From the Ground Up
/Columbia Hills is slated to join the MAFL in season 3, however, building a team with a small population base is proving harder than expected.
Read MoreColumbia Hills is slated to join the MAFL in season 3, however, building a team with a small population base is proving harder than expected.
Read MoreSeason 2 is finally underway, but could there be troubles for the MAFL with player retention?
In the off-season, 7 players made the decision to hang up their cleats and walk away from the game. In the grand scheme of things, it is only 7 out of the more than 140 players across the 8 clubs, but there are serious fears that this could be just the beginning of a much larger exodus.
Read MoreMAFL clubs have been upgrading equipment to meet new specifications and updates for safety, but some clubs have taken the opportunity to come back for season 2 in style.
Read MoreEarth sports hero turned businessman drives cows-on-Mars agenda.
Colonies look to introduce cows for dairy production with the first payload of genetically modified livestock en route from Earth. If this venture works out, it will have a significant impact on synthetic and human milk programs.
Read MoreWhile everyone is hyped about the emergence of ice hockey on Mars, I wanted to inform our readers of what has been going on during the off-season of the Mars Aero Football League. Of course, there has been some trading of players, and some new acquisitions, but I’m more fascinated by the emergence of local fan organizations throughout the settlements.
Read MoreSports are now the driving force behind the development of intercolony leisure travel and tourism. The MAFL has signed-up to purchase 2 zepplo-carriers after the Global Transport Commission announced the lifting of restrictions on the use of the industrial purpose-built crafts.
Read MoreOn sub-level F of Amrita, through a nondescript set of unmarked doors is Gymlu-F, this is where I first met the Immortals 15 months ago.
"It’s a fine day for football."
Read MoreIn this edition, we hear the story from the captains of Tiangong and Huacheng. Both Chinese squads struggled at the bottom for the entire season.
Read MoreIn this edition, we take a look at the top 3 Titan players: Readale Nash, Jube Terrell and Icilio De Sisto.
They were asked the same question at different periods of the season: What's it like being the first generation of professional athlete?
Read MoreCould a possible sale of the Titans been to blame for unraveling the team and ultimately caused their defeat in the finals? Former Operations Director claims this Kamden Lewis was aggressively looking for buyers.
Read MoreThis series shares some of the excerpts from team chronicles. In this edition, we start with the Champions, the Marineris Comets. The following is a Question & Answer interview made the week following their championship victory on Kumbha 17.
Read MoreUnbelievable! What drama! What triumph! The first season of the Mars Aero Football League was a resounding success. This tiny little idea that people would be interested in a new Martian sport created a greater impact than anyone could have imagined.
Read MoreOver 5,000 football fans descended on Olympus Park for the largest single gathering for a Mars event to witness the Marineris Comets stun the favoured San Olympus Titans with a decisive 4-1 victory to capture the first ever MAFL championship.
Read MoreHundreds boarded transport vehicles earlier this week to make the pilgrimage to the San Olympus to see who would rise to be the first ever MAFL champion.
Read MoreIn a high-powered shoot-out, the two top scoring teams of the regular season battled for a chance at the Championship match.
Read MoreWould the Titans, recipients of the MAFL Best Team Award, climb another step closer to the mountain top, or would MAFL MVP Uday Lanka, lead his Immortals to a shot at Championship Immortality.
Read MoreLast night in Europa was Party Time for the MAFL!
For one night, all MAFL players, coaches and officials could cut loose and be free as they celebrated the season with the first ever MAFL Awards Dinner, hosted by Aiger Masing.
Read MoreFor over a hundred years Las Vegas has been a tourist Mecca for gamblers from all over Earth. And the faithful still flock there to play blackjack, shoot craps, or enjoy VR slots. But with a decline in non-virtual sports the city also saw a decline in sports betting. You can still bet on VR games of course, but they were never able to shake the negative assumption that VR games could be rigged, and so only the strongest-willed of gamblers lay money down.
Read More1st seed: Titans - 16 and 5 final season record
2nd seed: Comets - 13 and 8 final season record
3rd seed: Al’amal – 11 and 10 final season record
4th seed: Immortals – 11 and 10 final season record
In a battle between the league’s top two teams, the Titans defended home field advantage by beating the Comets 2 – 1.
With both teams having secured their playoff spots and rankings weeks before, this match was all about sending a statement to each other should they meet down the road in the playoffs.
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