Toronto | The US National Football League's Washington team will retire its Redskins name and logo, which it has used since 1933 but which has long been criticised as racist by Native American rights groups.
Team owner Dan Snyder, who bought the franchise in 1999, had previously said he would never change the name but softened his stance after FedEx, which owns the naming rights to the team's suburban stadium in Landover, Maryland, urged the NFL club to rebranding.
