Clashes have broken out between police and protesters at a top-flight American football game over the Ferguson shooting.

Over the weekend, multiple hearts were broken across the NFL, as fringe players were told they wouldn’t be making their respective teams’ final 53-man squads.

Miami Dolphins have fined safety Don Jones for a negative comment he made on Twitter about Michael Sam, the NFL’s first openly gay player.

The NFL play-off picture was completed on Sunday with a dramatic final series of regular season games delivering big results for the Green Bay Packers, the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Diego Chargers.

The NFL couldn’t have scripted it much better heading into the last week of the regular season.

The Green Bay Packers needed their biggest comeback in history on Sunday to somehow keep their play-off hopes alive ahead of the long-awaited return of Aaron Rodgers from injury.

In the small hours of Monday morning, just south of a bitterly cold Boston, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots finally overcame the Denver Broncos in an instant NFL classic that provided almost everything.

The Denver Broncos will be sweating this week on the fitness of quarterback Peyton Manning, who led them to their eighth win of the season on Sunday but saw his injury-prone ankle targeted in the process.

Even weary fans of the Dallas Cowboys could not have imagined how they would succumb to their nightmare defeat by the Detroit Lions when apparently in control of their NFC clash in Motown on Sunday.

The New England Patriots claimed their 10th consecutive NFL season-opening win when Stephen Gostkowski hit a 35-yard field goal with five seconds left to beat the Buffalo Bills 23-21.

Arsenal’s spending but Stan Kroenke says he’s in for the long haul

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has held “encouraging” talks with senior National Football League officials over the prospect of staging games at the Olympic Stadium.

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It was the sneer that said it all. “Thank you for your interest in our concerns,” said Peter Hill-Wood, the Arsenal chairman, as the club’s stormy AGM ended in typically fractious circumstances.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has defended the achievements of his side in recent years and believes Champions League qualification has as much merit attached to it as winning a domestic cup competition, if not more.

As the kick-off was dropping into Jacoby Jones’ hands deep in his end zone, every Baltimore Ravens fan in the stadium and Dallas Cowboy on the pitch expected him to take a knee.

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw a career-best 510 yards to lead the reigning Super Bowl champions to their first win of the NFL season on Sunday.

Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish is to spend the next couple of days under the wing of Cleveland Browns head coach Pat Shurmur.

The GAA’s stadium and commercial director Peter McKenna remains optimistic about Croke Park staging an NFL regular season game next year.

CROKE PARK will not be seeing any American Football action this year after the NFL confirmed they have ruled out staging a second regular season game in Europe in 2012.

THE New England Patriots secured the number one seed in the AFC and home advantage for the NFL play-offs as they came from three touchdowns down to hammer the Buffalo Bills.

THE Green Bay Packers survived a scare from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before sealing a hard-fought 35-26 win to match their best start to an NFL season in nearly half a century.

THE New Orleans Saints suffered a shock 31-21 defeat to the previously winless St Louis Rams and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New England Patriots in NFL action on Sunday.

THERE’S a lot to dislike about the state of Texas but its baseball teams are hard to hate.

SOME were nude, others were almost nude but they all made a splash yesterday as the latest “Body Issue” of ESPN Magazine showed some of America’s top athletes in all their power and glory.

Stan Kroenke’s controlling interest in Arsenal has been officially ratified by the Premier League and the American has given other shareholders a fortnight to accept his unconditional offer for their holdings.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has given his approval to Stan Kroenke’s takeover bid – declaring the American businessman has the club’s “best interests at heart”.

AMERICAN businessman Stan Kroenke has vowed to bring silverware back to Arsenal’s trophy cabinet after securing a 62.89% controlling share in the club.

American businessman Stan Kroenke vowed to bring silverware back to Arsenal’s trophy cabinet after securing a 62.89% controlling share in the club.

American businessman Stan Kroenke has vowed to bring silverware back to Arsenal’s dusty trophy cabinet after taking a controlling stake in the club.

US entrepreneur Stan Kroenke is believed to be in advanced talks to take over control of Arsenal.

QUARTERBACK Tom Brady last night broke the NFL record for consecutive pass attempts without an interception as the New England Patriots won the AFC East Division thanks to a resounding 34-3 win over the Buffalo Bills.

THE global potential of the Premier League brand is the primary draw for American owners of sporting outfits whose huge scale within the confines of the US is not replicated overseas.

ARSENAL shareholder Stan Kroenke has announced he will exercise his right of first refusal to push through a complete takeover of the NFL’s St Louis Rams.

THERE was a dramatic development in the battle for control of Arsenal last night after it emerged that the Gunners’ third largest shareholder Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith is poised to sell her stake in the club.

THE Tennessee Titans remained unbeaten in the NFL as Rob Bironas booted a 41-yards field goal to seal a 19-16 overtime victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night.

American businessman Stan Kroenke has joined the Arsenal board after accepting an invitation to become a non-executive director of the Barclays Premier League club.

WHILE New England try to complete the first undefeated NFL regular season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins, Washington and Tennessee will attempt to simply reach the playoffs.

ATLANTA FALCONS kicker Morten Andersen became the first NFL player to pass 2,500 career points on Sunday night.

GILBERTO is confident the goals will come for Arsenal as they head into a “decisive” Premiership clash with Bolton at Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal boss Arsenal Wenger will have Gilberto and Jeremie Aliadiere back from injury for the Barclays Premiership clash against West Ham tomorrow.

ARSENAL’S link to America has been strengthened by US billionaire Stan Kroenke acquiring a 9.9% stake in the club.

AMERICAN football’s National Football League regular season concludes with a mad dash for the playoffs this weekend, with 11 teams still chasing three postseason berths.