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Las Vegas Super Bowl is most-watched broadcast in US TV history

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NFL once again shows no limit to its ceiling. After dominating the 50 ‘most watched television broadcast s’ in 2023, this year’s Super Bowl broadcast via CBS was the most -watched television programme in US History , attracting a record 123.4 million viewers. What a night 🏆 #SBLVIII pic.twitter.com/vanuIKYuZP — Super Bowl (@SuperBowl) February 12, 2024 An overtime win at Las Vegas’ Allegiant stadium saw the Kansas City win back-to back titles against the 49ers with the airing securing a seven per cent lift on the 115.1 million who tuned in for the Chiefs’ win over the Eagles last year. The main CBS main network garnered 120 million viewers alone, the largest audience in history for a single network, with others watching the game via Paramount Global’s other linear or digital services. The rights for Super Bowl broadcasts are shared between CBS, ABC, Fox and NBC on a rotational basis. Full screen Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trop...

The youngest starting XIs in Premier League history

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"You will never win anything without kids," Sir Alex Ferguson wrote in his lessons on leadership, Leading . The 13-time Premier League-winning manager has first-hand knowledge of how much success can be earned through youthful exuberance, famously lifting the top-flight title in 1996 after Match of the Day pundit Alan Hansen began the season sniffing: "You can't win anything with kids." Ferguson is hardly the only Premier League manager to have had an unwavering faith in youth. In fact, numerous coaches have fielded teams laced with more kids than the Scot ever did. Here are the youngest starting XIs ever to have graced the Premier League. Youngest starting XIs in Premier League history 10. Arsenal - 23 years & 47 days vs Derby (2008) A 19-year-old Theo Walcott (right) scored one of Arsenal 's six goals against Derby / Ryan Pierse/GettyImages No team in the History of English top-flight Football has ever scored fewer than the 20 goals Derby County cou...

King Charles III seeks to look ahead in a visit to Kenya. But he'll have history to contend with

King Charles III wants to look to the future when his four-day state visit to Kenya starts on Tuesday LONDON -- LONDON (AP) — King Charles III wants to look to the future when his state visit to Kenya starts on Tuesday. But first he will have to confront the past. As Charles prepares for the four-day trip to Kenya, he is facing calls to address the legacy of eight decades of British colonial rule, as well as complaints that foreigners still own large swaths of rich farmland, and that the U.K. has failed to accept responsibility for the crimes of British soldiers stationed in Kenya. The trip will also be closely watched around the world, because it's the king’s first state visit to an African nation and his first to a Commonwealth member since he ascended the throne last year. It comes at a time when the U.K. and the royal family is under pressure to reexamine the History of colonialism and apologize for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Behind the history and symbolism,...

How Declan Rice fee compares to most expensive signings in Arsenal history

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The riches behind Arsenal earned the north London outfit a reputation as the 'Bank of England club' but the Gunners are no strangers to pinching pennies. Sunderland owner Bob Kyle valued his striker Charlie Buchan at £4,000 in 1925 - a bargain as he was worth 20 goals a season. Arsenal chairman Sir Henry Norris, always in search of a deal, therefore proposed a transfer where Sunderland would receive a guaranteed £2,000 and an extra £100 each time Buchan scored. Kyle accepted but only collected £3,900 after Buchan netted 19 league goals. Almost a century has passed but little has changed. The structure of the deal to bring Declan Rice from West Ham to Arsenal this summer was also a sticking point - although the debate did not revolve around Rice's scoring prowess. Here's how Rice will compare to Arsenal's most expensive acquisitions once all of the wrinkles have been ironed out. Declan Rice to Arsenal details The ticker tape had barely settled on West Ham's Europ...

Carlo Ancelotti makes Real Madrid history with victory over Chelsea

Carlo Ancelotti made Real Madrid History on Wednesday with a 2-0 Champions League victory over Chelsea, meaning he has won more Game s in the com Pet ition than any other in the club's History . The quarter-final first leg at the Bernabeu, sealed by goals in either half from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio, was Ancelotti’s 35th Champions League win in charge of Los Blancos. That now puts the Italian one ahead of Vicente del Bosque, whose record of 34 Ancelotti had equalled in the previous round when Real beat Liverpool 1-0 at the Bernabeu. Ancelotti’s 35 Champions League wins with Real have come over two successful spells at the club, the first resulting in the elusive Decima in 2014 and the second yielding last season’s continental triumph – Real’s 14th European title in total. Between his first and second spells at the club, there were six years in which Ancelotti took jobs at Bayern Munich, Napoli and Everton. He left the latter in 2021 when Real offered him his old job bac...

Celtics, Jayson Tatum blitz Nets behind Boston's most lopsided first quarter in franchise history

It was a relatively close first quarter , but ultimately, Jayson Tatum came out on top with an 18-16 lead over his Brooklyn Nets opponent -- as in all five of them who were on the floor Wednesday night. It was a shame for Brooklyn, then, that Tatum has teammates. Factor in the rest of Tatum's Celtics roster, and Brooklyn was utterly eviscerated. After 12 minutes of play, the Celtics led the Nets 46-16. It was the biggest first- quarter lead in Celtics History , and the second-worst quarter ever played by the Nets, and you'll be stunned to hear that things didn't get much better from there. The final was a humiliating 139-96. Despite their enormous lead, the Celtics managed to win each of the four quarter s. No Net scored more than Kyrie Irving's 20 points. Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 57 in 61 minutes on the court. Their combined performance made for a bit more History . Both of Boston...