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Hawthorn great Brad Sewell has challenged the Hawks ageing stars to aim up after anointing Greater Western Sydney as the 2017 AFL flag favourites.While Sewell expects the youthful Giants to revel in their newfound status as the team to beat, the dual premiership winner admits hes unsure if the Hawks have reached an end of a golden era following the sides week-two finals exit in 2016.We really dont know, he told AAP on Wednesday as the Hawks look to also recover from the defection of former captain and Brownlow Medallist Sam Mitchell to West Coast and fellow influential midfielder Jordan Lewis to Melbourne.Theres so much unknown in this side for probably for the first time in almost a decade in that theyve lost a couple of their stars.But at the same time theyve brought in some genuine talent that has the potential to really catapult the side and get them rebounding off losing a couple of their stars.Sewell is excited by the arrival of Tom Mitchell from Sydney, especially after the young guns outstanding season for the Swans, and Jaeger OMeara from Gold Coast.The concerns will be, as they have been for the last three or four years, is that it is an ageing side, he said.But the exciting thing is that Clarko (coach Alistair Clarkson) has always been able to regenerate the talent within the team.Theres great depth and we all know the sides always had a fantastic culture.The two guys theyve brought in are both, if not genuine A graders, then very close to it and will play for the next 10 years for the club.Sewell, who retired at just 30 after Hawthorns triumphant 2014 season - the second of the clubs three straight premierships - suspects Hawthorns veterans will be stinging after having their grand final streak broken this year.But he has a word of warning too.Theyre such a proud club of course, he said.And because there is such internal competition within the team - and there has been for a number of years - it just means that these young guys are going to keep pushing up.If the older boys arent pulling their weight and playing to their level, theyll get spat out.Sewell believes the Giants, who fell a goal shy of a grand final berth in 2016, are deserving new title favourites after Hawthorns long run as perennial pre-season flag fancies.I mean, to play as well as they did last year and theyre still so young and theyre still so young in their list, he said.Their potential for the next couple of years is huge.I get the impression theyre the type of side that are going to enjoy being the hunted. 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There are many more players in contention for the awards than just the three that Ive named, and a good or bad week can easily alter the landscape, but through the first 20 or so games of the NHL season, this is how the awards races look to me.Barcelona are looking to create a womens team in the United States as part of the clubs plans to boost their profile in the country.The Blaugrana opened an office in New York on Tuesday, and the next phase of their move to the States is to partner with new sponsors and start projects which will help them grow in the American market.One of those projects, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu confirmed to Barca TV, is to launch a franchised side to compete nationally.The idea is to create a team that can take part in the National Womens Soccer League that will help us to promote the club, he said.Under previous president Joan Laporta in 2008, Barca?had been close to becoming involved in Major League Soccer, before the idea of an expansion team in Miami eventually fell through.?Since then, though, fellow La Liga side Rayo Vallecano paired up with businessman Sean Jones in 2015 to form Rayo Oklahoma City, who currently play in the North American Soccer League.ddddddddddddElsewhere, Manchester City and the New York Yankees joined together for the foundation of MLS side New York City FC in 2013.In addition to a womens team, Barca also hope to launch a futsal side to compete in the local leagues in New York.Theyre also keen, a statement explained, to establish a broad network of FCB Escola soccer schools to help to project the clubs name around the territory.The statement continues: These centres will play a key role in expanding the club in the country, whereby the growth plan is mainly based on the search for sponsors and our FCB Escola schools.Barca currently have one FCBEscola in Florida with another one soon to open in Charlotte. Bartomeu says all the clubs projects in America will help us to get even closer to our fans. ' ' '