Third-Tier American Club Sacramento Republic Shock Sunderland

Sunderland suffered a shock loss to American club Sacramento Republic in a friendly. Third-tier American club Sacramento Republic stunned Sunderland 1-0 in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday.
Cameron Iwasa struck a 58th-minute winner for the United Soccer League club at Bonney Field in California.

Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat started the likes of John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Lee Cattermole, Jack Rodwell, Sebastian Larsson, Jermain Defoe and Steven Fletcher.

But they were only able to break even throughout the first half, although they were perhaps unlucky not to be ahead.

NFL Still The Most Popular Sport In America

Pro football is the most popular sport in America for at least the 30th straight year.
That's according to a survey taken this month by the Harris Poll, which has been asking adult fans, ages 18 and over, about their favorite sport since 1985.

In 2014, 35 percent of fans call the NFL their favorite sport, followed by Major League Baseball (14 percent), college football (11 percent), auto racing (7 percent), the NBA (6 percent), the NHL (5 percent) and college basketball (3 percent).

In 1985, the first year the poll was taken, the NFL bested MLB by just one percentage point (24 to 23 percent), but since then interest in baseball has fallen while the NFL has experienced a huge rise in popularity.