with a 7-wood — their Quantum Max — which very nearly went into my bag (and still might, the more I experiment with it).
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At Srixon, I hit more 5-woods than I probably have at any other time in my life. The ball just … went … in a way 4-irons never seemed to. That, more than anything, was the biggest learning of my week in equipment academia. The aspects of my experience, my action, my strength, my skills, my hand-eye coordination, my brain — it all makes a helluva lot more sense with fairway woods than it does with cute, tiny, aesthetically pleasing long irons.
The clubs we went with — built from comfort, performance and appearance — are all listed below, including a driver and 3-wood that I just can’t quit. What I need to do now — metaphorically moving the tassel of my ball cap from one side to the other — is apply all the lessons of the equipment degree I earned to the real world, as they say. You know, on the golf course.
Brad Widdup relishes the prospect of facing elite filly Apocalyptic once more, as Savvy Hallie heads into the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick this coming Saturday.
During her two-year-old days, Savvy Hallie shone brightly among her peers, securing seconds behind Nepotism and Tempted, bouncing back in spring with an impressive maiden triumph and later the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m).
A third placing to Apocalyptic in the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) marked the end of Savvy Hallie’s previous campaign, with her resuming in the $3 million The Sunlight (1100m) on Sunshine Coast January 10th, running fourth to Grafterburners.
Widdup explained that the furious 1100m speed simply had Savvy Hallie fully extended, and campaigning over 1200m and upwards should see her reach new heights.
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“That sort of race, they ran 1.02, it was a quick, high pressure sprint race,” Widdup said.
“I think she’s looking for 1200 (metres) or further possibly now.
“She’s come through that really well though, she had a jump out last week, had a gallop Tuesday morning and seems to be in really good order.”
Flipping the script on Flight Stakes winner Apocalyptic is a big ask, though Widdup is optimistic about Savvy Hallie’s chances ahead of a tilt at the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) on February 28th.
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“I think she’ll be better suited to the sort of speed over 1400 (metres), and she can race up on the speed,” Widdup said.
“Look, Apocalyptic is very good, there’s no two ways about it, and she seems to have trialled really well, but my filly has done nothing wrong.
“Circumstances in The Sunlight just didn’t suit her at all so out to 1200 metres, against her own sex, she should be competitive.”
Betting enthusiasts should check the racing betting markets for the Light Fingers Stakes to find the top prices. In all-in Light Fingers Stakes wagering, Savvy Hallie is at $3.20, Apocalyptic $1.65.
For Gregor Townsend, it has been the Calcutta Cup of life; now, a meeting with the Auld Enemy could hasten his end. When Steve Borthwick leapt to the defence of his embattled opposite number earlier this week, suggesting that Scottish fans should be more focused on supporting their side against England than calling for the head coach to go, it betrayed a strange truth about Townsend’s tenure.
The former fly-half has transformed the narrative in this fixture, taking over a side that had failed to win any of their last nine meetings with England, and losing just twice in eight Calcutta Cups since. It is a striking and significant turnaround. But the frustration – of which there is much, particularly after a wretched defeat to Italy – stems from the fact that it has failed to be a part of something larger.
Townsend poses with the Six Nations trophy (Getty Images)
As Borthwick pointed out, Townsend boasts the best winning percentage of any Scottish coach of the modern era. But that is not championship-winning form, and this has not been a championship-winning Scottish side, despite their success against England. Indeed, they’ve not even managed to mount a true title challenge – a so-called golden generation of players has not yet even settled for silver.
“It’s only really on days like this where you have to experience it because it’s such a busy job,” Townsend said of the outside noise on Thursday, admitting he understood the frustration of the fans. “You fill every minute of the day with reviewing what we could have done better, going into selection, going into training.
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“It’s part of the job, part of losing. The feeling of losing is worse than the distraction around what people are giving their opinions to the group or to me as a coach.”
The missteps of the autumn, with a position of relative strength squandered against New Zealand before one of overwhelming ascendancy tossed away against Argentina, had already left Townsend under pressure coming into this campaign. If the fact that they occupied winning positions left positives to take, there could be no such solace in the Rome deluge. Off the field, too, Townsend is under increased scrutiny after dismissing a report in The Telegraph about a move to Newcastle after the 2027 World Cup as “pure speculation”, and suggesting it was written to unsettle his side ahead of the Calcutta Cup.
Scotland have come to dominate the Calcutta Cup rivalry of late (PA Wire)
It was a strange reaction for several reasons. Firstly, an attempt to paint it as some sort of English plot suggested that Townsend’s focus was already elsewhere, rather than the task at hand in Italy, besides being entirely incorrect. Secondly, there are plenty in rugby who are discussing the Scotland head coach ending up at Newcastle as almost a fait accompli, given he already consults with Red Bull and close lieutenant Gavin Vaughan is heading to Kingston Park after this tournament. Townsend was careful, too, in his wording, not ruling out the possibility of ending up at the Prem club but saying that no contract had been signed.
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It would be entirely understandable for the coach to be exploring his options beyond a World Cup that many feel he would be lucky to make. There are some who would have been happy for him to go after the last tournament in France brought a second pool-stage exit in successive editions. Many more may have felt that a contract due to expire this summer would have been a natural end. But Townsend, who it should be said has largely done a good job, was given a contract extension in September to encompass the trip to Australia next year – a decision that now appears misguided.
Glasgow boss Franco Smith lurks as an option to replace Gregor Townsend (PA Wire)
He has not been helped, necessarily, by the success of Franco Smith at Glasgow Warriors, the South African not so much a king across the water but along the M8. The extension of Smith’s deal at the United Rugby Championship (URC) club was announced at the same time as Townsend’s; while his side have since kicked on to finish as second seeds in Europe and push Leinster for top spot in the table, the national team have stumbled. Townsend has experienced an inverse of such a situation before, with the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) moving Vern Cotter aside to promote him to the top job originally amid overtures from Harlequins.
Would the SRU repeat such a move so close to the World Cup? It is perhaps fair to question if anyone at the union has the clout, command or confidence to make such a move. David Nucifora, the performance director, is not full-time, spent last summer with the British and Irish Lions and on an expiring two-year advisory deal. He is not the only part-timer – the highly regarded defence coach Lee Radford is currently job-sharing with Northampton, having stepped in for Steve Tandy in October.
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It would, perhaps, be very Scotland to pull out another big Calcutta Cup showing just as deep cracks start to really show. This remains a highly talented, and generally well-coached side, even if front-five depth and player development remain areas of significant concern. But another defeat to turn up the heat could yet bubble Townsend’s cauldron towards boiling point.
“If we take Tonga out, the last two performances or last two results against Italy and Argentina have been disappointing,” he admitted. “It opens up opportunities for criticising the team, criticising the coach. I get that. It’s not good enough from our perspective. We didn’t win those games and we’re hugely disappointed for our supporters. That’s what we’re working to rectify.”
Prosecutors in Utah filed a first-degree felony rape charge against Kingston, officials announced Wednesday, stemming from an alleged incident last year.
A woman who was 20 years old at the time told officers at a St. George hospital that Kingston assaulted her on Feb. 23, 2025, prosecutors said. Police gathered digital and forensic evidence and interviewed the parties involved and other witnesses, prosecutors said. An investigation has been ongoing since the report.
BYU Cougars wide receiver Parker Kingston catches a pass against the Iowa State Cyclones at Jack Trice Stadium. (Reese Strickland/Imagn Images)
Kingston, 21, is being held without bail in St. George, a city near the Arizona border, Washington County prosecutors said. His initial appearance in court is scheduled for Friday, and punishment ranges from five years to life in prison.
The wide receiver appeared to make his engagement public during BYU’s recent men’s basketball game against Houston on Saturday. Kingston and his new fiancée were shown on the jumbotron, where she flexed her new engagement ring.
BYU Cougars wide receiver Parker Kingston catches a pass against the Iowa State Cyclones at Jack Trice Stadium. (Reese Strickland/Imagn Images)
BYU said in a statement that it takes any allegation very seriously and will cooperate with law enforcement. It said it would not be able to comment further due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students.
BYU Cougars wide receiver Parker Kingston celebrates after a first down against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during the second half at Camping World Stadium. Mandatory Credit: (Kim Klement Neitzel/Imagn Images)
Kingston had a team-leading 67 receptions and 928 yards with five touchdowns last season. He also rushed for 199 yards on 25 carries with a score, and returned 17 punts for 230 yards and a TD.
Elina Svitolina again declined to shake hands with a Russian opponent after losing to Anna Kalinskaya at the Qatar Open.
The Ukrainian was beaten in the last 16, with Kalinskaya securing the win after a single break proved decisive. After the match, Svitolina thanked the umpire and left the court without approaching the net.
Svitolina has followed this approach since the start of the war in Ukraine, choosing not to shake hands with Russian or Belarusian players. The stance has been consistent across tournaments.
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The defeat ended a strong start to 2026 for the seventh seed, who has already won a title this season and returned to the top 10 following her run to the Australian Open semi-finals.
Apr 18, 2025; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; General view of a baseball in a glove during batting practice prior to the game between the Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images
One person died and 32 other occupants were injured when a bus carrying an Iowa community college baseball team overturned, authorities said.
The Iowa State Patrol said a bus from Iowa Lakes Community College crashed into a highway ditch in the single-car incident early Wednesday near Twin Lakes, about 110 miles northwest of Des Moines. The cause remains under investigation.
Three people were airlifted to trauma hospitals and others were taken by ambulances to four area medical centers, Calhoun County emergency services directors Bruce Musgrave said, per ESPN.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the student-athletes, coaches, staff, families, and the entire Iowa Lakes community during this incredibly difficult time,” the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference said in a statement.
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A scheduled four-game series starting Thursday between Iowa Lakes and North Arkansas College has been canceled.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry informed him of his disqualification in a meeting early Thursday at the sliding venue.
Coventry was waiting for Heraskevych at the top of the track when he arrived at around 8:15 a.m., about 75 minutes before the start of the men’s skeleton race.
They went into a private area and spoke briefly. Apparently, however, Coventry was unable to convince Heraskevych to agree to race while wearing a different helmet.
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‘My Olympic moment was stolen’
Speaking to German public broacaster ZDF minutes after the decision, Heraskevych insisted that his disqualification was unjust.
“I have repeated this from Day 1; I don’t think it violates any rules. In accordance with Rule 50 we don’t have any political propaganda, we don’t have any racial propaganda, and we don’t have any harassment towards anyone on this helmet. So I believe this helmet didn’t (break) any rules,” he said.
The Olympic Charter rule that Heraskevych referred to states that: “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.”
He also asserted that despite the fact that he had finished well out of the medals at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Games, he would have been in the hunt for a place on the podium on Friday.
“The last days were good training (sessions) for me, I was fast, I was among the best athletes, and I could have been a medalist tomorrow,” Heraskevych said.
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“But we will never know, because my Olympic moment was stolen.”
He again stressed that he believed it was his right to “represent these athletes who died” because it was also due to their sacrifice that he was able to be there.
“This is more important than winning a medal,” he said.
Tired and frustrated
Speaking later to DW, Heraskevych said the past few days had been very tiring, but he still firmly believed that he should have been given the opportunity to compete – and was looking at pursuing the matter at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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“It’s frustrating. We put a lot of effort and training in over four years. This was also at a time of a full-scale war, so it was under very hard circumstances.”
He also said he found it difficult to understand why the IOC had taken the stand it has.
“If (the) IOC reacts in a way with common sense, we will not have this terrible scandal now,” he said.
“And then there is much less politics in this competition and also much more attention (being paid) to the athletes in the competition now.”
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What did the IOC say?
Following her meeting with Heraskevych, Coventry also spoke with reporters. She was visibly emotional, with tears rolling down her face as she spoke.
“It’s a message of memory and no one is disagreeing with that,” she said.
The IOC stated that it made its decision “with regret.”
“Despite multiple exchanges and in-person meetings between the IOC and Mr Heraskevych, the last one this morning with IOC President Kirsty Coventry, he did not consider any form of compromise,” the IOC said in a statement.
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IOC President Kirsty Coventry was visibly upset as she spoke to reporters abound the decisionImage: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
“The IOC was very keen for Mr Heraskevych to compete. This is why the IOC sat down with him to look for the most respectful way to address his desire to remember his fellow athletes who have lost their lives following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The essence of this case is not about the message, it is about where he wanted to express it,” the statement added.
Ukrainian president weighs in
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy swiftly criticized the IOC decision, saying it contradicted the spirit of the Games.
“Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors,” he wrote on X.
On Tuesday, the IOC announced that the helmet would not be permitted during the competition, citing a rule prohibiting political statements on the Olympic field of play. It offered a compromise solution allowing the athlete to wear a black armband instead but Heraskevych did not want to back down.
He wore a helmet during training on Tuesday and Wednesday, knowing that the IOC could ultimately disqualify him from the Olympic race.
At the last Olympics in Beijing in 2022, Heraskevych displayed a banner that read, “No War in Ukraine.” Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four days after those Olympics ended.
Elisabetta Galla contributed to this report. Edited by: Sean Sinico and Matt Pearson
Investigators are still engaged in their search for those responsible for the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie. Meanwhile, attention toward the case grew when social media commentator, Zack Peter, added a comment on Gina Milan’s X post on February 12, 2026, about the recent investigation activity.
@ginamilan_ I think I’m tapping out of this one. Nancy is gone. We have no answers. So much is fishy and off about this case. There’s either some clear incompetence or a VERY BIG cover up.
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The comment was made when agents reportedly found an object that is potentially important in the ongoing search. Crime investigators asserted that they had found a black glove in a location that was linked to the disappearance of Guthrie.
Law enforcers have reported that they had been looking into the possession, yet have not determined whether it is connected to the individuals who led the abduction.
Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, was last seen outside her Tucson, Arizona, home on the night of Saturday, January 31, 2026.
On February 1, 2026, she was reported missing, and the case was marked active. Authorities have prevented the release of information to ensure that the investigation’s integrity is maintained not only in the search to locate her, but also in building the identity of those involved.
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Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping: What happened and the latest developments
Nancy Guthrie, an 84-year-old resident of the Catalina Foothills near Tucson, Arizona, was reported missing after she failed to show up at home and was inaccessible to family members.
According to the investigators, she was kidnapped against her will from home in the early hours of February 1, 2026. Officials have stated that blood at the scene matched Guthrie’s DNA and that she requires daily medication for her conditions.
During the pre-investigation stages, police departments, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, examined any surveillance footage available on the property.
Mysterious black glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s home could hold crucial DNA evidence: former FBI agent.
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The video released by the police shows an unknown masked man wearing gloves, a mask, and a backpack, who appears to have been tampering with a doorbell camera shortly before Guthrie’s disappearance.
Following it, the police briefly detained a man on a Rio Rico Arizona traffic stop. However, they released him without charges and have not publicly charged him as a suspect. The police subsequently conducted a court-approved search, associated with the investigation.
Recent reports in the case have also involved the alleged discovery of a black glove about a mile and a half from Nancy Guthrie’s home. Investigators who conducted a thorough search of the area found the item by the side of the road.
The glove has been sent to law enforcement agencies to be analyzed in order to establish its linkage to the abduction. According to the authorities, such tests might involve efforts to determine potential DNA or other physical evidence. There is still no official confirmation on whether there is a connection or not.
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The public also remains free to provide tips to the authorities, and the law enforcement is providing a reward to any information that leads to the safe return of Nancy Guthrie or the arrest of the individuals involved. There are several pieces of evidence that are being reviewed, and investigators have reiterated that the investigation is ongoing.
The controversial European Super League (ESL) project, which aimed to break away from traditional football structures, has officially collapsed. UEFA, in a surprise announcement just before its annual congress, revealed that an agreement had been reached between UEFA, Real Madrid, and the European Football Clubs (EFC) group.
This marks the formal end of the divisive Super League project, which had generated heated debate and backlash since its inception.
The End of the Super League Dream
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The ESL, initially launched in 2021, proposed a breakaway league featuring 20 of Europe’s top clubs. The project was spearheaded by Real Madrid, along with several other elite clubs, including Barcelona and Juventus. The plan was met with massive opposition from fans, governments, and football bodies, culminating in the withdrawal of several clubs from the project within days.
After more than three years of legal battles and protests, UEFA announced that a “principles agreement” had been reached, ensuring the end of the Super League concept. UEFA stated that the agreement respects the “principle of sporting merit” and focuses on long-term club sustainability and fan experience through technology.
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A Surprising U-Turn from Real Madrid
Real Madrid had remained the last major architect of the Super League project. However, the agreement signifies a shift in direction for the Spanish giants. The club had previously announced plans to seek “substantial damages” from UEFA over the rejection of the breakaway league, and their legal battle seemed poised to continue. However, the agreement reached with UEFA suggests that these disputes will now be resolved.
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Real Madrid’s president, Florentino Pérez, a key figure behind the Super League, now finds himself aligned with UEFA and the EFC, a group he had previously distanced himself from. The decision for Real Madrid to rejoin the EFC marks a dramatic U-turn, following the withdrawal of Barcelona from the project earlier.
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino hailed the agreement as a victory for football, saying, “Football wins when we unite.” UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin echoed this sentiment, expressing his happiness that clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona had “joined the family again.” Ceferin, who had been at odds with Pérez during the Super League saga, emphasized that the only true winner of the situation was the sport itself.
Al-Khelaifi, the EFC chairman, played a crucial role in steering the dialogue toward a shared direction, according to Ceferin. Infantino, known for his previous silence on the matter, also congratulated the key players involved in the agreement, expressing his relief that the dispute had finally been resolved.
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The Legacy of the Super League
While the idea of a European Super League was eventually rescinded, the impact of the project will be felt for years to come. The proposal challenged the very foundations of European football and sparked a broader conversation about the commercialization of the sport and the need to preserve its traditions. However, with the conclusion of the legal disputes and the end of the breakaway league, many believe football is now on a path to healing.
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In the end, the collapse of the Super League marks a pivotal moment in European football, reaffirming the importance of unity, fairness, and respect for the traditional structures that have made the sport beloved around the world.
NEW DELHI: Ishan Kishan made history for India in the T20 World Cup on Thursday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium by becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a fifty in the tournament’s history. Coming into bat as an opener against Namibia, Kishan played a blazing knock of 61 off just 24 balls, having smashed six fours and five sixes at a strike rate of over 250.
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His explosive innings helped India post a big total of 209 for 9 in 20 overs.Namibia had won the toss and chose to bowl, but India’s batters quickly took control. Sanju Samson gave a quick start with 22 off eight balls, while Tilak Varma added 25 and Suryakumar Yadav chipped in with 12. Hardik Pandya also played a crucial role, scoring 52 off 28 balls to keep the momentum going, while Shivam Dube made 23.Namibia’s captain Gerhard Erasmus was the standout bowler, picking up four wickets and slowing India down in the middle overs. Despite losing a flurry of wickets late in the innings, India still crossed the 200-run mark, thanks mainly to Kishan’s early assault and Pandya’s power-hitting.Kishan’s fifty was special not just for the runs, but for the record it created. No Indian wicketkeeper had ever scored a half-century in a T20 World Cup before, making his innings a milestone moment. His aggressive approach in the powerplay set the tone for India’s innings and put Namibia under pressure from the start.India’s strong batting display, led by Kishan’s historic knock, gave them a commanding total to defend and marked a memorable moment in India’s T20 World Cup campaign.
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