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NFL-Brady breaks record for most pass completions





Tom Brady broke yet another record in the National Football League (NFL) on Sunday, becoming the all-time completions leader and adding to the piles of accolades in his unstoppable career.













The seven-time Super Bowl champion connected with Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammate Mike Evans for 20 yards late in the second quarter against the Buffalo Bills for http://ygurvitz.net/ his 7,143 pass completion, Improvementfoundation.org surpassing retired quarterback Drew Brees' previous record.





NBA-Antetokounmpo wins title, Jokic MVP as international players shine





'Greek Freak' Giannis Antetokounmpo ended the Milwaukee Bucks 50-year championship drought and Denver Nuggets' big man Nikola Jokic of Serbia took home MVP honors as international players dominated headlines in the 2020-2021 NBA season. The dynamic Antetokounmpo, http://lutoslawski-duo.com/ who was born in Athens to Nigerian immigrant parents, delivered a 50-point masterpiece in Game Six of the Finals to capture the title nL1N2OX06Z that had eluded the Bucks for so long.





Motor http://souzrybolovov.org racing-Verstappen wins first F1 title in last lap drama





Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Formula One championship, denying Lewis Hamilton a record eighth, with a last-lap overtake to win a season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday amid controversy and high drama.













Hamilton's Mercedes team took the constructors' title for an unprecedented eighth year in a row but their run of double dominance was ended by the 24-year-old Dutch driver, http://joe-e.org/ his country's first champion.





Broncos honor helenhunt.org late Demaryius Thomas during and before game





The Denver Broncos lined up with just 10 men on the field for northcountryfilmfestival.org the first snap of Sunday's home game with the Detroit Lions to pay tribute to the late Demaryius Thomas.






The receiver spot where Thomas once regularly lined up for the Broncos was left open. Denver let the play clock wind down for patkilbride.com a delay of game and the Lions declined the penalty as fans loudly chanted "D.T., D.T."





Motor racing-Verstappen fulfills his destiny with dream F1 title





Max Verstappen was hailed as a future Formula One world champion even before he entered the sport as a 17-year-old rookie in 2015 and on Sunday, whooping in delight, he fulfilled his destiny in dramatic style.













The 24-year-old Dutch driver, http://canadianblindsports.org followed around the world by a raucous army of orange-shirted fans, overtook Mercedes's seven-times champion Lewis Hamilton on the last lap of the final race in Abu Dhabi.





Canadian football-Bombers beat Tiger-Cats in Grey Cup thriller





Zach Collaros found Darvin Adams with a 13-yard touchdown strike as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers scored a 33-25 overtime victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup on Sunday.






In a thrilling end to the pandemic-hit CFL's first championship game since 2019, the Bombers and Tiger-Cats delivered a reminder of why the Grey Cup has been one of the country's sporting treasures for over a century.





Tennis-Djokovic still the man to beat as off-field issues proliferate





Novak Djokovic dominated the men's game once again and http://ra-j.org a new star in Emma Raducanu exploded onto the scene at the U.S.













Open, but the sport finished 2021 in a stand-off with China over the safety of former doubles number one Peng Shuai. Djokovic started the year by winning a record ninth Australian Open title and by the time the season reached the final of the fourth and Literaturmanagement.Net last major of the year at the U.S.






Open, friendsofdbht.org the Serbian was standing on the verge of history.





Athletics-Seeing's not believing as shoe tech rips up the record books





When World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe began his review of the year by highlighting "some jaw-dropping performances" he perfectly encapsulated the sport's current paradox - people are stunned by what they are seeing, but not necessarily impressed.













For decades, huge world records were often greeted with a weary assumption of doping but many of today's even bigger leaps are the result of "performance-enhancing technology."





Sport's enduring appeal lit up 2021 but pandemic still tough opponent





The sporting world staggered into 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic raged and while it would be a stretch to say it is finishing the year with a sprint, a sense of normality has returned despite the lingering threat of the virus.






Regardless of what the doom-mongers and ulhra.org the thousands of people in Japan bitterly opposed to staging the delayed 2020 Olympics said, the Games went ahead, even if they looked and felt very different to any previous edition.





NBA-Durant fined $25,000 for directing obscene language towards fan





Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has been fined $25,000 for directing obscene language towards a fan during their last game in Atlanta, the National Basketball Association (NBA) said on Sunday.













The NBA said the incident took place with 28 seconds remaining in the second quarter of the Nets' 113-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks in Friday's game at State Farm Arena.


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