Tyrone vs Offaly in National Football League
The National Football League continues with an exciting matchup between Tyrone and Offaly. Both teams are looking to secure important results in the league standings as the season progresses.
Viewers can catch all the action of this Gaelic football match through the BBC broadcast, following the performance of both teams in this competitive fixture.
WATCH: Lamine Yamal strikes opener as Barcelona lead Villarreal
Barcelona will go four points clear at the top of La Liga with victory over Villarreal, and they are on course to do so after taking the lead at the Spotify Camp Nou.
It has been a frustrating opening half hour for the Catalans, who have had a couple of big chances to score. Ferran Torres and Jules Kounde could not take advantage, but fortunately for the vast majority of supporters inside the Spotify Camp Nou, Lamine Yamal has taken his opportunity on 28 minutes.
After a mistake in the Villarreal midfield, Fermin Lopez took the ball before slipping in Lamine Yamal, who finishes low beyond Luiz Junior.
After three matches without a goal, Lamine Yamal will be relieved to find himself back on the scoresheet for Barcelona. He has been lively in the opening stages, and after being denied by Junior earlier in the half, he made no mistake when presented with a clearer opportunity. They may be without key midfielder Frenkie de Jong for this one, but so far, his absence has not had a major effect.
Good Morning, Illini Nation: When matchups are hard to hunt
Feb. 28—Illinois' offensive success this season — its rise to the most efficient offense ever recorded in the KenPom era — is in no small part predicated on the way the Illini exploit matchups. Versatile personnel and good decision making help fuel that style of play.
Michigan made that difficult for Illinois on Friday night at State Farm Center. A pair of post-ups on smaller guards by Zvonimir Ivisic and David Mirkovic led to a pair of easy buckets in the second half. Add in a Keaton Wagler three-pointer, and the Illini saw their deficit shrink to five with just more than 13 minutes to play.
But those were matchups Illinois couldn't consistently exploit. Because of the Wolverines.
"Credit to their personnel," Illini coach Brad Underwood said. "We got some mismatches based on some of their substitutions, but for the most part probably as many challenges as we've had exploiting mismatches."
Yaxel Lendeborg was at the heart of Illinois' struggles running effective offense. The 6-foot-9 forward spent the majority of Friday's game guarding Illini freshman Keaton Wagler for the full 94 feet. Lendeborg's size, skill and athleticism kept Wagler off kilter enough. The Illinois freshman did score a game-high 23 points, but it came on 7 of 17 shooting.
"He was picking me up 94 feet the whole game being physical, getting through ball screens," Wagler said of Lendeborg. "Just pressure on me the whole time making it hard. He's a really great player. He did a good job. ... I let his physicality kind of bother me."
Exactly the way Michigan drew it up.
"Yax was up to the challenge," Wolverines coach Dusty May said. "He loves guarding point guards, and then when he switches you have a big body. You have a guy that played the 5 in the American conference and played it pretty well switching on to big men.
"It's not as easy to get to the matchup advantages they're hunting against us because we can change our matchups. We can change what we do. They're really, really good at punishing a matchup. Because of our lineup versatility I don't think they did it as well as they typically do, and Yaxel was a big part of that."
Govt orders cricket body to drop 'India' from name
The Union sports ministry has asked the Differently Abled Cricket Council of India (DCCI) to stop using the words 'India' or 'Indian' in its name and activities, stating that the body is not recognized as a National Sports Federation (NSF). Only government-recognized federations are permitted to use these terms.
DCCI secretary Ravi Kant Chauhan confirmed receiving the notice and requested that the council be granted NSF status. Similar directives were sent to other sports organizations including the Women's Football Federation of India and the Indian Body Builders' Federation. With the National Sports Governance Act now in force, all sports bodies must seek recognition from the National Sports Board.