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Lewis Hamilton buys stake in NFL team Denver Broncos

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8 months ago

August 3, 2022

Denver, United States of America (USA)- Seven-time Formula 1 world champion, Lewis Hamilton, is set to be part-owner of the National Football League (NFL) team, the Denver Broncos.

In June, the Broncos and the Walton-Penner family, led by Walmart heir Rob Walton, entered into a purchase and sale agreement for the takeover of the team in a deal reportedly worth US$4.65 billion, a record for an American sports franchise.

According to the Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group, Hamilton will have an ownership stake when it completes its US$4.65billion takeover, which is set to be finalized on August 9.

“We are delighted to welcome seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton to our ownership group. He is a champion competitor who knows what it takes to lead a winning team and a fierce advocate for global equality, including in his own sport.

With over 100 race wins, Lewis is considered the most successful F1 driver of all time. His resilient spirit and standard of excellence will be an asset to the ownership group and the Broncos organization,” said Rob Walton.

Hamilton also joins former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who also has a stake in the franchise.

In April, Hamilton pledged investment into Premier League side Chelsea, by backing the Broughton consortium, but the club was eventually sold to a consortium led by Todd Boehly.

“Excited to join an incredible group of owners and become a part of the Broncos story! Honoured to work with a world class team and serve as an example of the value of more diverse leadership across all sports,” said Hamilton.

A collector of vintage cars, Walton made the motorsport headlines in 2012 when he crashed a US$15 million Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe at Laguna Seca.

The Waltons are America’s richest family and the takeover, which needs to gain the approval of 24 of the 32 NFL owners on 9 August, would be a record for a US sports franchise

With a personal wealth of US$61.3 billion, Walton is listed by Forbesexternal-link as the 19th richest person in the world and would become by far the wealthiest NFL owner should his acquisition be approved.

The Broncos are three-time Super Bowl champions. However, since winning Super Bowl 50 in 2016, the Broncos have never made the playoffs, but the team has been tipped to perform strongly this season, which starts in September, this year.

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Bruins F Greer suspended one game for cross-checking Habs F Hoffman – TSN

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3 hours ago

March 25, 2023

Harry Miller

Boston Bruins forward AJ Greer has been suspended one game by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety for cross-checking Montreal Canadiens winger Mike Hoffman on Thursday night.

Boston’s A.J. Greer has been suspended for one game for Cross-checking Montreal’s Mike Hoffman. https://t.co/SZkcAlo8qk

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) March 24, 2023

The incident occurred in the first period of Thursday’s 4-2 Bruins win over the Canadiens when the two players were battling prior to a faceoff, which resulted in Greer cross-checking Hoffman in the face.

Greer received a five-minute major for cross-checking and a game misconduct, while Hoffman briefly left the game with an injury but returned in the second period.

Greer, 26, has five goals and 11 points in 52 games this season.

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Play-off field complete at LGT World Women's Championship – worldcurling.org

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4 hours ago

March 25, 2023

Harry Miller

The play-off field is set at the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship 2023, taking place from 18–26 March in the Göransson Arena.

Switzerland women completed their round-robin campaign unbeaten (12-0), secured first place in the rankings and a spot in Saturday’s semi-finals.

Norway finished second in the rankings with an 8-4 win-loss record, and they also secured a direct place in the semi-finals.

Canada are ranked third (7-5) and will play sixth-ranked Japan (7-5) in one qualification game. Fourth-ranked Italy (7-5) and fifth-placed hosts Sweden (7-5) will play in the other qualification game.

Both qualification games will take place on Saturday 25 March at 10:00 and the winners of these games earn a place in the semi-finals.

Switzerland will play the winner of the Italy vs Sweden game in one semi-final, while Norway will meet the winner of the Canada vs Japan game in the other semi-final.

Both semi-finals will take place on Saturday at 16:00.

The winners of the semi-finals will play for gold medals and the world title on Sunday 26 March at 15:00. The losers of the semi-finals will play for bronze medals earlier that day, at 10:00.

All times are CET (Central European Time) which is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +1 hour, except for 26 March, when times are CEST (Central European Summer Time) which is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +2 hours.

Engage with the World Curling Federation during the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship 2023 on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Weibo and be searching the hashtags #WWCC2023 #curling

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Canada narrowly qualifies for playoffs at women's curling worlds despite late loss – CBC.ca

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12 hours ago

March 24, 2023

Harry Miller

Canada’s Kerri Einarson closed her round-robin schedule with an 11-5 loss to Denmark’s Madeleine Dupont on Friday but still managed to secure a playoff berth at the women’s world curling championship in Sandviken, Sweden.

Her Manitoba-based rink of Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Harris, which defeated Turkey’s Dilsat Yildiz 10-4 earlier in the day, finished in third place at 7-5 and will face sixth-place Japan (7-5) on Saturday in a qualification match at the Goransson Arena.

The top six teams advanced to the playoffs, with three-time defending champion Switzerland (12-0) and Norway (8-4) getting byes to the semifinals as the top two teams.

Canada fell to Japan 6-5 in round-robin play on Thursday.

Sweden (7-5) and Italy (7-5) meet in the other qualification game.

Canada earned the third seed through having the best head-to-head record (2-1) among the 7-5 teams.

After conceding to Denmark after eight ends, Canada locked up a spot in a qualification game a short time later when American Tabitha Peterson dropped a 10-6 decision to South Korea’s Seungyoun Ha.

“We were going to have some anxious moments here waiting, but we knew there were a lot of scenarios here where we still make it through,” Birchard said.

The Americans missed the cut at 6-6.

Qualification games and semifinals were scheduled for Saturday and medal games were on tap Sunday.

Einarson won bronze at last year’s world playdowns in Prince George, B.C. Canada hasn’t won gold at this competition since 2018 when Jennifer Jones was victorious in North Bay, Ont.

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