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NFL: Veteran kicker Vinatieri signs with Colts for further year

Adam Vinatieri has signed a new one-year deal with the Indianapolis Colts as he prepares to enter his 23rd season in the NFL.

The 45-year-old kicker, the oldest player in the league, started out with the New England Patriots in 1996 and won three Super Bowls before leaving in 2006 for the Colts, where he won a fourth Vince Lombardi Trophy at the end of his first season.

Twelve years on, Vinatieri is still going strong, kicking 29 of 34 field goals in 2017 for a success rate of 85.3 per cent. He also made 22 of 24 extra point attempts as the Colts finished 4-12 in the AFC South.