Victor Wembanyama delighted his home crowd in Paris on Thursday by scoring 30 points and grabbing 11 rebounds as he led the San Antonio Spurs to a 140-110 rout of the Indiana Pacers.The 21-year-old 7ft 3in (2.21m) centre took control of the game in a third-quarter performance when the Spurs roared into a 23-point lead.Wembanyama …
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The Kansas City Chiefs, bidding to become the first team in NFL history to win three straight Super Bowls, face a familiar obstacle in the form of Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills in Sunday’s AFC Championship game.The rivalry between the Chiefs and the Bills may not have the long history of the great divisional …
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Iga Swiatek was left to rue squandering a match point on Thursday but said “brave” Madison Keys deserved to be in the Australian Open final.The 19th seed Keys fought back to win their semi-final 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (10/8) and will face two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the Melbourne decider.It will be the American’s first …
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Mikaela Shiffrin, who injured her abdomen in a fall at the end of November, said Thursday that she would be returning to the World Cup at the Courchevel slalom on January 30.”Courchevel 30/01… See you soon,” the American wrote on Instagram after announcing on NBC that she would be “heading over to Europe in the …
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander erupted for a career-high 54 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder overpowered the Utah Jazz 123-114 on Wednesday.Gilgeous-Alexander bagged the first 50-point game of his career with a dazzling all-round performance that included eight rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks.The virtuoso display from a player that many consider as the front-runner …
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Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler has been hit with a new suspension after missing a team flight to Milwaukee, the club said Wednesday.Butler, who only recently returned after serving a seven-game suspension for indicating he wished to leave Miami, has been given a two-game ban, a statement said.”We have suspended Jimmy Butler for two games …
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander erupted for a career-high 54 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder overpowered the Utah Jazz 123-114 on Wednesday.Gilgeous-Alexander bagged the first 50-point game of his career with a dazzling all-round performance that included eight rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks.The virtuoso display from a player that many consider as the front-runner …
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Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg fired a superb nine-under-par 63 to take two-shot after the first round of the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in California on Wednesday.Aberg reeled off eight birdies and an eagle with one solitary bogey to card the lowest-scoring opening round of his career, taking advantage of perfect conditions on …
Japanese baseball prodigy Roki Sasaki issued a pledge of solidarity on Wednesday as he was formally unveiled by the Los Angeles Dodgers after signing with the World Series champions.The 23-year-old pitching sensation, who saw his father and paternal grandparents killed in Japan’s deadly 2011 tsunami, said he was determined to be a success in Los …
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes on Wednesday rejected claims he receives preferential treatment from NFL referees ahead of this weekend’s Buffalo Bills playoff clash.Pundits and opposing players criticized officiating during the Chiefs’ 23-14 win over Houston last Saturday after two penalties were called against the Texans for hits on Mahomes.Texans defensive end Will Anderson …
