New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray will miss the remainder of the NBA season with a ruptured right Achilles tendon, the team announced on Saturday.Murray averaged 17.5 points and 6.5 rebounds over 31 appearances this season as well as team highs of 7.4 assists and a career-best 2.0 steals per contest.An MRI exam on Friday …
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FBI agents who participated in the investigations that led to now-abandoned criminal charges against President Donald Trump are expected to be fired in a sweeping purge of the top US law enforcement organization, US media reported Friday.Dozens of FBI agents involved in the probe of Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, …
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Austria’s Sepp Straka, who won his third PGA Tour title just two weeks ago, fired a seven-under-par 65 to grab the lead after Friday’s second round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.Straka, who captured the American Express crown at Palm Springs earlier in January, stood on 14-under 130 after 36 holes, three ahead of Australia’s Cam …
South Korea’s Kim A-lim heads into the weekend at the LPGA’s season-opening Tournament of Champions in Orlando with a three stroke lead after shooting a 3-under par second round 69 on Friday.After her bogey free opening round 7-under, Kim had to deal with three bogeys in her second round but remained comfortably clear of Sweden’s …
Two years on from their three-point win over Philadelphia in the Super Bowl, the Kansas City Chiefs face a rematch with the Eagles but with a big difference this time.The added ingredient is Saquon Barkley, the explosive record-breaking Eagles running back and the biggest obstacle to the Chiefs winning an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl …
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The National Hockey League and NHL Players’ Association announced an agreement on Friday on salary cap rises for the next three seasons after record revenues last season.The deal, contingent upon a full collective bargaining agreement being completed, boosts the upper limit of team salary caps by $7.5 million in the 2025-26 season, $8.5 million in …
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Detroit Pistons forward Isaiah Stewart was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Friday for repeated flagrant fouls this season, the league announced.The 23-year-old American, in his fifth NBA campaign, will miss Detroit’s home game on Friday against Dallas as a result of the suspension.NBA rules mandate a one-game ban for players when …
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US figure skating great Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion whose technical prowess revolutionised the sport has died aged 95, US Figure Skating announced.Button’s death coincided with the Washington DC plane crash in which 14 people from the figure skating community, including two former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov and young stars from …
Ford announced on Friday its return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2027 in the premier Hypercar category with a prototype which will compete in the World Auto Endurance Championship (WEC). In a statement, the American manufacturer, which won the legendary event four years in a row from 1966 to 1969, said it hoped to …
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Darius Garland celebrated his call-up to the NBA All-Star game with a 26-point display as the Cleveland Cavaliers buried the Atlanta Hawks 137-115 to extend their lead at the top of the Eastern Conference on Thursday.Garland was one of seven Cleveland players to finish in double figures as the Cavs’ balanced offense overwhelmed Atlanta to …
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