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Rising star qurterback Drake Maye led the resurgent New England Patriots to a league-best 17 wins, including playoffs. Photo by Thearon W. Henderson /GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFPArticle contentThe biggest event in American sports kicks off Sunday as the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks at a Super Bowl tinged by controversy over Bad Bunny’s half-time show.

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More than 120 million Americans are expected to tune in for an annual pop culture nonpareil, which this year features two teams nobody expected to reach the NFL championship decider.

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New England is seeking a record seventh Lombardi Trophy, and its first since the departure of Tom Brady, widely considered the NFL’s greatest ever player.

It is, according to bookmakers, the unlikeliest Super Bowl match-up of modern times. Both teams began the season with odds of 60-1 or worse to go all the way.

Bad Bunny has pledged Puerto Rican culture will feature in his Super Bowl LX half-time performance, but further details are under wraps. (Mike Coppola/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP) Photo by Mike Coppola /GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFPArticle contentAway from the sporting contest, all eyes will be on a historic half-time performance from Bad Bunny, the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican superstar.

He is expected to deliver the first-ever Super Bowl set sung entirely in Spanish.

One of the world’s biggest artists, Bad Bunny, has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Speculation is high that he could use the giant Super Bowl platform to double down.

The U.S. president has claimed the performance will “sow hatred” and is not attending this year’s game.

The Super Bowl kicks off at 3:30 p.m. local time (2330 GMT) at the 75,000-capacity Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Rising star quarterback Drake Maye led the resurgent Patriots to a league-best 17 wins, including playoffs.

At 23, he would be the youngest starting quarterback to win football’s biggest prize, and this week missed out on being named the season’s Most Valuable Player by a single vote.

Maye is a prodigious ball-carrying runner who is also the league’s best at throwing long-range passes.

But the young phenom also gets sacked more than almost any other quarterback.

And Maye comes up against a Seattle defence that loves to swarm the opposing signal-caller and has yielded the fewest points in the league.

Super Bowl LX takes place at the 75,000-capacity Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. (RONALD MARTINEZ/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP) Photo by RONALD MARTINEZ /GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFPArticle contentThe Seahawks have just one Super Bowl in their trophy cabinet, and their most recent appearance came in a 2015 loss to Brady’s Patriots.

For Seattle to get revenge in Sunday’s rematch, quarterback Sam Darnold must shed his long-standing reputation for wilting under pressure.

“He’s a resilient dude and a competitor. A winner,” Seattle head coach Mike Macdonald told AFP.

The Seahawks also boast wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who was named the season’s top offensive player.

A win Sunday would be a historic seventh for the Patriots, who are currently tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most Super Bowl titles with six.

NFL security chiefs scotched media reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers would have a role at the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California. (Chris Graythen/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP) Photo by Chris Graythen /GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFPArticle contentSome 90,000 fans have flocked to the Bay Area, which is expected to receive a $500 million economic boost from the sports bonanza.

The game is being played out against the backdrop of Trump’s divisive and brutal immigration crackdown. Anger has soared over the killing of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis last month.

NFL security chiefs this week scotched media reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers would have a role at the game.

But politics may not be entirely absent. Bad Bunny used the Grammys stage last weekend to condemn ICE.

Details of his Super Bowl set are under wraps, though Bad Bunny has pledged to showcase Puerto Rican culture in “a huge party.”

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