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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1482122738269{margin-top: 21px !important;}”][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Led by 26 points from tournament MVP Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers) and 23 points from James Harden (Houston Rockets), the USA (9-0) saved its best performance of the World Cup for the gold medal clash as the Americans captured a second-consecutive Led by 26 points from tournament MVP Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers) and 23 points from James Harden (Houston Rockets), the USA (9-0) saved its best performance of the World Cup for the gold medal clash as the Americans captured a second-consecutive FIBA World

Cup gold medal with a blistering 129-92 win over Serbia (5-4) at the Palacio de os Deportes de la Comunidad arena on Sunday night in Madrid, Spain. The USA, which distanced itself from Serbia early in the game with a 28-6 run to close the first quarter, became just the third country in FIBA World Cup history to capture consecutive titles, and more crucial, the championship earned the USA an automatic bid into the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”2286″ img_size=”216×424″ alignment=”center” css_animation=”bottom-to-top” css=”.vc_custom_1591676211587{margin-top: -33px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1514885825861{padding-top: 28px !important;padding-bottom: 28px !important;background: #f0f0f0 url(https://uckfieldrugby.uk/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=http://splash.local/rugby-copy/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/05/banner_timeline.jpg&nocache=1?id=1386) !important;}”][vc_column][stm_team_history feature=”%5B%7B%22year%22%3A%222016%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Canada%20participates%20in%20the%20first%20Pan%20American%20Games%20in%20Winnipeg%2C%20Manitoba%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22Lorem%20ipsum%20dolor%20sit%20amet%2C%20consectetur%20adipiscing%20elit.%20Sed%20gravida%20tempus%20tincidunt.%20Nulla%20blandit%20lacinia%20feugiat.%20Sed%20egestas%20blandit%20nisl%20id%20laoreet.%20Nunc%20bibendum%20dui%20in%20diam%20tristique%20pretium.%20Nunc%20ullamcorper%20auctor%20metus.%20Sed%20rutrum%2C%20risus%20sed%20hendrerit%20volutpat%2C%20est%20ligula%20blandit%20ipsum%2C%20sit%20amet%20vulputate%20justo%20risus%20in%20massa.%20Donec%20eu%20lorem%20sed%20diam%20venenatis%20tristique%20dictum%20ac%20lorem.%20Cras%20turpis%20turpis%2C%20pretium%20nec%20aliquet%20nec%2C%20dignissim%20quis%20erat.%22%7D%2C%7B%22year%22%3A%222013%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22The%20Canadian%20Men%E2%80%99s%20National%20Team%20is%20named%20the%20Team%20of%20the%20Year%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22Lorem%20ipsum%20dolor%20sit%20amet%2C%20consectetur%20adipiscing%20elit.%20Sed%20gravida%20tempus%20tincidunt.%20Nulla%20blandit%20lacinia%20feugiat.%20Sed%20egestas%20blandit%20nisl%20id%20laoreet.%20Nunc%20bibendum%20dui%20in%20diam%20tristique%20pretium.%20Nunc%20ullamcorper%20auctor%20metus.%20Sed%20rutrum%2C%20risus%20sed%20hendrerit%20volutpat%2C%20est%20ligula%20blandit%20ipsum%2C%20sit%20amet%20vulputate%20justo%20risus%20in%20massa.%20Donec%20eu%20lorem%20sed%20diam%20venenatis%20tristique%20dictum%20ac%20lorem.%20Cras%20turpis%20turpis%2C%20pretium%20nec%20aliquet%20nec%2C%20dignissim%20quis%20erat.%22%7D%2C%7B%22year%22%3A%222008%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Canada%20successfully%20hosts%20the%20Women%E2%80%99s%20World%20Championship%20in%20Toronto%2C%20Ontario%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22Lorem%20ipsum%20dolor%20sit%20amet%2C%20consectetur%20adipiscing%20elit.%20Sed%20gravida%20tempus%20tincidunt.%20Nulla%20blandit%20lacinia%20feugiat.%20Sed%20egestas%20blandit%20nisl%20id%20laoreet.%20Nunc%20bibendum%20dui%20in%20diam%20tristique%20pretium.%20Nunc%20ullamcorper%20auctor%20metus.%20Sed%20rutrum%2C%20risus%20sed%20hendrerit%20volutpat%2C%20est%20ligula%20blandit%20ipsum%2C%20sit%20amet%20vulputate%20justo%20risus%20in%20massa.%20Donec%20eu%20lorem%20sed%20diam%20venenatis%20tristique%20dictum%20ac%20lorem.%20Cras%20turpis%20turpis%2C%20pretium%20nec%20aliquet%20nec%2C%20dignissim%20quis%20erat.%22%7D%2C%7B%22year%22%3A%222002%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22The%20Canadian%20Men%E2%80%99s%20National%20Team%20is%20named%20the%20Team%20of%20the%20Year%22%2C%22content%22%3A%22Lorem%20ipsum%20dolor%20sit%20amet%2C%20consectetur%20adipiscing%20elit.%20Sed%20gravida%20tempus%20tincidunt.%20Nulla%20blandit%20lacinia%20feugiat.%20Sed%20egestas%20blandit%20nisl%20id%20laoreet.%20Nunc%20bibendum%20dui%20in%20diam%20tristique%20pretium.%20Nunc%20ullamcorper%20auctor%20metus.%20Sed%20rutrum%2C%20risus%20sed%20hendrerit%20volutpat%2C%20est%20ligula%20blandit%20ipsum%2C%20sit%20amet%20vulputate%20justo%20risus%20in%20massa.%20Donec%20eu%20lorem%20sed%20diam%20venenatis%20tristique%20dictum%20ac%20lorem.%20Cras%20turpis%20turpis%2C%20pretium%20nec%20aliquet%20nec%2C%20dignissim%20quis%20erat.%22%7D%5D”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1476440242241{padding-top: 38px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;background-color: #06083b !important;}”][vc_column el_class=”stm-af-carousel”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1476440081743{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”]

2015 Senior World Championship

[/vc_column_text][stm_slider images=”2286,2286,2286,2286″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6, 1869, between two college teams, Rutgers and Princeton, under rules based on the association football rules of the time. During the latter half of the 1870s, colleges playing association[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]football switched to the Rugby Union code, which allowed carrying the ball. A set of rule changes drawn up from 1880 onward by Walter Camp, the “Father of American Football”, established the snap, eleven-player teams, and the concept of downs; later rule changes legalized the forward pass, created the neutral zone, and specified the size and shape of the football.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1462535085472{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 38px !important;background-color: #f0f0f0 !important;}”][vc_column][stm_trophies][stm_trophy images=”1048,1048,1048,1048″ image=”1306″ year=”2015″ title=”UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE”][stm_trophy images=”1048,1048,1048,1048″ image=”1305″ year=”2012″ title=”MLS League Cup”][stm_trophy images=”1048,1048,1048,1048″ image=”1304″ year=”2013″ title=”BUNDESLIGA CHAMPION CUP”][stm_trophy images=”1048,1048,1048,1048″ image=”1305″ year=”2012″ title=”MLS League Cup”][stm_trophy images=”1048,1048,1048,1048″ image=”1306″ year=”2012″ title=”MLS League Cup”][/stm_trophies][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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