The Seattle Seahawks are expected to rely heavily on Jadarian Price in 2026 and the rookie RB could be vital to their Super Bowl chances.The NFL is constantly changing with players moving around to different teams. Thats been the case over the offseason after the reigning champions lost Kenneth Walker despite being the Super Bowl MVP in February.MORE: 3 running backs buried on NFL depth charts that will have big breakoutsPrice was a late first-round pick in Aprils NFL Draft after spending his college career at Notre Dame. However, his presence for Seattle is crucial as the franchise looks to make another championship run.The 22 year old enters his professional career with significant expectations despite being overshadowed while playing for the Fighting Irish. Prices collegiate tenure featured the running back splitting carries with Arizona Cardinals star Jeremiyah Love.The other Notre Dame running backNotre Dame running back Jadarian Price is selected by the Seattle Seahawks at the 2026 NFL Draft. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect (Reuters)Loves electric career at Notre Dame put him firmly in the Heisman Trophy mix last season. Although, he ultimately fell short with Fernando Mendoza winning the valuable award.That doesnt mean that Price isnt a fully capable and exciting piece joining the Seahawks offense. Price carried the ball far fewer times while playing alongside Love at Notre Dame.However, Price still managed to average over six yards per carry during his final two seasons with the perennial college football powerhouse.MORE: Bijan Robinsons agent Nicole Lynn celebrates historic NFL contractThe Seahawks are clearly high on Prices ability though, especially with Hard Knocks clips hyping the player up.Seattles Super Bowl hopes hinge on PriceSeattle Seahawks running back Jadarian Price during training camp at Virginia Mason Athletic Center. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-Imagn Images Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect (Reuters)Seattles in the unique position of being the defending NFL champions, but arent a favorite to repeat as winners. The Los Angeles Rams boast a stacked roster and are expected to win the NFC West despite Seattles success a season ago.Meanwhile, Mike Macdonalds group is largely intact after their title run, minus Walkers offseason move to the Kansas City Chiefs. Those vacated 200-plus carries now fall on the shoulders of Price, Zach Charbonnet and George Holani.Former Notre Dame RB Jadarian Price got a segment on Hard Knocks tonight. The first-round pick is *really* impressing his new coaches and teammates in Seattle."Dang, No. 8 is fast." Seahawks HC Mike Macdonald(via @new_era72) pic.twitter.com/j7joNcurKA Jack Soble (@jacksoble56) August 6, 2026Price is the one that can put Seattle back into the NFC contention conversation though because hes the guy they invested heavily in this year. The Seahawks arent typically in the market for drafting running backs early.MORE: Dak Prescott shares special motivation for NFL career ahead of 2026 seasonIn fact, Price is one of only four RBs the team has ever selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. Shaun Alexander, Rashaad Penny and Curt Warner are the only others that Seattle has ever drafted in Round 1.That goes to show how much Macdonald and Co. value him as they aim to surround Sam Darnold with another weapon.Enjoy free coverage of the top news & trending stories with The Big Lead Newsletter

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin (L) and FIFA president Gianni Infantino (R) are in open conflict (Odd ANDERSEN)Pressure built further on FIFA president Gianni Infantino over his handling of the now shelved private investment plan on Thursday with European football's governing body UEFA reiterating their threat of boycotting the World Cups.Infantino may have thought he had bought some time when he received the "full support" of senior FIFA directors following an emergency meeting in Morocco on Wednesday but he was to be disabused of that by UEFA's blunt statement.UEFA's initial threat issued last Thursday to boycott FIFA competitions is widely credited to being pivotal in the plan being shelved.Infantino has come under increasing pressure, even from within his organisation, over his handling of the proposal, and calls for him to step down had grown since he abandoned it last Saturday.FIFA floated the plan, saying it could raise up to $4.2 billion based on a valuation of $20 billion for a new commercial subsidiary, called the FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), which it proposed would run events such as the World Cup and Club World Cup.Although the abandonment of the proposal was one of UEFA's conditions for them to withdraw their threat, they said on Thursday the second one had not been met. "UEFA's associations were very clear about the conditions attached to their non participation in FIFA competitions," read their statement"First, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again."These conditions have not been met."Whilst UEFA had welcomed the withdrawal of the plan last Saturday they had slammed Infantino and his "shabby, backroom, opaque deal".Their tone had not changed in Thursday's statement."UEFA made it abundantly clear in its statement on Saturday that it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's presidency. That position holds," they said.Several of UEFA's member associations have withdrawn their support for him in his bid to be re-elected to a fourth and final term in Rabat next March.A prominent critic of his Norwegian football chief Lise Klaveness is likely to pour more fuel on the fire when she holds a press conference on Friday.She has like UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said she is not interested in running for the FIFA job.However, she could be tempted into a change of heart by the recent events and emulate Kirsty Coventry at the International Olympic Committee last year in trying and becoming the first woman president of FIFA.- 'Abuse of power' -Infantino, who is at least spending time in a friendly country as 2030 World Cup co-hosts Morocco have publicly supported him, was also criticised by usually supportive South American governing body CONMEBOL."The Council also unanimously expresses its concern regarding the repeated unilateral actions taken without resorting to dialogue or to the institutional mechanisms established to address situations of this nature," read their statement.CONMEBOL, though, said regarding Infantino's future they would not countenance anything other than a straight contest -- if a challenger comes forward by November 18 when nominations close -- in Rabat.There is a mechanism whereby an extraordinary FIFA congess can be called and a vote of no confidence in Infantino held.North and Central American football's governing body CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have both been critical of Infantino, but were yet to react to the latest developments.CONCACAF -- whose president Victor Montagliani is seen as a potential challenger -- had called for "a comprehensive reckoning with this presidency". Fifpro, the players union, piled into Infantino over the plan calling it "a profound abuse of presidential power"."Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) is gone," they said in a statement."The abuse of power that produced it is not."Infantino, 56, will hope for better news later on Thursday as the African Football Confederation (CAF) is holding a meeting.Several of their members have already expressed their support for the Swiss lawyer, who has been in power for 10 years.South Africa's sports minister Gayton McKenzie has urged African football to resist what he called the "public lynching" of Infantino.CONMEBOL said it was a shame the hugely successful staging of the World Cup -- the first with 48 teams and spread over three countries -- had had its thunder stolen by the events over the past week. "The CONMEBOL Council calls for preserving the unity of the football family," it said.Its plea seems to have fallen on deaf ears. pi/ea

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UEFAs FIFA boycott is still in place, the European confederation said Thursday.The 55 European federations voted unanimously to suspend their participation in FIFA competitionsincluding World Cupsat an emergency meeting on July 30. One week later, the European governing body remains dissatisfied, despite FIFA president Gianni Infantino calling off his widely panned plans to sell shares of the World Cup.UEFAs associations were very clear about the conditions attached to the non-participation in FIFA competitions, the governing body said in a statement. First, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn, and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again. These conditions have not been met.UEFA also reiterated its lack of confidence in Infantino and his future as FIFA president in the statement.Infantino convened FIFAs top officials at a crisis meeting Wednesday in Morocco as he sought to preserve support for his presidency. In an unsigned statement afterwards, FIFAs leadership acknowledged errors in how the proposal was handled, apologized to its 211 member associations for excluding them from the process, and promised that an internal review will now be conducted. The statement added that the successful delivery of the FIFA World Cup would not have been possible without Infantino.FIFAs top management is fully confident that the outcomes of todays meeting will strengthen FIFAs governance, help restore confidence in the organisation and enable us to prepare for the major events and challenges ahead, the statement read.The statement also said that Infantino has the full support of FIFAs management board and secretary general Mattias Grafstrm.But in an internal email obtained by the Associated Press, Grafstrm sought to reassure FIFA staff that they would be protected from the fallout of the FFE.You do not need to worry, Grafstrm wrote Tuesday. I assure you that you as members of the administration, you will be defended and safeguarded from the political context we currently experience.We have all been thrown into the middle of a turmoil, which is difficult to comprehend and accept, Grafstrm added.FIFA COO Kevin Lamour was not invited to the meeting in Morocco after previously saying that senior staff was deceived by Infantino. While Lamour remains with the governing body, Carlos Cordeiro, a former senior adviser to Infantino, resigned from his position, saying he had no involvement with the proposal and that he strongly opposed it.Calls for Infantinos departure have grown in recent days. Former Portugal star Luis Figowho ran for FIFA president himself in 2015said Infantino must go, while Jordanian federation president Prince Ali bin Hussein ruled out endorsing him in a social media post.Finland, Wales, and Serbia have withdrawn their endorsements of the FIFA president, and England followed on Thursday. Infantino has retained support from several federations in Africa and Asia, including Qatar, Egypt, Morocco, and the UAE.Infantino is seeking a fourth term in FIFAs March 2027 presidential election, though several European federations have already withdrawn their endorsements of him following the collapse of the FFE. Victor Montagliani, the president of CONCACAF, has been widely viewed as the challenger best-positioned to run against Infantino. No candidate has yet said they plan to step forward and run against Infantino, who was widely viewed as on a glide path to re-election until the FFE debacle.FIFPRO also condemned the proposal Wednesday, saying it would permanently alter the ownership and governance of the World Cup. The global players union called the plan a profound abuse of power before delivering a set of demands for structural safeguards to ensure these events can never be repeated.The players did not create this crisis, FIFPRO said in the statement. They will insist that football emerges from it with stronger institutions, stronger safeguards and leadership worthy of the trust the game demands.The next FIFA event begins Sept. 5 with the U-20 Womens World Cup in Poland, where six European nations are set to compete.The general secretary of the Polish Football Association previously said the association believed the boycott would end quickly, with the tournament expected to proceed as scheduled. With UEFA continuing its boycott threat, the participation of European teams remains up in the air.The U-20 Womens World Cup could be the first of several events impacted by any prospective European boycott lasts an extended period of time. The biggest of those is the FIFA Womens World Cup, which will be held in Brazil and will kick off in July 2027.Asked whether the UEFA boycott will affect the U-20 Womens World Cup in September, a representative from the governing body had no further comment.A representative for FIFA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The post Europe Still Plans to Boycott World Cups, UEFA Says appeared first on Front Office Sports.

The Indian cricket team is reportedly unhappy and concernedover the amount of grass left on the practice pitch ahead of their upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka.The tour opener, a three-day practice match against a Sri Lanka XI, is scheduled to begin Friday at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo.MAKE YOUR BET WITH DAFABET AND GET UP TO 200% WELCOME BONUSIt is a venue where conditions typically assist spin bowlers. Despite that reputation, Sri Lanka Cricket chose to retain grass cover on the surface for this particular fixture, a call that didn't sit well with the visiting Indian team, according to a report byRevsportz.NCC Ground pitch report: Is it a batting or bowling track?TheNCC Ground usually offers a pitch which supports the slowers.However,NCC official A. Francke insisted the surface would serve as a solid pitch for the three-day contest, and believes that the eventual outcome would come down largely to how both teams choose to approach the game rather than any inherent bias in the wicket itself."Our wicket may help the spinners on the second day or third day. But I will suggest anybody who wins the toss here to bat first. We always prepare good and fair wickets," he said in an interview with Revsportz.Will Sri Lanka roll out a green wicket for the warm-up game against India?Franckeacknowledged that the Indian team had flagged concerns over excess grass but explained that leaving some grass cover is standard practice for a three-day fixture."The Indian team said that there is too much grass on the wicket, but that is how we keep it because it is a three-day game," he said."You can't give a wicket without grass. Other than that, they were happy with it. The wicket we have given is a good wicket, so I can't tell whether it will favor any team. It depends on how they play."He clarified that the decision to retain grass on the pitch actually came directly from Sri Lanka Cricket's request."The tinge of grass has been requested by Sri Lanka cricket, so we will keep it like that. Maybe conditions will change, but normally NCC wickets are good batting tracks," he revealed.He ishopeful that this contest will produce plenty of runs, offering India's batters valuable time in the middle before the series proper begins in Galle."We are hoping that there will be high scores here. But the Indian batters can have good practice here before they go to Galle," he said.How to watch India warm-up game in Sri Lanka: Live stream, TV channelHere's how to watch India's warm-up game in Sri Lanka live in India:TV channel:NALive streaming:FanCodeWhile there is no confirmed TV telecast for the series in India, fans can live stream the action throughFanCodeapp and website.India warm-up game in Sri Lanka start timeThe practice match between Sri Lanka Cricket XI and India will be played at Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC) Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka.Live action is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. local time (SLST), which translates to10:00 a.m. ISTonFriday, August 7for viewers inIndia.DafabetMAKE YOUR BET WITH DAFABET AND GET UP TO 200% WELCOME BONUSCLICK TO BET

PHOENIX (AP) Jade Carey doesn't need to be at the U.S. gymnastics championships. At least, not like this.That's part of what makes it all so sweet.The 26-year-old knows she could have walked away following her final season at Oregon State in the spring of 2025, with a resume stuffed with Olympic and world championship medals and her place in the history of the storied U.S. women's program secure.She tried, kind of. The athlete who had been going nonstop for the better part of 20 years gave her body a bit of a break after her NCAA career ended. It lasted a handful of weeks.Then one day, she popped into the gym and, in the words of her father and longtime coach Brian, started playing again.Emphasis on playing. If there's anything the two-time Olympic gold medalist has learned, it's that taking this too seriously can quickly rob you of the joy that brought you to it in the first place.Asked if she feels the weight of living up to the standard she's set for herself as the Phoenix native prepares to salute the judges at the national championships for a seventh time when the women's competition begins at Mortgage Matchup Center, Carey shrugs.I just feel like right now I have one more opportunity to just have fun with it, she said. No expectations, no pressure."Maturing means understanding who she was in 2021 is not who she is in 2026. There have been times she'll randomly come across a video of her gold medal-winning floor exercise routine at the Tokyo Olympics five years ago and think that was pretty hard.Whether she can get back to that level as she makes a bid for a third trip to the Olympics is anyone's guess, Carey's included. Her body has held up remarkably well through the years, thanks in large part to the pragmatic approach she and Brian Carey have taken toward her training.I dont know if thats coming back, she said. But you never know. And I feel like training, getting back into it this year, was really hard. But Ive kind of hit my stride, and its getting a little easier and feeling a little more familiar.Sticking with the planCarey finished second in the all-around to 17-year-old Reese Esponda at the U.S. Classic a few weeks ago in her first elite competition since leaving the 2024 Paris Games with a pair of Olympic medals. She did it with routines that are designed to serve as a foundation as she methodically builds toward the summer of 2028.The plan is to add difficulty as she goes along, but only when she's ready. In her mid-20s, Carey is not the same gymnast who took a circuitous path to the Tokyo Olympics that ended with the floor routine of a lifetime and the most precious of medals around her neck.The amount of time she spends in the gym on a given day depends on how she's feeling. She and her father have an understanding that as long as she hits her numbers meaning, how many times she works on an assignment it doesn't matter how long she's there.Some days she can knock it out in three hours. Some days, it's more like eight. On the days she's not feeling it at all, they'll work on a plan that spreads the workload out over a longer period of time, though that remains a rarity.Normally, its like shes so fine-tuned with her skill, she just gets up and knocks it out, Brian Carey said.That's kind of what she does. What's perhaps the most remarkable thing about Carey's career is the way she simply keeps going. While some of her Olympic teammates have opted to take time off and recover after a triumphant performance Tokyo Olympic champion Suni Lee announced last month she is preparing for a return after a two-year hiatus Carey largely has not.The internal desire to excel still burns brightHer father credits an internal fire that doesn't need much to be stoked. He ordered her to take a vacation after her senior year at Oregon State. It lasted a month. There was never any formal discussion about pushing toward the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. It just sort of happened.That doesn't mean slipping back into her routine was easy. I could tell my body was like, What are you doing? You havent gone upside down in a while, like we dont do this anymore, she said with a laugh. But Im like, No, were going to, trust me.She's well aware some of the skills she once mastered may never come back, so she'll need to evolve. That could mean opting for slightly easier (at least by gymnastics standards) elements and combinations, hoping to make up for in execution what she might lack in difficulty. Brian Carey's job is to make sure she isn't in a rush to find out. Sometimes he still has to tell his daughter to pump the brakes a little bit." There are days when Carey feels she's ahead of schedule. That doesn't mean the schedule is going to be adjusted. The short-term goal is to build toward earning a spot on the world championship team in October.Yes, she understands the prospect of competing in a home Olympics is out there in the ether. And sure, it played a factor in her decision to give it a shot. The reality is, she probably would be here anyway, no matter if the Olympics were in Los Angeles or London or somebody's backyard.The fire inside continues to burn brightly. She learned to respect it long ago. She has the rest of her life to not do gymnastics. Why douse the flames before she's ready?Ive done so much that I just, I dont know, she said. "I just want to do this round again for fun and see how far I can push myself.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports

Ian Machado Garry seems to have hit upon an approach that's really been getting fans' attention ahead of his title fight at UFC 330 next weekend. Is it on purpose or just a beautiful accident?Plus, what's up with making Arman Tsarukuyan win another fight to get the top contender status he already earned back in November? All that and more in this week's mailbag. To ask a question of your own, hit up @BenFowlkesMMA on X or @Ben_Fowlkes on Threads.@NeedXtoseePosts: If I recall correctly, either on your podcasts or the mailbag you mentionedA good way for a UFC fighter to get fans to care, even if it meant going heel would be a "woke" one.Does Ian Machado Garry owe you a drink?Cause certain fans - really care now.Ian Machado Garry has to know what he's doing, right? Right?? Because if he does, and he's ramping it up on purpose, he might be a genius.I see him out there in a PR campaign about being a "plant-based" fighter. I hear him in interviews talking about how women should run the world. I see people recirculating that video of him offering flowers and lip syncing to slow jams as an attempt at apologizing to his wife. All things that would make a certain segment of the MMA fanbase go: there is no way this guy could possibly become UFC welterweight champ.Ian Machado Garry reacts after a victory against Belal Muhammad in a welterweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena (ABHA Arena) in Doha, Qatar, on November 22, 2025. (Photo by Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAll of which is to say, yeah, he's making them care. He's also finding a niche that hasn't yet been explored in this sport. We've seen plenty of fighters brand themselves as the ultra right-wing misogynist of the people. We've gotten to the point where that's hardly enough to set yourself apart from the pack. But a guy leaning into his identity as a vegan feminist with a softer side while still winning cage fights at the highest level? That's new for us.I'm also inclined to believe that it's at least mostly genuine. Garry might be turning the volume up on some of it as a way of trolling the fans and stoking their outrage, but I do think he really believes those things. I don't think it's all an act.Of course, now comes the hard part. In order to make this branding exercise really pay off, he needs to win the title. And to do that, he has to beat Islam Makhachev, the boogeyman of two different UFC divisions. That's going to be tough. Really tough. But at least he's got us invested now.@Beastin364: Do you agree with making Arman fight Ruffy to get a title shot? I kinda get it just because he hasn't fought at all this year but also come on wasn't his last fight also supposed to be for no 1 contender statusAs far as I'm concerned, Arman Tsarukyan is the top contender at lightweight. If this were the kind of sport where victory alone was enough to move you up the ladder until there's nothing left but the championship, he'd be booked to fight UFC lightweight champ Justin Gaethje already. But we all know this is not that type of sport.So instead we're going to make Tsarukyan jump through another hoop first, all while promising him that the title shot is still just around the next corner. We're also going to ignore, at least for now, the question of how a win over Mauricio Ruffy, who's currently ranked No. 10, is title-shot worthy.In the meantime, what's the plan for Gaethje? Does he sit around waiting to see what happens between Tsarukyan and Ruffy? Because somehow I don't think that's what he has in mind. He got the title late in his career and knows he probably doesn't have many more fights left. I think he's probably looking for a little more name with a little less risk of being taken down and elbowed into oblivion. Just a hunch.@rithemnblues: What do you think of the current MMA landscape? Seems exciting right now with the PFL/MVP merger, Coker coming back, GFL from the ashes (lol), and KSW & Oktagon overseas.First of all I can't believe you included GFL on that list. LOL indeed, sir. But yes, I am excited about the possibilities here. If the past few years have shown us anything, it's that MMA gets a little stagnant without competition and diverse opportunities.On the TKO investor call this week, company executives said they welcomed the competition from MVPFL (working title), since the rising tide lifts all ships or whatever. That might be (and probably is) just a cheap talking point that they didn't mean at all, but I do think there's some truth to it.The UFC has the roster and the resources to do big, memorable events. We saw that with the White House event and with the Sphere event before that. But the UFC also needs a kick in the butt sometimes to shake it out of the complacency that comes with enormous success and basically zero competition.With more promoters trying to find a space for themselves in this landscape, I'm hopeful that fans will get to see more ways of putting on an MMA event while fighters get the pay bump that comes with having more bidders for their services. That's a win all the way around.@MMAMATLOCK: Robelis Despaigne Sanquet. Why?If you're asking why the UFC would re-sign Robelis Despaigne now, I'd argue there are two reasons. The first is to take him away from MVP and Jake Paul before they could potentially do some good heavyweight business with him. He knocked out Junior dos Santos at the MVP Netflix event and building to a fight with lineal MMA heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou just makes sense after that. Now there's one less piece on the board for MVP to play with.The second reason is, bro, look around the heavyweight division right now. Even the UFC is hurting for talent. Despaigne didn't exactly distinguish himself in his first run, but he's been an exciting striker elsewhere since then. If you book him into the right kinds of fights, he's probably well worth the money.Speaking of which, did you happen to see what the UFC is doing with him in his first fight back? Matching him against Tai Tuivasa, a stand-up slugger on a long losing streak? Yeah, I'd say the UFC knows what it's doing there. We all see it.@NoahSas23: Assuming he signs with the UFC , I'd love to see the winner of Gamrot vs Salkilld call out Usman Nurmagomedov. Is that how you'd match up Usman, or would you put him with a higher ranked guy that isn't booked like Max?If I'm MVPFL (honestly the more I use it, the more I like it), I get out the checkbook and really try to hold on to Usman Nurmagomedov. I tell him that he can be a highly paid star with us, or just another guy in the UFC. I add some zeroes on his paycheck. I do everything I can to avoid beginning this new venture by losing one of the few really, really good fighters on the roster.But if he does jump ship to the UFC, it will be interesting to see what the matchmakers decide to do with him right out of the gate. This is something we don't see all that often anymore a top guy who comes in with some major profile as a free agent and it can be tricky.Do you throw him in against top guy right away? Do you give him a warm-up fight as a test and a transition, and risk blowing all his hype with a disappointing poor performance after you paid big bucks to get him? We'll see. But I'm not sure I'd waste an opportunity to call someone out picking on a guy who's not even under contract yet.