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BOCHUM, Germany — It wasn’t the thriller Canada staged a week earlier in Milan, but it was more than enough to bring home a championship. Powered by tournament MVP Jamel Lyles and a suffocating defense, Canada ground out a 25–10 win over a short-handed Germany to clinch the inaugural Gridiron Nations Championship on a cold, wet Sunday night at Rhinestadion in Wattenscheid. The contest lacked the late-game drama and flair of Canada’s 20–17 victory over Italy at the historic Ve

Running Back Jamel Lyles was a standout against Italy with 105 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns on Sunday. BOCHUM, GERMANY - A retooled Team Germany will face a Team Canada coming off a 20-17 win over Italy in Milan on Sunday at 6 pm CET in Bochum (9 am PST, Noon ET). The "Men in Black" have made major changes in their roster after a disappointing fourth-place finish at the IFAF European Final Four in October, with only 10 starters returning. Canada will look to reduce mi

BOCHUM, GERMANY - A big finish to the global football year is on deck on Sunday, November 16, as Germany’s Men’s Tackle National Team (0-1) hosts Canada  (1-0) in the Gridiron Nations Championship (GNC)  at Lohrheidestadion, Bochum . Kickoff 6:00 p.m. CET . The GNC  is a new global series providing an annual elite competition. For Germany, facing a tradition-rich Canadian program is both a measuring stick and a key step in the team’s growth. A German win by four or more will

It’s amazing how quickly the international gridiron landscape can change. Just seven months ago, Canada and Italy helped relaunch the dormant global football calendar with a 56–0 Canadian beatdown of the hosts in Sardinia. Fast forward to just 16 days ago: Germany, chasing a return to European glory at the European Final Four, was routed 30–9 by Austria in the opener and then knocked off the podium on home soil by Italy, 17–14. So Canada would still be the prohibitive favouri