A thrilling return to season 2 of the MAFL Championships after a two week break sees the semifinalists face-off for a shot at the championships. Europa United and the Amrita Immortals walk away from the matches as victors.
They will prepare to face-off on Tula 25 for the final showdown!
Read MoreWe see major shifts in the standings this week as the Titans climb their way into the top 3. Dongji has decided to continue playing and they face-off this week against the Comets. The Dynamos are steadily dropping on the standings—can they regain their position before the finals?
Read MoreMAFL Week 1 Round Up – Catch up on all the match results and standings.
Read MoreIce Sports of Mars announces the pilot teams and upcoming schedule of games to be held in Noviymir, Korolev and Mareotis. Martian-style hockey is about to become a reality.
Read MoreWith anticipation for ISMO's upcoming hockey exhibition, we've found 3 behind-the-scenes heroes that are solving problems to make ice sports possible. If Martian hockey takes off, it will be off the backs of innovators like these.
Read MoreThe launch of a hockey league on Mars has sparked a wave of optimism, with council leaders celebrating "a new era in Martian sport." The highly anticipated series of exhibition games have been billed as proof that this maturing network of colonies is quickly amassing all the comforts of Earth.
The one hitch, though, is no one can skate.
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 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 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 MoreThe calm before the storm.
And then there was Thunder and Lightning, as a torrential downpour of goals rained onto Amrita field.
And when everything stopped, Al’amal stood tall over the Immortals in a wildly entertaining 5 – 3 victory.
Read MoreFor the first time in 20 weeks, the stadiums across Mars were empty.
A colony and a league are in mourning after the sudden loss of Comet midfielder, Yamen Warren. In a freak accident in the second half of the heated match against the Amrita Immortals, a mid-air impact with Jag Parkar breached Warren's helmet and sent him crashing head-first to the turf below.
Read MoreWith only 2 weeks left in the season, the playoffs are fast approaching but how that picture will materialize is still as hazy as a typical Mars sand storm as the playoff position of six teams is still up in the air.
Read MoreI was thinking about this as I watched my Titans unceremoniously fall to the Dynamo at Korolev Stadium. Not wanting to focus too much on the game I looked around at the rest of my colleagues in the Press STV, or, Spectator Tour Vehicle. You see, it would have been both too costly and a drain on resources to cover the stadiums and create an artificial atmosphere, so the MAFL stadium are all open air. But humans can’t breathe on Mars so the players have the EV suits.
Read MoreToday, clubs across the MAFL posted official announcements confirming trade rumours and line up changes.
As this is the first experience of this kind for many fans, particularly those who have grown up on Mars without any prior context, it was an unexpected emotional reality of the game.
Read MoreIt’s been a thrilling ride so far in the inaugural MAFL season and to celebrate the midway point of the season, the league broke out into a big spontaneous party.
A Penalty Kick Over Time Party!
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