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Titans fire Whisenhunt as head coach

The Tennessee Titans have fired head coach Ken Whisenhunt after 23 games in charge, the NFL team said on Tuesday. The Titans lost 20-6 to the Houston Texans on Sunday, their sixth successive defeat. “After thoughtful consideration, the decision has been made to relieve Ken Whisenhunt of his head coaching duties,” Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk said in a statement on the team website.

Spieth says it's 'premature' to talk of new era

Double major-winner Jordan Spieth said Tuesday that it was too early to talk of a new era in the game despite a year when he led the charge of the young guns. The 22-year-old won the season’s first two majors, the US Masters and the US Open, and had a series of titanic battles against 28-year-old Jason Day of Australia, who finally turned the tables on Spieth to lift the

NFL to invade Twickenham, home of English rugby

American football will extend its reach into the overseas market when the NFL stages games at Twickenham, the hallowed home of English rugby union, over the next three years. The NFL and Rugby Football Union on Tuesday unveiled a partnership deal that will see the Twickenham host at least three regular-season games over a three-year period. The agreement also gives the NFL the option to stage two extra games over