Ohio State hold off Notre Dame to claim first national football title in 10 years

  • Ohio State Buckeyes 34-23 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  • Jeremiah Smith’s big play clinches championship

Instead of having to mull over another collapse, Ohio State can celebrate another national title after holding off a Notre Dame comeback bid on Monday night to walk away with a nailbiter of a 34-23 victory over the Fighting Irish.

Will Howard hit big-play receiver Jeremiah Smith for 56 yards on a late third-and-11 to lock down a game that had been a laugher, then turned into something else. Trailing 31-7, Notre Dame scored two touchdowns and two two-point conversions to make it a one-score game late in the fourth quarter.

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Phil Hammond, a key figure in the fight for justice over Hillsborough, dies

Hillsborough Family Support Group pays tribute to man whose 14-year-old son Philip was killed in the disaster

A key figure in the fight for justice after the Hillsborough disaster has died, the campaign group has announced.

Phil Hammond, whose teenage son was killed in the tragedy, was remembered as a “very kind, fair, honest and humble man” by members of the Hillsborough Family Support Group (HFSG) which Hammond chaired, battling for truth and justice over how his son and 96 others died.

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