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Wembanyama among those named as NBA All-Star Game reserves

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama and Boston guard Jaylen Brown were among 14 players named on Thursday as reserves for next month’s NBA All-Star Game at San Francisco.Guards and frontcourt players were named from both the Eastern and Western conferences for the February 16 event, with the bench talent chosen by NBA coaches from their …

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Figure skating in shock as athletes, coaches perish in US crash

Global figure skating’s tight-knit community was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet crash in Washington killed two former world champion coaches and young stars from the next generation of top US talent.Former Russian world pairs champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov and as many as 14 young American skaters perished when a plane …

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McIlroy sinks hole-in-one at PGA Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy aced the par-3 15th hole at Spyglass Hill on Thursday, sinking a hole-in-one at the PGA Tour’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am.The 35-year-old from Northern Ireland used a wedge from 119 yards and rattled the flagstick as his ball plunged directly into the hole.Third-ranked McIlroy, a back-nine starter, smiled and traded high-fives with …

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Figure skating mourns victims of US plane crash

The close-knit world of figure skating was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet carrying athletes and coaches, including former Russian world pairs champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, crashed into Washington’s Potomac River.The plane carrying 64 collided midair with a military helicopter as it was approaching Reagan National Airport in Washington DC on …

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Russian champion skaters aboard crashed US plane: state media

Russian figure skaters including world champion couple Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the 1994 pairs title, were on board a US passenger jet that crashed in Washington on Wednesday, Russian state news agencies reported.The plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew collided midair with a military helicopter as it was approaching Reagan National …

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NBA commissioner Silver suggests switch to 10-minute quarters

NBA commissioner Adam Silver raised the possibility that the US basketball league could someday switch from 12-minute to 10-minute quarters to court a changing television audience and align with international rules.”I’m a fan of four 10-minute quarters,” Silver said on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Wednesday, although he acknowledged such a change would need much …

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